Word Families

We are learning about word families. When we know how to spell one word we can use this to help us spell others with the same sounds.

ball: call, fall, mall .....
ten: then, when, pen ...
down: frown, brown ....

Jessica

Jasmine

Whetu

Caitlin

Coopa

Jack B

Mason

ANZAC Poppies

We are learning to remember and celebrate our ANZAC heroes.

We are making a poppy wreath for the dawn service on ANZAC day.

It takes lots of perseverance and determination to make a poppy. We used our maths learning to measure two 10 cm squares.

We used this video to help us make our poppies.
We had to watch very carefully because cutting the poppy shape is quite tricky. But, we know that the best learning comes from making mistakes so we just kept trying until we got it right!

Here is the video if you want to make your own poppy.

Tyler being a superhero teaching his measuring skills

Blake carefully measuring accurately

Charlie and Dom measuring

Naomi checking her measurements are accurate

Busy working and thinking

Sam watching the video step by step

Holly carefully following the video step by step to make her poppy

Whetu opening up his poppy

Kamora-Lee so excited about her first poppy

Coopa and Marshall thinking and problem-solving. Lots of
great learning talking.

We have been learning an ANZAC song 

Fraction Fitness

We have been learning to find a fraction of a group or set. We had to work out what 1/4 and 1/2 of a set was eg. 1/4 of 12=3

Untitled from tracey hill on Vimeo.
It was so wonderful to hear the children debating and discussing fractions and justifying their decisions and strategies used with each other. 

I Spy With My Little Eye......

A holiday challenge: Use your superhero spying eyes to check out what we discovered in our classroom after school on the last day of Term 1.

Freddy the Frog! was hiding in the tank!

Room 1617, thank you for being such amazing superhero learners this term. Happy holidays.  Play lots, laugh lots! From Mrs Ramsay and Mrs H.

Fractions fraction fractions

We have been learning to find a set of a fraction. 

We had to make different shaped frog ponds and break the ponds into different fractions. We then needed to work out how many frogs or frogs eggs would be in each part of the pond.

Ashwin showing a different way to break his pond up in to quarters

Emily had 8 frogs found half of 8 then half of 4
1/4 of 8=2

Sadie has made a pentagon shaped pond and has 16 frogs eggs.
1/2 of 16=8

Dom sharing his thinking with Ruben. Lots of discussion about how to
make an octogon and then how they would cut it in to quarters.
Super determination and thinking boys!

Gwen thinking how she can find 1/4 of 24. She is trying 5 frogs eggs in each quarter of the pond.
She worked out she needed to add 1 more to each 1/4 of the pond.
1/4 of 24=6

We have also been learning how to write fractions that are bigger than one whole.

Georgina and Naomi's thinking

Keiarliya's thinking

Joseph and Jordan's thinking

Charlotte and Jack's thinking

Tyler and Maddie's thinking

We have been learning how to make a fraction of a set or group

We had to think about what we know about a whole and fractions to create a fraction caterpillar to share the different ways to show 1/2, 1/4, 1/3, 1/5, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10.

Created by Marcus

Created by Gwen

Created by Sadie

Created by Caitlin

Created by Ashwin

Book Characters

Room 1617 had so many wonderful book characters come to school. We had a great day celebrating books and the adventures they can take us on.  

Geronimo Stilton
A character from the wonderful series of books.
Highly recommended by Mrs H and many Room 1617 children

                                                 

Laura Ingalls eating her lunch

 Geronimo Stilton Website

Tin Tin and Heather the Violet Fairy

Book characters were appearing everywhere

We have been learning how to write a blurb for a book. It is tricky because we had to not give too much detail but also give the reader some clues about what will happen in the story. We learnt a question is a good way to hook the reader in. 

We also learnt about what makes an effective book cover. We looked at lots of different covers and what made them effective.

Look at our covers and read our blurbs. Which stories would you like to read? 

Did our blurbs make you want to read our books? 

Do you have an everyday superhero. Super Israel is to the rescue. Aaaarhh Aria is so sure Super Israels coming to cook a healthy breakfast to make Aria better. Will Super Israel save Aria's tummy?

Author Aria

Do you have a superhero? I know one his name is Electric Eden he is a policeman and my Dad too. His super powers are that he is kind and caring and helpful too. One terrible day I cut my foot and I cried "Boo hoo". Electric Eden shouted "Ready in action". Will he save the day? If you want to find out then read my book.

Author Dom

Do you know a superhero in disguise? Well Sam G does. Big Bruce is super brainy and helpful. he is the nicest person you could meet. he helps the family when they cream. You hear him say "Big Bruce Go" and you know he'll save you. If you want to know the story then open the book.

Author Sam G

Would you like a wonderful Mum like mine? Keiarliya does and that's me who wrote this story and my superhero is Lovely Laretta. My Mum is a super fast texter (click click click) and she plays games with me like spin and draw. My Mum is a superhero in disguise and she is also superful. if you want to know more about her read my story about Lovely Laretta it will be super amazing like me. Do you have a Mum like mine?

Author Keiarliya

Do you have a superhero in your life? Ashwin does. My Dad is my superhero. I call him Dangerous Dad. When huge 7 legged creatures come in my dreams dangerous Dad is kind and caring. he chases the scary creatures away. Snuff! Gurgle! Woosh! Do you want to know how then read this book.

Author Ashwin

Do you have a super pet dog? Well Jack does. Sky By can shake his hand. Sky By is a good alarm. She wakes Jack up at 5:50am. Will Sky By wake Jack up in time? Read the story to find out.

Author Jack B

Do you know a superhero? Super Sarah loves to have food fights but can clean up like lightning. oh no! Nevaeh's tiara is broken. It is her special tiara that makes Nevaeh a princess. Can Super Sarah save the day? If you want to know read this story.

Author Nevaeh

Do you have a superhero that picks you up from school? My super heroes name is Super Nana. One day Super Nana goes to pick up some random people from school but Super Nana isn't actually Super Nana. read the story to find out who Super Nana really is!

Author Ashley

Do you have a super hero in disguise? Brave Ben is creative and caring. But Mum does not know how to cook. Can Brave Ben save the day this time? Read more and find out if the food is cooked or not?

Author Christina

Do you have a pet super hero? Bubbly Becs has a furry tail abd she cuddles Jessica when shes sad. Oh no! Jessica has to go into the shower and Dad leaves it too hot. Boo Hoo. Can Bubbly Becs save the day? Read on and find out exactly what happens?

Author Jessica

Do you have a secret superhero? Determination Deno helps people build houses but he's not a builder. "Oh no I can't build a house it keeps falling apart". Can Determination Deno build a house or not. Read the story to find out.

Author Joseph

Do you have a superhero in your family. Zack definitly does. Mighty Max. When Zack isn't feeling so sure of himself Mighty Max zooms into action aces out and stands up straight and sprinkles confidence. Max saves the day lots of the time. Will Max save the day today? Read the story to find out.

Author Zack

Have you ever had a superhero come to your rescue? Well Naomi has Super Stev is brave. He is brave because he saves my Mum from giant, black scary mysterious creatures under the house. Read this book to find out what happened.

Author Naomi

Congratulations to Zack, Ashwin and Blair who were winners of the book blurb and cover competition.