February Fractions Frenzy

After completing our number knowledge tests, we realised we needed to do some work with fractions, so we had a February Fractions Frenzy!  We started with reading and writing fractions, then moved to representing fractions (drawing them using chocolate bars), then we looked at improper and equivalent fractions, and finally we have been adding fractions.....whew!


Here are Leanne, Flynn, Ricci and part of Madison learning about equivalent fractions by folding paper.  Nice work guys!

Week 3 already!

Its all go in Room 20!  Here's what we are up to:

Maths: fractions and improper fractions, equivalent fractions, adding fractions
Reading and writing: How to train a dragon
Inquiry: Turangawaewae
Writing: Similes, alliteration, and planning a recount.

Here is our homework for this week:

2016 Room 20 Homework

Week 3 - due Friday 19 February

Turangawaewae -  A place to stand.

1. Research the meaning behind your surname or where it came from (2-3 sentences).
2. Write why your ancestors originally came to New Zealand (2-3 sentences)
3. Research a country or a place not in New Zealand that is your Turangawaewae.  You know you have succeeded in this task when you find out three new things about your Turangawaewae (6 sentences, no more than one page.  You can include drawings and maps if you want to).

Green eggs and Ham using SOLO thinking!

Today we used Solo thinking to rewrite Green eggs and Ham.  First we made a list to describe Sam. Then we explained why Sam had those features.  After that we rewrote Green eggs and Ham!

Would you could you in a hat? Would you could you with a cat?
You could eat them in the sea, you could come eat them with me.

Would you could you in a plane? Would you could you in a crane?
You could eat them on the moon. You could eat them with a spoon!

Would you could you in a pool? Would you could you while in school?
Would you like them on a rock, or with a lock, or in a sock?

You could eat them here by me, try and eat them with a key!
You could eat them with a Narwhale, you could eat them on his large tail.

Would you could you in the sky? Would you could you with some pie?
You could eat them on the phone, squash them down into a cone.

Would you could you on a bus? You can eat them with no fuss!
You could eat them while you fly, you could eat them way up high.

Could you eat them with a flag? Wrap them in a shopping bag.
You could eat them while you walk, you can eat them while we talk.

Would you could you in a train, come with me I wont be a pain.
You could eat them in the dark. We might not see and need a spark.

Would you eat them with a cow? You will like them I dont know how!
Would you could you with a moth?  If you dribble you will need a  cloth.

You could eat them on a plane or sitting down in the domain.
You could eat them with your master, they go really well with pasta.

You could eat them on the street, they have no sugar and are not sweet.
You could eat them while you juggle, you could eat them while you snuggle.

You could eat them in a tree, its way up high, you will be free.
You eat them by a lake, with a snake and with some cake.

We could eat them while we play, come with me what do you say?

WELCOME TO ROOM 20 FOR 2016!

Room 20 will be using this blog to let you know what great activities we have been up to, what amazing new concepts we are learning in class, and also what our homework activities are for the week.

Let's get started!

Term 1 - Week 2
Great activities: Week 1 and 2 have all been about getting to know other people in our class and community.  We have also been learning about our Turangawaewae (just ask someone from Room 20 what this means).
New concepts: We have been learning about SOLO thinking and how to use it to improve our learning in all subjects.  Our maths learning has already begun and we are focussing on knowledge areas such as rounding and converting.  Writing will be covering recount writing, and in reading we are doing a class novel: How to train a Dragon.
Homework for the week:

Week 2 - due Friday 12 February

Turangawaewae

1. Define Turangawaewae
2. List 2 of your Turangewaewae and explain why these places are important
3. Talk to your family and write about their Turangawaewae.  You will know you have succeeded in this task when you have explained two or more of your families Turangawaewae that you didn’t previously know about.

This needs to be no less than 5 sentences and no more than one page.  You can include pictures, a family tree, and careful drawings if you want.  This should take no longer than an hour.  Good luck and have fun learning about your family and their history!

Apologies for the lack of pictures. Check back in a couple of days for some pictures of what we have been up to. Thanks for visiting!
Room 20

LG in the house!!!

Every week we do reading activities based around the books and stories we have read.  Sometimes we have to write a song or rap about what happened in the story.  Here is Levi's rap about the Journal Story: looking for work:

Diwali: Rangoli Art

This week we have learnt about Diwali.  One of the artworks created during Diwali is Rangoli Art.  It welcomes good spirits and people into houses and buildings.  Here is a sample os symmetrical Diwali Art by Katherine.  First we made symmetrical joins between the dots.  Then we coloured making sure our colours were also symmetrical:

Cinquains

This week we learned about Cinquain poems.  They have five lines:
1.  Title
2. 2 words describing the title
3. 3 action words
4. four words expressing a feeling
5. 1 word the same as the title

Check out Lewis' and Rachels amazing Cinquains!