Maui and the Sun

One big focus in our reading this term is being able to retell a story with the main events in order. We read this Maori tale and retold the story in a sequence strip. Afterwards we made korus and did weaving to create our own suns. They look so neat, this is an awesome sample by Elijah! Ka pai Team Tekau!

Why Read for 20 Minutes a Day?

Shoes and Reading? What's up here?

Mrs Perry LOVES shoes but we thought she took things a bit far bringing them all to school.
So, what did we learn?

We learnt that shoes are like books. By Keira

Shoes are like books because you choose a good fit book like you have to choose good fit shoes. By Iziah

Sometimes just because you like the shoes doesn't mean they're good fit shoes. By Milly

Shoes are just like books. Shoes need to fit you. If they are too big... not for me! Too small... can't get them on!! These shoes fit just right! By Martyn

Different shoes are for different people. Different books are for different people By Sam

Shoes have to fit you and so do books. By Emily

High Five!

Room 10 have been learning to show that they understand what they are reading by answering comprehension questions. In this activity they had to find evidence in an article to back up their answers. Leo and Rama completed some super work and got a big 'high five' from Mr Pearse. Well done boys!

Leo

Rama

Oxford Owl eBooks

Awesome ebooks on line!

This is a super site with loads of wonderful ebooks. Some are online books that you listen to as you turn the pages and follow the text. Others are audio books, to enjoy listening to. You can choose a category and focus on books that are a 'good fit' for you. I am absolutely amazed at the fantastic choice of quality texts and I can't wait to hear what you enjoy reading.  

The link will take you to a page that looks like this. You need to click on 'My class login'.

Type in the Room 10 user name and password.

(I will share this with you and have you record it in your Homework Book)

So, what are you waiting for? Get reading!!

Assembly Item from Room 10 Stars!

We presented an item at assembly on Friday. Our item was about how we are working towards becoming confident, independent readers. We shared how to choose a good fit book and what successful, independent reading looks like in our classroom. Our teacher was so proud of our presentation - she said we were all her favourites and gave everyone a Cadbury's Favourite. YUM!

Mathias and Shekinah were the announcers for our item

Real Buried Treaure

Ancient Coins

Imagine walking along and stumbling over some ancient treasure… That's exactly what happened to John and Mary from California who unearthed intact cans of coins worth $10 million US dollars.
Today we read an article on Kiwi Kids News with the headline 'Couple Finds Buried Treasure'.
Check it out online…  http://www.kiwikidsnews.co.nz/couple-finds-buried-treasure
Kiwi Kids News is a great learning site designed for kids.

Good Fit Book Boxes...

We are learning how to choose 'good fit' books. Just like shoes, books need to be the right fit. Mrs Perry bought some of her shoes to school to show us that just as shoes have different purposes so do books. We might choose a book about fishing if that interests us or a book of jokes to read for fun. We are learning that we need to understand the books we read and know most of the words so that we enjoy them and have fun reading. Nina and Mrs Perry swapped shoes but they couldn't walk in each others shoes for long as they were not the right fit.
Everyone in Room 10 is setting up their own reading box with books that are a good fit. We know this will help us become more fluent, confident, accurate readers and that we will have fun reading.

Good fit books are just as important as good fit shoes!

Week 2 Shared Reading

Last week our shared book was a non-fiction book called Blue Eggs. We learned lots of interesting facts about the song thrush. Some of us used Book Creator on the iPads to share what they learned and others made fact balls. They look fabulous hanging up in our classroom!

 Nathan from Room 10 let his zebra finches Charlie and Poppy visit for the afternoon. They were very cute but also very noisy!