Upstander video for Literacy Menu -Term 1 Week 5 2016
We are super lucky to have our amazing red zone space. When Mrs Morriss looked around today she saw busy people everywhere! People working at tables alone, in groups, using high tables, low tables, beanbags, kneeboards and the floor! Every type of learner, learning in our awesome space!
Today, Mrs Morriss' reading groups discussed what types of books we like to read and what different topics interest us. Wow, there was such a variety of ideas! Looks like we will be reading about sea creatures, vikings, dragons, sports, fairy tales, comics........and much, much more! What do you like to read? Do you have a favourite author or type of book?
Sophie brought in two chrysalis from home yesterday for us to take a look at. They were both green but one had a few black spots. This morning that chrysalis was completely black and we could see the outline of the butterfly's amazing wing. We shared facts that we knew about caterpillars and butterflies and then before we knew it, the butterfly had burst out from its chrysalis! We watched as it dried its wings in preparation to fly away. Thanks so much Sophie, for an amazing learning opportunity!
Our focus for maths is Place Value so on Monday we participated in a scavenger hunt around Clearview. We had to find our questions and answers as many as possible. It got us thinking about numbers and how they are made up of thousands, hundreds, tens and ones. We even looked at symbols to represent numbers and codes. It was a lot of fun!
Wow, what a super busy start to the year we have had in the Red Spark Zone. We have been busy getting to know each other and our fabulous new space! We have been establishing our routines and expectations and we are pleased to report that HB 18 and HB 19 seem to be a really hard working bunch of fabulous students!
We have some work up on our walls already and this year, each student has their own individual writing pocket which they will add to regularly. Be sure to come and visit and have a read of some fabulous writing - our current piece is a poem called "Someday.." Our Dojo rewards system seems to be very popular and it is great to hear back from students and parents about this system and hear stories about students excitedly logging in after school to view their points and discuss their day. If you are experiencing any issues with log ins, please see one of us. Another communication platform that we will be using this year is Twitter. You can follow us on @redsparkscv. We love to find inspirational videos and content on Twitter and also follow what other Clearview teams are up to. We love to read your comments - please sign in and leave us a comment about our work and posts! Each student in Red Spark has their own publishing pocket on our wonderful writing wall. Be sure to pop in and check out our fabulous writing.
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