This term our reading groups completed a novel study. We gathered information about the text as we read and then presented it in Google Slides.
Monday, 19 September 2016
Sarah
This term our reading groups completed a novel study. We gathered information about the text as we read and then presented it in Google Slides.
Jesse
This term our reading groups completed a novel study. We gathered information about the text as we read and then presented it in Google Slides.
Saffyre
This term we completed a novel study. We chose a book to read and gathered information as we read it. We then presented it in Google Slides.
Novel Study
This term our reading groups completed a novel study. We gathered information about the text as we read and then presented it in Google Slides.
Zoe
Zoe
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Olympics
As part of our Olympic Inquiry we learnt how to ask each other, and respond to the question "What is your favourite sport?" in Te Reo. We decided to present these in an Imovie.... this is our first attempt at making an Imovie in pairs. We know we have a lot to learn about Imovies but we think we did pretty well for a first try!
Let us know what you think.... and watch this space for our next attempt!!
Sarah and Zoe
Let us know what you think.... and watch this space for our next attempt!!
Sarah and Zoe
Monday, 29 August 2016
Thursday, 11 August 2016
The Olympics.
We have been learning how to use 'We Video' we have made these videos about the Olympics.
Tuesday, 26 July 2016
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
Thursday, 5 May 2016
We have been learning about the importance of being kind to others. We watched the story of 'How full is your bucket' and retold it. We then made a google picture of ways we can fill peoples buckets.
How Full Is Your Bucket?
Felix was building a big tall tower made of blocks that day until his little sister entered the room. “Can I play with you Felix?” asked Felix’s little sister Anna. “NO you can’t! you’re too little.” Felix replied selfishly.
“No I’m not! no I’m NOT! I’m big!” Anna screamed at her brother really loudly. “Go and play with your baby toys, Anna.” Felix said sheepishly to his sister.
But just there was this big THWACK! “Grandpa!” Felix bellowed. Grandpa came walking into the room. “What happened here.” Grandpa asked. Felix didn’t want to answer. “It was all Felix’s fault!” moaned Anna.
“Felix. You just dipped from your sisters bucket. Like everyone else Anna has an invisible bucket. When it's empty she feels bad. But when it is full she feels great. Didn’t you ever notice your own bucket?” Grandpa asked Felix.
The next morning when Felix woke he looked above him and there was a grey bucket floating in mid air above his head. That morning he went down stairs for breakfast his mum shouted “Hurry up Felix! I’ve got a meeting this morning so hurry up please!” As he reached for the cupboard he slipped and all the choco wheats spilled all over the floor. “HA HA HA HA HA.” Came a taunting voice. “Felix! Hurry up and clean up that mess before you miss the school bus,” his Mum scolded.
When Felix walked onto the school bus the first thing he heard was “nice backpack Felix. My baby brother has one just like it!” DRIP. As soon as Felix sat down at his desk he felt himself be jabbed in the side. “Out of the way SHRIMP!” DRIP. For the rest of the morning Felix was feeling mad, mad, mad and Felix’s bucket was feeling almost empty. As his class walked into the room he secretly hoped they would trip and fall. That's what it feels like to have an empty bucket. Felix slumped into his seat and waited for something bad to happen. Mrs Bumble Nickel walked slowly up to his desk and handed him a paper. Ugh! He could hardly bear to look.
“Felix! You wrote a wonderful story!Would you please share it with the class!” Felix grinned and felt a big drop land right in his bucket. DROP! “The Giganotosaurus who wanted a pet, by me, Felix.” The class grew quiet. They laughed at the all the right places and oohed at the scary parts. When Felix finally read the end everyone clapped even Emily who sat next to him and did not really like dinosaurs. Felix felt a whole lots of showering drops land in his bucket. Maybe the rest of the day wouldn’t be so bad after all. DROP! “The team captains today are Veronica and…. Felix!” DROP!
“Nice cow.”
“Umm its a dog.”
“Well nice colours Felix.” DROP!
“Cool laser backpack Felix!” DROP!
That afternoon Felix’s bucket was feeling almost full. At recess Felix looked around and noticed Grandpa was right. Everyone else had a bucket too! “Hey! here’s your baseball, catch!” Felix said.
“Thanks dude.” DROP!
“Hi, first day?” DROP!
“Yes, I’m Amir.” DROP!
