Sunday, 29 April 2012

Homework

It seems to me that this is a great forum for parents to check up on homework expectations. So I will be advising what is due. Usually this entails incomplete work as well as maths in the homework book.
I will list what is now overdue, if parents/caregivers could check that their student has handed this in, thank you.
* Iditarod Information Report
* Maths page from end of term 1
*Advertisement noted from TV/Radio or page from magazine.
*Descriptive paragraph or two about their bedroom
* Reading a personal novel
*Character doll -this has actually already been marked
*Venn diagram of a character from their novel -at the beginning & the end of the novel.

Week 2 Term 2

Student led discussions on Tuesday. Students have looked at their achievements and where next they need to be learning. The key competencies of self-management, team work and thinking have been looked at. We have used a double bubble to help us analyse. 
Chelsea's Double Bubble analysing the differences & similarities between the Iditarod dog sled race and the RIS swimming sports event.

Thursday, 26 April 2012

Term 2 Week 1
With ANZAC on Wednesday this week is flying by.

Students have Life Education to look forward to in week 5.

Chelsea, Melanie, Kaitlyn & Joshua's character dolls.

Chelsea -Island Bound


Tayla -Island Bound

Scott K - Hatchet

Te Wai - The Runaway Settlers
Hannah R - The Runaway Settlers
The independent reading activities are slowly being completed: Character costumes that students make personal connections with and develop creativity as well as valuing creativity, Story maps that develop comprehension through in-depth reading of novels, Diorama that develop personal connections with literacy, develop comprehension through in-depth redaing & transfer written information to a visual format and lastly a venn diagram that develops students ability to locate key information and develop comprehension by analysing & comparing the character at the start & end of the novels.

The novels read were: Island Bound, The Runaway Settlers and Hatchet.