Tuakana-teina

We have been working with our tuakana from Kotuku to create and share some of our learning.

We are learning to use Explain Everything, iMovie and Scratch Jr.


Gene: Rangitamoe: Rawden:

Looking after our bees

WALT: we can explain to the reader what happened by using where, when, what, who, and why in our writing.

Last week Nga Ringa and Pukeko went to watch Scotty check the bees. We walked down the path to where the school garden is. We have a beehive there. Rawden was watching Scotty in his bee suit. We helped Scotty to look at the bees. There are heaps of bees in our bee hive. There are 250,000 bees. Scotty used a smoker to calm down the bees. We were there to watch Scotty show us the honey. Scotty is a beekeeper. His job is to look after the bees. He wanted to check that the bees were happy and healthy.








When?
Who?
Where?
What?
Why?

We found out that there are 250,000 bees in our hive.

Reflection:

Tiddalik the Frog- by Cordez

WALT: put our ideas in order.

Tiddalik was a big frog. Tiddalik was thirsty. Tiddalik drank the water from the river and the lake and the land. The land was all crusty and dry. The kangaroo, platypus and kookaburra tried to make Tiddalik laugh. The eel tickled Tiddalik. The water came out of Tiddalik's mouth.

Reflection:
We read Tiddalik the Frog.
We talked about all the main points of the story.
We put the main points in order.
Cordez remembered all the key points of the story. He read his story to Pukeko and they could understand the story (eventhough they didn't read the book).

Who Sank the Boat?

WALT: make predictions about what will float and what will sink.






This week in Nga Ringa we read Who Sank the Boat? Then we designed boats out of tinfoil. We tested our boats in water and measured how many blocks they could hold before sinking. We made predictions about what objects might float or sink, then we tested our predictions.

Comparing lengths of different objects

WALT: make direct comparisons between lengths of different objects.




Reflection:

We found different objects from around our classroom.
We measured their lengths using dominos, blocks, popcorn, gluesticks and iceblock sticks.
We took photos of what we measured.
We tried to order the objects from tallest to shortest. This was tricky. We had to remember that it was the original size of the object not the size of the photo that we were ordering.

Letters to the Giant Tom

Oasis:

Ashlyn:

Heath:

Moss:

How to make a woven star

WALT: write instructions for others to follow.

1. Carefully cut around the outline of the circle, using scissors.
2. Snip small slits around the outside of the circle, on each of the lines.
3. Decide which side of the circle will be the front and which side will be the back.
4. Get a piece of wool. Thread one end of the wool through one of the cut slits in the circle, so that the tail of the wool is sitting at the back of the circle. Put a finger over the loose end of the wool to hold it tight.
4.  Wrap the piece of wool across the circle, and thread it through a different slit. Make sure that the wool is pulled tight each time. Keep doing this until you have made a pattern.
5. Tie the two ends of the wool together.
6. Repeat with a different coloured piece of wool.
7. Get a coloured piece of card. Cut out the circle outline.
8. Put glue on the back of the card with the woven star and stick it to the cut out coloured circle.