Room 4's Kindness Project

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Blogger of the Month 2020

Blogger of the Month

Thursday 24th September

The Promise

Literacy

Make a copy of the slides

Practice monitoring your reading and making inferences

Tuesday 22nd September

Eleven

Literacy

Make a copy of the slides

Practice monitoring your reading and your understanding of grammar

Monday 21st September

Mighty Measurement

Maths

Complete the slides for your group and participate when it is your turn for a workshop!

Gradients of the Galaxy

X Factor

Pi Hard

Pi Rats


Thursday 17th September

Finding my Place

Literacy

  1. Make a copy of the slides

  2. Discuss the text with the class

  3. Discuss the importance of te reo Maori

Wednesday 16th September

Volumetric Problem

Maths

Let's work on this problem as a class to see what happens when we change the dimensions of our box.

Tuesday 15th September

Maori Language Week Tūrei

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

Practice the kupu hou for today!

Test your knowledge with a quiz

The Quest

Literacy

  1. Make a copy of the slides

  2. Discuss the text with the class

  3. Discuss the importance of te reo Maori

Monday 14th September

Practice makes Perfect

Maths

Complete the slides for your group and participate when it is your turn for a workshop!

Gradients of the Galaxy

X Factor

Pi Hard

Pi Rats


DMIC

Rahina

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

Practice the kupu hou for today!

Test your knowledge with a quiz

Thursday 10th September

Bus Stop
  1. Make a copy of the slides and practice your grammar

2. Practice your inferencing and use of clauses

3. Use the TEEL structure to write a paragraph

Wednesday 9th September

ICT Outdoors

1, Investigate a Tongan myth and write about it on your blog. Tune in to your Google Meet

2. Make a copy of the slides and practice your grammar

3. Use the TEEL structure to write a paragraph

Measurement Mathletes 2

Complete the slides for your group and participate when it is your turn for a workshop!

Gradients of the Galaxy

X Factor

Pi Hard

Pi Rats

Tuesday 8th September

ICT Outdoors

1, Investigate a Tongan myth and write about it on your blog. Tune in to your Google Meet

2. Make a copy of the slides and practice your grammar

3. Use the TEEL structure to write a paragraph

Monday 7th September

Measurement Mathletes 1

Complete the slides for your group and participate when it is your turn for a workshop!

Gradients of the Galaxy

X Factor

Pi Hard

Pi Rats


Friday 4th September

Getting Creative with Myths and Legends


  1. Complete your previous tasks for the week

  2. Select one of the tasks from the slides

  3. Get creative and share your creation on your blog

  4. You might like to do more than one!

Thursday 3rd September

Saving McDonalds
  1. Make a copy of the slides

  2. Discuss the text and grammar work with the class

  3. Share your learning on your blog

Wednesday 2nd September

's awesome at fractions!

We are now going to be working in Maths groups again. Check your group on the maths page.


Gradients of the Galaxy

The X² Factor

Pi Hard

Pi Rats



Tuesday 1st September

Time Warp
  1. Make a copy of the slides

  2. Discuss the text and grammar work with the class

  3. Share your learning on your blog

Monday 31st August

's awesome at fractions!

We are now going to be working in Maths groups again. Check your group on the maths page.

Gradients of the Galaxy

The X² Factor

Pi Hard

Pi Rats of the Caribbean



Taha Tinana

Today in health we are going to be looking at how the lockdown effects Taha Tinana In this exercise we are going to be writing about this in general , rather than about our own experience.

e.g. Taha Tinana can be affected by the lockdown in many ways.....

Instead of: My physical health..

