Playground Designers

With our new playground currently being built, and only a matter of days away before being finished, Mrs Lindley decided to seize the opportunity to give us the chance to be our own playground designers.

First we talked about all the different playgrounds we've been to..... the good bits and the bad.

Then we used the ipads to look at different playgrounds. Picking out all our favourite parts we then designed our own playgrounds.

Here's what we designed. 

Braxton and Jonah, Aylah and Kohana talk us through their design.

Tuakana Teina

As part of our Maniakalani program I have enrolled our class into a group where we look at other schools blogs and they look at ours (leaving comments as we look).

My class went to a senior room to help us learn about commenting on blog posts
"Is it positive, is it helpful, is it thoughtful"

Class Blog

I tried to keep our class blog as update as possible, with lots of pictures and videos for the parents with what was happening in our class and in our team.


https://room56parkviewprimary.blogspot.com/

Acknowledging International Languages Week

Instead of our usual weekly poem I opted to acknowledge International Languages week by learning a variety of ways to say Hello.

Children then took a copy home in their poetry books with a wee note to parents saying "Maybe your family know other ways  to say Hello that your child can teach the class"

Extending Students

x2 of my students need extending, therefore I am going to trial them on the Smart Words program (List C).  (Week 4 T3)

Making Playdough

We had an experience morning. We made playdough one Tuesday morning (to help our visit children feel excited and engaged at school). It gave our children who have been here awhile a chance to combine maths and reading.

On the Wednesday we wrote about it.

Observation by Nic (Teacher I work alongside)

Name: Victoria Lindley     Year Level: 0-1          

Observation completed by Nicola Clarke           Date: 26/7/2018

Lesson Observed: Shared Book with the emphasis on retell.

Vic you delivered your lesson effectively and with enthusiasm. It was interactive allowing children to enjoy a text which they may not have been able to read on their own. The lesson was well paced and had a good flow.

You have well established rules and expectations in your classroom to promote positive behaviours and to help create a nice sense of community.

Points of Interest:

• Book language was discussed prior to the story, e.g. cover, title/author/illustrator.
• Students were given an opportunity to make predictions about the events in the story.
• You modelled the skills of a proficient reader including reading with fluency and expression.
• You asked a variety of questions to determine comprehension level and to encourage a thoughtful response.
• The text was used to foster oral vocabulary development which forms the basis of reading and writing.
• Children were given an opportunity to retell the story to a buddy in their own words.
• You concluded the reading by modelling a follow up activity that was age appropriate and that they enjoyed.

Possible Future Focus:

• For subsequent readings of a shared book children could take turns to point to the text as you read.
• Text be made available so that students can enjoy reading independently.