Bella's Learning Zone

I am learning to:  Describe a sea creature from the story  Commotion in the Ocean. 
 What I need is:  Describing words What the animal is What the animal looks like What the animal does Shark Shark’s top fins wobble and wobble. Sharks have sharp, white teeth.  It lives in a cave and it hunts for fish. Bella

We are learning to engage in positive relationships with others and focus on developing the key competencies: Managing self Thinking Using language, symbols and text Participating and contributing  Relating to others Student reflection from a Discovery session: I worked with others to build a hut. This is showing Community.

Student response:  I show Excellence when I take my time.

We are learning to: express ourselves creatively through dance. To be successful we need to: Learn the specific steps to the dance Keep in time to the music Follow instructions Try our best Click on the link below of Room 21 and 2 practising together:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wj-Pu1_gsk&safe=active

We are learning to: recognise different sections of music and respond through singing, moving, playing and creating. To be successful we need to: Listen carefully to the music Move as directed by the words in the song Sing as we move Click on the link below:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgQ1_GEC8ZM

We are learning to:  do a pencil roll. To be successful we need to:  put our arms above our head, have our hands palm to palm, our legs together and keep our bodies as straight as we can. - Bella is on the far mat.

I am learning to:   C ount on and back to add and subtract numbers to 20. Success Criteria:  start at the bigger number and count on or back.  Solve the problem in my head or use a number line to help me. YouTube Video - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Teacher question: What do good readers do? Student’s response: They sound out and read smoothly. If they get stuck on a word they come back to it.

Te Reo Māori Mihi We are learning to: •    Introduce ourselves in Te Reo Māori. •    Communicate personal information, such as our name, parents’ and grandparents’ names and home town in Te Reo Māori.  To be successful we need to: •    Speak clearly and fluently. •    Use short simple sentences of Te Reo Māori to communicate personal information. Click on the link below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU239Y3f6PY&safe=active

We are learning to express our understandings of change. Task: Teacher Instruction - With this play dough or paper, make or draw what you know about change. Teacher Question - What have you made or drawn to show me what you know about change? Note: The first photo has been taken at the start of the unit and the second photo has been taken in the middle of the unit. Teacher Comment:   Your knowledge of change is developing. 

I am learning to Create a tally chart on Room 21’s favourite colours. Use this and a class graph to make statements. Success Criteria ·      Ask a question to gather information. ·      Create a tally chart correctly. ·      Make a statement on the data: For example the most popular colour or the least popular colour.   Child Comment:  Some people do not like orange.

I am learning to Write an information report on the Venus Fly Trap. Success Criteria ·      Include what it is, what it looks like, where it is found and what it does. Next Step: Use words I know in my writing.