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Welcome to my Manaiakalani Google Class OnAir site. I teach a Year 3 class at Pt England School in Auckland, New Zealand. The learners in my class are 6 and 7 years old and all have an iPad mini to assist with their learning. My learners all have their own blogs and they are love to receive comments from our audience. I welcome feedback or comments and hope you find my site useful.

Lessons Term 4: Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

The term focus is on Science and changes in matter. Class OnAir lessons this term will be recorded during inquiry, writing and reading instruction. The focus of each lesson is indicated below.

Lesson Seventeen

READING

Lemonade

Focus: Using multiple texts to

inform our opinions

Lesson Eighteen

INQUIRY/WRITING

Bread

Focus: using our senses to

make comparisons

Lesson Nineteen

FILM/WRITING

Film Festival 2016

Focus: using acting to tell a story

Lesson Twenty

WHANAU ENGAGEMENT/

CLASS ON AIR REFLECTION

Focus: Encouraging blog comments to provide an authentic audience

Lessons Term 3: We Are The Champions

The term focus is on the Olympic Games. Class OnAir lessons this term will be recorded during reading, writing and maths instruction. The focus of each lesson is indicated below.

Lesson Fifteen

READING

The Spiders Gift

Focus: Vowel rules and making inferences based on our text

Lesson Sixteen

MATHS

Measurement

Focus: Measuring objects and comparing the measurements

Lesson Eleven

MATHS

Place Value

Focus: Reading numbers to 1000 & adding 10s and 100s

Lesson Twelve

WRITING

Blog Commenting

Focus: Creating a positive digital footprint through commenting

Lesson Thirteen

MATHS

Place Value

Focus: Adding two numbers using part/whole strategy

Lesson Fourteen

MATHS

Fractions

Focus: Finding the fraction of a number in word problems

Lessons Term 2: As I See It

The term focus is on architecture and geometry as part of a school wide topic on art. Class OnAir lessons this term will be recorded during reading and/or writing instruction. The focus of each lesson is indicated below.

Lesson Nine

MATHS

Equal Sharing

Focus: Finding the fraction of a number by equal sharing

Lesson Ten

WRITING

Wooden Shack

Focus: Using vocabulary to make our writing interesting

Lesson Five

READING

The Mouse & the Elephant

Focus: Comparing two different stories for similarities & differences

Lesson Six

WRITING

Art Adventure

Focus: Brainstorming ideas to make writing interesting

Lesson Seven

READING

Flightless Birds

Focus: Using headings to find information quickly

Lesson Eight

WRITING

Sydney Opera House

Focus: Editing our work for grammar and punctuation

Lessons Term 1: The Pt England Way

The term focus is on routines and managing self with a Superhero theme. Class OnAir lessons this term will be recorded during reading instruction. The focus of each lesson is indicated below.