Week 7

Reports are due out this Friday. Year 8s will be going to GHS on Thursday and having an afternoon in the science labs. Keep those emails to Bram going.

Spelling

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Spelling Response form

Literacy

This week its very simple...read the questions about skateboarders and answer the questions, making guesses about different points of view.

Points of view

Points of view response form

Maths

This week have a go at improving your basic facts by doing speed skills. Go to mathsbuddy

Maths response form

The Locker Prank

Here's a simple problem to solve

WEEK 6

Don't forget to keep sending those emails to Bram. Its a big week (only until Weds!) with our special guests at school too. Good luck to Luke who is trying to back up his speech title that won last year.

Don't forget to return overdue library books!

Spelling

Group 1 (watch the capital letters on the proper nouns)
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Spelling response form

Maths

Keep up with your maths buddy work!How about trying something intersting from the next year level up! Post on your blog what you learnt.

Literacy

Animals in Zoos. 

Week 5

If you get a chance, send an email to Bram and see if it is alright to visit.

Spelling

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Spelling Response form

Maths

Don't forget you have Maths Buddy available to use until January 31st! Make sure any work you are completing is marked off and put in the Maths Folder in class.

Here's a  link to another Financial Literacy game. 

Literacy

Here's a cloze reading activity to complete. Please take a COPY!

Home Learning Links

Week 4 already!

Spelling

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Spelling response form

Maths

Other than maths buddy (of course) i stumbled over a game that gets you to budget for a celebrity, have a go!

Celebrity Calamity

Grammar

The activity below is a close reading activity. STAR testing shows we still need to brush up on this!!! Make your OWN copy

Bugs

Home Learning Links Wk2 T4

What a busy first week back that was! I was so proud of you all during the week, especially when we were practicing our dancing. It paid off in the end!

This week is another busy week! We have ex-All Black Norm Hewitt coming to talk to us toomorrow morning (he is the SPCA ambassador), and we are presenting (again!) at assembly on Friday. I won't be there unfortunately, but Mr B will take over.

This week our sexuality program begins...

One more week and then testing begins! Here are this weeks links.

Spelling

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Spelling response form

Maths

Maths buddy as per usual...

Some of us still need to brush up on our ordering of decimals. Here is a link to a couple of games that will reinforce that.
Battleship Numberline

This task is converting decimals to percentages. This will come up in the test

FDP conversions

Literacy

Here is a simple cloze reading task. This one is is the type that is worth 20 marks in the STAR test.

Erosion 

Key Coms T4

Here's a link for those to the Key Com Home Learning for Term 4. Enjoy!

Key Coms Term 4

Week 1 T4

Wow! Term 4 Already! We are presenting again at assembly (I KNOW!) in 2 weeks time! So we'll need to put our thinking caps on. More writing? Luke to present his speech? End of year testing is on week 3, so use all your time wisely.

Writing

Our substantial piece of writing this term is a character portrait. Use this link to begin a conversation at home around all the possible people you could choose.

Spelling

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Spelling response form

Maths

Continue on as per-usual with your MathsBuddy work. Don't forget to take a comprehensive test before beginning a new area of study and re-test at the end. 

Extra for experts Don't forget to take your OWN copy.

Grammar & Punctuation

Noun types. In this short exercise, you need to complete a table that classifies nouns as either proper, common, collective and abstract. We have covered all these, but if you have any trouble recalling which is which then try this link

Week 8

WALA is here today. $7 for a family, $4 for an individual. PrEP market day tomorrow. 2 weeks til the holidays!

Spelling

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Spelling Response Form

Punctuation & Grammar

More naming part of speech...such fun. This one is just a little refresh! Make a copy and save in you spelling folder

Adjectives

Maths

Continue to work on you area of study. Make sure you save any evidence. 

EXTRA FOR EXPERTs-Interpreting Tables

WK 7

Busy, busy week. PrEP...Art Soiree. Ciaos! Fun!

