Fwd: Gymnastics

WALT
Make our bodies into shapes and perform rolls

In PE this term we have been doing gymnastics, we have been learning to make our bodies into shapes like the pike, straddle, straight, and tuck.
We have also been learning to do the rolls - pencil, hedgehog, elephant and forward.

Out next step is to put these together and make a sequence.

TEACHER COMMENT
Some of these rolls can be very tricky it is great to see how hard we are all working at making the shapes and following instructions.











Music

WALT Sing our songs for production

To practice our songs for assembly we have been getting together as Year 2s and 3s and singing as a group.

We have learned about how to sit, how to open our mouths wide and how to use the air in our lungs to make our singing as loud as we can.

SUCCESS CRITERIA
We will know we have succeded when we can sing our songs with energy and enthusiasm.

TEACHER COMMENT
We are sounding better every time and are slowlly remembering the words, production is going to be fantastic.

Bronze Award

LEARNING INTENTION
To display our Oaklands CARE values to a high standard.

SUCCESS CRITERIA
By earning a Bronze award we prove we can consistently show Community, Active Thinking, Respect and Excellence.

TEACHER COMMENT
Fantastic job, you have really been a role model for our class!

Flash - Self Correcting, No Fingers and Compound Words

This week the Flash group has had three learning intentions

LEARNING INTENTION
- When we make a mistake, go back and start the sentence again so that is makes sense
- Point with our eyes, not our hands
- To spot and read compound words

SUCCESS CRITERIA
- When we make a mistake we will go back and try the sentence again
- We won't use our fingers to point to words
- We will be able to spot a compound word and tell you what words it is made of

SOLO LEVEL
- Multi because we can do it but we don't always know how or why we do it
- Uni because we can do it some of the time
- Uni because we can do it some of the time

Term 2 Art Attack

LEARNING INTENTION
To produce a piece of Maori art using sketching and painting

SUCCESS CRITERIA
Sketch and the paint a koru using simple sketching skills and the dip and sweep painting technique

LEARNING OUTCOME
My learning outcome was Relational because I used a variety skills to produce my art

WHAT DID I HAVE TO SAY?
I liked trying to draw stuff so I can learn to draw

Art - Sketching

LEARNING INTENTION
Today with Mr Shaskey we learned about sketching and drawing. We learned to set he limits, draw the outline and then add the shapes.

SUCCESS CRITERIA
We can follow instructions and sketch some fruit and vegetables

LEARNING OUTCOME
Relational because I followed instructions and finished my sketch

NEXT STEP
To practice what I learned

WHAT DID I THINK?
It was hard to do the pineapple
I liked doing the pumpkin because you got to mix colours

Maths - Making Tidy Numbers

LEARNING INTENTION
We are learning to make a tidy number

SUCCESS CRITERIA
We can take away or add to a number to make it tidy (end in zero)

LEARNING OUTCOME
Extended Abstract because we could teach someone else

Thomas's post on Friday, 4 April 2014




Maths - Fractions

WALT
Create and write fractions

SUCCESS CRITERIA
We can make fractions with shapes and write fractions



OUR SOLO LEVEL
Relational
Because we can identify and make shapes that are halves and quarters

OUR NEXT LEVEL
Extended Abstract
We will be able to teach others how to do this

Reading - Order of Events

WALT
Talk about the order of events from a text

SUCCESS CRITERIA!
We can order the events from a text

OUR SOLO LEVEL
Uni Structural
Because we can sort them with some help from the teacher

OUR NEXT STEP
Multi Structural
We will be able to mostly sort them out on our own

Flash Reading - Ask Questions About a Story

WALT
Ask questions about our stories

SUCCESS CRITERIA
We can ask and find answers to questions we have about our stories

HERE ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WE ASKED
Bugs for Breakfast
- Why did they run to the water? (Max)
- Are they going to eat some frogs? (Fletcher)
- I wonder how deep the water is? (Thomas)
- How do they find bugs? (Max)
- I wonder how big they are now? (Thomas)

OUR SOLO LEVEL
Multi Structural
Because we can ask questions but they are not always relevant and we don't always know why we do it

OUR NEXT STEP
Relational
We will be able to ask questions and we will know why we are asking the questions

Art Attack - Term 1

WALT
Plan and create a piece of art that depicts a native New Zealand creature

SUCCESS CRITERIA
I can follow a plan and use a number of techniques to create my painting

[INSERT PHOTO HERE]

MY SOLO LEVEL
[SOLO LEVEL HERE]
Because [REASON]

MY NEXT STEP
[SOLO LEVEL HERE] 
I will do this by [HOW]

WHAT DID I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT?
"[STUDENT COMMENT]"


Term 4 Music




WALT: 
  • Use language such as beat, tempo, dynamics, rhythm, pitch and volume
  • Keep in time to music
SUCCESS CRITERIA:
  • Can explain one or more of the terms beat, tempo, dynamics, rhythm, pitch and/or volume
  • Can use an instrument in time to music

Term 4 Discovery


In Discovery we explore a variety of learning through a variety of activities.


TEACHER COMMENT:

  • Thomas is developing his fine motor skills and colour matching through colouring, sketching and drawing


STUDENT VOICE:


    Term 4 CARE

    Term 4 Dance



    WALT:
    • Move in time to the music.
    • Follow a series of movements.

    SUCESS CRITERIA:
    • Can move in time to the music.
    • Can follow a series of movements.
    • Have fun!

    TEACHER COMMENT:
    • We are doing a great job of following the moves and making them big for everyone to see.

    NEXT STEP:
    • Perform in front of an audience.

    Term 3 Mihi


    In Room 14 we start each day by saying our personal Mihi. We do this to learn about and incorporate Maori culture into our classroom.

    Success Criteria:
    • Can introduce myself
    • Can introduce my Mother, Father, and Teacher
    • Can say where we come from



    Next Step:
    • To introduce my school, principal, a friend and say my age

    Term 3 Gymnastics

    In term 3 we were learning to jump and roll in gymnastics.

    Success Criteria:

    • Can perform two different kinds of rolls correctly (pencil and hedgehog).


    Next Step:

    • To learn more advanced rolls like the elephant and circle roll.

    Term 2 Topic

    We are learning to:
    • Express our understanding of change.
    • Explain how a plant changes

    Success Criteria
    • I can express my understanding of change
    • I can sequencing how a seed changes into a plant
    Tasks
    • Use play dough or a pen to create a picture for what change means
    • I can order a series of pictures into the correct order depicting the growth of a seed into a plant
    At the beginning (before teaching)



    • Change is... changing activity from play dough to the computer
    In the middle (during teaching)


    • Change is... we go to another persons house
    At the end (after teaching)
    • Change is...

    Term 2 Writing Sample

    Term 2 Writing



    We are learning to:

    •  Spell some words correctly
    • Use approximations according to the initial sound


    Success Criteria

    • I can spell some words correctly
    • I can write the first letters of some words

    Next Step

    • I am attempting all of my own words using the sounds I can hear

    Term 2 Statistics




    We are learning to:
    •  Sort objects into categories for display
    • Make a display of the data collected (pictograph)
    • Make statements about data displays

    Success Criteria
    • My data will be sorted and displayed in a pictograph
    • Make statements about my pictograph


          These are the things I said about my pictograph

    •       The cats have the most
    •       The lady bugs have the least
    •       There are 3 elephants