The strange thing was that for every DROP he helped put in someone else’s bucket, he felt another DROP in his own bucket!
When Felix got home after school, he shouted “You were right Grandpa! I do have a bucket! And I understand how it works!” Then he saw Anna’s torn up doll. “Bad Dog!” he almost scolded. Then he thought. Dogs might have invisible buckets too. “Your doll will be ok Anna” said Felix.
“Mum will fix her. Until then, do you want to help me build the tallest building in the world with my blocks?” and so they did.
By Zoe Gilmore
The End.
Ezra Jepson
Mia Doull
Mitchell Javins
Reitu McKibbin
Saffyre Harper
Sarah Blackman
Zoe Gilmore
Will Codlin
How Full Is Your Bucket?
Felix was building a big tall tower made of blocks that day until his little sister entered the room. “Can I play with you Felix?” asked Felix’s little sister Anna. “NO you can’t! you’re too little.” Felix replied selfishly.
“No I’m not! no I’m NOT! I’m big!” Anna screamed at her brother really loudly. “Go and play with your baby toys, Anna.” Felix said sheepishly to his sister.
But just there was this big THWACK! “Grandpa!” Felix bellowed. Grandpa came walking into the room. “What happened here.” Grandpa asked. Felix didn’t want to answer. “It was all Felix’s fault!” moaned Anna.
“Felix. You just dipped from your sisters bucket. Like everyone else Anna has an invisible bucket. When it's empty she feels bad. But when it is full she feels great. Didn’t you ever notice your own bucket?” Grandpa asked Felix.
The next morning when Felix woke he looked above him and there was a grey bucket floating in mid air above his head. That morning he went down stairs for breakfast his mum shouted “Hurry up Felix! I’ve got a meeting this morning so hurry up please!” As he reached for the cupboard he slipped and all the choco wheats spilled all over the floor. “HA HA HA HA HA.” Came a taunting voice. “Felix! Hurry up and clean up that mess before you miss the school bus,” his Mum scolded.
When Felix walked onto the school bus the first thing he heard was “nice backpack Felix. My baby brother has one just like it!” DRIP. As soon as Felix sat down at his desk he felt himself be jabbed in the side. “Out of the way SHRIMP!” DRIP. For the rest of the morning Felix was feeling mad, mad, mad and Felix’s bucket was feeling almost empty. As his class walked into the room he secretly hoped they would trip and fall. That's what it feels like to have an empty bucket. Felix slumped into his seat and waited for something bad to happen. Mrs Bumble Nickel walked slowly up to his desk and handed him a paper. Ugh! He could hardly bear to look.
“Felix! You wrote a wonderful story!Would you please share it with the class!” Felix grinned and felt a big drop land right in his bucket. DROP! “The Giganotosaurus who wanted a pet, by me, Felix.” The class grew quiet. They laughed at the all the right places and oohed at the scary parts. When Felix finally read the end everyone clapped even Emily who sat next to him and did not really like dinosaurs. Felix felt a whole lots of showering drops land in his bucket. Maybe the rest of the day wouldn’t be so bad after all. DROP! “The team captains today are Veronica and…. Felix!” DROP!
“Nice cow.”
“Umm its a dog.”
“Well nice colours Felix.” DROP!
“Cool laser backpack Felix!” DROP!
That afternoon Felix’s bucket was feeling almost full. At recess Felix looked around and noticed Grandpa was right. Everyone else had a bucket too! “Hey! here’s your baseball, catch!” Felix said.
“Thanks dude.” DROP!
“Hi, first day?” DROP!
“Yes, I’m Amir.” DROP!
The strange thing was that for every DROP he helped put in someone else’s bucket, he felt another DROP in his own bucket!
When Felix got home after school, he shouted “You were right Grandpa! I do have a bucket! And I understand how it works!” Then he saw Anna’s torn up doll. “Bad Dog!” he almost scolded. Then he thought. Dogs might have invisible buckets too. “Your doll will be ok Anna” said Felix.
“Mum will fix her. Until then, do you want to help me build the tallest building in the world with my blocks?” and so they did.
By Zoe Gilmore
The End.
Ezra Jepson
Mia Doull
Mitchell Javins
Reitu McKibbin
Saffyre Harper
Sarah Blackman
Zoe Gilmore
Will Codlin
Wednesday, 30 March 2016
Sea Week visit to Butlers Point Whaling Station.
