Austin's Butterfly

Friday 29 May

This morning Rooms 10 and 11 discussed how we can help ourselves and others to improve our work by giving and receiving constructive feedback.  We watched this youtube clip about Austin's process and progress as he drew a butterfly. Room 10 and 11 were not only amazed at Austin's progress but we were able to identify that constructive feedback or 'critiquing' isn't meant to upset anyone, it is intended to help others do better.  We were also noticed it took Austin 6 drafts before he had a butterfly he was happy with.  Often we need to persevere, keep trying and accept critiquing in order to produce work to high standards.  

Week 6 Spellings

Term 2 Week 6:

Learning Intention: to hear the letter blends in words that sound similar but start with a different blend.

Success Criteria: will be able to spell the words and say them correctly.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
try	squabble	scallop	contagious
trace	squish	scamper	concentration
trust	squirt	scaffold	concern
truth	squash	scream	conclude
trim	squeeze	scrumptious	condition
trip	sketch	skeleton	confuse
trap	skinny	sketch	connection
train	skipper	skewer	consider
tree	skimp	skirmish	contribute
trash	skid	skimpy	conversation

Sneeze Safe germ experiment

Friday 22 May

Being Sneeze Safe - Tracking a sneeze

Today we participated in a very cool experiment. We were learning about how far a sneeze can travel. Firstly Mr Brock and Mrs Valois used a spray bottle and pretended to sneeze over the classes. Nearly everyone got wet! Then Hope, Kila and Harrison pretended to sneeze into their hands using the spray bottle. They then dipped their hands into green glitter to symbolise germs. They then shook hands with 3 people who then shook hands with 3 others and so on. Eventually all 60 of us ended up having our hands shaken and what do you know, we are all covered in glitter. We were amazed at how far 3 sneezes can travel. This new understanding and knowledge will hopefully help us to keep our germs under control over the winter months. It will also help us to consider how we prepare and handle food for our cultural dinner party.  

http://www.sneezesafe.co.nz/

 

Completed Insect Homework Tasks from Week 4

Laura's "Chamelon Scarb" is amazing.

Faith's "Daisy" has interesting defence bombs 

Teal's "Koowachoo" is an amazing model

Alex S has a very cool "Tweedle Devil Bug" 

Max C created a fantastic "Xoton"

Check out Mathieu's "Flaming Insectornator"

Catalina created a very cool "Deadly Leave Bug"

Term 2 Week 5 Spelling Words

Term 2 Week 5:

Learning Intention: To spell words with common letter strings but different pronunciations.

Success Criteria: will be able to spell the words and say them correctly.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
bear	light	tough	aunt
hear	might	rough	sausage
wear	right	enough	haunt
learn	bright	cough	autumn
earn	sight	plough	aura
dear	tight	thought	pause
dreary	height	through	because
fear	fight	trough	trauma
gear	night	though	staunch
swear	highlight	thorough	daughter

Spelling Term 2 Week 4

Term 2 Week 4: Spelling Words

Learning Intention: to spell irregular tense changes, eg. Go/went, can/could

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
run	blow	think	dragged
ran	blew	thought	grabbed
dig	grow	fight	hugged
dug	grew	fought	shopped
see	know	buy	explored
saw	knew	bought	invented
sit	sing	catch	carried
sat	sang	caught	married
got	give	teach	buried
get	gave	taught	relied

Spelling Term 2 Week 3

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
oats	brinks	cracks	lights
boats	drinks	snacks	highs
coats	clinks	tracks	highlights
goats	winks	attacks	fights
stoats	thinks	hijacks	nights
mates	blinks	quacks	knights
gates	pinks	stacks	rights
rates	sinks	smacks	delights
hates	shrinks	packs	tights
dates	stinks	racks	lowlights