Term 2 Week 2

At the school assembly Callum and Joe received certificates.

Ka pai, Callum and Joe we are proud of you.

On Tuesday Adrian from Reading Rocks came to talk to us about the wonders of reading. He told us that he learnt how to juggle by reading a 'How to juggle' book. Adrian showed us some other books he'd read and then he did some juggling for us. Elspeth was Adrian's helper. She had to catch the juggling balls in a hat.

Spelling homework has recommenced. We have discussed the expectations and this term there will be a weekly Homework Award given each Friday. I will now be collecting the spelling books on Thursdays so they will not be coming home on Thursday night. Spelling tests (of the week's words) will still be on Friday afternoons.

The expectations are:

1. The day and date must be written before the sentences.

2. The word is written out at least once before each sentence.

3. Sentences must start with a capital letter and end with a full stop, or other appropriate punctuation.

4. The spelling word must be spelt correctly. (It is ideal that all words are correctly spelt, but the focus is on the list word.)

5. Each sentence should have a different beginning.

6. One sentence each day should be a compound sentence, using a joining word such as because, but, so, and.

If you have any questions about the spelling homework (or anything else that we are doing) please come and talk to me or send me an email.