Term Three Evaluation

Read Aloud Books:

Animal Sneezes

Baby Wombat's Week - Jackie French

The Last Tiger

Pumpkin Soup

The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle

The Eagle and the Fox

Night Monkey Day Monkey

Green Lantern: Battle of the Blue Lanterns

Green Lantern: Guardian of Earth

Oops! - Jean Luc Fromental

Small Knight and George and the Pirates - Ronda Armitage

The Sound of the Sea - Jacqueline Harvey

Horton Hears a Who - Dr Seuss

Bunyips Don't - Sally Odgers

Father Christmas Needs a Wee - Nicholas Allan

Far, Far From Home - Elizabeth Pulford

Ella Kazoo Will Not Go To Sleep - Lee Fox and Cathy Wilcox

The Big Farm

The Magnificent Tree - Nick Bland

I'm Not Scared - Jonathan Allen

My Country - Ezekiel Kwaymullina

The Green Ship - Quentin Blake

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel - Virginia Lee Burton

Get Dressed! - Gwenyth Swain

The Colour of Home - Mary Hoffman

These Bees Count! - Alison Formento

Horton Hears a Who - Dr Seuss

Life in a Rockpool

The Boxcar Children

** We read aloud MANY more books than this - please see printed list **

Independent Reading:
see written list

Other Reading Activities:

enjoyed five week free period of Reading Eggs

Maths:
Maths Plus Year 3 textbook
Schoolzone Giant Maths 2-3 textbook

Excel Basic Skills English and Mathematics Year 2:
Units 13 - 23 and Tests 2 and 3

Other Math Learning:
addition facts sheets practice to improve speed

Handwriting:
Foundation Handwriting 2

Scripture and Character Building:
Bible (read aloud) Isaiah 26 - Ezekiel 10
Book of Virtues by William Bennett
Big Ideas in the Bible by Chuck Swindoll
My Bible Friends

Science and Technology:
Absorption Experiment using food colouring

Science Experiment - How water travels through plants (celery/flowers in coloured water)

Spelling:
daily oral review of weekly lists as sourced from year 2 lists on the internet
written test taken every Friday

PDHPE:
tennis lessons with dad and a trial period of lessons with an instructor
walk to and from the library
walk to and from the shops
walk to and from various parks
free play at various parks

Creative Arts:
Art Gallery Tour and discussion about various art works

Listened to and discussed "Go Down Moses" by Louis Armstrong

Socialization:
weekly attendance of Sunday School
weekly attendance of story hour
scheduled play dates with friends

Other Activities:
Visited Sticky Lolly Shop at the Rocks - watched the process of making a lolly

Watched David Attenborough's series "Mammals" on TV

Lego Construction Days

Played various board games

Watched David Attenborough Galapagos DVD

Made Milo Balls

Excursions:

Homeschool Group Topics:
Art Gallery Tour

Alexander's Outing (based on the book by Pamela Allen)

Board Games Day

Sydney Observatory - weather study

Classifying Animals

Second Term School Holiday Events:
Liquid Nitrogen Show at Hurstvill Museum

Space, Stars and Planets Workshop at Hurstville Museum

Craft Afternoon at Riverwood Library

Backyard Bugs at Hurstville Museum

Puppet Show - Riverwood Library

Fly Me to the Moon Event - Hurstville Museum

Bingo - Riverwood Library

Kitchen Capers - ANSTO

Board Games Day - Riverwood Library