Week 11 - Letter Writing
We are learning to identify feeling around letters
We are learning the difference between formal and informal letters
We are learning about the layout of a letter (formal and informal)
Friday - School Holidays
Wednesday and Thursday - Formal letters, business letters etc How to begin and sign off
Tuesday - Minecraft lesson
Monday - Checking over the structure of our letter writing and continuing to construct our letters
Friday - Lets start our letter writing!
Thursday - Structure of a formal letter, what to include and why
Wednesday - Letter sorting, features of a letter
Tuesday - No writing due to Minecraft Zoom
Monday - Discussions all around letters. Experiences of sending and receiving a letter
Week 9 - Reports, where are we from?
We are learning to create questions to find out more information about others and ourselves
We are learning to write a report containing information about where our family is from
We are learning to use the correct language in our reports
We are learning how to structure our reports
Thursday and Friday - Reports are looking fantastic, we just need to fine tune them a little
Wednesday - Looking deeper into the structural features of a report
Tuesday - Minecraft zoom
Monday - Everything you need to know about editing! Lets edit your first paragraph in your report
Week 8 - Reports, where are we from?
We are learning to create questions to find out more information about others and ourselves
We are learning to write a report containing information about where our family is from
We are learning to use the correct language in our reports
We are learning how to structure our reports
Friday - Introduction, what information do we need to include?
Thursday - What language is used in a report?
Tuesday - Top Team
Monday and Wednesday - What is a report? We will be looking at different reports and pulling them apart
Friday - Finish developing your own questions to ask your family over the weekend
Thursday - Finish the questioning worksheet and begin developing your own questions
Wednesday - Questioning worksheet
Tuesday - Different types of questions with Mrs Bell
Monday - Why do we interview others? What information would you like to find out? Looking at questioning
Friday - Finishing touches on our dreams and sharing them to the class
Thursday - What are our dreams for the community? Our clouds are starting to look amazing
Wednesday - Making sure our main cloud, personal dream cloud and our dream for the world cloud are completely finished. Are we achieveing our WALTs so far?
Tuesday - Looking at our goal for the world. What does a perfect world look like?
Monday - Complete main cloud. Complete the goal cloud for your personal dreams/goals
Friday - Share our personal goals. Do we have full sentences? How is our punctuation looking?
Thursday - Looking at full sentences and punctuation within our personal goal
Wednesday - Finish dream cloud. Begin constructing personal goal
Tuesday - Discussion around dreams and goals. Looking at how to write a dream/goal. Begin constructing our dreams/goals
Monday - Swimming Sports
Week 4 - Autobiography Writing
We are learning to write effectively and with detail about our personal history (family, friends, neighbourhood), growth, and goals over time
We are learning to read and critique published autobiographies to help understand effective writing and techniques used
We are learning to read and critique the work of our peers
Friday - Continue writing our autobiographies
Thursday - Share our first paragraph and then continue writing
Wednesday - Editing and finishing our first pargraph. These are sounding fantastic already.
Tuesday - We will begin writing our first paragraph of our autobiography!
Monday - Shaping character and My Friends writing prompt
Week 3 - Autobiography Writing
We are learning about the process of writing; brainstorm ideas, write a draft, revise, edit, finalise draft, and share our work
We are learning to write effectively and with detail about our personal history (family, friends, neighbourhood), growth, and goals over time
We are learning to read and critique published autobiographies to help understand effective writing and techniques used
Friday - My Family activity
Thursday - My Family activity, reading different autobiographies.
Wednesday - Finish presenting.
Continue the birth certificate and My Family activity.
Tuesday - Writing test
Monday - Finish presenting the last 4 mihi presentations from last week
The meaning and purpose of an autobiography, reading different autobiographies. Birth certificate and My Family activity.
Friday - Presentation Day!
Thursday - Finish our mihi Google Slide presentation. We will be discovering kowhaiwhai patterns.
Wednesday - Finish our draft version of our mihi. Start to construct our Google Slide presentation.
Tuesday - Complete the tasks from last Friday (Planning our Google Slide presentation using Google Docs) See below for last weeks plan and questions.
Monday - Public holiday
Week 1 - Creating a mihi
We are learning to build our confidence while sharing our mihi
We are learning to understand and use everyday Maori words
We are learning about ourselves and our whanau
Wednesday
Discuss what the mihi told us about the person. What new vocabulary do we need to know and understand?
Why is it important to share our information with others?
Thursday
Discuss and share your mountain and river. Why is it important to you?
Discover Mihi Maker
Start to construct your mihi - HOMEWORK fill in the gaps of your mihi.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday - School holidays
Friday
Plan your mihi presentation using Google Docs. How do you want it to look? What theme are you going to use on Google Slides? How many slides are you going to have? What goes on each slide? Are you adding photos of your family members? What will you use if you are not using family photos?
HOMEWORK ask your family for permission to use the family photos on your Google Slide. Collect all the photos you need and email them to your school email. If you can't scan them you can take a photo of them.
ROOM FOUR ARE MAKING AMAZING MEMORIES TOGETHER!