Writing Sample Term 4

Cooper has recently completed a piece of writing with no help from the teacher.  Then Miss Nichols looks at my writing to see:

-If I can write about something I have done

- If I have used interesting words

- If I can write one or more compound sentence 

- If I can form my letters correctly

- If I can use capital letters and full stops

- If i can recognise and write most sounds in at least one way

- If I can use blends, word chunks and word endings to spell words I am not sure of

- If I can write word endings correctly

- If I can plan for writing using talk, words or pictures

- If I can reread my story as I write to check that it makes sense

Cooper's writing goal:

Spell my fast word's correctly

PE (jumping)

To prepare ourselves for the Run, Jump, Throw day we have been practising our jumping skills as part of action stations.

We are learning to: jump using two feet to land on objects

"Well done Cooper, you show great control jumping to each of the spots!" - Miss Nichols

Reading

WALT: read books we know with fluency

SUCCESS CRITERIA:
- Speak clearly and slowly
- Remember all of the words
- Use sound-letter knowledge to help us when we get stuck
- Self correct if we make a mistake

Counting

We are learning to: count up to 100

Success Criteria:
- know which numbers come before
- know which numbers come after
- say the numbers correctly

Athletics with our big buddies.

This term we are practicing our athletics skills during breakout and with our big buddies on a Friday as well! We are practicing our running, jumping and throwing skills. We need to be able to throw underarm and overarm, jump with two feet together and run at a good pace while dodging objects. 

Sun Safety

We are learning to publish and blog our own writing.
We are learning:
- How to take a good video
- How to speak slowly and clearly
- How to use the blogger junior app on the IPAD to publish our own writing

Reading Pathway

Cooper is on blue. These are the learning goals he is working on for reading:

- I can listen to myself as I read and check that it makes sense, sounds right and looks right

- 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

Writing "our Dream Playground

Maths Term 3

In maths we have been working on our own learning goals. We have our name on the wall and we are reminded about what our goal is regularly. 

We have the opportunity two times a week to show our teacher we can meet our learning goal. We show Miss Nichols in TWO different ways that we have achieved our goal. Cooper's maths learning goal at the moment is to write his numbers correctly up to 20.

Breakout - Physical Education

We are learning to: send and receive objects accurately

Success Criteria:

·      Roll the ball along the ground towards a target

·      Throw an object underarm towards a target

·      Step forward with my opposite foot

·      Point towards the target

Te Reo Māori

We are learning to

• say the Kākano whakatuauki in Te Reo

We will know we are successful when we

• say the words, not shout
• say the Te Reo words correctly

CARE Values

We are learning to show the CARE values in different parts of the school...

I show RESPECT in assembly by listening respectfully and sitting quietly.

I show RESPECT in the library by communicating quietly and respectfully.

I show EXCELLENCE in the library by returning and renewing my books on time.

Handwriting Term 2

We are learning to form our letters correctly.

This week we are learning about the letter 'u'.

I know how to write the letter u by making a cup shape and then a short stick.

I know the sound letter u makes and a word that begins with letter u

Probability - Term 2 Maths

We have been learning to use everyday language to talk about the chance of something happening. We have read lots of different fairy tales and talked about things we 'will' see, 'might' see and 'won't' see. We also learnt other words like maybe, could, definitely, probably, certainly, perhaps, never, always, possible and impossible.

Our final challenge was to work with a buddy to draw pictures that we 'will' see, 'might' see and 'won't' see in a fairy tale of our choice. We had to work together to decide by listening to each other. Here is a photo of our final drawings and where we decided the pictures belonged.

Noah and Cooper:

Term 2 Reading

I am learning to find words that end with 'ed'

I know the sound 'ed' makes at the end of a word. This can help me to self-correct when I am reading.

"This word says looked"

Term 2 Writing

We have been learning about animals and their habitats. We have been learning about lots of different animals and where they live. We decided to choose an animal and write a poem about it...

We tried to think of interesting words to use in our poems and practiced forming our letters correctly.

What a great animal to pick Cooper! Well done for trying hard to keep your letters on the line.

Swimming

We are learning to: enter and exit the pool safely
- both hands on the rails
- walk up the steps carefully
- turn around to enter the pool
- feet first

We are learning to: do a front float
- feet off the ground
- relaxed body
- arms and legs straight
- eyes at the bottom 

Maths Term 1

We are learning to: create our own numicon number line

- recognise the numicon shapes
- understand what number each shape represents
- order them correctly

Handwriting Term 1

Reading

We are learning to: find high-frequency words in our reading books and practice writing them

Term One Writing

We are learning to: say and write the sounds we can hear in words

Multi-cultural day!

On Multi-cultural day we went to the hall and learnt about Japanese culture.

We  learnt how to write our name in Japanese which is called Katakana. 

Well done Cooper! You have practiced your name so many times.