Keeping ourselves safe

Last week you looked at some photos and answered some questions that related to how the children should respond to the situation.  Discuss this photo with people at home and answer the same questions here on the blog.

What do you think is happening here? (Think along the lines of street safety)
What do you think the child should do?
Do you think they should report the incident? Why, why not?
Is there an adult that they can get help from straight away? If so, who is it?
Who else might they get help and support from later on?
What could they do if the people they told didn't help?

Remember, this refers to the STAR response that we have looked at earlier in the term.

What's going on in this photo - Week 4

Here is this weeks photo for our finding details and giving reasons for those details exercise.

• What’s going on in this picture?
• What do you see that makes you say that?
• What more can you find?

Write your answers in the comments, write in full sentences, think about Who, What, Where, Why, How details and tell me as much as possible. You can also respectfully comment on, or refer to, other people’s answers. You might agree with them and add more detail to support their answers or you might have another opinion that you can support with other reasons. 

Who is in the picture? What are they doing? What are they feeling? Where are they? Why are they  there?  Why are they feeling that way?  Don't forget your conjunction "BECAUSE". 

UPDATE:

This week’s image is from the April 25, 2013 "Pictures of the Day" post on the Lens blog. All four living former presidents joined President Obama during the dedication ceremony at the George W. Bush Presidential Library in 2013. The original caption reads:

Silvio Berlusconi, center, the former prime minister of Italy, during the dedication ceremony at the presidential library.

This was not the first time Mr. Berlusconi was caught sleeping at official ceremonies!!

Crochet Tutorials

Here are some of the crochet tutorials if you would like to watch them and practise at home.

You might have to watch them several times to understand what is happening.  You will also have to practise a lot before it becomes something you can do easily.  How many times did you fall down when learning to walk? How many times did you fall off when learning to ride a bike? Remember this is a new skill you are learning and it is not an easy skill to learn.

The slipknot and chain stitch is how you start when you crochet.

The single crochet is the main stitch that we will be using for our patterns. Watch this for the first 2 minutes 50 seconds. The turn at the end of the row after this time is useful if you are going to be doing a placemat or square coaster.

What's going on in this picture?

I have been asking you lots of questions around giving me more details either when answering questions in reading, or when writing your setting and character descriptions. To practise finding details, look at the picture below and answer these three questions.   

What is going on in this picture?

What do you see that makes you say that?

What more can you find?

Write your answers in the comments, write in full sentences, think about Who, What, Where, Why, How details and tell me as much as possible. You can also respectfully comment on, or refer to, other people’s answers. You might agree with them and add more detail to support their answers or you might have another opinion that you can support with other reasons. 

Who is in the picture? What are they doing? What are they feeling? Where are they going? Where have they been? Why are they going there? Why had they been there? Why are they feeling that way? How did this happen? Don't forget your conjunction "BECAUSE". I think they are going away from the beach because ... (including evidence from the picture).

For example, Bob might say he thinks these people are happy to be here because they appear to be walking casually, Sarah might say she thinks they are unhappy because they are all bowing their heads, looking at the ground. As long as you can justify your comments, there are no wrong answers. This is a details finding exercise.

The actual caption was:

Swimmers walked across a beach covered by seaweed in Qingdao, in eastern China. Beaches in Qingdao have been plagued by seaweed from the Yellow Sea the last several summers.

The Times reports about the algae bloom in this article, writing: 

In what has become an annual summer scourge, the coastal Chinese city of Qingdao has been hit by a near-record algae bloom that has left its popular beaches fouled with a green, stringy muck.

The State Oceanic Administration said an area larger than Connecticut had been affected by the mat of “sea lettuce,” as it is known in Chinese, which is generally harmless to humans but chokes off marine life and invariably chases away tourists as it begins to rot.

Some beachgoers appeared to be amused by the outbreak, at least according to the Chinese news media, which in recent days have featured images of swimmers lounging on bright green beds of algae, tossing it around with glee or piling it atop of one another as if it were sand.

