Writing With Mystery Doug

Writing With Mystery Doug

Today for Writing, we watched two Mystery Doug clips.  One on leaves changing colour in autumn and one about dragons being real or not.  We got to choose which topic to write about and what type of writing we would do.

We have been working on our understanding of different styles of writing and then having choice about what type to use based on the topic.  

This is our template that we used to start writing.

Check out our individual blogs to see what Whakamanawa students chose.
Have you seen Mystery Doug clips before?  They are really good for learning about science and our world.
Here is a link so you can check out Doug.  Mystery Doug

Diwali

Celebrating Diwali

Thie week we are celebrating and learning about Diwali.  We viewed this slide below and also watched a video clip about the story of Rama and Sita.  This afternoon, we created slides with either facts or an animation of the story.  This was a way that we could create something to help guide our learning.
We looked at some slides created by past students and also some activities we had from our study of Diwali in 2016.  

We have some interesting activities planned for the week.
We have an expert in our class too.  Noah went to the Diwali celebrations in town over the weekend and is very knowledgeable so he ia available to help others with their learning.

Our next step is to share our learning and creations with our whānau and junior school tamariki.

Our Topic~Community

Communities~ Bees, Worms and Fish

Our Inquiry topic throughout 2018 has been Community.  In term 4, Te Rōpū Whakamanawa are taking a Science based angle and looking at communities within our school.  We have fish in our class, a worm farm and a bee hive.  We have decided to look at these three animal communities and students will share their learning through their blogs.  

These are the learning objects we will be using through our learning site to help guide our learning journey.

Group Work-Working Together

Buddy Reading

So far this term we have been working in our home base classes.  Te Rōpū Whakamanawa are all Year 6 students so it has been nice for us to be working more together and exploring different things as a class.  

One way that we have been doing this is through Buddy Reading.  We have a wide range of books to choose from and read together for six minutes each.  As each person reads aloud, their buddy follows and looks for a comprehension type question that they can ask their partner.  They then swap and make sure each has time to read and respond to questions.

Here are a few pictures of some of our buddies: