Discovery Term 4

We are learning to engage in positive relationships with others and focus on developing the key competencies:

Managing self

Thinking

Using language, symbols and text

Participating and contributing 

Relating to others

Student reflection from a Discovery session: I went to the ipod room. I shared an ipod and worked with Jasper. This showed community.

 

Writing Term 4

I am learning to: write an information report on an animal.

What I need is: 

Describing words

What the animal is

What the animal looks like

What the animal does

My animal is the fish. It lives in water and it has colourful fins. I love fish.

Written and typed by Joey 

CARE Term 4

Student response: I show Excellence when I do the best I can.

Dance Term 4

We are learning to: express ourselves creatively through dance.

To be successful we need to:

• Learn the specific steps to the dance
• Keep in time to the music
• Follow instructions
• Try our best

Click on the link below of Room 21 and 2 practising together: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wj-Pu1_gsk&safe=active

Music Term 4

We are learning to: recognise different sections of music and respond through singing, moving, playing and creating.

To be successful we need to:

• Listen carefully to the music
• Move as directed by the words in the song
• Sing as we move

Click on the link below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgQ1_GEC8ZM

Gymnastics Term 3

We are learning to: do a pencil roll.

To be successful we need to: put our arms above our head, have our hands palm to palm, our legs together and keep our bodies as straight as we can.

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Maths Term 3

We are learning to: Count on and back to solve problems within 100.

Success Criteria: Start from the bigger number and count on or back to solve problems. Solve these in our heads or use a hundreds board to help us.

Click on the link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-ZuQAwCFSo&feature=em-upload_owner

Reading Term 3

Teacher question: What do good readers do?

Student’s response: They leave out a word they don’t know and come back to it. They ask themselves if what they have read makes sense. They sound out tricky words. 

Mihi Term 3

Te Reo Māori Mihi

We are learning to:

•   Introduce ourselves in Te Reo Māori.

•   Communicate personal information, such as our name, parents’ and grandparents’ names and home town in Te Reo Māori. 

To be successful we need to:

•   Speak clearly and fluently.

•   Use short simple sentences of Te Reo Māori to communicate personal information.

Click on the link below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBQyKj6J53g

Inquiry Term 2

We are learning to express our understandings of change.

Task:

Teacher Instruction - With this play dough or paper, make or draw what you know about change.

Teacher Question- What have you made or drawn to show me what you know about change?

Note: The first photo has been taken at the start of the unit and the second photo has been taken in the middle of the unit.

Teacher Comment: You understand how plants change. 

Mathematics with Statistics Term 2

I am learning to

Create a tally chart on Room 21’s favourite colours. Use this and a class graph to make statements.

Success Criteria

·     Ask a question to gather information.

·     Create a tally chart correctly.

·     Make a statement on the data: For example the most popular colour or the least popular colour. 

Child Comment: Yellow is the least popular colour.

Writing Term 2

I am learning to

Write an information report on the Venus Fly Trap.

Success Criteria

·     Include what it is, what it looks like, where it is found and what it does.

 Next Step: Add more detail to my writing.