Welcome to Room 9 2020
We are certainly living in unusual times. Over the next few days and weeks I am hoping to set up our Room 9 page as a learning environment for anyone who wishes to keep in contact.
contact me by email jangell@hns.school.nz
Ready for lunch
Here Goes guys.
This is my first attempt at uploading a video.
The first story is The Very HungryCaterpillar.
I have also included an animation of the story and some activities to go with it.
This is my first attempt at uploading a video.
The first story is The Very HungryCaterpillar.
I have also included an animation of the story and some activities to go with it.
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Here are some fun activities for this story.
You could draw and write about the life cycle of the caterpillar. Draw some beautiful butterflies. Do you remember we talked about the butterflies wings being the same on each side. We called it symmetry so when you draw your butterfly the wings need to be symmetrical. Maybe take a photo of the best one to send to me at jangell@hns.school.nz
Here are some ideas for activities. Your mum or dad will need to help you with this
STORY SEQUENCE: Provide a long piece of yarn, a hole punch, and patterns of the different foods (apple, pear, plum, strawberry, orange, piece of chocolate cake, ice cream cone, pickle, Swiss cheese, salami, lollipop, piece of cherry pie, sausage link, cupcake, watermelon) which appear in this story. Students will color, cut, and punch a hole in each food. Then they may squence the story by putting the food on the string as they appear in the story. You may want to have your students do this while you read the story for the second time or you may wish for your students to try this after you have read the story.
PHONICS: Use the patterns of the foods above. Make cards with the beginning letters (a, p, p, s, o, c, i, p, s, s, l, s, c, w) of the foods. Have students match. To make this more difficult. Place your food patterns in a pocket chart, say a sound, and then pick a student to come up and take one food item that matches the given sound!
MATH: Initially, the caterpillar in the story is small. Provide each group of students eight caterpillars of various sizes (make out of construction paper) an 8 index cards for each caterpillar showing the inches of one of the caterpillars. Have the students work together to measure the caterpillars and then match the caterpillar to the correct index card. Walk around the room and check each groups responses. When finished have each student place all the materials from this activity in a ziplock bag. Collect each set and keep for future use.
MATH/GRAPHING: The caterpillar in this story enjoyed many foods. Prepare a graph with the foods the caterpillar ate. Give each student a small sticky note. Have them write their name on the sticky note. Then have the students place their sticky note on the area of the graph that shows their favorite food. When everyone has placed their sticky note on the graph - ask graph questions: What food was choosen the most/least? How many apples were choosen?...
SCIENCE: Use patterns of the life cycle of a butterfly and have students practice sequencing them. (little egg on leaf, little caterpillar on leaf, larger caterpillar on ground, very large caterpillar on big leaf, other leaves nearby have been eaten, caterpillar building a cocoon, caterpillar inside of a cocoon, butterfly emerging from a cocoon, and butterfly flying away)
LITERARY ANALYSIS: Try making a Venn Diagram comparing this story with The Very Busy Spider.
You could draw and write about the life cycle of the caterpillar. Draw some beautiful butterflies. Do you remember we talked about the butterflies wings being the same on each side. We called it symmetry so when you draw your butterfly the wings need to be symmetrical. Maybe take a photo of the best one to send to me at jangell@hns.school.nz
Here are some ideas for activities. Your mum or dad will need to help you with this
STORY SEQUENCE: Provide a long piece of yarn, a hole punch, and patterns of the different foods (apple, pear, plum, strawberry, orange, piece of chocolate cake, ice cream cone, pickle, Swiss cheese, salami, lollipop, piece of cherry pie, sausage link, cupcake, watermelon) which appear in this story. Students will color, cut, and punch a hole in each food. Then they may squence the story by putting the food on the string as they appear in the story. You may want to have your students do this while you read the story for the second time or you may wish for your students to try this after you have read the story.
PHONICS: Use the patterns of the foods above. Make cards with the beginning letters (a, p, p, s, o, c, i, p, s, s, l, s, c, w) of the foods. Have students match. To make this more difficult. Place your food patterns in a pocket chart, say a sound, and then pick a student to come up and take one food item that matches the given sound!
MATH: Initially, the caterpillar in the story is small. Provide each group of students eight caterpillars of various sizes (make out of construction paper) an 8 index cards for each caterpillar showing the inches of one of the caterpillars. Have the students work together to measure the caterpillars and then match the caterpillar to the correct index card. Walk around the room and check each groups responses. When finished have each student place all the materials from this activity in a ziplock bag. Collect each set and keep for future use.
MATH/GRAPHING: The caterpillar in this story enjoyed many foods. Prepare a graph with the foods the caterpillar ate. Give each student a small sticky note. Have them write their name on the sticky note. Then have the students place their sticky note on the area of the graph that shows their favorite food. When everyone has placed their sticky note on the graph - ask graph questions: What food was choosen the most/least? How many apples were choosen?...
