Weekly update 27.04.09

Hi everyone!
welcome to another week in school.

Literacy
We will be l continuing looking at the topic of "Different stories by the same author" and trying to develop the children's sense of descriptive writing using familiar characters, writing in the past tense. settings and dialogue.
Reading is an essential part of developing stories by the same author this week. The children will have the opportunity to share books with each other and notice key features.

ALL children will read (shared and independently)several books by the same author, looking at similarities and differences.

MOST children will be able to read independently several books by the same author, compare similarities and differences and express and personal response to the text. Find out more about the author.

SOME children will be able to read independently pointing out key features of the text, drawing attention to the features of the authors style of writing.

We will be looking at a range of stories by one particular author and comparing them. We will be comparing settings, characters, themes an saying what we like and dislike about the books. The author we have chosen is Martin Waddell as there are a wide range of stories available to discuss.
Some websites:-For practicing HFWs-http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/games/airport_xray.html

About Martin Waddell-http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/B/bookbox/authors/waddellhttp://www.walkerbooks.co.uk/Martin-Waddell

Numeracy

In numeracy we will be learning about how to partition three numbers into hundreds,tens and units, and begin to round numbers less than 100 to the nearest 10.

ALL children MUST be able to position numbers to 50 and beyond on a number line or track, know how to partition numbers into tens and unit.

MOST children SHOULD be able to begin to round numbers less than 100 to the nearest 10, know how to partition numbers into hundreds, tens and units.

SOME children COULD be able to approximate by rounding any three digit number to the nearest 100, know how to partition numbers into thousands, hundreds, tens and units.

Rounding-http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/853/Postsortingv3.swf

http://www.ictgames.com/helipad%20hops7.html

Partitioning-http://www.ictgames.com/arrowcards.htmlhttp://www.ictgames.com/woodseasy.html

http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/853/Postsortingv3.swf

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/bead/questions/q1.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/numeracy/units/index.shtml

Science.

This week we are continuing with the topic of 'Plants and Animals in the Local Environment.' We will be going for a walk around the school playground and field to see what we can find! First of all we will be concentrating on looking for animals, as it is still a little bit chilly for most plants!Some websites to have a look at:

www.nwlg.org/pages/resources/living_things/page_5.html

www.hitchams.suffolk.sch.uk/habitats/index.htm

www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/Insects/index.html

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/woodland.htmwww.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/plants_animals_env.shtml

http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=503&engine=15

http://www.nwlg.org/pages/resources/living_things/index.html

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/eric.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/plants_animals_env.shtml

We will be revising over the next few weeks so please feel free to go back and look at previous week's blogs for the web sites we have posted.

Some extra one's for Literacy:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/blastrocket.shtml

http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/english/monmouthshire/choose_adj_monmouthshire.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/magickey/adventures/floppy.shtml

Thank you all for the response for the Beeston trip. The children are very excited about the 'big sleepover'!! We will be holding a short meeting for parents on Wednesday 6th May at 3:15 pm to talk about what will happen and preparing for the trip. If you can attend we look forward to seeing you. If you have had an older child who has already been to Beeston the information will be the same as we gave before. Also, this week the children will come home with a medical form which will need to be completed and returned to school by Thursday 7th May. Thank you for your support.

Have a great week! Only 14 sleeps until Beeston!!!

The Year 2 team xxxxxxxxxxxxxx