Our Gardening Project - Term 4 2015

We are learning:

To write and observe how our pumpkin seed is growing into a plant.

Success Criteria:

We will know we are successful when we can describe the life cycle of a plant.

Mehdi 's Mihi

Learning Intention:
I am learning to introduce myself by reciting my mihi.

Success Criteria:
To be successful I will say my mihi correctly.

Term 4 Writing - What am I?

Learning Intention:
For science, we have been learning about all the characteristics that living things do that means they are living.

Success Criteria:
We will be successful if we talk about some of the things something needs to do to be living. 
Breathe, Eat, Drink, Reproduce, Move, Grow

We decided to do some guess who writing for you!

We chose a living thing and wrote a description of this living thing.  Can you guess what my one is....


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It's a boy!

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Well done Mehdi. You were able to explain why a boy is a living thing.

Silver CARE awards

We are learning to show:

Community - 

By demonstrating our Learner Dispositions of Connect and Collaborate

Active Thinking - 

By demonstrating our Learner Dispositions of Question and Be Curious

Respect - 

By demonstrating our Learner Dispositions of Empathise and Communicate

Excellence - 

By demonstrating our Learner Dispositions of being Self Aware and Resilient

Success Criteria:

We prove we can consistently show Community, Active Thinking, Respect and Excellence when we get our Bronze, Silver and Gold Certificates.


Hui - Identifying Kai

Learning Intention:
I am learning to understand and use some familiar food vocabulary

Success Criteria:
I will be successful when I can identify kai pictures and say the words correctly.


Term 3 - shape

Learning Intention:
I am learning to identify and sort shapes.

Success Criteria:
I will be successful when I can name shapes and sort them in different ways.

Rich task at the beginning of the unit:
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Rich task at the end of the unit:

Technology - Force & Motion

Technology Brief
Your moving toy needs to:

  • Have a body that can hold a plastic teddy bear.
  • Have at least two wheels that move by themselves.
    • You can push it to start it moving
  • Move past the 1 metre line at the bottom of the ramp.


Art warm and cold colours

Learning Intention:
I am learning to identify what art elements and techniques I have used.

Success Criteria:

To be successful I will identify what art elements and techniques I have used in my picture.

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Singing Waiata at Hui

Learning Intention:
I am learning to show excellence by joining in and singing waiata properly at hui time.

Success Criteria:
To be successful I will join in and and put lots of effort into singing waiata properly with my classmates.


Gymnastics

Learning Intention:
I am learning to create and perform a sequence that links 2 shapes.

Success Criteria:
I will be successful when I perform a sequence that I have created that links 2 shapes with a roll.


Talking about my Must do's at reading time

Learning Intention:
I am learning to complete my Must do's independently and help a buddy by talking about their learning.

Success Criteria:



I will be successful when I complete my Must do's independently before learning time is finished and talk to my buddy about their learning.


Counting backwards from any number up to 100

Learning Intention:
I am learning to count backwards from any number up to 100.

Success Criteria:

Choose any number up to 100 and count backwards.

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Term 3 writing

Learning Intention:
I am learning to describe a character using lots of describing words/adjectives.

Success Criteria:
To be successful I will put at least 5 describing words into my story.

Mehdi brainstorming his ideas.



Mehdi published his writing using Chatterpix. 

Well done Mehdi for using so many describing words.