Contraction Surgery

Our topic this term is "When I grow up, I want to be...."

Today we tried being surgeons. We were operating on words. 

We had to make sure we had the right tools: gloves, mask and scissors. 

We were given a piece of paper with two words on it. We had to find the contraction that matched. 

We looked at the two pieces of paper to find which letters were missing in our contraction. 

We made a cut to take out the letters that are supposed to be missing.

Then we stuck the words back together with a plaster. The plaster shows the place of the apostrophe. 

We put our finished contractions on the wall.

The Big Shake Out

Last week we participated in the New Zealand Shake Out. The Shake Out was a nationwide earthquake drill.

We read stories about earthquakes.

"Quaky Cat" is the story of Tiger, a cat who runs away and gets lost during the first Christchurch earthquake. We talked about how we would feel during an earthquake.

We also read Ana's Earthquake story.
http://www.civildefence.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/Shakeout2015/Anas-Jelly.pdf
The story taught us what to do during an earthquake.

We learnt to:

Drop

Drop to the ground and crawl on your hands and knees.

Cover

We cover ourselves under a solid table and curl ourselves into a turtle shape.

Hold

We hold on tight to the table so it doesn't move away with us. 

You can find more information, and resources for keeping your family safe, at the link below.

http://www.shakeout.govt.nz/index.html 

Writing about the Variety Sho

Here is what some our class thought about our first Variety Show performance, the matinee.

Jacob: 
In the Variety Show I did good at singing at my parents. Tonight I want to put the microphone down for Todd. I am Venus too.

                                               

Koji:
When I was in the Variety Show I was good at singing loudly in the microphone and maybe I need to work on no elephant feet when i come down and no shouting in the microphone.

Holly:
In the Variety show I was outstanding at singing in the microphone. Tonight I will try to be better at looking at the audience. 

                                                       

Here are some of the other things we wanted to share with you.

Deon:
At the Variety show my family came to watch the solar system song. They said it was amazing.

Cameron:
On the Variety Show I saw my mum. She took some video.

                                                          

Brodie:
In the Variety show my favourite part was spinning the planet. My mum was there.

Variety Show Performance

We are Stars!!!

We have been working hard all term making props and learning our song for the Variety Show.


Did you know that we made our planets? .

On Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday evening, we performed our Solar System Song to a huge audience. Some of us were very nervous.

We knew our words. We remembered to smile and we looked at our audience.

Mrs MacBeth is very proud of how hard we worked and how well we did.

If you missed our amazing performances, here is a video of one of our practices. 

Well done Room 9!!!!!

Welcome Miss S

 

My name is Kasia Szparagowska. I am 20 years old and I am in my first year of study at AUT to become a teacher. This is my second placement in Room 9. I will be here until the end of term. 

We have some exciting upcoming events like the Variety Show and Book week as well as working on a variety of art work. 

I am enjoying my time with Room 9 as they are a wonderful class.

Holly and Miss S working on our calendar art.

Reading in Room 9 and 10

At reading time we work together with room 10. 

We share a big book and our weekly poem in Room 10 to start our reading time. 

Then we split into the two classes. Right now, the Ants, the Butterflies, the Ladybugs and the Bees work in Room 10 with Mrs MacBeth. The Dragonflies, the Grasshoppers, the Snails and the Spiders work in room 10 with Mrs Buchanan. 

Here are some of the things we do to help us with our reading. 

"Read to Self"

This is quiet practice of our reading book and other stories. 

"Listen to Reading"

We listen to stories being read to us. 

"Word Work"

We play games and do activities to help us read and write high frequency words. 

When we are stuck on a word we are learning to:

• Say the sounds in a word
• Read on or back
• Use the picture for clues
• Look for words within words

We are also learning to retell the story. 

Solar System Collage Project

We are learning about Space this term. 

We have started creating large planets and the sun as a way of sharing our learning. Have a look at the beginning of our sun. Georgia shares their task.

We would love any spare coloured paper you may have to add to our collages.