Parent's Homework

Kia ora koutou,

Welcome back to  Year , Term 2.  I hope everyone is well rested and excited to learn lots in Room 5.

At the end of Term 1 you all talked to your parents about your learning at the 3-way conferences.

 If you remember we thought it would be good to set the parents some homework.  Not only do they need to make sure we practise our basic facts and our spelling but we thought it would be great if they could read to us.  

This is a great way to learn about the meanings of words so we can understand these when we read independently, and so we can use them in our own writing!



           

Here are a couple of good websites that you could show them with some great read aloud classic books.

8-11 Classic Reads

8-10 Good Reads

If you do read one of these together please comment . 

Give it a rating from 1-5 and explain why you gave it this rating.

Bathers Art

Have a look at these drawings.  How are we going?

Remember we are trying to think about the shapes of bodies and towels when we dry ourselves after swimming.

Make a comment about this.  

Don't just say these are amazing.  Comment on WHAT is amazing.  

Tell us what you think are the next steps for these people.

Keep your comment

Positive

Thoughtful

Helpful

Writing Hooks

Hi everyone,

We have been learning to hook in the reader when we write about our memories - recounts.

Read these   examples and see if they work.  Make a comment but remember to keep it

1. POSITIVE
2. THOUGHTFUL
3. HELPFUL

Miss Cowsill

Karisa

As if it was as hot as the sun, my skin started to feel burnt like a piece of toast.  It was the fire display at Auckland Museum.

Kip 

I was so scared when it happened. I was so scared to go on the rainbows end roller coaster.My heart was beating like a drum.

Hana

Motorbikes were zooming past me I was scared out of my scull.

I was at Muriwai beach this year to be good at riding and to have fun.  

Damar

Staggering down the hill shivering with fear, sweat sliding down my chin….

It was February when I was 5 with mum and I was really shy and excited but ready to learn .

It was my first day at Ponsonby Primary school.

Aleeza

It all started after school. Where's dad? Where's dad? I shouted to my older sisters, Myiesha and Maha. Suddenly. I saw a face. Is it dad? I went closer.

Jackson

Suddenly Bang,Crash my friends helped me to the sick bay. I was in the most pain that I was in the most pain that I had been in before. It was last year when I was running around the school .

Evie H

I’m going to get it! I’m going to get it ! I chanted silently. I was at the park with my family . Mum was watching my little 3 year-old brother “Luca”. I was only six and one of my friends Jaden had dared me to jump to the 3rd bar. 

Hamish

I was at a carnival and I saw a what look like a gzillion kilometre high tower. I heard people screaming from the height and going down so fast. I saw the people lining up from top to bottom

Treaty Of Waitangi book

Kia ora everyone,

Here it is !  Our book about our inquiry learning.  Show your parents.  And make sure you thank Mrs Ngaropo- Tuia for helping us with this.

If you would like to comment on someone else's page make sure you follow the rules.

Have You found a Blog post you want to comment on?

Before you leave a comment I want you to follow these three simple rules...

Positive (Is my comment a positive comment?)

Thoughtful (Have I asked a good Question or thought of a where to next?)

Helpful (Will my comment help the learner solve problems, make changes or challenge their own thinking?)

The Sun - Friend or Foe

Kia ora Ruma Rima,

We are about to develop our inquiry skills even more and start on a new inquiry.  I hope you have your inquiring minds switched on for this and are going to WONDER about things. 

 Remember:If you are not wondering then you are not inquiring!

Kiwikids News is always a great website to get on to and as I was searching through it I came across something to get you wondering about the BIG Idea for our next focus:

THE SUN - FRIEND or FOE

Click on the link  below to see how NASA has been observing the sun.

NASA Sun Observations

Write a comment about something you like about the sun or something you don't like about it.

Treaty of Waitangi - Our Inquiry Update

Tena koutou Ruma Rima,

We are coming to the end of our inquiry into  'Waitangi Day, what's it all about?'

We are all enjoying the different sorts of presentations you are sharing with the class.  Next week we will get to see the two plays that have been written by Hamish and Joban, and Sybilla and Biba.  They have been working hard.  Make sure you share your work with your families and get them to comment on this blog about them.

 Here is one of our posters:

How did NZ change when the European came

By Ojas and Damar

• The Europeans brought diseases and pipes that made Maori die.
• The Maori offered land for materials.
• More and more Europeans came and there were less and less Maori.
• Maori started to marry the Europeans.
• The Europeans builded more and more buildings
• Maori started to learn how to milk cows.
• The Europeans brought animals including; cows, cats, birds and lots      more.
• lots of the animals scared the native NZ animals.
• Maori started wearing European clothes.
• They started  to have conflict or trouble and a treaty needed to be signed.

You might like to watch  this extra video about theTreaty:

Treaty of Waitangi video

Thank you also for all your questions about Takapuna Primary's visit to Waitangi last week.  I will sort through them and choose a few and we will hopefully skype them on Friday.

I loved Jack D's question: 

What did it feel like to be at the treaty grounds? 

Make a comment on our blog - I am excited to hear your ideas now  about why you think New Zealand/Aotearoa has a special holiday on Waitangi Day. 

Pastel Techniques

Tena koutou Ruma Rima,

Yesterday we watched the you tube clip to learn more about different ways to use pastels.
We learnt that there are different techniques to help us to:

• blend different colours
• blend shades (light and dark) of a colour
• create different textures with pastel

 Please could you watch the  clip again so that you understand these techniques more.                       Click here to watch:

Pastel Techniques

We are about to develop our ideas for our 'Room 5 Bathers' drawings, and you will need to think about which techniques yoou could use with these pictures.

(You could practice if you are at school early, if you have finished your work, or if it is a wet  break time.)

What techniques can you see in this drawing?

Can you share with our class something new that you learnt about drawing with pastel.  How do you think using pastel is different from using paint?  Which technique would you like to practise so you get better at using it?
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