Facts and Opinions

One of the literacy skills we have been developing this week is identifying facts and opinions. The Rainbows reading group read a book about butterflies. They had to record one fact and one opinion on the iPad as a follow-up. Check out the video. Can you tell the difference between a fact and opinion.

Have you got a fact or opinion that you would like to share about a butterfly? Leave a comment.

I Wonder

Today we started talking about our learning pathways topic for Term 2. The topic of study is Our World. Some of the children had some questions about the topic that they recorded onto the iPad.

We are going to be exploring the our world's continents and oceans. Check out this video about the continents and oceans on Earth.

Do you have any questions about our world? Or maybe you have an answer to one of Room 5's questions. Please leave a comment.

End of Term Assembly

As term 1 draws to a close, it is time to celebrate some of the learning that has been taking place around the school. Today we were treated to a performance by the school choir and the girl's kapahaka. 

Feelings

As a continuation of our work on character feelings, we created typographic pictures using aTypo Picture on the iPad. We took photos of our faces showing certain feelings and inserted the words to describe the feeling they were showing. Click on each image to make it bigger. 

Camels

The Rainbow reading group read a book about camels. They chose to present their new learning in different ways. Some used Skitch on the iPad and Christopher used PuppetPals. 

Crocodiles and Alligators

Today the Ladybugs reading book read a story about crocodiles and alligators. The book explained how the two reptiles are the same, but also different. Ben S and Zephaniah chose to share their new learning using PuppetPals on the iPad.

Zephaniah's Facts from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Ben's Facts from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Getting in touch with our feelings

Today during writing, we talked about feelings - specifically character feelings. We then focused on feeling NERVOUS. To further develop our ideas we watched this video.

What makes you feel nervous? What happens to you when you get nervous? 

Homer the Hero

Yesterday, Adam and Noah decided to make a video using iMovie in their independent time. They did it all by themselves. Take a look!

Walk the Plank

Here is another iMovie narrative created on the iPad about a pirate who has to walk the plank!

Thank you to Liah from Ruma 20 for your help!

iMovie Narratives

Yesterday, we used iMovie on the iPads to create narratives. We were given objects to use and had to take 4-6 photos that told a story with a problem and solution. Some of us managed to import our photos into iMovie and record a narrator telling the story. Here is a movie by Chloe, Callum and Ross.