ATIONS, By Shel Silverstein

The Tigers reading group looked at the poem ATIONS, by Shel Silverstein.  They used the ipad to take pictures of each of the ation words.  Once they were happy with their pictures they used imovie to put them in the right order and record themselves reading the poem.  Here is the finished movie.

Rugby Balls

For inquiry Siale and Germain wanted to answer the question 'How have rugby balls changed over time?'  They decided to present their research as a news programme and here is the finished movie.

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.

Complex sentences

For writing some of the students in room 4 have been learning to use conjuctions to write complex sentences.  Here are some of the sentences we came up with.

The white unicorn looked at the moon as he slid down the mountain and snapped his horn.
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The white unicorn looked at the moon because his friend was trapped on it. 

The white unicorn looked at the moon while dancing on the mountain edge. 

The white unicorn looked at the moon as it slowly drifted down while the sun was rising. 

Thinking Hats, by Jahrell

During independent writing time Jahrell decided to write an informative piece of writing to tell us about the thinking hats.  He has used Google presentations to publish it.

Spelling in Space

As part of our Daily five we need to work on words.  Jahrell has chosen to do an activity where he has to hide his spelling words in a picture.  He has thought about how he can use google draw to complete this activity.  Here is the finished result.

Superhero Day

On Friday we had a superhero mufti day to raise money for the year 7/8 camp.  We had a lot of superheroes protecting our school and it was a great day.  Take a look at the pictures to see what we got up to.

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.

Waitangi Day

This week we have been learning about Waitangi Day and the Treaty.  We all had alot of questions about why we have Waitangi Day so we got into groups and did some research using books and Google.  We then used ipads and made a movie to share what we had learnt.  Here are our first two movies.

Waitangi Day Group 2 from Kirsty Macfarlane on Vimeo.

Waitangi Day from Kirsty Macfarlane on Vimeo.

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.