Cinquain Poems

 Cinquain Poems

 

my dog roxy

roxy

white and black dog

six years old friendly dog 

shes got a black eye patch she is

happy

                                                         

                                                          by molly

 

 

 

MY SPORT

 

SOFTBALL.

IT IS A SPORT.

HOMERUN! WE ARE THE BEST.

WE JUST NEED ONE SCORE TO WIN IT.

WE WON!

 

By Nastashia

My Chooks

 

My chooks:

 nice , soft and fun

to play with as they run.

Sometimes they go crazy with my

pink pig.

 

By Jorjah

Cool Scooters 

Scooters:

Ride it hard.

Always wear a helmet

because you could crash and fall!
Great fun.

By Amarjit

 

 

Maori

Maori:

A part of me.

No one can take away

my culture. It makes me feel proud...

KAHA!

By Delta-Rose

 



On Your Bike - Using Science to explore simple machines.

As part of our unit this term we will be 'working like scientists' to explore simple machines. The first part of our term will see us developing our content knowledge and getting a grip on the processes scientists use (the 'how') when the investigate. The second part of the term will see our students developing their own investigative questions and working in groups on a scientific inquiry.

Day 1 - Looking into levers

Today we began to explore levers using a plank, a block of wood, and a heavy concrete blog. The class got to lift the block to see how heavy it was (with only one student dropping it on their hand - Jordan!!) before setting up the experiment. Students sketched the set up and predicted what they though was going to happen. The predictions were varied, but many of them involved Mr. Pratt getting hurt! Students then had to record their observations before trying to explain using our science words  - PIVOT, LOAD, and EFFORT what was happening.

We mixed things up at the end which will be discussed further before going one step too far. Mr. Pratt was on one end of the plank with Delta, Daniel, and Timara on the other end...the outcome was shattering (see the photos below...)

Amarjit can't lift the block...

Jakob can...

Chance is balanced!

Looking worried Azariyah

How has Taylin managed to balance the load?

Why is Matiu having to use more effort?

More load and effort...I wonder what the result will be?

The Result!!

HOME-LEARNING HEROES!!

 Well done to our five "homework heroes" who completed their home-learning tasks every week of this first term. For their commitment to their learning Amarjit, Timara, Desrae, Karsha, and Erika got to enjoy pizza for lunch on Thursday much to envy of the rest of the class. Mr. Pratt might have had a piece too...

Visualising

Room 7 has been learning that good readers use visualising as a strategy to help them read. By painting a picture in their head, the text comes alive for the reader. One activity we did was the Nogard activity; students were encouraged to listen to the description of the Nogard and visualise what it looked like (some quickly worked out that a Nogard is Dragon spelt backwards!). They then highlighted in the text words that described the Nogard before drawing one themselves.

Erika, Jorjah and Chance working on our classroom treaty.

Taylin and Jasher deep in thought.

Armajit, Matiu and Dallas brainstorming ideas.