We had a great day coming as a pirate, Captain Underpants, Wendy, Dorothy, King Arthur, Meggie, Little Red Riding Hood, Katniss and many more. During our Celebration of Learning Ms Leah organised a read-in where the older students got a chance to read to the younger students. It was a great success. 
Monthly Archives: October 2017
Ancient Wonders
We began exploring our Social Studies topic of wonders of the world. We watched videos and learnt how to take notes about interesting facts. We filled the board with all of the facts we collected. Finally, we used these facts to write our own persuasive paragraphs about which wonder was our favourite and why.
Peer Feedback
We learnt about how to give feedback on our writing this week. We have been working on our myth narratives and publishing them for author’s tea. We used the TAG method to give each other feedback which involves listening to someone’s story then telling them something we liked, asking them a question and giving a positive suggestion. We then used this feedback to improve our stories.
STEM Task – Constructing machines
We tried our hand at some construction tasks this week. While looking at Ancient Wonders of the World Grade 2 and 3 discussed how they were able to lift heavy loads without the electricity and machines we have today. We then attempted to create our own crane after looking at some pictures. We had mixed success but enjoyed the process and look forward to trying again. Grade 4 and 5 specifically looked at the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and how they moved water as it was located in the desert. We experimented and created our own chain pumps to move water, which is what they would have used back then. Most of them worked.
Landforms
We have started our Science unit by looking at landforms. We watched a video about landforms and then did a landform scavenger hunt where we had to match the picture to the definition.
In pairs we each took two landforms and created an example out of clay.
Here are our final pieces.