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Thursday, June 2, 2011
Passing the Ball- recount
Today we passed the ball to our buddies. First we made a circle and bounce passed it to our buddies. Then we threw it to our buddies. After that we made up our own games. We thought it was cool fun.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Tens Frames activities
It is very important for children to know the patterns to ten on a tens frame. It helps with the imaging stage in adding and subtracting. Use this maths site on tens frames to reinforce the quick recognition of the patterns.
Tens Frames
Tens Frames
Tricky Teen Numbers
The Red 17 Climbers have been working so hard at reading and saying the teen numbers correctly. We have been making them with different materials. Today the Yellow Squares group made them with tens frames.
We know that teen means ten.
We know that a teen number is made up of a ten and some ones.
Writing Recounts
Today we focused on planning our writing with a picture. First we reminded ourselves of writing the 'when', 'who' and what of a recount in the first sentence. Then we used time words to order what we did.
This is a recount about Ivor's morning before he came to school. The pen's group in writing found out that almost all of them had kornies for breakfast! To finish our recount we wrote a personal comment. This could be what we thought, what we liked or how we felt.
Check out the recounts on the window about helping mum or dad, and at the back of the room about the Bug Man visit.
This is a recount about Ivor's morning before he came to school. The pen's group in writing found out that almost all of them had kornies for breakfast! To finish our recount we wrote a personal comment. This could be what we thought, what we liked or how we felt.
Check out the recounts on the window about helping mum or dad, and at the back of the room about the Bug Man visit.
Scooters
The junior teachers have noticed that some preschoolers have been riding scooters up and down on the deck outside Rooms 15-17- before school ends and as students are leaving. It is quite noisy for us in our classrooms and it is also dangerous. We have a rule at Redcliffs that no scooters, bikes or skateboards are to be ridden in the school grounds. This rule is for everyone. Please remind your children to walk their scooters, bikes and skateboards in and out of the school grounds. Thank you for helping make our school safer.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Monday, May 30, 2011
Before and After Numbers
Today in maths time we were focusing on before and after numbers up to ten, then to 20.
We had a flip strip and the children had to think of the numbers hidden under the strip.
Numbers to ten
What comes after 16?
We had a flip strip and the children had to think of the numbers hidden under the strip.
Numbers to ten
Before...
What comes before.....16?
What comes after 16?
Wohoo!
The Red 17 Climbers are all on the Wohoo Table today. We were soooo good at Hui time this afternoon that we got to take Spot back to class, AGAIN! Well done!
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Previous Maths learning
23/5 We were reading and saying the 'teen' numbers today. We made them with popsicle sticks. A bundle has ten sticks. 10 + 4 = 14.
9/5 This week we were careful to say the teen numbers correctly. When counting stress the 'n' at the end as children get this confused with 'ty' numbers (60 not 16).4/5 We have been writing the numerals on our white boards
4/5 This week we did some more forwards counting. Then we counted in tens to 100. We figured out that we had 160 fingers in Room 17!
We were counting around in a circle today using our 100s board.
9/5 We practised making a number but starting from another number. e.g. Make 8, but you've already got 3.
Term 1 We are learning to add two or more numbers together. We made up stories about different objects and then recorded them with a number sentence.
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2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 8 |
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2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 8 |
Previous News
This has been re- posted today as I am now putting everything in posts that can be linked back to on the blog pages (the tabs at the top). This means it is easier to find information and you don't have to scroll down so far on a page. If you click on a link it takes you straight to the post.
Week 3
Focus: Speaking with a clear and loud voice (so it reaches the people at the back of the group).
Week 2
Focus: Speaking with a loud and clear voice.
: Asking questions of a speaker.
Week 1 Term 2
Focus: Remembering all polite things about listening to a speaker.
: Asking questions of a speaker.
Week 11 Term 1
Focus: Looking at the speaker, staying on our spot, keeping our hands in our lap.
Week 11 Term 1 continued...
This week we have started to do shared writing with a news story. After the children have shared their news we choose one to write about.
These are two stories we wrote about different children's news items.
As we say each word we listen for the main sounds in each word. We use the alphabet card to find the words we know or the letters that write those sounds.
We even used the word dictionary card to find the word 'said'.
News Week 4
Week 4
Focus: This week we started our new Buzz Groups for news/oral language. The children did so well! They greeted each other, asked questions, took turns and listened well. At the end of our group time I quizzed them about other people's news before we wrote about James' news.
Mothers' Day Recounts
Mothers' Day Recounts Week 2 Term 2
Mothers’ Day
I gave mummy eggs and bacon for breakfast.
By Ivor
Mothers’ Day
On Mothers’ Day I went to my mummy because I was going to get up to my mummy. I went to my mummy.
By Charlie H.
Mothers’ Day
On Mothers’ Day I gave her a plug for her iPod Touch.
By Bree
Mothers’ Day
I got a flower for mum but a bug had bitten it.
By Marcelle
Mothers’ Day
I gave my mum an orange for breakfast.
By Bella
Mothers’ Day
I made a card for my mum.
By James
Mothers’ Day
At church they gave some cup cakes out.
By Hannah J.
Mothers’ Day
The wind blew my mum.
By Aaron
Mothers’ Day
The wind blew my mum.
By Aaron
Mothers’ Day
I cut an orange for my mum.
By Hannah B.
Mothers’ Day
I went for a walk at the park
By Charlie B.
Mothers’ Day
I made a card for Mothers’ Day.
By Charlie Ham.
Mothers’ Day
I gave my mum some pears and some mandarins.
By Jaxon
Mothers’ Day
I took my mum to the park.
By Annabelle
Mothers’ Day
I made my mum breakfast. She had a mandarin, an apple, a milo and toast.
By Riley
The Bug Man
On Tuesday 24th the Bug Man, John Marris, from Lincoln Entomology Museum visited us today. He taught the children about bugs!
Koru and Kōwhaiwhai
We are learning about the school kōwhaiwhai pattern and what it means.
Kōwhaiwhai is painted repetitive pattern along the ridgepole of the wharenui. The kōwhaiwhai links the pairs of ancestors across the roof.
Our aim is to understand the school kōwhaiwhai pattern and what it means. Then we are going to create a pattern of koru to show our own families.
The pātiki pattern represents the flounder and is a symbol of welcome and hospitality. It is significant to Redcliffs because the flounder represents the position of our school by the sea and our kapa haka group welcoming the community to our place of learning.
The koru shape is based on the curled-up young fern frond. It represents birth and the unfolding of life. It is significant because school is an important part of a child's journey into life.
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