Spelling

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Spelling response form

Grammar & Punctuation

Last week we stumbled upon text that used colons and semi-colons. Here is a little more work on it. Its level 5 (year 9+) so don't panic too much. The first section you should be able to do well.

Colons

A quick little review of the cartoon on the blog (or here) should be enough. Don't forget to take a copy

Maths 

As per usual, continue on with your area of study in maths buddy. Make sure you have completed a comprehensive test at the beginning, and tested your understanding at the end. Save your evidence in you maths folder.

Week 7 already! Its hard to believe that in a few more weeks it will be holidays again...then the final term of the year!

This week PrEP kicks up a gear.

Spelling

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Spelling response sheet

Grammar & Punctuation

Last week we began our investigation of some forms of punctuation we are not familiar with. This little activity looks at parentheses (or brackets!!!)

Maths

Continue on with your area of investigation...

Week 6

Spelling

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Spelling response form

Punctuation

We'll keep on our focus of punctuation; today it's direct speech. Take a copy!

Maths

As per usual. Complete a comprehensive test on Maths Buddy. Put the evidence in your drive. 

Week 5 T3

Yay, Skiing tomorrow.


SPELLING

Group 1
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Spelling response form

Maths

Complete a comprehensive text in a new area of Maths. Save to Drive and bring me the evidence.

Grammar

Here is some simple revision on nouns. 

Types of Nouns

Week 4 Links

Today a new ski notice goes out. Please disregard the last one. Fill in and return it ASAP. I'm in and out of the classroom this morning and tomorrow morning.

Planner

Spelling

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Spelling response form

Maths

Complete a comprehensive text in a new area of Maths. Save to Drive and bring me the evidence.

Grammar

Todays simple task is Prepositions. These are words we us to show relationships between words. TAKE YOU OWN COPY. If it takes more than 5mins...you're are doing it wrong! 

Week 3

Spelling

Here it is...


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Spelling Response Form

Maths

Complete a comprehensive text in a new area of Maths. Save to Drive and bring me the evidence.

Grammar

Heres a simple adverb task to build on what we've been working on in the classroom

Adverbs

Home Learning Wk2

I think the run of good weather we have been having may be coming to an end...I hope you all had a good weekend anyway.

Don't forget to hand in your skiing notice ASAP please.

Here are this weeks home learning links

SPELLING

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Spelling response form

MATHS

Continue to focus on an area of need (as identified from your report). Find the task that you need to complete and go for it! Make sure you put the evidence in your Drive. Or if you are beginning a new area of study, complete a comprehensive test and ring the evidence to Mr Wood to put in the maths report folder

GRAMMAR

Last week we began work on adverbs. Here's another wee activity. DON'T FORGET TO MAKE A COPY STRAIGHT AWAY. File in SPELLING please! 

Welcome Back!

Welcome back. It's been great to have such nice weather. Long may it continue. There are LOADS of cool things this term to look forward to, like: PrEP, SKIING & The ART SOIREE. This Friday we even have our own COM GAMES happening. By the way...I noticed that I still have an awful lot of skking notices still on the pile! They were there Wk 8 last term! If you want to go, get organised!

Here's this weeks links

Spelling

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Spelling Response form

Maths

Last term I shared a google doc with you that linked all the things you need to do in maths (for your report) to get some more 'green'. Have a go one of those activities. Don't forget to save the evidence in your drive. Perhaps make a folder called Maths Report evidence. 

Here is the link again 

Reminders

One last reminder...BRUNNER MINE THIS THURSDAY!!! I am still waiting on notices and money! Please can I have this tomorrow at the latest otherwise we may have to cancel!

Interim reports will go out this THURSDAY and student-led conferences are on Monday & Tuesday. Times will go out on Thursday.

Speeches will be held in class next week and I really want these done well an on time so NO HOMEWORK (I am a bit worried that there are many who have not used their time wisely).

However...If you want to practice your maths or re-do any old weeks of spelling...go ahead.

