Genre

Can we define what each genre is about?


Historical fiction: A 'made up' story but about real events in history like, about WW2, or the CHCH earthquake.
E.G. Boy in Striped Pyjamas, When Hitler stole the Pink Rabbit, My Stories, The Famous Five.

Fantasy:  'Make believe' talking animals and magic.
E.G. Harry Potter, Dogman, Mrs Frizby & the Rats of Nimh, Jungle Book, Lord of the Rings

Fairy Tales:  Stories that start with Once upon a time.
E.G. Three little pigs

Mystery: Would have clues and a problem to solve. Often has a detective or problem solver.
E.g. 39 Steps, Scooby Doo

Science Fiction:

Graphic Novel:

Folk Tales:

Myths or Fables:

Biography & Autobiography:

Poetry:

Realistic Fiction:

Fantasy:

Informational:

Digital Footprint

What do we want people to find when they search our name?

Ask yourself .... Would my granny be proud of this?

Who's that Mathematician?

This week, we will be investigating some old guys who our maths groups are named after. Well actually they are famous mathematicians from the past who discovered wonderful and awe-inspiring ideas and patterns in maths, geometry and nature!

Who's your guy?

Blaise Pascal



Pythogoras



Eculid



Fibonacci

Introduction to GENRE

What fantasy books do we know?

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Kind words fill buckets!

Lewis and Kobe worked together to make this poster. They have learned that saying kind words to people makes them feel good but it also makes us feel good too. I know that they will both remember this as they use kind words around our class. 

Awesome work team. :)

Whaea Allana

How can you be persistent?

One of the focuses for Kepler this term is persistence, and the importance of pushing through when you want to give up on a challenge.

Today we used a Survivor-style challenge to test our powers of persistence.

The students were put into groups and were asked to complete a three-part challenge.

First they had to climb up the pirate net and retrieve 4 coloured bands.
Once they had finished this they moved to a beanbag toss challenge.

Finally, they had to complete a spot-the-difference - the mental part of the challenge. This was the part that really tested them. It was very difficult and required real persistence. They all did remarkably well and every group completed the puzzle.

We hope to use this experience as a touchstone as we work to improve our perserverence through the term and all of 2018.

Nga Mihi - Joe

Home-learning Challenge 1

Check out the latest Home Learning Challenge on the Sprint Team Site.
The challenge was set this Monday and is due on Friday 16th March. Completed tasks can be checked in by a teacher any time prior to that date.

Remember - Home Learning is all about having fun!

Secret Garden Facebook page

Check out what we were up to this morning. We have some exciting things happening in the garden and have been coming back each day with giant marrows, plums, tomatoes and cucumbers.

Check out the last couple of posts of the Secret Garden Facebook to see what we have been doing!

Facebook Link

So what learning is there in the garden?

• Working in a team
• The cycle of seeds, growth, fruit...
• The insects involved in composting and pollination
• Where our food comes from
• Being adventurous to eat new things 
• Planning planting using a planting rotation
• Planting and harvest through the seasons
• What a plant needs to grow
• How to increase plant growth

Are you in the waka?

Our class is like a waka. We are all in it together and everyone has to paddle in the same direction if we want to get anywhere. Here we are making our waka sticks for our faces so we can all get in the waka.

Here  is a photo of our class Treaty, which lists the things that will help us paddle in the same direction. They are on our paddles...

1. Show kindness...

2. Show respect...

3. Do my best...

We will also add a photo of the waka when we are all in it. Check it out the waka on the wall in Kepler Space.

Reading with Daily 5 in Kepler Waka

Daily 5 is when we grow pathways for our reading muscles. We are trying to grow our reading stamina.

The first step we have been learning is: Read to Self

This is what we need to remember....(Success criteria)
1. Find a good spot
2. Start reading straight away
3. Ocm voice
4. Have a spare book ready
5. Make sure it is a Good Fit book
6. Have  your book box beside you

Check out these good spots...

Seesaw blogging tool

Wow - Carol showed us how cool Seesaw is and how we can use it to make recordings, annotate our work and share the cool learning we are doing - as EASY AS PIE!

Check out the post I created and have easily embedded onto our class blog. I can't wait to show you how to do it.

Mindfulness

This week we've started using the 'Smiling Minds' program to think about how we can exercise our brain to make it stronger and healthier. Today we are going to make origami boats to use to help us practise belly breathing - an important skill for mindfulness mediation.

Here are some instructions:

Kepler Swimming

Yippee we swim on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this term and need to remember our togs for those days. If we bring our togs on other days, there might be a free swim during lunchtime.

Here we are practising our stopping and listening at the whistle. If we listen carefully then we can use our learning time more effectively.

In Week 2 we are going to check out our skills and get sorted into learning groups. We are also going to practise what to do for swimming in the Triathlon on Friday.

World of INSPIRATIONAL maths

So, how few squares can you use to cover up the given space? There were lots of different solutions - no-one was wrong. It was all about looking for different ways.

We had to use lots of skills....

• Check that we knew what to do.
• Slow down to think about how you will solve the problem, talking with your buddy.
• Not give up but try a different strategy.

We learned...

1. Everyone has a maths brain.

2. Maths is not about thinking fast but thinking deep.

3. You do maths better if you can talk to someone about it.

Blogging Rules:

These are some rules to keep you safe when on the Internet. Make sure you follow them at school and at home. 

They are...

1. Never share personal details - only first name.

2. Keep your password secret.

3. Have an adult supervise when you are on the Internet.

4. Keep it kind.

5. Never arrange to meet people off the Internet, unless your parents are with you.

6. Always tell if you see something you don't like.

NOTE:
In the embed section - allow anyone to view but not comment.