This week we have explored the Nursery Rhyme Baa Baa Black sheep. We used our senses to explore the properties of wool and created a senses chart. We discovered that we have 5 senses; sight, sound, hearing, smell and touch. We found that wool can be felt, seen and smelt. These are our describing words for our wool sensory chart. 

We also explored colours and looked at the colours in a rainbow. We discovered there are 7 colours in a rainbow and they make the name ROY G BIV             
             RED ORANGE YELLOW GREEN BLUE INDIGO VIOLET.

We then retold our experiment as a class using a when, where, who, what, how and why procedure. This is our class retell. 
                                           Pre-Primary Two's Rainbow Experiment
Yesterday in the afternoon we made a rainbow outside our class on the grass area. We made our rainbow using a glass prism. We held the prism towards the sun to let the light shine through it. We learnt there are seven different colours in  rainbow. 
                                                                     Mathematics
In Maths we have been exploring the concept of sharing objects. We help the farmer share his sheep into the paddocks. When we share we move one objects at a time and keep going until all the objects have been used. 

We also helped the farmer to sort his sheep into largest to smallest. We then counted the total number of sheep. When we count we need to remember to point to only one object at a time. 

We are focussing on recognising numbers to 20 and clearing writing numbers to 10. 

                                                                      Literacy
In Literacy we are continuing to look at oral language and make sure we use full sentences and correct tense. We need to make sure we speak clearly and look at the person we are speaking to. 

We also used our predicting skills to predict stories based on their front cover and title. We looked at the conventions of a text and pointed to the words in the story as Mrs Beale read the book. 

We are getting much better at detecting initial sounds in words, clapping their syllables and detecting and producing rhyme. 

Welcome to the start of term. I would like to say a big thank you to all families on such a smooth transition and warm welcome to 2013. This term our theme is Nursery Rhymes and we have been very busy exploring Hickory Dickory Dock. 

We have made our very own grand father clock and explored the features of a clock. Did you know that clocks have a face and hands? 

We looked at rhyming words and used this skill to help us change the lyrics and create our very own version of Hickory Dickory Dock. We also explored adjectives and how animals move. This is our class version;

We have been looking at the concept of sequencing. We helped Mrs Beale to sequence the Hickory Dickory Dock pictures back into the correct order and retell the Nursery Rhyme. We also made delicious mouse biscuits and then retold the procedure to develop our oral language. We had to recall who, what, where, when, how as well as the ingredients. We then used ordinal positions to assist our retell. When we speak we need to look at the person we are speaking to, use a clear voice and use full sentences. 

To assist our oral language we looked at the conventions of a narrative. We explored who, what, where, when, why and characters feelings. As a class, we then created our own narrative version of Hickory Dickory Dock. this is our story;
One night in a big house, the little white mouse ran up the clock. The Grand Father clock struck one and the little white mouse got scared, so he quickly ran down the clock. 

In Literacy we our focusing on syllables, rhyme, initial sounds, oral language and text conventions. We have placed our Literacy goals on the pin up board in the classroom so you can see what we are focusing on each week.  Our Numeracy focus is oral counting to 20 and beyond, reading numbers to 20, forming accurate numbers to 10 and positional language.

We have also been very busy learning how to play lots of new games. We will post photos of all our discoveries and exploration as the term progresses and the BLOG permission slips are returned.