Thursday 25 February 2016

Assembly Item Term 1



Here is the video from our assembly item today.  Hopefully this one is easier to hear!  There are louder bits and quieter ones so be ready to change the volume.

The class came up with what they wanted to talk about and what they would say.  They did really well organising their ideas and information.

We have learnt we really do need to be quiet in the back ground when recording and speak loudly and clearly for the camera.

Miss Fitchett has learnt to test it in the hall herself before the big day!

We learn from our mistakes!





Tuesday 23 February 2016

Learning Through Play

This week our reading rotation changed format.  Rather than going through a set of tasks chosen by the teacher, students can choose from a number of learning through play stations.  While this is happening students are pulled out to work with the teacher one on one or in groups.  During the two days we have had it going it has been extremely successful!  Students are managing themselves and making good choices about where they can focus their time.  Some students chose to work alone, some chose to work with one other and others where in big groups.  It was great to hear the conversations around the room and see the different way people chose to use the same equipment.  This seems like a really positive change to our programme!



Sharing Week 4



This week our chatter groups shared news from home again.  Those people that didn't bring anything shared personal news instead.  Everyone takes a turn to talk and asks if there are any questions.  Roman came up with the great idea to ask if anyone had any more questions to check if his turn was finished.

Sign Language

 We are learning to sign red.
 Cathy showing us green.
 Charlie remembering and sharing how to sign orange.
Playing the colour game with Cathy.

We are learning sign language this term with Cathy.  So far she has been super impressed with how well lots of our class remember different signs from kindy lessons.  

We have learnt to say and understand good morning, sit down, stand up, lets play a game, red, blue, orange and green.  She also showed us voices off and how to sign the National Anthem.

It is lots of fun and we are all learning lots of new things!



Saturday 20 February 2016

Buddy Reading


Finding Our Spelling Words

Today we had a short writing session after our sign language lesson so we practised finding and writing the words on our spelling cards. It was also a good chance to practise our super handwriting!

Saturday 6 February 2016

Maths

We are learning about different maths activities we can do in our classroom. We had to order numbers today from 1 to 20. Some of us even worked on going backwards! Maths is looking good!



Day 3 Writing

We have been working hard this week to show what super writers we are. On Friday we did I Can... sentences. Everyone did a super job and Miss Fitchett can see how hard we are working. Check out draft writing books for a picture of our writing. We were awesome!


Reading Rotation

We are learning about the different activities we will do independently during reading. So far we have tried out big books and handwriting. 


Play Dough

On Thursday we wrote squished and squeezed some play dough to make the colour come through. It was very sticky! We brainstormed words and Miss Fitchett put it together as a poem. Check our writing wall to see the language we came up with. 


The Letter L

We went outside on Thursday to practise writing the letter l. We each wrote it ten times then put a big circle around it. A great way to explore letters!