Another week for room 13!

In room 13 they have been doing spelling every morning they write  out words and look up the definition in the dictionary. They do basic facts every morning and they write out they basic facts in their book. Room 13 do reading activities and they read a book and they answer the questions to it. For art they have drawing tiki’s like most of the other classes are doing and they are colouring them in with pastel and they have been blending colours. Room 13 go to the school library every monday do go on the computers and get out book out that they can read. They have been doing volleyball which most classes are doing and the teachers are picking their bast 10 out of their class they have been playing it in the hall. They have been doing dodge ball which room 11, 12 and 13 doo every Friday.

writen by Cushla.

Room 13′s week.

In room 13 I spoke to Ella and Caleb about what they have been doing and they have been doing a lot of art they have been doing their body shapes such as ears, mouths, eyes and nose and after colouring them in with pastel. Room 13 has been doing Tiki’s they have been copying a picture then drawing it on to their paper and colouring them in with pastel and blending the colours. For topic they have been drawing things for their title pages in their books.

Room 13 do basic facts and spelling in the morning for basic facts they write out timetables and writing them into their book heaps of times. For spelling they use their dictionary to get meanings of words they do 12 of them and then they do 12 sentences in their books. For reading activities they read a book and then they answer the questions they are to do with the book.

For P.E they have been doing volleyball and they do it in teams. Room 11, 12 and 13 all do dodgeball in the school hall every friday. Room 13  have been going to the school library and getting either 1 or 2 books out to read for a week or to. They have been going on the computers in the library and doing some research.

Written by Cushla

Week 4 in Room 13!

Today on the 20th of February I went and interviewed Jessica and Caleb and I asked them what they have been doing in week four. They have been doing basic facts and spelling and for reading they have been reading 3 different book and then answering questions to them. They have been doing research about anything that they like. For P.E they have been doing some dodge ball with the 2 other classes room 11 and 12. The senior classes have just started technology and they are in groups and they do heaps of activities like art and textiles. They go to the library and they have to get a book out for silent reading.

This was written by Cushla.

Welcome to Room 13, 2012

In Room 13 we currently in the process of setting up our classroom programme. In the past 2 weeks we have set up our Spelling and Reading programmes. Our focus in Spelling is to learn new words from our spelling level. In Reading we are learning to understand what we read ( comprehend) and to retell a story/article. Basic Facts is also a big push in Room 13. We are encouraged to learn up to our 20 timetables and learn the associated families for division, addition and subtraction.

In Visual Art we are experimenting with primary and secondary colours. We are learning to blend colours, using pastel to finally create an art piece with a Maori theme ie: tiki, taniwha and animals.

Physical education we will be learning different skills used in Volleyball such as: dig, set and spike shot. Also we will be pratising the basic fundamentals used for the game.

After the completion of our PAT results for mathematics we have been streamed into mathematic groups and most classes will be working on Number.

In Room 13 we also learn to work hard and to care for others.

Basic Facts and Spelling

In Room 13, it’s necessary to do Basic Facts and Spelling basically done every morning.

Basic Facts in Room 13 is a set of small mathematical equations that are mostly rather easy to solve. In Basic Facts the time limit is usually a few minutes but it can vary.

Spelling in Room 13 is learning a list of words suited to their spelling age. There are at least thirty different levels. The reason there are different levels is so the spelling list is not too difficult or too easy.

Room 13 do Basic Facts and Spelling because it’s a nice and simple way to start a great day!

Written by Rachael and Cushla!

Topic

In topic we are learning about different countries. We were given a set amount of task to do and then using different media we than collected the information. The information once drafted is to be presented on a visual poster. We are expected to accompany our topic work with a 1 and a half minute speech about the country of our choice. Secondly we will also compare the difference between our chosen country and New Zealand.

PE

We have just finished our swimming which concluded with a successful School Swimming Sports Day. We will continue to do crosscountry until the end of the term to improve our fitness. Room 13 are also doing a strengthening programme in which we have different stations to do exercises which promote CORE strength ie: bridges, burpees ect.

Literacy

In Spelling we are increasing our vocabulary through  the use of a  thesaurus to replace words within a sentence.  Our Reading programme is designed to practice our understanding ( comprehension) and also to retell a piece of text in our own words. An extension to comprehension and writing in our own words we are doing a research activity of our choice. 

 

Art in room 13

In Room 13 we have completed two pieces of artwork. Our first artwork were self portraits in which we had to practise features on the face, but also proportion in relation to our face. We have also tried our hand at perspective drawing. Our classroom teacher modeled to us the key points needed for perspective drawing ie: horizontal, vertical lines and ruling back to the vanishing point. Then we designed our own DREAM BEDROOMS. We are currently learning to use a paintbrush for particular lines and mixing colours.

Back From the Holidays!

Tresyn and Chad

Room 13 have just returned to school from the holidays. Although they are already getting back into their schoolwork. Here is what they have been doing.
Room 13 have done Spelling every morning. They choose some spelling words and then try to find the definition of the word by looking in a dictionary.
For Basic Facts they’ve been making wonderful, bright and colourful title pages for their Basic Facts books.
During topic times, room 13 have been reading about countries. They’ve only just started because it’s only the beginning of term 2!
P.E. is rather exciting for room 13. On Monday of week 1, they played a game of Dodgeball with room 11. The final scores were 2-2!
Finally, room 13 have been doing Wombles (Picking up rubbish from around the school) this week. Hope you guys win this week!

Room 13 have done a lot considering it is only the first week of term 2. Keep up the great work!

Cushla and Rachael.