Friday Journal Writing

Go to the link below and remind yourself about the experiments that we have done this week.

Report and Record Ideas in your Journal
Choose some of the experiments to report on...
what happened
draw a diagram
explain a reason for what happened.

Explain your ideas  Link Here

For each experiment you record in your journal:

Class Dollar Criteria

• Clear underlined title with colour = $10
• Clear labelled diagram with colour = $10
• Short report of your observations of what happened in the experiment = $20
• Short explanation about why you think this happened (make connections) = $20

Maximum of $60 per experiment report.

So Much Depends Upon ...

Image Ideas

Take a look at the pictures in the slide show.

What do you notice in these images?

What's happening?

So much depends upon ... WHAT?

What is important?
What job does this thing do to help?
What could happen if something was missing or wrong?

Who is this important for and why?

Ideas for Giraffe Writing

Describe what happened
Tell a story without using the word giraffe - until the very end
Imagine why they are doing this - do the humans know?
Write it like a news story


Read through the ideas below to help you with your planning then start your draft.

Remember to write on every second line in your books.

Giraffe Divers

Shiny tiles

Flying

Long legs

Legs get tucked in while swimming twirling around and around drinking water one by one

gliding

Twirling

rhythm

splash from the giraffe

talented flips.

clop, somersault, hanging, flip, ears twitching

Tiptop, tiptoe, drinking ,giraffe hanging

Arched back

synchronized

Clip Clop, Twitching Ears, Ripples in the Water, SPLASH!, Head and Legs tucked in, They heard the Humans

Ears twitching

Flipping

patterns in the water patterns on their backs

Echoes bounce off the walls

Ears twitching tails swaying back and forth

splash, click clock click clock, galloping, diving

Long spiralled staircase, ripples , splashes, elegant summersaults, clip clopping sounds .

spiral walkway

echo sounds in the pool

shiny tiles 1,2,3,4,5,6 the giraffes sneak into the pool for a while they dive then they drink from the pool they look up they run!

Sound of giraffe galloping. Eyes blinking in silence. The loop the loop.Legs tucked in while swimming. Running up and jumping into the the pool. Going up the spiral stairs

Running

There are 12 giraffes. Sounds full of their foot steps.

happy ,excited, scared, nervous, smart

Swimming, Flying and Glitching ears.

gallop, splash, tails swishing, still water, bubble from bubbles

Splashing echo clop clop clop

Movment Flips,jumps,loop-the-loop, and ,tails wagging like crazy!!!!!!!! waiting patiently for their turn standing still as a statue then running at full speed focused on the spot that they must catch to make their flip diving straight down deep into the pool accurate focused

Short Film

Respond to this short film 

  

Describe what happens and what you notice in your own words.

VIDEO LINK - CLICK to WATCH

Back legs apart and front legs slightly arched, a group of giraffes take turns diving into an Olympic-sized swimming pool. 

PROMPTS

Think of an interesting Title for your story - write some notes as soon as you have watched the film.

What - is happening?

When -  does this take place?

How - did the giraffes get into the pool?

Why - do they do this?

Who - knows about this? who let them in?

Describe - show not tell this short story like you have been hiding somewhere under a seat or around a corner so that the giraffes can't see you.

Describe: sounds, movement, body positions, texture, size, number, feelings and thoughts

• Write a news report of the event. 
• Describe the giraffe in detail. 
• Use show not tell throughout describing all that happens as if it is a human and then reveal at the end that it is in fact a giraffe. 
• Write through the eyes of the giraffe - imagine the thoughts in the giraffe's head

100 Word Description

They a say a picture is worth 1000 words!
Just try to write 100 words to describe something about ONE of the pictures below.

Chose one of the images below for a short descriptive piece of writing.
You writing might only be part of a larger piece or story.
It should describe the thing in the picture or explain something about it.

Use your IMAGINATION!

Total length 10 lines
100 Words

Do a draft into your writing book - remember to miss lines

Completed descriptions can be added to the blog - click here

Things to describe:  colour, shape, size, smell, sound, touch feel texture, movement, 

The Butterfly Girl

Describe: (show don't tell) 

Describe what she is doing

Describe what she looks like

Describe where she is from

Describe when she can be seen

The Red King

Describe: (show don't tell) 

Describe what he is doing

Describe what he looks like

Describe where he is from

What is he plotting?

The Magical Key

Describe: (show don't tell) 

Describe what the key looks like

Describe what is behind the doors it can open

Creature of the Deep

Describe: (show don't tell) 

Describe what this creature is

Describe what it looks like

Describe the place where it lives

Describe what it does or what it feeds on

Welcome to Room 4

This is an interactive introduction to Room 4.

We hope that you get some ideas from these activities - and - remember

as Mr. Harrison always tells us - you don't have to remember how these things are done.

You just need to remember that they are possible!

Then start imagining your own possibilities.


First we are going to show you Kahoot.  Click the link to get started.


Now for Some Writing
As part of our inquiry we have been learning about animals.
Can you help us?

Can you please help us to write a creative report about the Kiwi?  click on the link.

Now take a look at what we wrote - View the contributions.

How could this collaborative approach be useful to you?


Finally we'd like to show you a Wordle of all the new words that we have discovered while reading our shared class book "Holes".

While Mr. Harrison reads we take it in turns to flip the pages on a eBook.  Some of the words are quite tricky - so we highlight them to keep a list of the new vocabulary as we go.

By having the eBook on the projector everyone can follow along and notice when Mr. Harrison makes a mistake!!!

Monday 30th March

Jump Jam
Roll
Maths
Number Trail Challenge - make a path to the finish by adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing

Mathletics - Devils and Rangers

Understanding coordinates - Battleships - Colourful Cheshires and Eagles

Mathletics - Colourful Cheshires and Eagles

Understanding coordinates - Battleships - Devils and Rangers 

Morning Tea

Spelling Testing

Writing Challenge - Mixed up animals!

Take a look at these crazy mixed up animals.

What would be the benefit of disadvantage of an animal like this?

Use your imagination and be creative.

Design your own mixed up animal that is a mixture of between 3 and 5 different creatures.

Draw your creature and give it a name.

Label the special features of your animal on the drawing.

Write a short description about this creature and include:

What the creature has (special features of the body and what they do?)

Where it lives (warm or cold environment?)

How it lives (Comes out at night - nocturnal?)

What it eats

How it gets it's food - how does it hunt?  Is it a carnivore or a herbivore

How many babies do they have at a time and what are they called?

Horse Bill or Duck Horse - eats long French bread sticks

Wild Tiger Shark - the most dangerous animal in the grassland of New Zealand - stand just 30 cm high and like to bite the ankles of people out walking in the grass!

Shark Tiger - has special camouflage that makes it invisible in a coral reef

 Long Necked Turtle Camel - has a very long neck which allows it to sit on sea bed abut lift it's head above water so that it can breath air and look out for seagulls - food = seagulls!

 Wolf Hawk - has the wing-span of a school classroom.  This creature swoops down from the top of city buildings and carries away school children at playtime to feed to it's young.

Criteria:

Labelled picture - diagram of your creature

Name

Special features

Has

Does

Lives

Eats

Lunch Time

Shared Reading

Learning Collage Work

Criteria:

Finish border

Add your self portrait

Complete all headings - coloured in and cut out

Complete images and keywords for your Brain Needs

Complete images and keywords for the importance of sleep

Pencil Art

Take a look at our pencil art work.

Our first work is about developing as many creative designs as we can - look at how we have filled each available space with a new design.

Our second piece of work is a self portrait that was completed by using half a black and white photograph.  By doing this we were able to look carefully at the tone and shading that we needed to recreate as well as the shape, position and textures of different face features.

Imagination

Time to Write
Time to use your imagination.

Inside your head you can imagine it?

Take a look at these images
Which one gives you the best idea for a story?
What ideas are starting to form in your head?

Use a page in your writing book to:
Plan your ideas - in words and pictures
Draft your story - write on every other line - circle spellings to check later

What would you do?

How could you use them?

Would everything go to plan?

Would something go wrong?

What's it like inside the tree?

Where does the opening go?

What does the story starter make you think?