Term 4 Music

WALT
- keep a beat
- keep a beat using different instruments

Term 4 Dance

Big Idea: We can express ourselves creatively through dance

Deep Understandings:

The children will understand:

That dance has evolved through the decades.

That to learn a dance you need to follow a series of instructions.

Dance is a form of social interaction.

Dance is good for your health and well being.

Skill Focus:

1 - Learn the specific steps to a dance

2 - Keep in time to the music

3 - Follow instructions

Value Focus (Excellence)

1 - Trying our best

2 - Persevering

3 - Acknowledging the efforts of others

Term 4 Discovery & Key Competencies

November 8, 2013

Key Competency: Thinking

How did you use your thinking?

"Do some colours, the colours what the words say."

Term 4 Writing

I think this is a great piece of writing because...

"we're playing together in my house and I wrote it all by myself."

Taika and Jack...

Term 4 CARE Values

You're right Jack, when you pick up rubbish it shows Respect for the environment, and when you sit nicely on the mat during learning times, it shows Respect to me and your classmates. Good thinking!

Term 3 PE

What's your favourite thing that we do in gymnastics?

What do you think is the trickiest? Why?

Term 3 Maths

Term 3 Reading

What does a good reader do?

"Point your fingers at the words."

Term 3 Te Reo

Term 2 Maths

WALT

• sort objects into categories for display
• make a display of the data collected (pictograph)
• make statements about data displays

Student Comment

Tell me about the graph.

"There's yellow, there's brown, there's black. 4 black, 5 brown and 7 yellows."

Term 2 Art

WALT

• create an art work using printmaking including leaf prints and sponging. 

Success Criteria

• Identify which is the textured side of the leaf so we can use it successfully in our art
• Include at least 4 leaf prints
• Use autumn colours (Leaves should be white)
Use sponging technique (dab, dab, dab as opposed to wiping the paint on with the sponge)


Try not to sponge on top of leaves

Student Comment

What do you is good about your painting?
"The orange, because it starts all the way to the other start (point from one side of the page to the other)."

What would you do differently next time?
"Stamp stamp stamp - I could paint just around this (point to the top by the leaf prints)."

Term 2 Writing

I am learning to:

• say my story out loud before I write and clap my full stop. Find and write some fast words with a little bit of help.

Success Criteria

• I said my story out loud to the teacher before she wrote to make sure it made sense. 
• My picture will be a detailed plan for my story.
• I will write my full stop.

Teacher Comment

Jack, I like the way your picture shows exactly what your story is about! Look at that vomit! Next time, let's see if we can work together to find the fast words that you need, and then you can write them in. 

Term 1 Visual Art

We are learning to

• create a self-portrait
• talk about my own art work and art work created by others.

Success Criteria

• I have drawn all my facial features like my eyes and mouth. All my facial features are the right size and shape and in the right place on my face.
• I can reflect on the process I have used to create my self-portrait and discuss ideas about how I could make changes to my portrait to convey a different emotional response.