Saturday, November 22, 2014

A&P Show Writing

After we went to the A&P Show we wrote thank you letters to the parents who took us.



In writing I am learning to... Add interesting punctuation 

Basic Facts

In maths each morning we have a basic facts slam. We have two minutes to answer 20 basic facts questions. If we can answer all of them in less then a minute five times in a row we get to move to the next level. Here is my basic facts slam page.

Discovery

In Discovery this week we were using language, symbols and text and showing our CARE values. 

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I was showing my CARE values by... 
"COMMENT"

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Garden Discovery

In Discovery each week we look at how we can show the CARE values, here is how we showed our CARE values in our Garden Discovery!



"I was picking up weeds and helping other people"

Monday, November 17, 2014

Maths - Time


Maths - Measurement



WALT use meters and centre meters to measure things

Tania was 1.18 meters in Term 3

In term 4 she is 1.21 meters!

Friday, October 10, 2014

alexhornoaklands sent you a video: "Kakano Dance"

alexhornoaklands has shared a video with you on YouTube
WALT
Participate and contribute in a different way to be creative

SUCCESS CRITERIA
I can participate in dance, drama, music or art to show creativity.
Kakano Dance
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alexhornoaklands sent you a video: "Topic Round 2 Drama"

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WALT
Participate and contribute in a different way to be creative

SUCCESS CRITERIA
I can participate in dance, drama, music or art to show creativity.
Topic Round 2 Drama
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Monday, September 1, 2014

Fwd: Gymnastics

WALT
Make our bodies into shapes and perform rolls

In PE this term we have been doing gymnastics, we have been learning to make our bodies into shapes like the pike, straddle, straight, and tuck.
We have also been learning to do the rolls - pencil, hedgehog, elephant and forward.

Out next step is to put these together and make a sequence.

TEACHER COMMENT
Some of these rolls can be very tricky it is great to see how hard we are all working at making the shapes and following instructions.











Music

WALT Sing our songs for production

To practice our songs for assembly we have been getting together as Year 2s and 3s and singing as a group.

We have learned about how to sit, how to open our mouths wide and how to use the air in our lungs to make our singing as loud as we can.

SUCCESS CRITERIA
We will know we have succeded when we can sing our songs with energy and enthusiasm.

TEACHER COMMENT
We are sounding better every time and are slowlly remembering the words, production is going to be fantastic.

Monday, June 16, 2014

Tania's post on Tuesday, 17 June 2014


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I am learning to describe a story. I will known I can do this when I can talk about the setting, characters and events and have an opinion about a story.

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Tania's post on Thursday, 12 June 2014


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I am learning to compare two stories. I know I can do this when I can talk about things that are the same and different between two stories and say which I like better.

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Tania's post on Wednesday, 11 June 2014


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I am learning to talk about a story I have read. I know I can do this when I can talk about the characters, the setting, the events and say what I thought of the story.

Thursday, May 22, 2014

Term 2 Art Attack

LEARNING INTENTION
To produce a piece of Maori art using sketching and painting

SUCCESS CRITERIA
Sketch and the paint a koru using simple sketching skills and the dip and sweep painting technique

LEARNING OUTCOME
My learning outcome was Relational because I used a variety skills to produce my art

WHAT DID I HAVE TO SAY?
I liked doing the painting because I like using paint

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Sample of Writing from Term 1, Week 7

I choose the piece of writing I wrote on 21.3.14

WALT
Write a story with detail and SOLO assess it

SUCCESS CRITERIA
I will write a story and figure out what level of SOLO it is

MY SOLO LEVEL
Extended Abstract
Because I shared my feelings

MY NEXT STEP
Extended Abstract
Having more ideas and giving more reasons

WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THIS PIECE OF WRITING?
Because I liked what I did in Discovery

Superman Reading - Read in our Head

WALT
Read a story in our head

SUCCESS CRITERIA
We can read a story in our head

OUR SOLO LEVEL
Relational
Because we know how to do it and why we are doing it

OUR NEXT STEP
Extended Abstract
We will be able to be role models to other people

WHAT DID WE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT?
"It was okay but sometimes I whispered the hard words" - Jennifer
"It was a little bit tricky because we didn't know the girls name" - Tania
"It was hard because it was not very quiet" - Anna-Bella
"The noise made it hard to read" - Niamh
"It was a wee bit tricky because some of the words were hard to understand" - Dylan
"I found it easy, I know how to read fast" - Bobby

Maths - Skip Counting

WALT
Skip count in 10s and 5s

SUCCESS CRITERIA
We can skip count in 10s and 5s to 100



OUR SOLO LEVEL
Multi Structural
Because we can do it but we know it from memory

OUR NEXT STEP
Relational
We need to be able to carry it on beyond 100 and to understand how it works