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End of year Reflection
Walt: reflect on our learning
Walt: make changes to the way we learn to help us improve
Instructions:
It is the last week of school! To finish off our writing for the year, we are going to write a reflection about reading/writing this year and think about what our next goals might be for 2018.
Labels: 2017, Writing, Reading, Reflection.
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Remember to save everything into Room Service!!
Attribution:
A concert goes wrong!
Walt: use interesting vocabulary to create an engaging narrative.
Walt: hook our readers in.
Instructions:
This week you are going to imagine that you are a member of a band. You are performing in front of hundreds of people but something goes horrible wrong!!
Write a narrative to tell the story.
Labels: 2017, Writing, Narrative.
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Blog Commenting
Walt: write quality blog comments: positive, thoughtful, and helpful.
Walt: give each other helpful feedback.
Instructions:
Last week we had the Manaiakalani film festival! You all did some great comments on different movies once we came back to school.
This week we are going to comment on our amazing Tuhi mai tuhi atu class blogs!
This week, our focus is on commenting to:
Other Tuhi mai, tuhi atu blogs:
Team Moana @ Ohaewai Primary School
Room 3 @ Wesley Primary School
Labels: 2017, Writing, Blog commenting.
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Expressing music in different ways
Walt: share our learning on our blog in an interesting an engaging way.
Walt: remember correct punctuation when we write.
Walt: give each other helpful feedback.
Instructions:
BEFORE STARTING THIS WEEK'S LEARNING, SHARE YOUR RECOUNT WRITING FROM LAST WEEK ON YOUR BLOG!
This week, we are going to listen to a selection of music.
1. As you listen to the music, draw a picture to tell the story you hear. Be as creative as you wish!
2. Explain your picture to a friend. Think about how the music directed your drawing.
3. Take photos of your drawing and write a blog post using correct punctuation (full stops, capital letters, etc) to describe what you did and what your drawing shows.
Labels: 2017, Writing, Music.
Reflection Task
Copy your writing onto your blog.
With a friend, discuss what you need to do better in your writing. Do you need to plan better? Do you need to go back and check your work? Do you need to work on getting your ideas down quicker? Do you need to improve your spelling? Anything else?
Write a short paragraph, or do a video reflection explaining this.
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Recount Writing
Walt: recount an event in a descriptive and engaging way.
Walt: write a quality piece of writing in a short timeframe.
Instructions:
This week, you are going to write a recount following an experience.
1. You will have 10 minutes to plan for your writing.
2. You will have 35 minutes to write.
3. Write your recount!
Labels: 2017, Writing, Recount.
Reflection Task
Copy your writing onto your blog.
With a friend, discuss what you need to do better in your writing. Do you need to plan better? Do you need to go back and check your work? Do you need to work on getting your ideas down quicker? Do you need to improve your spelling? Anything else?
Write a short paragraph, or do a video reflection explaining this.
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Attribution:
Youtube: Rowan Atkinson Live - Star of Mr Bean - Funny invisible drum. (29 July 2010, Rowan Atkinson Live)
Immersion Assembly Recount
Walt: recount an event in a descriptive and engaging way.
Walt: share our ideas about music from immersion assembly.
Instructions:
This term, our inquiry is Musical Madness!! We are going to get lots of opportunities to share our learning through music.
This week, you are going to write a recount about Immersion Assembly.
1. Start to add new musical vocabulary to our vocab padlet.
2. Plan for your writing.
3. Have a look at the links on the planning and writing doc (under Step 3).
4. Write your recount!
Labels: 2017, Writing, Recount, Musical madness.
Planning and Writing Doc
Padlet
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Attribution:
Musical Madness Poster - G. Jacobson (PES), 2017:
