TERM TWO - Today's mahi...
Kei te mahi tatou i tenei ra...
Thursday 17th June/
Taite te tekau ma whitu o Hune
Panui
Under the Sea disco - TONIGHT!
Karakia me Pepeha o Mangapapa
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
Our Maramataka
Now let's share our maramataka for today.
Through our calendar we are learning to ask/answer;
Today's date in te reo (day, number, month)
The day it was yesterday
The day it will be tomorrow
The day's weather
The current season
Room 2 & 3 Maths changeover
Time to grow our maths brains!
Room Two Maths group -
You need your warm up book, a glue stick and a pencil.
Here is your maths mahi for today.
Fitness -
Let's take a brain break and do some Fitness
House of Science
Who Dunnit?
Today we will be completing our Handwriting Analysis activity and then putting all our learning together to see if we can solve the case of the missing computer!
MORNING TEA
Word Work -
Guided Learning
We are going to team up with Ravenclaw to do some sound activities.
Guided Learning
We are going to team up with Gryffindor to do some sound activities.
Independent - Vocabulary Focus
You will need your Word Work book, a pencil and a red pen.
Choose a sentence strip.
Write the sentence in pencil in your book.
Now with your red pen, bump your sentence up by adding adjectives, verbs and stronger vocabulary. (You can do this by doing Steps 2, 3, and 4, or just jump straight to Step 4.
Repeat for 4 sentences.
Use your highlighter to highlight the words that you used to create a better than before sentence.
Term Two Independent Writing Sample
Today you will be completing a NARRATIVE for your Term Two Writing Sample. This is an independent piece of writing.
Here is the prompt that you will be exploring through your writing.
Think about what makes a great NARRATIVE. Think about your opening line/hook in, your sentence beginnings, your vocabulary choices, using a range of sentence types and lengths, using paragraphs and all the other things that you do well in your writing.
Once you have completed your planning, you will have 40mins to write.
LUNCHTIME
Steps Web
Those of you with a STEPS account need to continue with your programme.
Silent Reading
The rest of Room 2 need to be using this time to practice their reading skills and strategies by SILENT reading!
Have you chosen the right spot to enjoy one of your new library books?
Literacy/Science - Reading - Fingerprints Guided Reading with Ekam, Xavier and Maia
We will continue with our text about Fingerprints
Do you want to listen to the text yourself?
Science Investigations
Check ins and Photos for your Results. Add your latest observations to your results table. TODAY WiLL BE THE LAST DAY WE RECORD OUR OBSERVATIONS/NOTICINGS/ AND TAKE OUR PHOTOS.
Take your nail out of the container and sit it on a paper towel with the name of the environment that it has been in for the last week. Now take your photos.
These will be the last results that you add to your observations/results tables so please check that you have all the details.
You may also want to sketch what you see.