Home Learning Week 5 Term 1

Yay you found the Room 4 Blog and are ready to do the Home Learning task for week 5.

Watch the video below and then respond the question at the bottom by posting a comment on this post.

What is something valuable you have learned from watching this video that you can apply to your own learning journey?

Homework Week 7 - Monday

http://extension.illinois.edu/animals/index.cfm

Explore the webpage above about animals from the past and present times.  List 5 new words (vocabulary building) that you have learned from your exploration of this site.  Define one of these words for your classmates.

Homework Week 6 Term 4 - Tuesday (whoops)

Visit the link below about animals on Earth.  The purpose of this webpage is to inform the audience about a range of animals.  Choose 3 different animals and find out an interesting fact to share with the class.  Write your facts in the comment space below and we will use these as our facts of the day next week in class.

http://www.arkinspace.com/

Homework Week 4 Term 4 - Monday

PERSISTING

Watch this video about showing persistence

Comment below the answers to these questions

1.  What is the message of this video?

2.  Why have they chosen this song to accompany this video?

3.  What is something you are going to persist with this term?  

Mrs VW is going to persist with those box jumps :)

Reflecting on Week 3 Term 4

Using your 'Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations' habit answer the following...

1.  What is something you already knew about Rukumoana Marae before our visit yesterday?

2.  What is something new you learned from our visit?

3.  What is something you would like to know or know more about after our visit?

What Happened In Week 1 and 2

Term 4 Homework - Week 3 Monday

TEAMWORK

Watch the video above which illustrates examples of both good and bad teamwork.  Comment below on some of the differences between the two types.  What makes good teamwork and what makes not so good teamwork?

Teamwork is using your 'Thinking Interdependently' Habit of the Mind

Diwali Slideshows - Week 1 Term 4

DIWALI CELEBRATIONS

During the first week of Term 4 Room 2 did a mini research activity to look at the significance of the Indian celebration Diwali.  Our Inquiry this term is based around Whakawhanaungatanga - doing our best for or community.  As part of this we feel it is important to acknowledge the cultures that make up our learning community - Tainui Team.

Check out our Slideshows below...

Reflecting on Week 1 and 2

Becoming A Reflective Thinker...

Using your 'Applying Past Knowledge To New Situations' Habit of the Mind comment below on something you have learned in the past two weeks that you are going to continue to use in the weeks to come.

Term 4 Homework - Week 2 Monday

NATURAL PHENOMENA OF THE WORLD

 

Above are two videos that display some pretty amazing natural phenomenon in the world we live in.  By watching these videos you are practising your habit of the mind - Responding with Wonderment and Awe.  

Watch the videos and then comment on this post what you think this habit is about.  

Why is it an important habit for us to practise?  

Why will we be better people and learners because of this habit?