May the 4th be with you! Where have you heard something similar before? STAR WARS! (Happy Star Wars Day). Today there are some Star Wars themed activities sprinkled in the mix.
For today's meet, Ash, Emilly, Kairo, Mahtaab, Emily and Alycia have asked to have a Wacky Hair or Hat or Turban theme. We are looking forward to seeing you wearing your Wacky item at the class meet on today.
10am Whole Class Meet - a chance for everyone to see each other and have a quick catch up. I will also show you what is on the weebly for the day.
Small group Google Meets are a chance for you to share what you have been doing at home.
10:20am Kairo, Ash, Zeke, Mahtaab, Oliver, Aiden, Tani, Emily, Alycia
11:15am Triya, Alec, Skyla, Marlee, Maddie, Buthmi, Charlotte, Sari, Alaina
11:30am Nonu, Aggelos, Ramjeld, Rhain, Ellie, Zoe, Cassie, Briar, Ana
First, you need to be logged in to your Google account (the one with @allenton.school.nz).
Next, go to meet.google.com at 10am and type in our meet nickname allentonroom2meet and it will then let you join the meet!
Take some time to do your morning check in - click on the image and fill in the questions.
10am Whole Class Meet - a chance for everyone to see each other and have a quick catch up. I will also show you what is on the weebly for the day.
Small group Google Meets are a chance for you to share what you have been doing at home.
10:20am Kairo, Ash, Zeke, Mahtaab, Oliver, Aiden, Tani, Emily, Alycia
11:15am Triya, Alec, Skyla, Marlee, Maddie, Buthmi, Charlotte, Sari, Alaina
11:30am Nonu, Aggelos, Ramjeld, Rhain, Ellie, Zoe, Cassie, Briar, Ana
First, you need to be logged in to your Google account (the one with @allenton.school.nz).
Next, go to meet.google.com at 10am and type in our meet nickname allentonroom2meet and it will then let you join the meet!
Take some time to do your morning check in - click on the image and fill in the questions.
Secret Mission
Time to give thanks! During lockdown there have been lots of people who have kept doing their job so that the community can continue to operate. Make a card or write a letter to thank someone who has kept things going during lockdown - this could be your postie, a supermarket worker, doctor or nurse, your mum or dad (they've kept you going!) or anyone else that you know who has done their part (he waka eke noa - we are in this together!)
S.O.D.A. - Start Of the Day Activity
Here is the solution to Friday's puzzle.
Who says Stormtroopers don't know how to have fun? Check out this video from Britain's Got Talent.
Now it's your turn! Join the Stormtroopers to dance to YMCA!
NZ Music Month
Split Enz were well known for their wacky hair and costumes, especially in this video.
Daily 5 (Literacy - Reading, Writing and Spelling)
Reading to Self
PM Books - I have created accounts for each of you through PM Books and there are sessions set up for you. Your log in details have been sent to your email address so click here and log in (if you can't find yours email me and I can re-send it). Your reading session will be at the top of the library.
OR
Log in to Read Theory and do 10-15 minutes of reading to self.
OR
Log in to Read Theory and do 10-15 minutes of reading to self.
Reading to a Buddy
Read to someone in your family. Remember, it doesn't need to be a book - you might be helping in the kitchen by reading the recipe to someone as they cook/bake or you might be reading the instructions of how to make something. Sometimes instructions don't have words and you need to 'read' the pictures - that's a great skill to practice too!
Listening to Reading
Listen to a story on Storyline Online.
Working with Words
Complete today's handwriting.
Today's focus is the oi combination. Use the photo and video below to help you. You can borrow my sentence or create your own that uses as many words with our letter combination as possible.
Today's focus is the oi combination. Use the photo and video below to help you. You can borrow my sentence or create your own that uses as many words with our letter combination as possible.
Spelling - today's activity is Bubble Words. Use your ten list words.
Typing Club - many of you have set goals around improving your typing skills. Typing Club is a great way to do this! Spend 10-15 minutes practicing your typing skills.
To log in you need to be using your school Google account (eg [email protected]) and click this Typing Club link. If you are not using your Google account you will be asked to enter it - this joins you to our class.
To log in you need to be using your school Google account (eg [email protected]) and click this Typing Club link. If you are not using your Google account you will be asked to enter it - this joins you to our class.
This writing task has been something that we have been building on each day. You need to complete each section in order. Clicking on the date below will link you to the activity (you will need to scroll down to it on that particular day).
29th April - Character Conversations
30th April - turning speech bubbles into text
1st May - describing the scene
When you have each of these, you now need to work on putting the full piece of writing together, including your character conversations and your description of the scene.
Add a problem within your piece of writing to make it a narrative piece of writing which tells a made up story. Use these models to help you put your piece of writing together.
29th April - Character Conversations
30th April - turning speech bubbles into text
1st May - describing the scene
When you have each of these, you now need to work on putting the full piece of writing together, including your character conversations and your description of the scene.
Add a problem within your piece of writing to make it a narrative piece of writing which tells a made up story. Use these models to help you put your piece of writing together.
If I can give you a tip . . . write some, go away and do something else for 15-20 minutes then come back and read what you have done and write some more. Don't be afraid to add to what you already have or make changes to it to improve your writing.
