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.

The Puffer Fish, By Taiala

Taiala has been doing some research on the puffer fish and used it to write a description.  She has used go animate to publish her work.

Four Times Tables

Today Room 4 worked together to make a times table video.  Taiala and Matthew used explain everything to show the times tables.  We then turned it into a song.  Matthew played the ukulele, Siale and Falakiko played beats on the paper bin and the rest of the class sang.  After that we used imovie to put it all together.  Hopefully it will help you learn your times tables.

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.

Soldier

Here is Taiala's imaginary account of being a soldier in the war.  She has used Google Draw to publish it.

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.

Wally's Weekend with Taiala

Wally got to spend the Weekend with Taiala and her family.  Here are some pictures of what they got up to.

Rounding and Compensating

Taiala and Kensington have been learning to solve addition problems using rounding and compensating. They have used the ipad to show how they applied this strategy to solve two digit addition problems.

Rounding and compensating from Kirsty Macfarlane on Vimeo.

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.