Didgeridoo Stories

We used Aboriginal Symbols to write a story on our didgeridoo's.  This is a small sample of some below.

Making a quilt - ing spelling chunk

The spelling chunk in Room 3 this week has been 'ing'.

Our poem this was week was called 'Night-time is for Dreaming'.

Jill Eggleton, the Author of this poem  has used many words with the 'ing' spelling chunk.

This morning after re-reading this poem, we talked about what we dream about.

We drew pictures of our dreams in hexagon shapes.

Brooke dreams about mermaids swimming in the sea.

Ben dreams about living in a cruise ship on the sea.

Jazz dreams about fairies watching the foxes in castles.

Chase dreams about being an All Black rugby player.

We cut out our hexagon shapes carefully and then fitted them together to make a 'Dream quilt'.

What do you like to dream about?

Reading with our 'Furry Friends' in Room 3

This term in Room 3 we are trying to read to ourselves for longer at Reading Time.
To help us, we have been joined by some 'Furry Friends'.

When it is time to read to ourselves, we choose a 'Furry Friend' to read to.

We choose a different 'Furry Friend' every day.

Sometimes we take our 'Furry Friend' with us to read to our buddy.

Do you have a 'Furry Friend' that you like to read to?

Where shall I go to to get the biggest share?

The children had to think about where they wanted to go to get the biggest share of chocolate.  They went up one at a time and sat in front of which chair they wanted to share.  

This was half way through the class - Jayden gets one whole chocolate bar, Seth's line has to share 2 bars between 4 and Sophie's line has to share 3 bars between 6.


Where would you go??

At the end!!

Jayden's line has to share one chocolate bar between 5.  They got 1 whole piece and 2/5ths of a piece each.
Seth's line has to share two chocolate bars between 7.  They got 2 whole pieces each.
Sophie's line had to share 3 chocolate bars between 10.  They got 2 whole pieces and 1/10 of a piece.


IF YOU HAD TO JOIN A LINE, WHERE WOULD YOU GO?

Cassie Duncan's Shortbread Recipe

Room 3 loved the shortbread so much, they wanted the recipe put up on our blog so that they can make it at home.  If you do make it with the children it is a great opportunity to talk about Fractions and Measurement.

Shortbread
250g butter
1/2 C castor sugar
vanilla essence
1/2 C rice flour
1/2 C plain flour

Cream butter and castor sugar together, add enough flour so the dough is not sticky and comes away from the side of the bowl.  Bake in oven at 170 degrees for 30-35 minutes for round shortbread like we did.

Cultures About Us - Scotland

This week we have been looking at Scotland.  We had Calum Duncan come in dressed in his Scottish Kilt.  He showed us lots of things from Scotland, including some money, a dagger, a sporran, and some flags.  He also told us lots of interesting information about Scotland.

Then we had Cassie Duncan come in and take a group to make traditional Scottish Shortbread.

Making Scottish Thistles

This was a bit tricky for some of us, so we had great teamwork to finish them

The finished thistle with our flag of Scotland

Enjoying our Shortbread

We talked about Fractions with our shortbread.  Each circle was cut into eighths and we worked out we needed three circles to have enough for everyone.  

African Necklaces

Here are some photos of us making our necklaces and wearing them.

Noah's Dad is from South Africa

Ashen's Mum is from South Africa

This is Neve and her necklace

Working carefully to paint our patterns on our necklaces