SCIENCE: Use patterns of the life cycle of a butterfly and have students practice sequencing them. (little egg on leaf, little caterpillar on leaf, larger caterpillar on ground, very large caterpillar on big leaf, other leaves nearby have been eaten, caterpillar building a cocoon, caterpillar inside of a cocoon, butterfly emerging from a cocoon, and butterfly flying away)
LITERARY ANALYSIS: Try making a Venn Diagram comparing this story with The Very Busy Spider.
Room 9 have been learning about environments around the sea including rock pools. We have identified different animals that live there and how to protect them. We understand that leaving rubbish behind at the beach can harm sea creatures. Please make sure you leave nothing behind when you visit the beach. Check out the rock pools we made.
Check out our Sea Monsters!
We painted the fronds of Nikau Palms. Aren't they AMAZING?
Term 4 - 2018
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Kia ora whanau welcome to Room 9 2018
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Term 2 - 2018
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Term 1 2018
We have been sharing information about ourselves and our families while getting to know each other.
We are now learning about helpers in the community and how to keep ourselves safe.
Constable Lareena visited and talked to us about keeping safe on the road and in cars.
We all got to sit in her Police Car!
We have been sharing information about ourselves and our families while getting to know each other.
We are now learning about helpers in the community and how to keep ourselves safe.
Constable Lareena visited and talked to us about keeping safe on the road and in cars.
We all got to sit in her Police Car!
Henderson Fire Station came to visit.
They taught us about the work they do and showed us their fire truck. We learned about the special clothes they wear to protect themselves. We know to give matches and lighters to adults. If there is a fire get down, get low and get out! Meet at the safe meeting place and yell fire, fire, fire! Call 111!
Here are some photos.
They taught us about the work they do and showed us their fire truck. We learned about the special clothes they wear to protect themselves. We know to give matches and lighters to adults. If there is a fire get down, get low and get out! Meet at the safe meeting place and yell fire, fire, fire! Call 111!
Here are some photos.
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Check out our Easter Bunnies!
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Term 1 the weather has been awesome so we could use
the school pool! |
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2018 Term 2
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We are learning songs with actions - these are so much fun to learn, check out all their little smiles - it's hard to resist smiling along with them!
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Week 2, Term 4 to Oct 21st
Welcome back to Term 4! Time is flying fast with our lovely class.
This week we have been super busy. We had Frith from Kid Power visit us. You will have seen the bookmark your child brought home. Ask them to tell you what 'Brain Power', 'Body Power', 'Voice Power', 'Fence Power' and 'Rubbish Bin Power' is my personal favourite - that is when you put 'rubbish' words a person says to you, into the bin, and chuck them away. Very important not to hold on to those mean or 'rubbish' words. We will be continuing to learn about social skills, and how to keep ourselves safe using our 'powers'.
We also had the runathon on Wednesday. I was so proud of all of the class, who ran their very best. They also had outstanding behaviour for this sports day. Particular mention goes to Joseph, who ran 28 laps!!! We have been practising and training our running and it showed that hard work pays off. Lots of the children went beyond expectations. Well done!
AND, we have been learning about 'Firewise'. We have been looking at the different types of fires, and ways that fire can be useful. We have learnt that if there is a fire in our building, we must - GET DOWN, GET LOW, and GET OUT - FAST! We will be learning about matches, lighters and candles next - and we have a special visit from the Fire Brigade in week 4. Please discuss fire safety with your whanau at home - very important. You should have received a story and activity book with a DVD to help with this.
Here are some of our stories about Kid Power this week...
"Someone comes up in my face and I don't like it. And I made a fence." - Aisha Fakalupe
"On Friday a visitor came. She taught us Kid Power." - Charlie-Rose Martell
"My brain is in here. It has power to think." - Angela Quach-Chieu
"When you get tried to be hit, you will make a fence." - Ethan Webb
"I used my Voice Power to scare away someone who pushed me." - Harlem Rankin
Ka kite!!
This week we have been super busy. We had Frith from Kid Power visit us. You will have seen the bookmark your child brought home. Ask them to tell you what 'Brain Power', 'Body Power', 'Voice Power', 'Fence Power' and 'Rubbish Bin Power' is my personal favourite - that is when you put 'rubbish' words a person says to you, into the bin, and chuck them away. Very important not to hold on to those mean or 'rubbish' words. We will be continuing to learn about social skills, and how to keep ourselves safe using our 'powers'.
We also had the runathon on Wednesday. I was so proud of all of the class, who ran their very best. They also had outstanding behaviour for this sports day. Particular mention goes to Joseph, who ran 28 laps!!! We have been practising and training our running and it showed that hard work pays off. Lots of the children went beyond expectations. Well done!
