Term 2

This term the value we are focusing on is Responsibility(Kawenga). I will take responsibility for my learning and deliberately enter the 'learning pit'.
The Learning Pit from Kenilworth Learning on Vimeo.

I will use my initiative, as well as, take responsibility for myself and my belongings. I don't want to get 'stuck on the escalator'!

So far this term I have enjoyed doing lots of things.

We made flax poppies for ANZAC day. I found it quite tricky but Brenda helped me. I took two home - one for mum and one for Aunty Lisa.

At the moment we are training for cross country. I need to walk some of the way. I am looking forward to cross country in week 4.

Last week Cruze and I made a barn to match the description of Chapter Chat. We are learning how to Tweet. On Fridays we use Twitter to chat about Charlotte's Web to other children around New Zealand.

My Learning Goals

Description:

Today we looked through our reports from last year. We identified a next step (goal) for reading, writing and maths. Here are my goals:

Maths: His next step is to recall groupings with 10 e.g. 10 and 3 is 13.

To achieve this goal I will: I need to practise at home.

Reading: His main goal has been to chunk to the vowel when he comes to a word he is unsure of, e.g. sh-op, ch-at.

To achieve this goal I will: read everyday at home & at school.

Writing: His step is to write more detail in his stories.

To achieve this goal I will: Have a go at this when I am writing.

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We also looked at our STAR results.

• Word recognition I got 2 out of 10.
• Sentence comprehension I got 2 out of 10.
• Paragraph comprehension I got 1 out of 15.
• Vocabulary I got 4 out of 10.

I am going to focus on: All Areas

To improve in this area I will: use the links on our class blog.

Music

In music with Jenny we are learning to play in a band. We are all learning different instruments and we are working on our rhythm. Check out our videos:

Active Listening

We are learning about different types of listening. There are 3 main types of listening that we learnt about. Busy Listening - When the person listening is busy doing something. They are too busy to concentrate on what is being said. Me Too Listening - When the person listening has a story that they feel is more important than the person talking so they interrupt and share their story instead of listening. Active Listening - When the person listening looks at the person talking, concentrates, gives non-verbal feedback (e.g. nodding) and asks questions about the story. To learn about the different types of listening, we watched this video:

 

 As a class we created our own video to help us understand the different types.
After practising each type of listening, we realised…

• Busy listening makes us feel like you’re not listening to us. We found it really hard to keep talking. 
• Me too listening makes us feel frustrated and sad that you think your story is more important. 
• Active listening makes us feel valued. We know you are listening because you are looking, nodding, asking questions. 

 As a class we are all trying to get better at being active listeners.

My Maths Learning

We are learning to use animal strips to help us with our times tables. Using the animals helps me to add.

My family tree - Toku whakapapa

This term we have been learning how to introduce our family in Te Reo Maori. I am getting better at this.

My Swimming Reflection

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I am under the water!
I am so proud because I put my head in the water.