Zion Reading

Have a listen to Zion reading his book today... he was trying out a little microphone to see how clear his reading would sound. He is learning to make his reading sound like talking.  Just click on this link    Click Here  and scroll down to click on the green arrow (make sure your sound is turned up).

Discovery Time Week 4

This weeks activities were: marble art, construction with boxes, coloured rice, working with tweezers, make a train track for our trains, and create a tall tower with blocks.
 The boys had a great time with the train set:

There was a couple of very tall towers and some very creative 'marble art' (Marble art, is just using a marble, paint, and a box).

Great Tower Zeb...it is taller than you!

        
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Measurement

We have been learning to measure things using different objects as our measuring tools.
One of the things we measured was our classroom teddies. First we drew around the teddies and then measured how long or wide they were. We also measured ourselves and other things around our classroom.

      

Week 3 Discovery Time

Mrs Ross was away for Discovery Time in week 3 but we had Ms Symes look after us for a week and she set up some fun and interesting Discovery activities.

Buddy Time

Today at Buddy Time we planted Poppy seeds with our big Room 1 Buddies. We put them into little biodegradable pots and planted them into some freshly dug over soil.
Now we just need to wait to see the beautiful blooms.

  
  
                                            

Using Tellagami to retell our Reading

These children worked completely independently to help each other create a Tellagami. Today they were trying out a hand held microphone.

       

Discovery Time Week 2

This weeks Discovery activities were...Stacking Cups, Autumn Leaf Pictures, Wood work, Playdough, and Painting a Mural.

    
    
    
    
        
  

A group of boys really got into the Cup Stacking. It was such an amazing learning activity for these boys...Problem Solving, Working together, Fine Motor skills, Discussion, Mathematical Thinking, Questioning, Sharing ideas, Listening to the ideas of others, and possibly more....
Take a look at this slide show to see how it all came about.
Oh don't you just love Discovery Time!!