A notice went out on Friday for those in the LIP crew to ask their parents to fill in a VERY SHORT survey. I have had no responses! Please remind your parents. Here is the link

I am out of the class (again) today, as well as until lunchtime tomorrow. Here is the Planner

Homelearning Links Week 7

Just a reminder that a notice went home last week regarding our trip to the Brunner Mine site on the 26th June. As yet I only have 3 notices back!

Spelling

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Spelling response form

Maths

Go to mathsbuddy.co.nz and practice your basic facts speed skills

Speed skills response form

Home Learning Links Wk6

Good luck to Luke who is away representing us at the Lit Quiz Nationals.

Classroom speeches are week 9 and because this can get a bit stressful, there is only spelling and maths practice for the next 3 weeks, so that time can be given to your presentations. You can either use a poster as a visual aid or a Google presentation. Either way, please do not read off it...it should be just a guide. You speech is just a talk and should be different every time you say it.

Spelling

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Spelling response form

Maths 

Go to maths buddy and practice your basic facts (speed skills)

Don't forget to do your homework Ittai!!!

Speed skills response form

Home Learning Links Week 5

Welcome to Week 5! Time is flying. I hope you all had a great long weekend. Here's what i got up to...

Spelling

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Spelling response form

Maths

As usual, go to Maths Buddy and practice your speed skills. How fast can you go?

Speed Skills Response

Literacy

Last week we started some work on possessive apostrophes.
Here is a wee bit more practice

Homelearning Wk 4

Spelling

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Spelling Response Form

Maths

Go to maths buddy and complete speed skills

Maths Response Form

Literacy

Keeping the Score

Book Character Assembly

I love it when the 'seniors' dress up and not take themselves too seriously. I was very proud of you all for putting in the effort. If I had to give a prize to my favourite, then I'd have to say 'Jack, you were awesome!"

Zane 

Josh as Shrek

Ella as Count Olaf

Kaedyn as an Army Dude

Marz as Prince Caspian

Caleb as Carl from the Walking Dead

Kaha as Maori Smurf!

Megan as Veruca Salt

Jayni-Rose, Bram, Ella, Catherine and Jordi

Random B-Ball Dudes

Tahlia

Luke as Percy Jackson

Spot the crazy one...

Jack as Velma Dinkley from Scooby Doo

Libby as The Butterfly from the Very Hungry Caterpillar

Go Ahead Jojo...make my day!

Where's Jayni?

Holmes and Watson I persume?

'arry 

Planner and Links

Righto troops...there is a lot to read here...take your time... it is all you'll need for the next couple of days. If you don't understand...ask.  You'll need to show perseverance, motivation and inspiration this week.

Planning

I have included a blank planner. Make your own copy, post it to your writing folder (even though it will include maths, and topic-its got to go somewhere!). Make sure that what ever you decide to work on, document it. Write down what it is (oral language, writing, reading, maths, etc...) and decide what it is you are learning, or wanting to learning (which becomes your W.A.L.T) and write that down as well. When i get back, we'll talk about what worked well and what didn't. Don't worry about making mistakes!

Planner link

Literacy 

If you go to the Something to Say blog you'll find all the literacy links you'll need for the next couple of days for reading/writing and oral language. Because I am so nice I am giving you options. You can pick and choose what you'd like to do, but you must plan. Also...if you feel like blogging, blog! Don't forget that you don't always have to blog on your own blog...how about commenting on someone else's? For example, check out this moment in time from Hannah's blog. What a great visual, and in only 3 sentences! Have a go yourself!

Wondering what a piece of writing is supposed to include? Use this link to the Structure and Language notes. Its a bit 'Teachery',(made up word alert!) but it may be useful.

Argument writing GUILTY or INNOCENT? This is going to become a speech (or at least a practice one). I have included lots of links, rubrics and a SOLO marking guide. Use them!

The Literacy Shed. An amazing website with lots of ideas to inspire. Most of these are short videos. You may find something exciting to write about.  My favourite...