We are learning to write a recount of an event using the correct structure. Orientation which introduces who, what, where and when. A body - or sequence of events and a personal comment or reflection. Our group is trying to improve by adding more detail to our ideas in each paragraph.
Butlers Point!!!
WOW! What an amazing day Room7 had at Butlers Point Whaling Station in Hihi. We learnt all about how they caught whales, how long it would take, what they used and much more all from an amazing lady named Terry and also from Shirley and Jan.
We started with rescuing a whale. We got to save a killer whale or orca (it was an inflatable one!) I was the person that had to lead the group and to warn people not to get too close to the tail in case they got slapped by it. I was called the tail man. We had to dig an imaginary ditch underneath the whale to lead it to the sea. Then we had to slide a soaked sheet under it but really gently so that the whale didn’t get hurt. Once that was done we picked up the sides of the sheet and lifted it into the water (knee deep) and lowered it.
Next we ran down the hill to the museum and we stopped to look at a real life whaling boat. It was all broken up so it was no longer stable. Terry told us all about what they would do out at sea. We were told that they went out to sea for five years and every three months they would go back to shore for about three months and get food and water then go back out. There would be six people in a boat. A man at the back, four in the middle and one in the front (spear man).
On we went into the museum where all the learning really began. We learnt that the baleen from baleen whales is more expensive than the oil from any other whale. There was heaps of displays of guns and accessories and even a very old letter. Then we watched a movie about whales and people catching them.
Later we carried on to a house, it was no ordinary house but a house made very long ago. We were told that the parents had thirteen children. Wow! That’s a lot of kids. Each child had a chore to do like getting water from the well and carrying it back to the house. When we walked through the house we saw every single detail about what they had to do in the house. It was a wonderful house.
Next we headed outside and had a look at the garden. It was so amazing because there was all sorts of flowers, tall trees and small trees, it was like paradise! That trip was an experience of a lifetime.
Ezra Jepsen Cross
Butlers Point!!!
WOW! What an amazing day Room7 had at Butlers Point Whaling Station in Hihi. We learnt all about how they caught whales, how long it would take, what they used and much more all from an amazing lady named Terry and also from Shirley and Jan.
We started with rescuing a whale. We got to save a killer whale or orca (it was an inflatable one!) I was the person that had to lead the group and to warn people not to get too close to the tail in case they got slapped by it. I was called the tail man. We had to dig an imaginary ditch underneath the whale to lead it to the sea. Then we had to slide a soaked sheet under it but really gently so that the whale didn’t get hurt. Once that was done we picked up the sides of the sheet and lifted it into the water (knee deep) and lowered it.
Next we ran down the hill to the museum and we stopped to look at a real life whaling boat. It was all broken up so it was no longer stable. Terry told us all about what they would do out at sea. We were told that they went out to sea for five years and every three months they would go back to shore for about three months and get food and water then go back out. There would be six people in a boat. A man at the back, four in the middle and one in the front (spear man).
On we went into the museum where all the learning really began. We learnt that the baleen from baleen whales is more expensive than the oil from any other whale. There was heaps of displays of guns and accessories and even a very old letter. Then we watched a movie about whales and people catching them.
Later we carried on to a house, it was no ordinary house but a house made very long ago. We were told that the parents had thirteen children. Wow! That’s a lot of kids. Each child had a chore to do like getting water from the well and carrying it back to the house. When we walked through the house we saw every single detail about what they had to do in the house. It was a wonderful house.
Next we headed outside and had a look at the garden. It was so amazing because there was all sorts of flowers, tall trees and small trees, it was like paradise! That trip was an experience of a lifetime.
Ezra Jepsen Cross
2016 finally!
We have become a part of the Manaiakalani Outreach Blogging group which means we are paired up with other classes in our cluster to share our blogs. This week we have been learning how to write interesting comments on blog posts. After reading lots of blog comments we came up with a list of success criteria that we think would make a good comment. We have practiced commenting on our own blog!
Our success criteria for making good blog comments.
Be polite - introduce yourself.
Say something positive.
Talk about something specific - like “your shading is effective”.
Make sure it makes sense.
Use correct spelling, punctuation and grammar.
To encourage a response you could......
Ask questions. - who, what, when, where, why, how?
Mention common interests or experiences.
Share/ suggest a link or site.
Give advice. "Have you tried?".
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