Writing about Whanau

In my writing class we spent sometime writing about our whanau. Students were encouraged to bring in a picture of their family (micro and macro) to share. We then spent sessions writing about different people in our families, ie: who lives in our house, our cousins, other special people.
This came about as I originally asked the students what they wanted to write about  (in Term 1) and they said cousins.

Incorporating Students language/interests

Incorporating students language:
- Letting them share. ie: hand up one at a time. Think, pair, share. News.

Incorporating their interests:
- Growing grass heads/little gardens (New World veges)
- Have a teddy day. Kids bought in their favourite teddy to work with for the day. The kindy also came to visit on Teddy Day.