Year 2 News by Kylie Vaughan

Speaking and Listening in Year 2

The children are finishing their learning in English this term by engaging in a Speaking and Listening unit.  In this unit, the students are viewing and listening to a variety of everyday procedural texts.  Procedural texts list a sequence of actions or steps needed to make or do something.  Typical examples of procedural texts include recipes, science experiments, assembly manuals or instructions for playing games.

In this term’s Speaking and Listening unit, the students are learning to create their own procedures for how to pack a suitcase to go on holidays.  Instead of writing a procedure for how to do this themselves, the students are writing a procedure to tell an imaginary character what to pack for a holiday.  They are presenting their procedure on their iPads as a multimodal presentation.  A multimodal presentation uses two or more communication modes.  Students will use a combination of printed text, images and spoken text to present.

Next week, the children will be sharing their multimodal presentations with their peers. Not only will they practise their speaking, they will also have an opportunity to practise active listening by providing each presenter with feedback.

Checkout these superstars from 2F who have been working hard preparing their multimodal presentations.

Have a wonderful week
Kylie Vaughan
Deputy Principal- Year 2
kvaug3@eq.edu.au