Memory The other day we began a small peiece of writing about a memory. You could continue on with that. He is a link to a sightly different piece.

50 word story.There is no SOLO rubric for this one. Your WALTS would be the ideas in the bullet points for this activity.

Absolute nonsense

Maths

You are already very successful at this, in filling in your own 'gaps' and working forward. I have stop giving you tasks because you are doing it for yourselves. Please continue. Don't forget that 1 1/2 hrs is a long time to be hunched over a laptop working. Have a 5 min break and refresh. Plan what you are doing and post evidence to your drive. 

Genius Hour

On Monday, Tuesday and Thursday afternoon you can begin your genius hour presentations. Last term you filled in a form that told me what you wanted to do. Have another look at it. Decide on a topic (or someone else's) and go for it. It needs to be 'gutsy'. I don't want a bunch of presentations with pictures of your favourite team and a list of boring facts.. (snoozefest!). This is your chance to do a 'project' on something you've always wanted to do. It needs to excite you. These are individual works-please don't work with anyone else. 

Your Genius Hour First Thoughts

The Playin' in the Sandpit (Genius Hour) form

Have fun. Play nice! See you Thursday.

Home Learning Wk 3

Righto troops. I hope you enjoy your break away from me! I will be back on Thursday. This week there will be school wide jump jam. Hopefully the weather is not too rotten and you can get outside to do it. Please all join in and model for the juniors. They look up to you and will copy you.

Please don't forget to login to both chrome and drive. That way I can help out if you need me...just flick me a message.

Here are this weeks homelearning

Spelling

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Spelling Response Form

Maths

Continue to work on your speed skills/basic facts (maths buddy link now top right)

Maths response form

Literacy

Here's a poem I found that I thought you might like. The task requires you to spot certain words, rhyme and alliteration. If you can't remember what alliteration is click on this link . Scroll down to where is says How to identify alliteration.

Make sure you take a copy and put it in your 'Home Learning' folder . Work straight on the doc. 

Magic Stuff 

NO KAEDYN, NO!

Over the last couple of days, we have been throwing together our 'turn-a-book-into-a-movie' movie. Its very "loosely" based on 'No David!', by David Shannon.

It was a lot of fun to make and considering that that Kaedyn didn't really want to do it, it think he did amazingly.

Thanks a lot to Room 15 who helped out with the "NO, KAEDYN's".

Thanks also to Kaedyn's 'stunt double' Libby and to everyone else that helped us put the movie together.






NO KAEDYN, NO! from Stephen Wood on Vimeo.

Wednesday's Programme

Hi everyone,

Cherie's Mum has been taken ill (and as yet I will still be here tomorrow), but if anything should happen I may need to go to Nelson and therefore not be in class for a couple of days. If that's the case then I will detail here the plan for the next couple of days just in case. I may not need to go to Nelson, but here is the plan anyway

Yesterday, while many were out of the class for League and Arts talented, we trialed letting everyone plan out their day. Its something we may continue to do, but for tomorrow (if I am not there we'll just stick to the normal routine.

Here is a link to the planner 

When writing your arguments, make sure you use the "Something to Say" blog link on the side it has your SOLO rubric of what you need to achieve and what the structure and language of an argument should look like. It has lots of other useful planning links on it as well.

Don't forget early lunch tomorrow because of Tech.

If i need to i will make new posts each day to detail your work. MAKE SURE YOU SIGN INTO CHROME AS WELL. That way i can help you if i need to (and spy on you off course!)

Mr Woo

Science Projects

WALT: plan and carry out a scientific experiment.

Success Criteria: SOLO Rubric

1. Analyse whether out experiment was a fair test
2. Analyse whether our findings were reliable and valid  

Last term we started our science project investigations. This term we are going to carry these out and write them up. These experiments need to be completed in one day, so you'll need to be all prepared and ready to go THIS FRIDAY.

