Dealing with Feelings and Decision Making

WALHT share our feelings and why sometimes we don't make the best decisions. I learnt sometimes I can be a teddy bear wanting everyone to be happy, and sometimes I can be as sly as a fox to make sure I get things down the way I want. I really want to be wise like an owl!

Writing interesting Stories

WALHT use a range of interesting sentence starters.

We are looking at using different catchy sentence beginnings to start each paragraph.

I can't wait to see the next part to our stories.

Where is Waitangi?

WALHT find places in google maps. We did a quiz on Waitangi and found not many people knew where it was.

 
I learnt how to make my own map with places I added. I found it interesting importing information from sheets. Next time I would like to do a map about places I have been.

Hobby Graph for Whanākitanga

WALHT gather information and make a graph. I learnt how to make a graph using excel. It was easy to make pie graphs perfectly. Next time I would like to make a more detailed graph and write some sentences explaining what I found out.

About Us - Whanākitanga

We are learning how to share our learning through blog posts. It was tricky because some people knew more than others and wanted to race through the process. This caused some confusion to those new to posting.

 

This was  different way to do our rules, but we all agreed and had to sign copy that is on display in class.

Writing Blog Comments

We are getting ready to be part of Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu.

We are trying to write positive, thoughtful and helpful comments. To us this means...

Start with a Greeting
                                   Hi Mrs Mundy, I am Fred from Red Hill School.
Or you could use Kia ora, Talofa, Hello... and their name.
Tell them who you are.

Positive
             I like the way you have included a picture with your story.
             I can see you have done a lot of research and found interesting facts.
Tell them what you like about their post, what made it interesting for you.

Thoughtful
                  I learnt what the word habitat means.
                  I enjoyed reading your slide (or post) about elephants I didn't know they had toe nails.
Tell them something you learnt. Or shared something that relates to the post.

Helpful
            Next time you might like to check your spelling.
            Remember i needs to be a capital I when talking about yourself.
            What did you learn.
Be kind, think about what you know or ask a question?