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- Author By mcssarah
- Publication date August 26, 2022
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Charlotte’s Traits
We have been learning Charlotte’s traits. We read Chapter 5 in our whole-class reading comprehension and listened to how the text described Charlotte. We then went away and created our own character webs on Charlotte’s traits. Some of us found drawing Charlotte hard work. This character web we created together. Have you read Charlotte’s Web?
Dirty Bertie Horror
For the Pohutukawa small group reading, we read chapter one and looked at Dirty Bertie’s character traits. This is what we thought he was like. We are looking forward to reading more to see if we notice anything else. Have you read any of the Dirty Bertie books?
Our prefix Tree
We have been learning the prefixes over, under and inter. We have learnt that over means above or excessive. Under means beneath or lower. Inter means between or among. We have also learnt that a prefix goes at the start of the word and attaches to a base word, changing its meaning.
Tuakana-Teina
We were privileged to go to kopa 7 today to help them complete reading surveys. We were welcomed with their class waiata and did some buddy reading with them. Thank you for having us.
What is Tuakana-Teina
Tuakana-teina is a concept from Te Ao Māori (the Māori world) that refers to the relationship between an older, more experienced individual (tuakana) and a younger, less experienced person (teina). It’s a reciprocal teaching and learning dynamic where the tuakana guides and mentors the teina, and the teina, in turn, shows respect and contributes to the learning process. This relationship extends beyond just siblings, encompassing mentorships, peer learning, and even intergenerational connections.
Fantastic Football
We are learning how to dribble the ball in and out of cones.
We find it challenging to keep the ball in control.
Can you dribble a football?
Manaakitanga
We have been looking into the word Manaakitanga through a Te Ao Māori lens to try and understand one of our school values and how we can show it in our kura.
We created a video about
our findings.
We found sharing the video with Whaea Sarah challenging.
What does Manaakitanga mean for you?
Kaitiaki
We have learnt to take notes on videos to help us remember information.
What we found challenging was inserting the image, writing the information and spelling.
What do you know about being a Kaitiaki?
BFG Happy Dreams
For our shared reading this term we have been reading the BFG. Today we designed and described our dream in a jar. We found it challenging to use descriptive language for our dream.
What dream would you have in your jar?
Ko wai au? / Who am I?
We have been learning about who we are and where we are from. We have learnt how to write this using a visual Pepeha template. We learnt the difference between Tangata Whenua and Tangata Tiriti and how the pepeha differs.
We found it challenging to find landmarks in other countries.
K0 wai koe? Who are you?
The Zones of Regulation
We have been learning how to understand our feelings and what zones we are in throughout the day.
We have created slides to show how we look in each zone and what this may look and feel like.
Do you know anything about The Zones of Regulation?