All that needs to be completed before then is the 'recipe' (the question, list of materials and procedure)

Here are two photos that may help. The first photo explains what need to be included, and the other demonstrates the standard of presentation.

Make sure you figure out how you are going to measure your results

What to include in your science project

A good standard of presentation

Useful Links

Self Assessment
SOLO exploring
SOLO Planning an investigation
SOLO fair test

Teacher Bit!

L4 Nature of Science. Investigating in Science 1 & 2

• Students will build on prior experiences, working together to share and examine their own and others' knowledge
• Ask questions, find evidence, explore models, and carry out appropriate investigations to develop simple explanations. 

Welcome Back!

Welcome back! I hope you didn't sustain too much damage at home on the last day of last term. This term is going to be a cracker! We have a strong science focus this term, as well as oral language. Speeches are later in the term everyone is welcome to come and listen. Here are the usual links.

Spelling

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Spelling response form

Literacy

Animals in Zoos

Maths

Login to maths buddy and find you home learning for the week. Make sure you are recording the evidence of the work by uploading the PDF of the results to your drive.

Curious Cove Review

Please follow the link to give us feedback on the Curious Cove Camp

Click here

Homelearning Wk11

...there is none! I hope that does't upset too many people!

Tuesday links

Because I am out of the classroom this morning, i have made things easier for Mr B by adding the links  that you need for Literacy time. Check out the board if you are unsure...

Figurative Language/Poetry activity

Wing Song

Wind Song (response form)

Printmaking

WALT: make a multicoloured block print.

Two weeks ago we made some simple black block prints using polystyrene as our block. They were a bit small and fiddly but some worked out OK. It was just a practice run anyway.

Hannah's...

We may leave them like this or we may colour them by hand. Whatever we decide is fine because the cool thing about these types of print is that you can print them over and over again...

...the next one we are going to do however is not so easy...

                 ...once we have got to the end, the block CANNOT be reused. You will see why..

Step1: the plan

Step 1. Plan out your work including the colours you are going to use.











Step 2: Add your design to the block. Note that the lines are thick. I used the wider part of the vivid. You'll see why soon.

Note the thick lines

The colour's names added for when it gets confusing

 Step 3: Begin the cutting/'carving' process. In order to get nice crisp lines we use a craft knife. The secret here is to go slowly, keeping the knife blade low so you don't tear the polystyrene. You want to cut it like butter. Make sure the blade is sharp.

Cutting either side of the thick lines

One the photo on the left you will notice the thick lines that I mentioned earlier. Because you want these in your detail you need to cut either side of them. Thin lines will be a nightmare to cut either side of.

If you look close enough in this photo, you will see all of the lines have been cut around...now for the fun part...the 'carving'

Step 4: 'Carving'.

Because the polystyrene is soft we can push it down rather than carve it out (like we would normally do if we were using a wood block or piece of lino). That's why we cut around the design and that's why we get nice crisp edges to our design (I wonder who the clever person was that came up with this idea...)

Beginning to 'Carve' These bits will stay white

Note the crisp edges where the design has been cut

   

Close up of 'carved' part

Step 5: First ink

Ink up the block and get a good coating across the entire block. Not too much, and don't rub it out either. You may need a practice print to see. Make sure your first colour is the lightest. You are going to layer the colours over each other as you go. it is a lot easier to cover black over yellow, rather than the other way around. If you have colours that are similar is their deepness, you may want to think about changing them. You want a contrast. 

Yellow is the first ink. You work from lightest to darkest

A good covering of ink. The bits pushed down will always be white

First layer. 

Flanny Jnr. printing. Note that we did it on carpet. it helps get a nice press.

Homelearning Wk10

What a fantastic day Friday. We had a fun morning making whitebait traps (blog post yet to come) and a great afternoon at the unveiling of the gateway in the garden. Hopefully someone would like to write about either of these two things and send it to me so it can post them...hint, hint, hint!

Spelling

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Spelling response form

Literacy

We are still looking at figurative language...

