19/10/10 Good Morning with Robert & Ella

18/10/10 What's Going On in BD Class?

We had a great day with Mrs Stewart today. Mr D was away because Little Emma still has the chicken pox. He did pop in to help us with our production rehearsal on the stage. We are trying really hard to remember to move AND sing at the same time. Mrs Stewart did some cool procedural writing today too. We made play-dough! We got to put the ingredients together and then we got to play with it too. We wrote the steps you need to take to make the dough. Because the weather was so nice we took the kites out to have a play with as well. What a great day.

15/10/10 What's Going On in BD Class?

It has been a bit of a funny day today. We kicked off with power writing then did our poem of the week. In maths the groups are learning some pretty tricky strategies.
The "Circles" were learning to make groups of ten when adding numbers together.

4+2+6 is the same as 10+2 which =12

The "Triangles" were doing some work on counting backwards to solve subtraction problems using bigger numbers.

23-4=__ (23 in our head->22,21,20,19)

These are some really good strategies. Mrs Stewart did some more procedural writing with us after morning tea. We had a go at making milo, then we had to write the instructions for it. 

After lunch we had production practise in the lovely sunshine. We started our new inquiry topic today. We brainstormed ideas about environments and had a go at grouping some of them.

Next week is a busy week so make sure that you all rest and have a great weekend.

14/10/10 What's Going On in BD Class?

We have a had a very creative day today. We had our first production practise on the stage this morning. Jarden said it was like we were walking on the roof! We are getting pretty good at our actions and singing. After Kapa Haka this afternoon Mr D took the Library Card group and Mrs H took the Champions group. Now it is REALLY looking good.

Check out the video for our production song. Cool!

In our reading groups we are working in these things:

WALT:

• Read like we talk
• Read word endings carefully
• Talk about the characters in the stories we read
• Use our blends knowledge to work out words
• Look for little words in big words
• Find information in the books we read.

Everyone is working very hard in reading. The groups are also getting better at using the iPods for listening post activities. Keep up the great effort everyone!

14/10/10 Good Morning with Robert & Eddie