Month: October 2013

Wednesday 23 October

Good morning everybody!  It sounds like you have been working really hard with Ms Hamilton – good job.  🙂

9-11 a.m.

MATHS – 10 mins only Mental Maths – Wed week 25; Whole class maths (Liz to support here) uses Money Maths Module.  Teaching and discussion on Australian coins and then students to complete pages 1 – 3.

Spelling Contract:  Work on next activities.

Fitness – teacher choice

RECESS

The Eleventh Hour – by Graeme Base  [The book should be on the blackboard shelf below the jobs roster near my desk.]  This is a beautiful picture book and Graeme Base has included heaps of clues in each picture, so enjoy each picture.   This is a mystery and you need to be able to solve the crime and find out who stole the feast.  I will upload the PDF of the worksheet here.  If you can’t print it from the smartboard computer, then just open it on any other computer that is linked to a printer, to print it out.  [You may need to wait for me to come back tomorrow to use the code breaker decoder to decode the message using the Roman Cypher.  I have these tucked away somewhere and need to find them for you tomorrow.  Do the rest of the worksheet though.]

Horace the eleventh decides to give himself a big treat for his eleventh birthday  (click on this file to open the PDF – then print, or save into H:// drive and print from other computers…)

Finishing off any work – Inquiry Cards, Magic Show practice, Magic Show Planner, etc.  [Students with blogs can this time, if up to date, to work on their blogs.  They should be writing about one thing they have done in class this term…]

LUNCH

Silent Reading

READING – Yellow Box (students to fetch it and then students know how to go about this work).  Power Group to go on Reading Eggs on computers.

Enjoy your day, everybody.  See you tomorrow!  Mrs Veary 🙂

Monday and Tuesday

I’m sorry but I have had some sad news and won’t be at school Monday or Tuesday.  Please work hard for your relief teacher and make him or her welcome.

Here are outlines for the two days’ work:

MONDAY: 9-11

NEWS GROUPS (Students will show you how this works); Mental Maths (Mon Week 25); Whole class maths – Symmetry Booklet (on desk near window) continue.  Students have only done 3 pages which they will show you.  Spelling Contract – continue with activities IF all look, covers done. Fitness.

RECESS TO LUNCH

INQUIRY – Please have a look around for students’ “Inquiry Cards Recording Booklets” for Myths, Magic and Mysteries.  [I think they are either on table next to my desk at window or up on top of filing cabinet on left at the door)  Work through these as you see fit.  We have only done R1 and we will do C2 together when I am back as I have students’ draft writing books with descriptions of creatures in them.

1/2   hour Magic Groups practise their magic tricks for their celebration/show on Thursday.  Please could you time each group to give me an idea of how long they will take.

LUNCH DUTY 1 then in d.o.t.t. after lunch (Music and Sport) could you please photocopy Maths Module CAPACITY booklets and MONEY booklets for me?  Class set of 24 – and ask Rosalie Tomlinson for a copy or ask Karen Webb as the file is outside her classroom.  Thanks.

TUESDAY 9-11

[Liz takes Tom out to Minilit from 9-10]  9-10  you will rotate two Maths Groups through teacher maths and the other group will do Mental Maths (Tuesday week 25 – 10 mins only) and Spelling contract work.  Purple group will go on Studyladder for 30 mins – then they can do a building or Klikko activity.  Maths Group:  Red and Blue Group will combine first session with teacher.  They need to do their Multiplication Module Test – last  2 pages of their module which is on table near window.  When you have YELLOW group – they have not completed all parts of the module so keep them going with the next part of the module.  Thanks.

10a.m. – Combine everybody again and continue with Inquiry Card work from yesterday – remind students we are finishing off this inquiry and need to get as much done as poss.

RECESS TO LUNCH – d.o.t.t. [Please could you mark during this time…] -LUNCH DUTY 1

1:50 TO END:  Devote this time after silent reading to students honing their Magic Group Presentations.  I’d like them to be ready to do a performance on Wednesday afternoon as a final preparation so concentrate on ‘voice/eyes/body language’.  Check what props are needed etc…..

Thank you all.  Mrs Veary 🙂

 

Work for Wednesday 16 October

Make sure you work really hard and help your relief teacher by showing her how you do things.

Rotating Maths Groups:  Remember to bring up the smartboard rotating groups list and that you rotate every 30 mins.

DESK:  Spelling Contract – start a new contract.  Do the front page (list 8) and do your 3 look, cover, checks.  Highlight the spelling pattern too.

COMPUTER: Studyladder only today.  NO games or shopping until you have done at least 5-6 activities.  Try to do as many of them today as you can.  🙂

TEACHER: Groups to work on their Dividing Maths Module booklets.  All groups to use MAB blocks to work out where they need concrete materials.  (I have indicated which pages need to be completed in the booklets.)

FITNESS:  Teacher choice

PURPLE GROUP – will work with Liz as per the work set (on blue table near teacher’s desk)

RECESS

INQUIRY – first working as a whole class you will each receive a Magic Show Planner.  Watching the last few magic show videos, discuss as a class what the characteristics of a magic show are and write dot points onto your planner in the T-chart.

MAGICIAN GROUPS:

  1. Liam, Jaxon, Declan

  2. Leona, Alexis, Bella

  3. Zack, Harry, Kohan, Jasper

  4. Lily F., Samara, Harvey, Tom

  5. Lulu, Ava, Roan, Matty

  6. Keale, Lily O., Isaac, Angus

If Kobi is at school, he can choose to join either group 1 or 2.

THEN working in your MAGICIAN GROUPS – you will look at the website below (magic tricks for kids) and share the magic books (ask Rooms 7, T6 and T7 if they can lend you their copies of the same 101 cool magic tricks books.  You need to research and try out different magic tricks to find a selection of maximum 4 and minimum 3 magic tricks which are varied (and nobody is to have the same trick).  Work out which tricks your group will perform, then work out who will do what (will anybody need a partner or call for an assistant?).  Teacher will need to check different groups to ensure a range of good tricks: cards, ropes, coins, etc. and give advice from the available tricks.  If you have decided on your tricks and the teacher is happy with them, then you can start to write up your own trick in your planner  booklet.  LIZ to support here.

LUNCH

YELLOW BOX READING – students to fetch the box and hand out the booklets.

Liz leaves at lunchtime – POWER GROUP to work on computers doing READING EGGS.

Have a good day, everybody and work hard!  See you tomorrow!  🙂   Mrs Veary

 

Welcome Back Everybody!

Welcome back everybody!  Term 4 is going to be a busy and fun-filled term.  We will be finishing our Myths, Magic and Mysteries Inquiry over the next two weeks, with a celebration Magic Show at the end.  We will also be completing our Big Questions and working at using rubrics to assess your own work.

The other really exciting news is that we are going to be planting out our very own kitchen garden bed today!  🙂  Mr Mcleod has bought all the plants we asked for and we will be putting them into the bed after lunch today.  We need to take on jobs to make sure we look after the bed and take regular photos to put on this and your own blogs to show the progress.

Lovely to have you all back in Room 6!  What do you think of the new furniture arrangement?  I’d like us to keep the tables as twos for the first week at least, just as a trial…. 🙂

 

 

Characteristics of a Magic Show

Watch these video clips of magic shows to identify the characteristics of a magic show. 

You will need to write these as dot points on your T-chart.

Please notice the different types of tricks used too.

Then you will be working with your group to choose different magic tricks which will make a good magic show to perform for an audience.

Magic Show 1

Magic Show 2

Magic Show 3

Magic Show 4