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MANA Goal
MANA Goal
Knowing classroom expectations and supporting our friends with them.
Knowing classroom expectations and supporting our friends with them.
E tu kahikatea, hei whakapae ururoa, awhi mai awhi atu, tatou tatou e
Stand like the Kahikatea to brave the storms. We all help one another, and together we will be strong
We will achieve this by:
We will achieve this by:
Knowing what the classroom expectations for behaviour are - how are we to behave in the room? What is our teacher expecting?
Help others out when they need a hand to follow the rules, sometimes they just need some awhi
Treat people with respect and you will receive respect in return
Walk away when you are getting frustrated, using our ignoring muscles, use your words
Following instructions the first time
Using our Ts and Ps (thank you and please)
Being friendly and respectful to everyone
Success Indicators:
Success Indicators:
We will feel respected, happy and great!
We will feel grateful, appreciative and proud (mana)
We will have a happy class that works together
We will be friendly and happy to have supportive friends around us
Take turns are helping each other
Our friends and adults will be proud of the positive choices we have made
Our problem(s) will get smaller
Get out your MANA book, a pen or a pencil, a ruler (you may have to borrow one) and be ready to go!
Learn:
Learn:
We will get our brains going each morning with warm ups.
We will learn a karakia to start a day or a meeting/hui.
We will practice maths and literacy a little bit each day until we remember them all!
We are learning to:
We are learning to:
Identify the key points in non-fiction articles
Summarise the key points in our own words in the correct order
Locate and summarise ideas by skimming or scanning, by identifying key words, topic sentences and key questions, or by using subheadings
Identify parts of a newspaper article (like headline, byline)
Create:
Create:
Pick the correct day and go into the slide deck
Choose your article - what type? It is is in the name of the link :-)
Write up your key points and summarise
Who is your audience? Remember, they have not read this article and need to know all the key points about what happened.
If you need a reminder as to how to make a link for your headline, watch the video to the left.
Share:
Share:
1. Read through someone else's Kiwi Kids News (NOT the same article), and the article they read.
2. Do you agree with them? Talk to them about it.
How to insert a link Kiwi Kids News.webmWe are learning to:
We are learning to:
Identify the 8 parts of speech (what we write)
To write a simile
To work collaboratively on the same document (with a friend)
To write a great paragraph
Create:
Create:
You must choose a partner - a NEW one for each time we do this
ONE of you make a copy of the drawing, then SHARE with your work friend
Work on it together on
By the end of the week you must have done all THREE of these
It doesn't matter what order you do them - as long as you find a partner who hasn't done the same ones as you
Share them with Whaene Vicki
The Wild Robot Escapes
The Wild Robot Escapes
We are learning how to:
We are learning how to:
Back up our answers with evidence from the text.
Create:
Create:
Complete these activities online. You must finish the Vocabulary first, then the questions, then the task matrix. IN THAT ORDER PLEASE.
Share:
Share:
Share your creations on the last page of the slide deck you answer your work on. The best will go on our class blog!
Independent Silent Reading
Independent Silent Reading
Choose a book that you are going to read from start to finish - each and every page. Not just look at the pictures!
Keep the book in your tote tray until you have finished.
Each time you read that book fill in this form recording what you have read:
Independent Work - in any order this week
Independent Work - in any order this week
Complete today's maths skill of the day
Times tables online - complete all the activities (before you practice using the games) for the 3 times table. Get your certificate for the 6 times tables.
Prototec - Start at level 3. Try to get at least 90% correct
Maths Buddy - MUST FINISH THE FIVE LESSONS IN THIS WEEK'S TASK THIS WEEK.
Whaene Vicki will call your group up to work with her during this time.
Maths Buddy
Maths Buddy
Go onto Maths Buddy and onto TASKS. Start the newest task. You MUST watch the video first before you try the work.
Study Ladder - Writing - Tuhituhi
Study Ladder - Writing - Tuhituhi
Do these activities on Study Ladder for your writing. This is reading comprehension, but all the examples are NARRATIVES so are great examples for you to read.
Our Problem? What is tension? Pebbles, rocks and boulders??
Our Problem? What is tension? Pebbles, rocks and boulders??
What makes a narrative exciting? Things going wrong! When characters have a problem - a fight, an accident, something bad happens - whatever - it makes it super exciting for your reader! There could be more than one problem, it could get worse and worse! It gets more exciting as you read on! This is called BUILDING TENSION.
We are learning how to:
We are learning how to:
Use the Pebble, Rock and Boulder method to help us write an exciting set of problems
Build tension in our writing
au-l-1637962973-pebble-rock-boulder-display-poster_ver_2.pdfSpeech Marks for Direct Speech
Speech Marks for Direct Speech
Speech marks are super important to help our readers understand who is talking to whom. Your writing can become very confusing to a reader if you don't use them. Here is a video that explains how to use them. We will go over these in class too. We will practice hard at using them.
We are learning how to use speech marks correctly.
We are learning how to use speech marks correctly.
Click on the picture to access Spelling Shed.
Your USERNAME and PASSWORD has been printed out. Glue it into your MANA book.
We are learning to:
We are learning to:
Use Hāpara Workspace by getting on our Student Dashboards
Do:
Do:
Go onto Hāpara - Student Dashboards using this link. www.mystudentdashboard.com
Book mark the link
Follow Whaene's instructions and watch the TV to find out how to use it.
We will be using this workspace to find our way around - and learn some SCIENCE on the way through!
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