AND, we have been learning about 'Firewise'. We have been looking at the different types of fires, and ways that fire can be useful. We have learnt that if there is a fire in our building, we must - GET DOWN, GET LOW, and GET OUT - FAST! We will be learning about matches, lighters and candles next - and we have a special visit from the Fire Brigade in week 4. Please discuss fire safety with your whanau at home - very important. You should have received a story and activity book with a DVD to help with this.
Here are some of our stories about Kid Power this week...
"Someone comes up in my face and I don't like it. And I made a fence." - Aisha Fakalupe
"On Friday a visitor came. She taught us Kid Power." - Charlie-Rose Martell
"My brain is in here. It has power to think." - Angela Quach-Chieu
"When you get tried to be hit, you will make a fence." - Ethan Webb
"I used my Voice Power to scare away someone who pushed me." - Harlem Rankin
Ka kite!!
Week 7 to Sept 9thWell we have had to test a lot and I am happy to say that most Term 3 testing is now completed. All of the children in Room 9 have been working very hard to progress in Reading, Writing, Handwriting and Maths.
We have been visiting our 'Olympic Team' classes. All of the children go to a different class to learn about different countries. Next week we will have Olympic Sports days on Thursday the 15th and Friday 16th. Please come along to support your children if you are able to. We have done some big thinking work around Class Rules. The children are old enough now to take responsibility for themselves within the class. They have come up with a great list of rules for our class and we have started to make a 'Rules Lion' for our wall. Watch this space! Next week, week 8, we have the Union Meeting on Monday afternoon and our School Olympics Day on Friday. Normal reading groups will happen where possible on the other days. We will spend the rest of the time, finishing our 'Rules Lion' and learning all about fractions. If you are able to discuss halves and quarters at home, that would really help. Portfolios will come home on Tuesday 20th September. In the image above we are playing Sounds Bingo Ka Kite! |
Week 5, August 25thThis week I have been testing writing. I am very pleased with all of the students' progress. Well done everybody! I have started to test reading and we will continue with that next week.
We have been learning about rules, routines - and medals! We have been thinking and writing about times that we earned a reward. Next week we will continue this focus, and also look at games we know. If you have any games at home that require rules and turn-taking, please play them! The children are learning to explain how to play a game. Each week the Big Kahuna is allowed to take the 'Big Kahuna Box' home (like show and tell, they put 2-3 treasures in it to bring for news). This is the only time children are allowed to bring toys to class. We are also making each Big Kahuna a 'Shadow Chart', with positive phrases about their personality. We are learning to notice the good in others, and to think about their strengths. Ka Kite! |
Welcome back to Term 3!This morning we performed a skit inspired by Greedy Cat. We performed this skit at assembly and think we did a pretty great job! Please click on the link to watch us!
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Week 8It was a short week but we packed a lot in! We have been learning the letters 'h' and 'r' and the word 'look'. We have been enjoying lots of picture books, for our topic 'Celebrating Books'. We learnt about repeating patterns for Maths, for example: square/circle/square/circle/square/circle...., or square/circle/triangle/square/circle/triangle/square/circle We can say what shape would come next. This is an important skill for early maths. We are continuing to notice healthy lunchboxes! I hope you are all having a lovely Easter break with your whanau. This coming week will also be short, only three days. It will be a testing week, instructional reading groups don't happen during test. So you may not get books home each day. We are looking forward to welcoming our new starts tomorrow!! Ka kite ano!! |
Week 6We have had a really busy week!
Tuesday: We had the Henderson Library Road Show visit us. We learnt all abut books, looking after books, and the library card rap! Joining the library is free, and a fun thing to do with your family. Wednesday: We had a story teller, Apirana Taylor, visit us to play Maori instruments and to tell his stories to us. And today, we had a wonderful trip to Tui Glen Park! All of the children had fun and were so well behaved. Well done Room 9! |
Some wonderful writing pieces by Room 9.
Week 5
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This week we have been discovering painting. Children learnt how to hold the paintbrush and explore paint.
We have been learning our letters and letter sounds (s, a, t, i p and n). We have been learning basic sight words for reading (I, am, can and like). We have been reading the book 'The New Cat', about a cat called 'Greedy Cat'. Some children came to our Meet the Teacher night and had their photo taken with Greedy Cat. Unfortunately the trip to Tui Glen Park was postponed because of the bad weather. The new date for ht etrip is this Thursday, the 10th of March. Please let Mrts Schierning know if you can help with the trip. We have been learning about Healthy Food, and healthy lunchboxes. All of the children drew their healthy lunch box. We are encouraged to bring healthy food for our lunch each day. We learnt to roll a ball accurately. We rolled the tennis balls to hit a target, and rolled them through a goal. We can even say the work accurately! Swimming is changing again - Tuesdays and Thursdays from now on. Please bring your swimming gear on these days. Happy Birthday Aisha! She turned five on Friday. Ka kite ano! |
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