What a great effort- and keep enjoying Mathletics!
Friday, March 9, 2012
Mathletics Success- Room 7 makes Top 50 NZ classes!
Well done Room 7! Your efforts in Mathletics have resulted in us placing in the TOP 50 classes in New Zealand- at number 43!
What a great effort- and keep enjoying Mathletics!
What a great effort- and keep enjoying Mathletics!
Monday, March 5, 2012
Reading for meaning
I am always on the lookout for pre-reading strategies that help my children engage with a text when reading it for the first time. I've tried a number of strategies over the year, and found some effective, some less so.
I recently came across this strategy at the "ChartChums" blog, which I follow.
It encourages children to immediately engage with what they are reading, while they are reading, by writing their responses to reading on post-its.
We tried this out today and I could clearly see the thinking occurring as students read.
I recently came across this strategy at the "ChartChums" blog, which I follow.
It encourages children to immediately engage with what they are reading, while they are reading, by writing their responses to reading on post-its.
We tried this out today and I could clearly see the thinking occurring as students read.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Monday, February 13, 2012
First week of the school year
What have we been up to during the first week back at school?
We have been very, very busy, making new friends, renewing existing friendships, and getting to know our new teacher. We are having lots of fun reading "The Twits" by Roald Dahl, and re-writing some parts of the story, giving our own twist to the battle between Mr and Mrs Twit. We have been swimming at Eastbourne pool almost everyday, waiting for when, in week three, the Kiwi-swim instructors take Room 7 for instructional swimming lessons. We have also been doing lots of art, to get our classroom bright and colourful for the new school year.
Busy busy busy...
We have been very, very busy, making new friends, renewing existing friendships, and getting to know our new teacher. We are having lots of fun reading "The Twits" by Roald Dahl, and re-writing some parts of the story, giving our own twist to the battle between Mr and Mrs Twit. We have been swimming at Eastbourne pool almost everyday, waiting for when, in week three, the Kiwi-swim instructors take Room 7 for instructional swimming lessons. We have also been doing lots of art, to get our classroom bright and colourful for the new school year.
Busy busy busy...
 |
| Tim got a certificat in Assembly for having a GREAT start to the year- well done Tim! |
 |
| We all used some text from The Twits to highlight the descriptive language Roald Dahl uses. We then wrote our favourites on post-its to use in our own writing |
 |
| Learning how to play "The Spelling Game" |
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Yosemite through time-lapse lense
I LOVE watching time-lapse photography. This one came from http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/ (actually a GREAT science/astronomy blog that I follow)
Enjoy ;-)
Yosemite HD from Project Yosemite on Vimeo.
Make sure you watch full screen.
Enjoy ;-)
Yosemite HD from Project Yosemite on Vimeo.
Make sure you watch full screen.
Monday, January 2, 2012
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year everyone!
A new school year commences in 5 weeks time. Enjoy your summer holiday!
A new school year commences in 5 weeks time. Enjoy your summer holiday!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)