Welcome back!

Kia Ora Everyone,

Welcome back to Term 4.   This term we are exploring and learning about 'How people tell their stories'.  There are many ways we can tell the stories of our culture, community and ourselves.  

As part of this learning each class will be visiting the Marae this term, with the juniors off to Araiteuru next week and the seniors going to Puketeraki in early November.

We are learning our mihi so we can confidently introduce ourselves, this is a way we can share with others who we are and where we come from.

Later in the week we are looking forward also to Kat-Anna-Fiddle Duo who are coming into school for a storytelling session.

Below are the mihi formats that the Year 2 and 3 children are using.  You can support them by practising these each night as part of their reading home learning. The highlighted part in each mihi is the new line that is added from one years learning to the next.  You will see that in Year 3 we add  our surname and where we are from.  We challenge mums and dads to have a go at using the year 3 format to have a go at learning their own mihi -your child will be able to share their knowledge to help you out.

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Year 2 Mihi Kia ora koutou, Ko …………. toku matua.  Ko……………toku whaea. Ko………..toku kura. Ko…………….toku ingoa.

No reira, Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa.

Informal Greetings  to you (3+),

2 My father is…………….

3 My Mother is………………

4 My school is…………….

5 My name is…………………...

6 Therefore, Greetings

, greetings, greetings to you all.

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Year 3 Mihi Kia ora koutou,  Ko …………………toku matua.  Ko …………………toku whaea. Ko………………….toku kura.  Ko ………………….toku ingoa. Ko ………………..toku ingoa whanau. No ………………ahau.

No reira, Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa.

1 Informal Greetings  to you (3+),

2 My father is……………………

3 My mother is……………………

4 My school is…………………..

5 My name is……………………

6 My family name(surname) is…………………….

7 I am from……………………..

8 Therefore, Greetings, greetings, greetings to you all.

 

Poetry Reflection

We have been spending some time each day in class to listen to each others poems. There are important learning goals we are really trying to master so others can hear and enjoy the poem we are sharing.  We give each other feedback on something we did really well and then give some feedforward on a goal we need to keep working on.
The big goals we have had are:

• Using lots of expression to really tell the story of the poem
• Project our voices so we can be heard right at the back
• Use a clear voice
• Use pause for effect and let people hear our message (it's easy to go too fast when you know a poem well or are nervous!) 

Josiah is above sharing his poem Jack Frost.  You can tell he's really been practising as he knows it from memory and has lots of expression!

Only a couple of weeks away until we are sharing our poems in front of other classes!  How exciting!

Poems for our Poetry Recital

Kia Ora Everyone and welcome back! 

This term we have our school poetry recital happening in week 5. Below are the choices of poems for the 
Year  3 children. Have a look over these together and choose a poem that really interests you that you will enjoy practising for the recital. A little bit of practise every night is a good idea. The Year 2 children are choosing from a from the Y1 and 2 poem selection with Room 4 and Ms Little today.  Once a choice has been made, a paper copy will come home tomorrow to practise with.
 Kia Runga Rawa!- to aim high with this learning you will be working towards knowing your poem from memory, speaking clearly, speaking at a good pace and with expression.

 Eight Poems for Year 3 children to choose from:
A Funny Poem for Kids

                                    Kenn Nesbitt

I raised my hand in class this morning,

sitting in the back,

The teacher didn't see, I think.

Instead she called on Jack.

I stretched my hand up higher,

but she called on Zac and Zoe.

I started bouncing up and down,

but, still she called on Chloe.

I waved my arms but, even so,

she didn't call on me.

She called on Bryan, Brooklyn, Billy,

Bailey, Ben and Bree.

She called on Taylor, Tristan, Thomas,

Trinity and Ty.

Then, finally, she called my name.

I breathed a heavy sigh.

 

She asked me for the answer.

I just frowned and clenched my knees,

and said, "I've no idea,

but could I use the bathroom, please?"

 

Duck Weather  Shirley Hughes

Splishing, splashing in the rain,

Up the street and back again,

Stomping, stamping through the flood,

We don’t mind a bit of mud.

Running pavements, gutters flowing,

All the cars with wipers going,

We don’t care about the weather,

Tramping hand in hand together.

We don’t mind a damp wet day,

Sloshing puddles all the way,

Splishing, splashing in the rain,

Up the street and back again.

My Teacher Ate My Homework

Kenn Nesbitt

My teacher ate my homework, Which I thought was rather odd. She sniffed at it and smiled with an approving sort of nod. She took a little nibble -- it's unusual, but true -- then had a somewhat larger bite and gave a thoughtful chew. I think she must have liked it, for she really went to town. She gobbled it with gusto and she wolfed the whole thing down. She licked off all her fingers, gave a burp and said, "You pass." I guess that's how they grade you when you're in a cooking class.

Jack Frost
 
Look out! Look out!
Jack Frost is about!|
He's after our fingers and toes;

 
And all through the night,
The happy little sprite
Is working where nobody knows.

He'll climb each tree,
So nimble is he,
His silvery powder he'll shake.

