Twitter

In room 12 we made a twitter account last week on Monday.
Izzy and Briar have been updating our class twitter account about once a day every week. On Twitter they have been posting text messages about what we have been doing in room 12.

By Maggie Xu (Blog writer)

What Now Slam

On Wednesday rm8-13 had the WhatNow slam!.
Unfortunately Tu A.K.A Tumehea Rongonui wasn't there so Aaron Clapham had to take over.
Paraparaumu will be on T.V this coming Sunday.
I'm sure all the parents had a hard time washing the Muddy,gungy and foamy clothes.
Congrarulations to Daniel and Nathan in rm11 who made it into the finals in Christurch go hard and do your best.

By Jordan(Blogwriter)

Room12's topic in Room13

Room12 have been doing topic in Room 13.
In Room 13 we are studying Jewish people and their Laws about Food etc.
We have been working very hard and Mr Chambers has a prize for the first person to find out why the Jewish New Year falls on the date of 5766.
The Jewish New Year celebrates the creation of the world in 2005.
The Jewish New Year is a Jewish festival.

Paragraph writing

After a recent assessment in room 12, we identified that we needed to learn about writing paragraph. We have started learning about writing in paragraphs. We have identified the following as being helpful to write paragraphs:

Informative writing

In room 12 we are learning about transactional writing, which is informative writing. We brainstormed what we thought was informative writing using the following method:

• By ourselves we brainstorm a topic for two minutes
• In pairs we share our ideas and understandings for three minutes
• In fours we share our ideas and understandings for four minutes.
• We then share back class-wide.

Below is our brainstorm for informative writing. To view it all adjust the magnification, or hold your mouse over it and drag the image around.

Reading genres.

In room 12 we are studying reading genres. These reading genres are horror, mystery, action, and adventure, romance and lots more.

Every two weeks we complete a different reading genre. The activities are created using Bloom's Taxonomy.

By Jordan (blogwriter), Emily(Trainee blogwriter), Ngaire(Trainee blogwriter),Maggie(Trainee blogwriter)

Learning french in class. Oui

In room12 we have started to learn and speak french.
With the help of a DVD and a lot of  practise we should soon be speaking like real french citizens.

these are the words that we have learned so far.
Oui-Yes
D'accord-Okay
Super-Super
Fantastique-Fantastic
Choutte-Cool Good Great
Bonjour-Hello  Monsuier-Mr  Madame-Mrs  Non-No Je suis- I am  and the last one Au revoir-Goodbye.
By Maggie & Jordan

The Arts-Drama

In room12 we have been studying drama, specifically theatre sports. We have had some laughs and happy tears. In drama we had to make things. For example, a fork and a knife, a rose in a vase and lots more.
This is one of the things the boys had to make. This is the Statue of Liberty. This picture has been taken by Mr Madge.



This was written by Jordan(Blogwriter) and Maggie(Trainee blogwriter)

Three way conferences

Last night the school held parent interviews. However, in room 12 we did our interviews in a three way conference. This involved the students sharing their learning with their parents, using their learning portfolios to support them.
Parents commented on how well their children did, and that they enjoyed hearing their children talking about their learning. Mr Madge's role was to be there and offer support if needed. As it was, the students did a great job, and he had very little to do.
Well done room 12, you did a great job.

Number patterns in algebra

In Mr Madge's maths class we are studying algebra. We are currently learning about the following:

Number Patterns in Algebra:

Numeric patterns in algebra are patterns made from numbers.
The numbers can be in a list. Any math operation (addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division) can be used to make the pattern
Many of the patterns in algebra you see will use addition. The same number will be added to each number in the list to make the next number in the list.
Example
       2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14…
The pattern in algebra is to add 2 every time. The next number is 16, then 18.

Examples for Number Patterns in Algebra:

Example 1:

            2,5,8,11,14,17…

Solution:

The pattern in algebra is to add 3 every time. The next number is 20, then 23.

Example 2:

            1,3,5,6,9,11,13,15,…

Solution:

Can you guess what the solution is

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