Sharing our stories in different ways

Today we had the choice between creating a real story or an imaginative one that involved swimming at school.

We chose to either use Clicker Docs or DoodleCast on the iPads and collaborated with others.

Here's Hailey and Isla listening back to their story...

  

Then they reflected on how they went.  They decided that they did a good job of remembering some important information and also talking and drawing at once.  They also decided the their next step is to ensure they don't talk over each other.  

What do you think?

Beatrice, Keira, Lily and Madi worked together to create this story - they're still having a think about their reflection.  What do you think they did well?

Look at all this awesome thinking, collaboration and reflection!!

Designing a Duck Feeder

Today in reading one of our groups designed their own duck feeders based on the book they've been reading, "Bread for the Ducks".

Here they are to tell you about them...

Feedback on our Re-tell

Today Madi, Jim, Isla and Bella re-told their story in their own words.  We recorded it on this video so that we could watch it back and give ourselves feedback.

Here is the video:




We thought we did a good job of:

• Collaborating to re-tell the story
• Collaborating when someone needed help (team work)
• We spoke clearly
• We looked at the person who was talking
• We used with pictures to help us remember it

We thought we could improve on:

• Giving all the information (like, saying they were going to the park)
• We could use one or two words from the story to remind us - but we don't want to read all the words.  "If you look at every page and read all the words, you'll get too slow and tired" - Jim

What do you think?

Brilliant Ice Cream Break Through

Can you remember the equipment we used?

What were the ingredients?

Can you remember the ingredients changed states from a liquid into a solid.

What flavour would you create next time?

Practicing our fine motor skills through art

We cut out a flower shape and stuck it onto some coloured paper, now we are gluing on small bits of paint samples we cut out another session. These are just a few fun ways to strengthen our hand muscles and help us with our pencil grip for writing.

A special guest for the dance break through group!

On Friday the dance break through group had a ballet teacher come to visit to watch what they have been doing over the last few weeks!

The children were very excited to show off their skills and certainly learn some new ones. They enjoyed dressing up too!

Thank you so much to Karen who came in to help us. We learnt a lot and now we are going to keep practicing our routine to get even better :-)

Independent writing

During literacy we have been writing about a variety of topics e.g lego, cats and clothes. 

We are learning to edit our writing independently and with the teacher.

Click on the book to enlarge.