Interpreting Poems

Interpreting Poems (google response form)

Maths

Login to maths buddy and find you home learning for the week. Make sure you are recording the evidence of the work by uploading the PDF of the results to your drive.

Homelearning Wk9

Here it is!

SPELLING

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Spelling response form

LITERACY
In class last week we looked at Alfred Noyes' poem The Higwayman  (remember?) We need to continue to work on our figurative language, so no science this week...sorry! Print this off at school if you need to.

Making Comparisons (Metaphor & Simile) .doc
Making comparisons response form

MATHS

Login to maths buddy and find you home learning for the week. Make sure you are recording the evidence of the work by uploading the PDF of the results to your drive.

Figures of Speech

When we say what we mean we use Literal Language
When we use comparisons to help us explain things we use Figurative Language

The road is icy-Literal
I gave him an icy stare or Her heart was ice cold-Figurative

Literal or Figurative

Homelearning Wk8

Hello all. Welcome back to a new week! Its a busy week as we get ready for the GMS family fiesta. Notices about cupcakes went home on Friday. A big thanks to Ittai, who noticed links that weren't working straight away last Monday. Any emails you send go to my phone, so I was able to deal with it there and then.

Here are this week's links

Science
This weeks Reading/Science work requires you to read and problem solve. The images are of leaves from five different types of beech tree. A key needs to be used to identify which type of beech tree each leaf comes from. Good luck.

There were a few "issues" around the images on the .doc last week. Don't forget there are MANY ways to skin a cat and you should all be able to problem solve it out if it happens for you again. Printing it off  'old-school' style is always do-able. There shouldn't be any excuses...

Beech Trees
Beech Trees (response form)

Spelling

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Spelling response form

Maths
Login to maths buddy and find you home learning for the week. Make sure you are recording the evidence of the work by uploading the PDF of the results to your drive.

Newspaper Generator

http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp

Genius Hour first thoughts

Please go to this Google form and fill out the information. This will perhaps help you in your direction for genius hour/playin' in the sandpit. Don't forget that you could have a Marlborough Sounds slant to your ideas if you want.

Genius Hour first thoughts!

Homelearning Wk7

We are well into the term now. Hopefully althetics will be on tomorrow, however I wouldn't hold your breath.  Don't forget that tomorrow we have a visiting drama group presenting a play, strangely called Rap-punzel...sounds good. $3 per person.

Here's this weeks homelearning. A lot of the maths buddy work was not completed, so i will re-post it and we can work out what the problem was.

Spelling
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Spelling results

Science
This week for science/reading we are continuing on with our Curious Cove theme. This task gets you to study a Venn diagram them answer some simple questions based on the difference between sharks and fush! The Venn diagram looks a bit funny (sorry!) so i'll explain what it is supposed to look like.
Features of Fush!
Features of Fush! (response form)

Maths
Go to Mathsbuddy and find your tasks. We'll review the process of getting everything done!

Home Learning Wk6

Welcome back everyone! I hope you have all recovered from what was a busy week at Curious Cove. Here are the links to this weeks home learning.

Spelling
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Spelling results form

Science
After having a wee taste of the rocky shore at Curious Cove, here is an activity to get you thinking. Make sure you make a copy (especially you Bram!!!) and save it in your Topic folder)
Rocky Shore 

Maths
Go to Mathsbuddy and find your tasks there. You have until Friday morning. Save the results as a PDF and upload to maths folder on your drive

SWIMMING

Don't forget that there is swimming all week this week (except for Wednesday)

50 Word Story Challenge

WALT: write a very, very, very short story!

This was a lot of fun! It took a lot longer than most expected to get 'right'. The goal was to write a complete story in 50 words (not including title-which could also be used to extend the story). We had to do a lot of re-crafting, as every word that to pull it's weight and not be wasted. Here are a couple...more to be added!

THE END       

                                                                                                 I saw it.Rubble fracturing like glass,turning countryside and cities into a continent of debris. The world, a dimension of blackness. Torsos, separated from their bodies, lay lifeless. A dark god is having fun.