To windows he'll creep
And while we're asleep
Such wonderful pictures he'll make.

Across the grass
He'll merrily pass,
And change all its greenness to white.

Then home he will go
And laugh ho, ho ho!
What fun I have had in the night.

On the Ning Nang Nong

                                       Spike Milligan
On the Ning Nang Nong
Where the Cows go Bong!
and the monkeys all say BOO!
There's a Nong Nang Ning
Where the trees go Ping!
And the tea pots jibber jabber joo.
On the Nong Ning Nang
All the mice go Clang
And you just can't catch 'em when they do!
So its Ning Nang Nong
Cows go Bong!
Nong Nang Ning
Trees go ping
Nong Ning Nang
The mice go Clang
What a noisy place to belong
is the Ning Nang Ning Nang Nong!! 

My Hamster Has a Skateboard

My hamster has a skateboard. When he rides it, though, he falls. He takes off like a maniac and crashes into walls. He screams, "Geronimo!" and then goes crashing down the stairs. He's good at knocking tables down and slamming into chairs. He'll slalom through the living room and then you'll hear a, "Splat!" which means that he's collided with my mother or the cat. He plows right into cabinets, and smashes into doors, I think he's wrecked on every bed and every chest of drawers. It's fun to watch him ride because you're sure to hear a smash. He doesn't skate so well but, boy, he sure knows how to crash. --Kenn Nesbitt

My Teacher Took My iPod

My teacher took my iPod. She said they had a rule; I couldn't bring it into class or even to the school. She said she would return it; I'd have it back today. But then she tried my headphones on and gave a click on Play. She looked a little startled, but after just a while she made sure we were occupied and cracked a wicked smile. Her body started swaying. Her toes began to tap. She soon was grooving in her seat and rocking to the rap. My teacher changed her mind. She said it's now okay to bring my iPod into class. She takes it every day. --Kenn Nesbitt

I Taught My Cat to Clean My Room

I taught my cat to clean my room, to use a bucket, brush and broom, to dust my books and picture frames, and pick up all my toys and games. He puts my pants and shirts away, and makes my bed, and I should say it seems to me it's only fair he puts away my underwear. In fact, I think he's got it made. I'm not too happy with our trade. He may pick up my shoes and socks, but I clean out his litterbox. --Kenn Nesbitt

 

 

 

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Reading through Plays

Over Term 2 we are actors and actresses!  Each week we have a new play to rehearse with our group.  On Mondays we spend some time reading through our parts together.  On Tuesday we start thinking about how our character might act and how we will set up our scene.  On Wednesday we act it out.   On a Thursday we share them with the whole class. 
Over the week we learnt that the italics in the play usually are instructions to the actors - we read these bits in our heads.   This week some of us brought props and costumes along  to use for our Thursday performance. 
In our first performances to the class this week we talked about how important it is to have a clear voice, face the front and to have rehearsed during the week as many times as we can - at home and school.
We enjoyed being able to watch other groups acting.  We are looking forward to next week!

Our Reading Learning

In our literacy class this week we are learning about how to break words up into syllables. When you say a word you can 'conduct' how may chunks you can hear. We used our hand to conduct words like cer - ti -fi -cate (4 syllables) in our syllable bingo game.




Here is Mina using the Elkonin boxes to say and hear the sounds in a word. As she says the word she is pushing up a counter for each sound she hears. Then, Mina uses her tool hand to help her write the word.
Mina is pretty clever!


Rebecca is on the Starfall site on one of the links on our blog.
The games that go with the books are really great for seeing how words are made up.




Here is Koby doing some super reading. His group has been learning how to use the bits they know about a word to work out the rest. They have super expression in their reading.
In one of our other groups- someone had a tricky word about a lamb who 'bleated'. This was a tricky word so we looked for what we already knew - we saw the eat in bleated, and put the bl in front. Good readers use what they know to help them work out words they are unsure of.

Have a great week!

Welcome to the Literacy Class Blogspot!

Each Monday to Thursday a group of Year 2 and 3 children come down to Room 2 to have Literacy Learning with Mrs Mitchell-Bain. This time is for reading, spelling and handwriting. The main writing session is done in the children's own room.

Each Monday, we have a Poetry focus. Each child has a 'Treasured Book of Poetry' that their poem of the week goes into. During the week this forms part of their home learning, with an emphasis on reading with expression, fluency and using a clear voice. On a Thursday we recite our poems to the whole class.

Mrs Mitchell-Bain reads a story to everyone each day. At the moment the book we are reading, is a funny story called 'The Twits' by Roald Dahl.


On a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday all children have a reading book that comes home to read - as well as practising their poem of the week.

Once spelling gets up and running, children will also have a small spelling list to practise each week. We know that all children learn in different ways - so there will be a variety of ways to learn your words.

This blog has some links to literacy sites for reading and spelling for your child. As the term goes along this blog will become a publishing area for the children to tell you about what they are learning and comment on books they have read.

We LOVE parent comments - so please, once the children start blogging, please take a little time to leave a comment for them.