Ngakaunui

Caring for our environment

We will achieve this by:

• using the rubbish bins outside and inside the classroom properly

• picking up rubbish when you see it outside

• staying seated until I finish my kai and put my rubbish in the bin before playing

• not putting things down, but putting them away

• putting things back in their right place in the classroom

• keeping our tote trays tidy

• putting clean paper and cardboard in the recycling bin

• wiping down our tables when there is a mess made

• keeping the classroom floor rubbish and clothing free

• hanging our bags up carefully in the cloak bay

• not leaving anything on the bench in the cloak bay

• not leaving rubbish outside the school gates when we go home

• Learning about our MANA values

Success Indicator:

• When everyone knows what is expected of them we will have less issues in the classroom and playground

• there is no rubbish outside in the school

• the classroom is clean and tidy

• Whaene Vicki doesn't have to ask you to clean up the class

Each morning we will get our brains moving by learning and practicing small things. It will make us smarter!

Ako/Learn: We are learning to: 

1.  Identify the key points in non-fiction articles

2.  Summarise the key points in our own words in the correct order

3.  Locate and summarise ideas by skimming or scanning, by identifying key words, topic sentences and key questions, or by using subheadings

4.  Identify parts of a newspaper article (like headline, byline)

Hanga/Create: 

1.  Pick the correct day and go into the slide deck

2.  Choose your article - what type?

3.  Write up your key points and summarise on the Kiwi Kids News Sheets

4.  Who is your audience?  Remember, they have not read this article and need to know all the key points about what happened.

Tohatoha/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.  

3. Glue it in your reading book. 

4. Take a photo of it for your blog and blog about it at least ONCE per week.

Sizzling Starts

Week 1 - We are focusing on writing a recount of our holidays and using a sizzling start.

1. Start with the most exciting moment of the holiday - action time! No "On the holidays..." starts please.

2. Start with dialogue to get your reader interested.

3. Use speech marks and remember, said is DEAD!

We are learning about past tense in our writing.

When we write a recount, we are remembering what has already happened - in the past - not something that is happening now or in the future. We need to make sure we use the past tense all throughout our recounts and not muddle up the future into it!