Local officials, however, are less enthusiastic.

Haiku Poems

This term we have been studying ecological sustainability.  We have looked at local, national and world wide systems that we need to look after to keep our environment sustainable for the many generations of people to come.  These systems have included the water cycle, water pollution, air pollution, deforestation, urban sprawl and climate change.

This past week we have had a go at writing Haiku poems to summarise some of the problems we have encountered.

Haiku poems are traditionally Japanese poems about nature.  We studied a variety of examples and identified the syllable pattern is usually 5, 7, 5 but some vary from that a little.  They also didn't generally rhyme.

Here is a slide show of one poem from each person in the class.

Prototec Maths

Here is the website that you may find useful for practicing your basic facts

PROTOTEC

Give it a go, try both the sheet and timed test type.  The sheet version will give you a sheet of all of the questions that you can answer and when it is marked it will give you a time it took for you to complete it.  The timed version gives you one question at a time and changes every three seconds.  Just like the basic facts testing we do in class.

Most of you will be at stage 5 or 6.

Daffidol Day

Apologies for not posting this earlier this week!  I forgot to publish the post!

This week we are raising awareness and money for Daffodil day.  Do some research and in your own words write on the blog what Daffodil day is all about and your opinion of it.  Write in full sentences and sign off with your name.

Hotsteppa!! Homeplay challenge

This week we have Hotsteppa for homeplay challenge.  Give his challenges a go and tell us about them below.  Did you hit your target?  Did you beat your time on your sprint track?  Were the games easy?   Don't forget to sign off with your name and use full sentences.  The videos explaining what to do are below.

Water cycle rap

For learning the lyrics for our Morena Marama assembly

Home play challenge week 2

Criss Cross is our home play challenge player this week.

Have fun trying out her activities!!

Homeplay challenge videos

Here are the instructional videos linked with the ProJoe cards you have taken home this week

Electricity Home Learning

Have a bit of fun building and growing a virtual city on www.electrocity.co.nz.  Learn about using natural resources to help grow your city while also changing the environment. Use the code MJ33781

at the end of your game to save it. Record your final score below after 150 turns! See if you can better Mrs Johnson's score of 81. Make sure you keep your environment points at 25!  You can search the finished cities using Te Totara in the school space to see how your class mates are going, and what Mr Jordan's class did last week.  (Unfortunately not able to be played on iPads)

Sustainability

Can we continue to do what we are doing and still SUSTAIN the land, water, energy resources, climate, and health of the planet for many more generations to come??

This term we are learning about the exciting topic of ecological sustainability, in terms of our local surroundings, resources and the planet.  We will be looking at topics including deforestation, the water cycle and rubbish.  Do you know anything about sustainability or acting sustainably? Talk with your friends and family about what sustainability means to you.  What could you be doing to help the sustainability of the local area? Share on the blog what sustainability means to you and anything that you might already be doing that might be considered a sustainable action. 

Remember to use full sentences and sign off with your name.

Basic Facts Practice

Use this website to practise your basic facts.  Ask Mrs Johnson if you are unsure of what stage you should be working at.

Prototec

Matariki

Matariki is a time for remembering those who have passed, planting new crops and celebrating new beginnings.  Sharing a meal is an important part of these celebrations. On Wednesday we are going to have a Matariki day in the Marama pod, celebrating with our friends, including having a healthy shared lunch.  As we learn about the Matariki celebrations, it would be wonderful to hear about some of the celebrations you participate in at home.  Share below a celebration your family participates in and any traditions you may have associated with that celebration.  Remember to comment in full sentences and sign off with your name.

Our Waiata

We are going to Kirikiriroa Marae on Thursday to experience being part of a powhiri and learn about the different areas of the marae.  We will also get to do some fun activities like learning how to use  the maori rakau weapon.  Make sure you practice these waiata at home so you are super confident when we sing them at the marae during the powhiri!

Ehara i te mea,

Nō nāianei te aroha,

Nō nga tūpuna,

Tuku iho,

Tuku iho