Jolly Phonics: Rr, Mm, Dd 🌈🌖🦖

Primary Two worked brilliantly this week to investigate our sounds! Some of our learning included:

• Forming Rr on rainbows.
• Forming the letter Mm using money!
• Using dice and dinosaurs to create our Dd letter.

Great job P2!

🥪The Disgusting Sandwich 🥪

Primary Two read a very funny story this week about a very hungry badger who follows a very disgusting sandwich through the park. Taking inspiration from the book, the children worked in pairs to create their very own disgusting sandwiches. The boys and girls worked brilliantly together to produce some truly disgusting sandwiches! We then used our speaking and listening skills to present our sandwiches to the class using describing words. Some of the words used by P2 included, ‘horrible’ and ‘awful.’ Well done P2!

Jolly Phonics: Cc,Kk,Hh,Ee 🎂🪁❤️🍳

Primary 2 had so much fun exploring their new Jolly Phonics sounds this week. Some of their practical learning included:

• Playing a game of dominoes with pictures beginning with c and k.
• Forming the letter Ee on the elephant.
• Identifying pictures that begin with Hh. For example: house, hose, heart.

Modelled Writing: Making a Gingerbread Man!

Continuing our exploration of instructional writing this week we explored making gingerbread men using orange playdough! We focused specifically on the ‘bossy’ verbs we can use to help people follow instructions such as, ‘put,’ ‘place,’ and ‘add.’ The boys and girls gave excellent input and produced brilliant gingerbread men!

Jolly Phonics: Pp, Ii, Nn 🎃🐝💅

The boys and girls loved exploring our sounds of the week practically and worked together brilliantly to complete tasks related to our sounds! Fantastic work everyone! 

Problem Solving Activity: Making Toast 🍞🧈

As part of our instructional writing topic P2A were very excited to make toast! This week we focused on the sequence of instructions, thinking carefully about which steps should come first. We learned that we can use time connectives such as, ‘first,’ ‘next,’ and ‘then’ to structure our writing. Some of the boys and girls had not made toast on their own before, so it was a real learning experience for all! Well done! 

Familiarisation Stage: Instructional Writing

To familiarize ourselves with our new writing topic, ‘instructions,’ the children used the story of ‘The Three Little Pigs.’ The boys and girls were introduced to prepositional language and were tasked with following instructions from Ms Polly. Some of the instructions included "place the pig on top of the straw house" and "put the wolf below the brick house" helping the children develop their understanding of how to follow and give clear directions!

Jolly Phonics: Ss, Aa,Tt 🍓🍎🍅

This week, P2 had a fantastic time revising their Jolly Phonics sounds Ss, Aa, and Tt through fun, hands-on learning activities.

🌸The children traced the letter Ss in the sand.

🌸 They practiced forming Aa on apple cut-outs.

🌸P2 especially loved practising writing Tt on tooth cut-outs before using toothbrushes to clean them!
 

These activities helped reinforce their phonics knowledge and helped to show what amazing learners our P2 class are!

This is Me! 

This week in Primary Two Literacy, we began by exploring self-portraits. Using mirrors, P2 carefully drew themselves, focusing on proper pencil grip. They also practiced writing their names, making an effort to form each letter accurately. It was a great start to developing both artistic and writing skills.