Reading for Report Writing

This week we have been learning how to write reports.  Mrs Gardiner was back in class today so the Centipede and Snails reading groups were introduced to their independent reading projects for this week and next.

Here are a few examples of their work.  Well done!

Independent Reading Projects

Some of our reading groups have been working with a buddy to create an independent Reading Projected based around their interest in the Olympic Games.  Students got to choose a buddy to work with for this project, and then worked through a framework that would support them to create this as it is their first project of this type.

Students had guided reading sessions with me (reading texts about the Olympics), were able to access pre-selected online learning sites that would support them in answering these questions as well as utilizing the library resources on their 'book club' day.  On Thursday afternoon they went to show their presentations to children in the senior room who offered them feedback and support to improve these presentation further.  Students then shared these with our class.  Here are a few that we wanted to share with you.

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Certificate winners in Week 11 Term 1 2016

 Below are the winners of Room 5 & 6's certificate winners this week.  We had a number of students who got certificates for excellence in attendance.  Well done, this attendance is what has been helping you reach your learning goals this term.  All of you have made such fantastic progress in all areas.  Mrs Stevenson and I can't wait to see what you can achieve next term!

Duffy Assembly

Today we had our schools Duffy Assembly.  Mollie and Jake had to collect their books from the visiting musician who came to present this terms books.  He played us some cool songs on his phone and sang for us too.    He was very inspiring and we enjoyed meeting him.

At the end of the day we all got 2 books, so, we will have some great reading to do over the holidays.  Mrs G said she wanted to borrow lots of our books for the holidays but we all were keen to take them home to share with our families.  Mrs G made us a deal that we should email her photos of us reading our books in the holidays.

Sequencing Publishing - Mollie

This publishing uses time sequencing words to sequence my story.  In my story I used first, next, and finally.

Bush Walk Cameo - Mollie

This week we were planning to do a cameo based around walking up Te Ahu Ahu but it was to wet to go so we created some Cameos based round us going for a walk in the bush area just beside our classroom.  Mrs Gardiner gave us an example that encouraged us to think about what we could see, hear, smell, touch (and taste).  Here is my published story.

Our writing goal today were to make sure we had spaces between words and missing lines.

Learning to use Explain Everything

This week we have been learning and practicing how to use 'Explain Everything'.  This is an app on the iPads, that we use to record our learning so we can share it with others.  We also had a collection of children work with Mrs G to create some videos that allow us to REWIND our learning and revisit how to access and save our tasks.

Thank Cruz & Taylor for modeling and recording this.

Thank Mollie and Taylor for sharing this.