I would expect that you will be working on this for a couple of days.
And remember - doing some of your own free writing is totally ok too!
I would expect that you will be working on this for a couple of days.
And remember - doing some of your own free writing is totally ok too!
Daily 3 (Maths)
Noggle
Noggle time! Use today's grid to create number sentences that equal the target number 22. You can use addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Challenge someone at home to see who can come up with the best number sentence
Fractions
Wow! The Awesome Pizzeria was certainly busy on Friday night! Here is how Friday's pizzas should have looked.
Log in to eAko maths to practice your basic facts - your username and password is on your sheet from school. Go to Number Facts (you should see a flag on it). |
Statistics
This week we are shifting our maths focus to statistics and we will be looking at data, how to gather it, how to 'read' it and how to share it.
Complete this worksheet about Collecting Data. Record your answers on paper (take a photo of it and put it in your Drive) or in a Google Doc.
Complete this worksheet about Collecting Data. Record your answers on paper (take a photo of it and put it in your Drive) or in a Google Doc.
Prodigy
Log in to your Prodigy account (it's on your log in sheet from school) and take on the fractions based challenges that have been loaded.
Well done everyone who has been working on Prodigy! I can see that you have worked on lots of problems using fractions!
Well done everyone who has been working on Prodigy! I can see that you have worked on lots of problems using fractions!
Putatara
Showcasing New Zealand
New Zealand is represented at Expo 2020 Dubai, an international event in the United Arab Emirates celebrating the things that make each country unique and sharing it with the world.
You are part of the team creating the showcase for this event. The showcase needs to include information for visitors about New Zealand's flora (plant) and fauna (bird and animal) taonga (natural treasures).
Part One
Awesome! I think just about everyone has chosen their taonga! This is great because it means I can send you information or links to sites to help you with your investigation. You will find the files in the Shared with Me part of your Drive.
New Zealand is represented at Expo 2020 Dubai, an international event in the United Arab Emirates celebrating the things that make each country unique and sharing it with the world.
You are part of the team creating the showcase for this event. The showcase needs to include information for visitors about New Zealand's flora (plant) and fauna (bird and animal) taonga (natural treasures).
Part One
Awesome! I think just about everyone has chosen their taonga! This is great because it means I can send you information or links to sites to help you with your investigation. You will find the files in the Shared with Me part of your Drive.
Part Two
Now that you have chosen your taonga, let's do some thinking.
Create a T-chart like the one below. On the left-hand side record what you know already about your taonga. On the right-hand side record what you would like to know (think about what will be important to know to share with visitors to the expo as the expert about your taonga).
Now that you have chosen your taonga, let's do some thinking.
Create a T-chart like the one below. On the left-hand side record what you know already about your taonga. On the right-hand side record what you would like to know (think about what will be important to know to share with visitors to the expo as the expert about your taonga).
Part Three
Know it's time to investigate! Take the things that you want to know and find information to answer your questions. As the expert, you will need to know things like where your taonga is found, what it needs to survive, what it looks like, sounds like or feels like, where it lives, if it is famous for anything and interesting facts about your chosen taonga. You might find out information about how many are left in New Zealand and any projects that are underway to help save them if they are endangered.
When you are recording your information you need to practice note taking. This is when you pick out the key words and record these instead of just copying what another person has written (if you are just copying and pasting it won't help you to become an expert because you won't remember the information).
Know it's time to investigate! Take the things that you want to know and find information to answer your questions. As the expert, you will need to know things like where your taonga is found, what it needs to survive, what it looks like, sounds like or feels like, where it lives, if it is famous for anything and interesting facts about your chosen taonga. You might find out information about how many are left in New Zealand and any projects that are underway to help save them if they are endangered.
When you are recording your information you need to practice note taking. This is when you pick out the key words and record these instead of just copying what another person has written (if you are just copying and pasting it won't help you to become an expert because you won't remember the information).
Here are some different ways you can take your notes - you just need to record the key words and when you create your presentation you will 'fill in the gaps' to make it make sense.
Use Tic-Tac-Toe note-taking to keep key words about certain topics together. Make each part of the Tic-Tac-Toe grid a different topic you are collecting information about (eg what it looks like in one section, where it lives in another section, etc)
Make this data gathering chart bigger to include more boxes to get the information that you need.
Collecting this information will take a few sessions - I do not expect you to do it all at once!
Part Four
The rubric below gives you an idea of how detailed your information should be.
Collecting this information will take a few sessions - I do not expect you to do it all at once!
Part Four
The rubric below gives you an idea of how detailed your information should be.
May the 4th Star Wars Day Extras
To celebrate May the 4th there are some extra activities today for Star Wars fans.
Go to Code.org and build a galaxy with code.
Go to Code.org and build a galaxy with code.
Make a Star Wars Character
Cut shapes out of coloured paper or draw shapes and colour them to make your favourite Star Wars character. Here are a couple of examples.
Star Wars Maths Challenge
Star Wars STEM Activities
Art for Kids Hub has LOTS of great drawing tutorials including how to draw Star Ward characters like this R2-D2 video below.