TERM 3 - Today's mahi...

Kei te mahi tatou i tenei ra...

Monday 30th August/

Mane te toru tekau o Ākuhata

Welcome to Week Six!

Check your emails please. :)

Check out the video of what some of you have been up to...

Room 2 Lockdown 2021 #1 - HD 1080p.mov

Panui...

  • We will have a Google Meet this morning at 9am, This will be to share our Karakia and Pepeha and catch up and to share how distance learning will look for the next couple of days.

  • At 10.30am - there will be another Room 2 Google Meet for anyone who wants to play some games as a class. (see below for details)

  • Remember that I won't be able to answer any emails between 11-12pm, but will answer these as soon as my meeting finishes.

  • The rest of your learning for the day can be found below.

  • Remember to move your learning into your folders so that I can see it.

Google Meet #1 - Room 2 - 9am start!!!!!

It would be great to catch up with everyone and share our Karakia and Pepeha together and to hear what everyone has been up to.


How it works;

Find a suitable place to set up your device. (A quiet spot where you will be able to hear and focus on each other).

Just before 9am (between 8.55-9am) click the link below.

Test your camera and microphone to make sure they both work.

Turn your camera on and MUTE your microphone as you enter the meeting.

Remember your REACH values!

See you there!

Karakia and Pepeha

Let's start our day with our MK Karakia and Pepeha


Through this we are meeting our te reo schoolwide progressions as we are able to;

  • Say and know the actions to the school blessing and/or karakia - He Honore

  • Say and know the actions to the school pepeha -Mangapapa Pepeha

Copy of Karakia me Pepeha mo Mangapapa

Google Meet #2 - Room 2 - 10.30am start!!!!!

This google meet is a chance to play a few games together.

You will need; Paper and something to write with


Today's ako/ learning...

padlet: Aug 29, 2021 8:40 PM.webm

Padlet - Check In

Here is today's padlet that you can visit and say hi to each other and tell us a little bit about what you have been up to across the weekend.

You can type your thinking, add a photo, record using audio, or make a video clip.

Please remember to add your name so they know who you are. :)

If you are not sure how to use the padlet, please watch this video.

Untitled: Aug 18, 2021 5:27 PM.webm

Maths -

Times Tables

Times Table Challenge

What to do:

  1. Make a copy of this slide deck.

  2. Name it and move it to your MATHS folder.

  3. Start the timer.

  4. Answer the times table facts in any order that you choose to.

  5. Stop the timer and record your time on your slide.


Now visit Timestables.co.nz and spend some time on the tables that you found a little tricky on the grid.

Maths: Aug 29, 2021 8:42 PM.webm

Reading - Inference

What to do:

  1. Make a copy of this slide deck.

  2. Name it and move it to your READING folder.

  3. Use the Mote tool or text to add your thinking to each of the activities.

Inference cards - Room 2 - Distance Learning
reading: Aug 29, 2021 8:43 PM.webm

A-Z of Foods

What to do:

  1. Make a copy of this A-Z slide deck.

  2. Name it and move it to your WRITING folder.

  3. Type in one kind of food for each letter of the alphabet.

Up for an extra challenge - use the timer and see how many you can get before the timer stops.

A-Z Food
reading: Aug 29, 2021 8:43 PM.webm
reading: Aug 29, 2021 8:43 PM.webm

The Petting Zoo

What to do:

  1. Watch the clip.

  2. Complete the TALK questions.

  3. Do the DO. Plan your own scary petting zoo. Use the National Geographic website to help to research.

  4. Show your research/zoo design on a slide deck.

  5. Move the slide deck to your INQUIRY folder.


RESEARCH/KAIRANGAHAU LETTER PROJECTS

What to do:

  1. Think about a topic that you want to research that starts with the letter R.

  2. Decide whether you want to ask a question about that topic and complete a RESEARCH project or whether you want to research and present FIVE FACTS about your topic.

  3. Create a slide deck. Move it to your INQUIRY folder.

  4. Complete your research. Present your slides. Think KAIRANGI/ Excellence in your presentation - fonts, images, layout, etc.

letters: Aug 29, 2021 8:50 PM.webm

Boggle #2

What to do:

  1. Make a copy of this Boggle slide deck.

  2. Name it and move it to your WRITING folder.

  3. Record as many words as you can using the letters on the boggle board.

Up for an extra challenge - use the timer and see how many you can get before the timer stops.

Boggle #2
boggle: Aug 29, 2021 8:51 PM.webm
writing: Aug 29, 2021 8:54 PM.webm

Writing

What to do:

  1. Look at the three Writing prompts below and choose the one (or more) that you would like to do.

  2. Make a copy of the slide deck.

  3. Name it and move it to your WRITING folder.

  4. Complete the writing task for the prompt that you have chosen.

bingo Aug 29, 2021 8:55 PM.webm

Bingo Board of Awesomeness

What to do:

Look at the different activities on the Bingo Board and have a go at the ones that interest you.

Can you get four in a row and make a bingo line?

Can you bingo your whole board?

Fitness or Dance Time!!!!

Try out one or both of the video clips...

fitness: Aug 29, 2021 8:56 PM.webm
Steps: Aug 22, 2021 9:50 PM.webm

Word Work - Steps Web

All Room 2 MKids now have a StepsWeb account. (Please check your Gmail for your username and password).

If you are doing StepsWeb for the first time, it will get you to a little assessment activity to make sure that the activities that it gives you are at the right level for you!

Have fun exploring this site.

Squiggles Art Activities

What to do:

  1. Look at the images on the squiggle time pages.

  2. Either try and do them on your computer using shapes etc (if you choose this, you will need to make a copy of the slide deck), or draw the shapes you can see on a piece of paper, then continue the picture.

What does your finished image look like?

Squiggles Time Drawing activities
art: Aug 29, 2021 8:58 PM.webm