Poem Madness

This week is all about poetry, we are reading it, writing it and thinking about it all day long!  One poem we have been practicing reading with expression is One Two by Shel Silverstein.  Here is a recording of Faith and Constance reading the poem.  We hope you enjoy it.


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Writing Persuasive Letters

In Room 4 we are writing letters to the Conservation Minister Nick Smith to try and persuade him to do more to protect the Maui Dolphin.  As part of this Leilani, Demetrius, Constance and Ricky were learning about Modal verbs and how they change the persuasiveness of our letters. Here is a cline they worked together to complete and some sentences they wrote using strong modal verbs.

Internet News

For Inquiry this term Jahrell, Jadaleigh, Constance and Kensington researched the internet.  Their big questions was 'how has the internet made our lives better or worse?'.  They have made a slideshow, and a news program to answer the question and here is their finished work.

Advantages and Disadvantages of the Internet

Measuring Up

We have been learning about measurement in Room 4.  We have been learning to measure width and height using mm, cm and metres.  The Taimana maths group had to choose something to measure and the appropriate unit of measurement to measure it with.  They used the ipad to take pictures of their measurement  and then created a video of their findings using movenote.  Are all their measurements correct? Leave them a comment and let them know.

Wally's Lastest Adventures

Wally has been very busy over the past few months, going to Rainbow's End, Birthday parties and just spending time with the families of Room 4 children.  Here is a video showing what he has been getting up to.

Words of War

We are learning about World War One and the Anzac's this term.  Today we read a book called Harry and the Anzac poppy.  There were a few new words in the book so we decided to work together in groups to complete a slideshow of the new vocabulary we had learned.  Take a look at our completed slide show, we will add to it as we learn more new words throughout the term.

Read to Someone

As part of the daily five program we have been learning how to read to a buddy.  Our buddy listens to us read and summarises what they heard.  We then ask each other questions to check our understanding before swapping roles.  Here are some photos of our first buddy reading session.

Rights and Responsibilities

We had a great time getting to know each other last week and discussing our rights and responsibilities as members of the Room 4 community.  We ready to start learning and we know it is going to be great year.  Here are the rights and responsibilities we came up with as a class:

In Room 4 everyone has the right to:

• Be treated with respect.
• Have different opinions and beliefs.
• To learn and to teach.
• To feel safe and welcome.
• Use the classroom equipment.  

In Room 4 everyone has a responsibility to:

• Treat other people with respect and kindness.
• Come to class prepared to learn everyday.
• Follow instructions.
• Let others work without disturbing them.
• Do their best work..
• Be a capable and independent learner.
• Look after and share our classroom equipment.
• Make sensible choices!  

We have also been completing some team building activities. We know that as a part of team we need to support and encourage one another to ensure that we are all successful. Take a look the photos below to see what we got up to.