WELCOME TO ROOM 4

2013

HOME LEARNING TERM ONE

SPECIAL PROJECT - ME BOX!

Use a box, decorate it and inside put photographs, drawings or objects that

represent:

A person you admireYour hobby (choose your favourite one)Something you want to do in the futureYour favourite bookYour favourite songYour favourite placeA time you have BOUNCED BACK!

Students will present their boxes to the class EXPLAINING WHY they have added each item. Please practice presenting at home.

We will start presenting the ‘ME BOXES’ in Week 8 Term 1.

emma@uppermoutere.school.nz

Our BlogHow to write a comment on your child’s blog post:

1. Click on the title of the post2. Scroll down3. Write you comment in the box 4. Click on select a profile5. Choose ‘anonymous’6. Click publish7. Type the security code8. Click publish www.r4umo2013.blogspot.com

How to make an academic comment on your child’s blog post:

1. Acknowledge the author of the post - say hello!

2. Explain why you like the post3. Ask the author a question about

the post4. Write your name at the end of the

comment

We look forward to sharing our learning with you on our class

blog!

Bounce Back

In room 4 we will use our voices,

our creativity, our community,

our books, our classroom and

our virtual classroom (the blog!)

to become confident, active,

creative, literate and numerate

thinkers.

We will practice working in our ‘Home Learning Journals’ before they are sent home. Home learning will start in Week 4 of Term 1.

MONDAYS "

Maths - We use ‘Minute Maths’ to practice our basic facts everyday at school . We stick these into our home learning journals. On Monday’s your child will bring home one ‘Minute Maths’ for home learning. ‘Minute Maths’ not finished in class are to be completed at home.

TUESDAYS "

Spelling - ‘Tic-Tac-Toe Spelling’ activities are given on Tuesdays. Your child chooses three activities to complete in their home learning journals each week. Your child will choose 5 words from their essential words lists to learn each week.

MONDAY - SUNDAY "

Reading - We encourage your child to read for 10 - 15 minutes EVERY DAY. This can be by themselves, with an adult or to a sibling. Reading to your child is also recommended. Your child also has a ‘Reader’s Journal’. For home learning in Room 4 students are asked to make

two comments per week in their ‘Reader’s Journal’. We will learn how to do this in class.

EXTRA HOME LEARNING "

Occasionally special home learning projects linked to our school theme ‘Bounce Back’ will be sent home.

HOME LEARNING

Room 4’s Vision

Learning is an active process, we learn by doing, only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind.

Dale Carnegie

Learning is creation, not consumption. Knowledge is not something a learner absorbs, but something a learner creates.