Welcome to week 4!!!

Gosh…

Last week flew by.

The children were excited to have Mrs Brader teaching them on Wednesday.  This may happen from time to time as I am released to focus on my SENCO role. 

We had a great time at tabloids, lots of smiles and great teamwork happening!

We finished the week with a tug-o-war challenge, lots of laughs, a few collisions, a few tears but we all survived. J

We are working hard on our kicking in the pool, it is great to see children challenging their skills and pushing their comfort zones.

We are continuing to work through our beginning of year assessments, and for some they had their first standardised test, the STAR reading test for year threes.   Congratulations for working so hard guys, results will be analysed so I can help you improve the areas that you need.

I can see that we have several people that have earned a certificate on Mathletics! WOW – Super workers J

This week we are beginning our Basic Facts Space Race.  We have completed testing and the intentions in the notebooks show the knowledge that needs to be learnt.  We will have testing on Wednesday, the children book in their time.  It is broken into small chunks, to promote success and instant recall.  You will find an explanation in the front of the second  notebook.

We will continue to develop our understanding of DAILY 5 reading.  Has you small person told you what stamina means or the definition of TRIPLE S?

We are working through running records and phonics testing.

This week we will be completing a formal writing assessment and setting goals to share with you next week.

We are starting to look at images from the First World War to motivate our topic learning.

Gosh, we are busy, fabulous learners in

room 4!

Have a groovy week J