The Iron Man

The Iron Man by Zara

First we read the first chapter of a book called the Iron Man by Ted Hughes!   Then we drew a robot.  Next we coloured in some parts of the robot!  Then we dyed them.  When we put them on the wall they will look fantastic!  You have to be careful when you dye art because you might get dye on yourself.  The Iron Man is really big!  We love the book so far because it is very exciting with lots of cliffhangers.  The author chooses lots of wow words when describing the plot and characters.

WE LOVE SCIENCE!

Ivy was really keen to do MORE SCIENCE experiments.  We wanted to link it to our inquiry 'Against All Odds'.  So we watched a leopard seal swimming to give us some ideas.  We watched the leopard seal swim and glide through the water.  It floated and dived under the water.



Here are some our questions we would like to test...

What is a good digital citizen?

A digital citizen is a confident and capable user of ICT

What does this mean to Room 9?

A confident and capable user of ICT means you feel comfortable using the computer.  Capable means you can do it easily!  Our class is good at blogging, using Skype, PhotoStory3 and Windows Movie Maker.  We also love using the iPad.  We can use our IWB and our class camera.  We are also getting good at sharing our learning on Voicethread with the world.

Comprehension Skills

We have been practicing our comprehension skills in reading lessons. One of the skills we practiced was called visualising. Our teacher read us a description of an animal. We had to listen and draw the picture that was created in our heads. Watch our movie to find out what creature we had to visualise.

Reporter

Today we have been exploring group roles when working in a team.  We worked in groups to identify what each role means.  We looked at the role of Reporter.  We think that a Reporter would:

• Share their group ideas with the rest of the class

A Reporter would:

• Introduce your goup
• Use a lion voice not a mouse voice - a clear voice
• Speak at a steady pace - not too fast and not too slow

The Minstrel

Yesterday the Minstrel came to our school.  The Minstrel is a man who travels around New Zealand in a caravan singing songs and teaching schools. 

The Minstrel sang many songs.  He was teaching us about water safety and fishing for the future.  This means that you need to put the little ones back so they can grow, and gigantic mummies and daddies back so they can have baby fish.  His wife gave the posters and stickers out and she was great at dancing.  He asked us questions.  The Minstrel  told as what to do if we fell out of a boat too.  You must always wear a life jacket to keep you safe. 

We thought he was silly and really funny.  We learnt a lot! Thank you for teaching us!