Friday 28th August: FIOP

Getting Creative with Myths and Legends


  1. Tune in to our Google Meet at 11.00am

  2. Complete your previous tasks for the week

  3. Make sure you have picked a create activity from the slides (we started last week)

Thursday 27th August: Technology and Te Reo

2.3 He pene tāu?
  1. Attend your Google Meet at 11.30

  2. Complete the slides you are given or write a blog post about the lesson

  3. It would be great to see more Te Reo slides up on blogs!

Wednesday 26th August: Literacy

Roland Fish Rises Up
  1. Tune in to our Google Meet at 10am

  2. Make a copy of the slides

  3. Read the text and answer the questions

  4. Revise your knowledge of the clause and practice writing clear sentences - today we are writing paragraphs!

Tuesday 25th August: Maths

Meet Measurement
  1. Make a copy of the slides

  2. Tune in to our Google Meet at 10am

  3. Complete the questions

  4. Measure 3 items in your household

Monday 24th August: Literacy

Monday Mornings
  1. Tune in to our Google Meet at 10am

  2. Make a copy of the slides

  3. Read the text and answer the questions

  4. Revise your knowledge of the clause and practice writing clear sentences - today we are writing up to a paragraph!

Friday 21st August: Social Studies

Getting Creative with Myths and Legends


  1. Tune in to our Google Meet at 11.30am

  2. Complete your previous tasks for the week

  3. Select one of the tasks from the slides

  4. Get creative and share your creation on your blog

  5. You might like to do more than one, we will use these slides both today and next Friday

Thursday 20th August: Maths

Before I Forget 2.0


  1. Tune in to our Google Meet at 10am

  2. Complete your previous tasks for the week

  3. Make a copy of these slides

  4. Revise your knowledge of the maths concepts we covered earlier in the year

Wednesday 19th August: Literacy

A Brush with the Dark Side


  1. Tune in to our Google Meet at 10am

  2. Make a copy of the slides

  3. Read the text and answer the questions

  4. Revise your knowledge of the clause and practice writing clear sentences - remember a sentence only contains one idea!

Tuesday 18th August: Maths

Decimal Fractions 1

Level 1

Meet with our maths class at 10am using this link

Choose which level of decimals best suits your needs

Decimal Fractions 3

Level 3

Meet with our maths class at 10am using this link

Choose which level of decimals best suits your needs

Monday 17th August: Literacy

If Only

Seuss + Dahl

Read If Only and complete the activities. What a great time to revise our knowledge of clauses!

Downriver.

Wilson + Ihimaera

Read Downriver and complete the activities. Lets revisit our past learning!

Week 4

Myths and Legends Map

Myths and Legends Map

Today we will be making a map of some of the myths and legends we are interested in. You can use myths you've already read about or find new ones.

Google Meet at 11.30

I've give an example of an interactive slide presentation, but you can make your own version:

  • you could do the whole thing in Google Maps in 'my map'

  • you could use slides but include screencastify videos of you summarising the myth

  • you could even make a google site about all of the myths you have learnt about

Week 3

As I Saw It...

  1. Make a copy of the slides

  2. Read the cards in groups and identify each persons perspective

  3. Share your timeline of events on your blog

As I Saw it...Cook

Week 2

Inquiry: Myths and Legends

Last week we went on a digital trip around the world!

It is now time to make a digital passport to record all of the places that we 'visited' and the different myths that we learnt about.

Myths and Legends

What are the differences between myths and legends?

We are starting to identify the similarities and differences between myths and legends. These slides give you are starting point, but soon you will be creating your own mind maps.

Tuesday 28th July

Solving a Crime

In local news today, Mrs Stone's cupcake was mysteriously stolen from Room 4. There are several suspects as witness statements describe a number of students and staff members approaching the cupcake at different times.

Make a copy of the slides to complete your witness statement and help to bring justice for this delicious cupcake.

As I Saw a Theft?

Wednesday 29th July

Te Whare Tapa Wha

After revising Te Whare Tapa Wha with the class, set some health goals for yourself.

You can decide whether or not to post them on your blog!

Friday 23 July

Finish it off Properly!

Today we are finishing our last inquiry rotations! This means you should have 6 blog posts (or 5 if you are in extension), one for each rotation.

For those of you who have finished, your challenge is to create your own mythical creature and write a description of it (see right).


This is an idea for a creature by Te Morehu at Glen Taylor

Thursday 22 July

Cybersmart

Today we are revising what we have learnt about Smart Footprint

Make a copy and put the slides in your Inquiry Folder

  • What information should we share online?

  • What images can we use fairly?


Smart Footprint

Welcome to term 3!

Monday 20th July

Today we are spending the whole day in our home class.

We will be reflecting on our immersion assembly, creating our tree-ty and starting our inquiry!

Today in Room 4