Riley Reynold's Learning Blog: 2013

Term 4 production: Dance through the ages

We are learning to do a dance and perform it in unison with a group

Student comment: I have learnt how to do chicken arms and legs.

Term 4 Discovery Time

We are learning to engage in positive relationships with others and focus on developing the key competencies:
Managing self
Thinking
Using language, symbols and text
Participating and contributing
Relating to others

Student comment: I like doing pictures in Mr H's room and playing with lego.

Term 4: Music

We are learning to: Understand the different elements of music:
Beat
Pitch
Tempo
Dynamics

Success criteria: We will know we can do this when we:

Are able to explain or demonstrate what each of the different elements is e.g. "Pitch means high and low sounds"

Student comment: Tempo means fast and slow

Riley star of the day

We are learning to show and talk about using our CARE values at Oaklands School.

Students who successfully display their CARE values get to be the star of the day.

Term 3 Maths - Numeracy

We are learning to count backwards from the biggest number to solve subtraction problems.

Student comment: I'm counting backwards, I like counting backwards.

Term 3 Physical education: Gymnastics

We are learning to:
Create and perform a sequence which links two shapes through rolling, traveling or jumping.

Student Comment:
I have learnt how to do tucks.

Riley's mihi part 2

Riley's mihi part 1

Te Reo Māori Mihi

We are learning to:

Introduce ourselves in Te Reo Māori.

Communicate personal information, such as our name, parents’ and grandparents’ names and home town in Te Reo Māori.

To be successful we need to:

Speak clearly and fluently.

Use short simple sentences of Te Reo Māori to communicate personal information.

Term 3 reading

Teacher question: What does a good reader do?
Student answer: When they aren’t sure of a word they can go back and try again.

Term 2 Integrated topic: Change is everywhere

I am learning to express my understanding of Change
Task
Teacher instruction: Make or draw something to show me what you know about change
Teacher question: What have you made/drawn to show me what you know about change?
At the beginning (before teaching):

In the middle (part-way through teaching):

Student reflection
Then- I thought..... Change was about I don't know.

Now - I know..... heaps of stuff that changes like a caterpillar turns into a butterfly and trees when all the leaves go off the big tree.

Term 2 writing sample

I am learning to:

1. Make my writing interesting by using describing words

2. Attempt to use capital letters and full-stops by myself

Success criteria:

I will know I can successfully do this when my writing shows

1. One or more Adjectives that match my picture

A capital letter at the start of my story and at the beginning of each new sentence.
A full-stop at the end of each of my ideas and at the end of my story.

Next steps:
1. Match the details in my story to when the experience happened e.g. "Yesterday"
2. Use a capital letter after each full-stop.

Student comment:
I think I need to remember to use finger spaces.
I think i'm good at using capitals.