Integrated Topic Drought

We are learning about how the sun affects the earth.

Success Criteria:

• Explain water moves in a cycle.
• Explain how drought effects living things and our planet.

Writing Term 4

Gemma made a goal (which is highlighted in pink on the writing code) of starting each of her sentences with a different sentence. Gemma's writing is being extended by exploring the year two writing code. She has decided that she was sucessful through with this goal on this piece of writing. She has decided her story is in a logical sense . Gemma thinks she still needs to use capital letters in the write place and think about sentences where she can use a range of punctuation such as exclamation marks and speech marks.

Art - Self Portrait

I am learning to create a self portrait.

I know I am successful when I have -

Drawn the different elements of my face in particular quarters of my face.
Blended paint to make my skin tone.
Blended my background.
Can talk about how to do the painting technique "blending"

Numbers

Teacher voice: Wow Gemma you are getting so good at writing big numbers! Opps the nine is back to front - that can be a tricky number ... keep practising!

My Reading Pathway

I am pointing to where I am on the room 17 reading pathway.

I am currently reading at blue three (one level from Government expectation of Green).

I am working on the following:

• I can listen to myself as I read and check that it makes sense, sounds right and looks like
• I know the common words
• I am beginning to ask and answer questions about the books I read. I am learning to say; what I know about it already and ask questions to find out more.

Teacher Voice: "Gemma is close to the government standard in reading which is green (the expectation for a child who has been at school for a year). She is currently two levels from green. Well done Gemma I realise you find reading tricky sometimes but I love that you try and use strategies such as your growing letter sounds, clues from the pictures and thinking about what would make sense to work out what the words say. Keep working hard and using different strategies and you will continue moving through our reading pathway. I'm very proud of you!"- Miss H

Reading

I am learning to pick books that are a good fit for me in the library.

Student voice: "I can get books from here. Books with pictures are good for me."

Gemma is developing a love for books while reading with a friend in the library.

Numeracy stand: Fractions

We are learning to split numbers in half (1/2)

I know I am successful when the number is the same (equal) on each side.

Year 1 Cross Country

Reading

I am learning to look across the word to look for letters and letter clusters I know.

SUCESS CRITERIA I can look along the whole word and find some parts that I know.

STUDENT VOICE " i know to look for some little bits of a big word that I know".

Reading

I can read to lots of different people. 

Gemma is reading to one of our big buddies as a part of our Friday programme and gardening, cooking and literacy. 

Garden to table programme

Gemma is learning cooking skills and how to use a knife safely 

Topic: Habitat

We are learning to make a habitat for a compost worm. 

On our field trip we learned to importance of food, shelter, water and stopping sunlight from going into our compost worms habitats.

Sam, Gemma and Kharmony have cut their bottles by themselves to make their habitat.

Gemma Ava and Jasper are ripping up paper (portrait) to create a habitat for their worms.

Gemma is getting up close and personal with some tiger worms (compost worms).

Numeracy: Numbers to 10

We are learning to solve a puzzle to 10.

We had never seen this puzzle complete before but we worked together and collaborated with the help of our number knowledge - we worked it out! Look how proud we are :) 

Key competencies: Relating to others, participating and contributing and thinking.

Action Stations

I am learning to follow instructions with instructional drawing during action stations.

Writing

We are learning to write words that we find in our reading books.

Oaklands Multicultural Activity Day

Gemma is practising her name in Japanese letters called Katakana

We know how to show our CARE values on the bus

Jellie Park Trip 2016

 

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Important events to know about:

Parent conferences Tuesday 9th and Wednesday 10th of Feb

Library - every Tuesday (Please ensure they have their library folder)
Swimming - every Thursday (for term 1)

Thanks!

Gemma and Kaydence are working together to complete the sandpit challenge (making a tunnel under the sand that a toy can drive through)