Term Four Evaluation ~ Monkey

English:

Reading:

Read Aloud Books:

Picture Books -
Elmer and Super El

The Gruffalo

Splat the Cat The Name of the Game

Big and Little

The Story About Ping

5 Minute Spider Man Stories

Dinosaurs in Our Street

How the Birds Got Their Colours

Hairy Nose Itchy Butt

Aesop's Fables

Mr Archimedes Bath

STOMP

Little Red Riding Hood Not Quite

Angelica Sprocket's Pockets

The Bat and the Crocodile

A Light in the Attic

Falling Up

The Missing Piece

The Missing Piece Meets the Big O

Go the Sleep of I Let Loose the Leopard

Waddle Giggle Gargle

The Day the Crayons Quit

Snail & Turtle are Friends

This Little Roo Went to Market

Snow White and the 77 Dwarfs

The Very Noisy Bear

Love Christmas

Rob the Railway Dog

Whiffy Wilson the Wolf Who Wouldn't Go to Bed

Sock Monkey Rides Again

The Stranded Whale

The Story of Babar

Frog Finds a Place

My Merry Christmas

The Animal's Santa

Little Dog and the Christmas Wish

The Christmas Peg

A Bus Called Heaven

Ten Little Monkeys

Green Eggs and Ham

Fox in Socks

Ten Apples Up on Top

Fancy Dress Christmas

Yikes Santa Claws

Santa Claus and the Three Bears

Boy vs Beast Terradon

A Weekend With Dinosaurs

Watch Out For the Crocodile

A Very Pirate Christmas

Boy vs Beast Aquaton

Independent Reading:

** Monkey has begun to read independently**
The following list is books that he has read aloud to me

Boxer and the Fish

Barky the Barking Dog

Lost

Here Comes the Sun

Stuck in the Mud

Funfair Fun

The King and His Wish

An Elephant for the Holidays

Little Owl

My Week

Feet

The Giant

How Do They Move

Kat's Maps

Join the Band

Clever Insects

Cake Soup

The Lazy Fox

What Luck

Grandpa's Car

My Skateboard

Boris the Spider

Big Jam Sandwich

Chicken Licken

The Big Carrot

Pictures for Grandma

Popcorn Surfing

Doors

This Is Me

Which Beetles

What's the Time Mr Clock

A Sack of Rice

A Mud Cake

The Rocket Flight

Just Right For Me

I Want to Be Me

Have You Been

The Very Clever Aliens

That's Not Fair

The Sox Fox

Brian My Mate

Mum's Washing

Will There Be and Earthquake

Bear Cubs

In My Garden

I Love the Zoo

Bad Weather Good Weather

Pig and Pug

Space Race

A Wish For Some Fish

Tess and Paddy

Splat the Cat Sings Flat

Rooster is Off to See the World

Rascal's Shadow

Dixie

Charlie and the Castle

Dixie Wins the Race

Hide and Seek

The Three Frilly Goats Fluff

Go Dog Go

Bee Makes Tea

Counting Cars

Olivia Plays Soccer

Other Reading Activities:

Reading Eggs online program

Writing:

We completely dropped the ball on writing this final term of the year

Handwriting:

Foundation Handwriting Year 1
Targeting Handwriting Year 1

Spelling:

daily oral review of weekly lists as sourced from known CVC words

(10 words per list)
written test taken every Friday

Maths:

Maths Plus Year 2 Textbook

Covering the following topics:

Division/Equal Groups, multiplication/groups of, quarter turn clockwise and anti-clockwise, one quarter, chance events, likely/unlikely, creating a data table, counting on/addition, position, representing numbers to 1000, place value, counting by 1s, 2s, 3s, and 5s, addition facts, addition facts, division/sharing, covering area, ordering chance events, count on to find the difference, extending addition facts, extending subtraction facts, creating a picture graph, ordering capacity, angles, arrays of two, 1/2 1/4 and 1/8, division using arrays, digital time, symmetry, arrays of 5 and 10, equal number sentences, number patterns, repeated subtraction,  

Scripture and Character Building:

Bible Read Aloud:
Leviticus 24 ~ Numbers 19

Science and Technology:

Read Alouds on Various Science Topics:

Redback Spider - Greg Pyers

Finding Out About Tiger Snakes - Greg Pyers

Spiders and Other Arachnids - Ron Thomas

The Usborne Big Book of Bugs

Alligators and Crocodiles

Bugs - DK

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Velociraptor

Up Close T Rex

PDHPE:

walk to and from the library

walk to and from the shops

walk to and from various parks

free play at various parks

riding scooter

Creative Arts:

Drama:

Attended best friend's drama production

Dance:

Attended best friend's dance performance of The Nutcracker

Socialization:

Weekly attendance of church and Sunday School

Numerous play dates with friends of multiple ages

Other Activities:

Played a variety of board and card games

• Rummy-O
• Mancala
• Snakes and Ladders
• Skip-Bo
• Chess
• Memory
• Blokus
• Blink

Imaginative (self created) Lego games with his younger brother

Pokemon card game battles with his brother

Term School Holiday Events:

January:

Library ~ Bingo

Library ~ Games Day

ANSTO ~ Water Rockets