“ Time to pack up the Lego, Kaedyn and head back to class!”

“Ok Mrs O!”    

Kaedyn Buchanan

[untitled]     

The screeching, screaming sound echoed inside my head. One slip,she fell down, down into the misty darkness of night. Sometimes people have accidents, (but this was no accident). At the bottom of the cliff lay an innocent young body. Did I just witness a murder? Or was that me?

Molly McGuire

        

I'm not there I'm here!!!

Wee Fergus

Hello everyone! Today I am at home because my wife is unwell and can't look after poor wee Fergus. I will include my planner as a link here but will also explain what I want done...Don't forget i can track you from here!!! I wonder if I can get Skype going

So if you see the plan it says...

• Roll & Admin (Sharon can do that.)

• Punctuation & Grammar- we are starting with an easy one! Follow this link to an activity called "the Monster". There are 7 commas that need to be added. MAKE A COPY AND PUT IN SPELLING! Make your commas a different colour please. Then go to study-ladder. And complete the activity there. Both should be about commas again There should be two. I will print off and pin your logins onto the wall. 
• Literacy-50 word stories. Make sure you have evidence of sharing these with someone so you can get feedback. Get you buddy to say where the strong and weak parts are. Be honest! Use the SOLO rubric to assess. If you haven't got on click here
• Silent Reading (10-15mins)
• Basic Facts Test (5mins)
• Maths- Continue on with Maths Buddy. I may even get time today to set you up into groups!
• Silent Reading after lunch
• Playing in the Sandpit-continue on with your investigations. How about make a guide that you could laminate of things to tick off that you may see. Sort of like Bingo.

Have a great day. Email me if you need help. It will go to my phone and then i can have a look on the computer. 

Homelearning Wk4

SPELLING
Group 1
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Spelling Response Form

SCIENCE
After we get back from camp we will being some science inquiry. We need to begin to look at the idea of a 'fair test'. Have a go at this activity.
Fair Test
Fair Test response form

MATHS
Once again continue to fill in your gaps. Make sure you post the activities completed to your drive as proof. When we get back from camp we will have group work

Absolute Nonsense!

Yesterday we looked at nonsense writing. The idea was to avoid the "Common Sense Policeman" and just let ideas and scenarios fall out of our heads. I think It was a very successful exercise. Many of these pieces of writing had a strange dream-like feeling. Enjoy.

The adventures of the fat flying whale (a nonsense story) By Skye 

Once upon a time a long time ago, someone batted a whale and then the whale flew into a  basketball. The basketball hit Princess Rebuska in the head then she died. Then her cow finally got to wear her bra and knickers for the first time waddling down the road singing “It’s worth it by Jackie Thomas. The next day she woke up on the moon on a floating cow that was jumping into a bowl of crushed up aliens that was slowly being run over by a bulldozer on its way tot Pluto to deliver some kindly donated pizza from the sun. The pizza blew up then and this stupid story came to an end.

(untitled) By Luke

There once was a boy called Bob. He cut sausages into giraffes. Then the hippos all laughed and said, “You are crazy”. Everyone knows hippos make better patties.

ABSOLUTE NONSENSE By Hannah

So she sat in the garden painting her roses blue then walked inside and put some in the fishbowl where the sharks slept peacefully.She lept down the stairs and fell into a well where she meet a lion with wings,who flew her back out to Antarctica where she saw zebras sunbathing on the ice,so she lept into a canoe which was driven by a camel.

Home Learning Wk2

You'll find this weeks homelearning by following the links below. Once complete fill in the google forms to record how well you went. Good luck!

• Spelling 
• Spelling results (google form)

• science make sure you make a copy

For maths all  would like yo to do this week is to is to show your parents how to logon to MathsBuddy  using the parent logon (using your user name and password). Simple!

PHEW!

PHEW! One week down! I think we should have a day off during the week, EVERY WEEK!