December 2, 2015
Nerf Battle
One of our balloon pop activities was to bring Nerf guns to school for an epic battle. We had fun shooting targets, trying to get our bullets through the basketball hoop and chasing each other!
Workshop Session #3
Today was our last day of student run maths workshops. Kaelyn and Yuna taught their group how to work out your 12x tables, Rebecca did 5x and 10x tables, Eva taught division, Helen and Amy both taught a range of times tables, Jayanna and Ava worked together to teach the 2x table and Luke and Kylie were a team teaching addition facts.
December 1, 2015
Maths Workshops Day 2
Room 17 are loving being taught by one another! Jayden and Cohen are working together to teach 5x tables, Bella is teaching rounding, Hannah is teaching her group about addition, Angelina is teaching divided by 10 and Allen and Leo are working as a team to teach the 9x table.
November 30, 2015
Mini Maths Teachers
Last week the Room 17 students planned their own maths lessons to teach one another. They could do it on their own or in pairs. Today 5 groups are being taught. We have Zander teaching how to order 3-digit numbers, Samuel and Zachary are doing addition to 30, Isabel and Simone are doing 5x tables, Shyam and Aidan are working on how to add decimals and Grace is teaching her group about fractions. They are using Kahoot, games, equipment, worksheets and whiteboards to deliver their teaching!
November 23, 2015
Countdown Calendar
We're counting down to the last day of term. 28 balloons for 28 members of Room 17 and 28 days to go (as of Friday!) I wonder what fun activity is in each of those balloons?
Fireworks Fun
Our hands on homework for week 5 was to have some fun with fireworks! Not real ones, but to draw pictures, write poems, play with some online firework games and to share photos from family Guy Fawkes celebrations. We even had some fireworks made in Minecraft! Here are some of our creations.
Not Perfect Hat Club Skype Date
Today we Skyped a school in Texas to share our thoughts on the Not Perfect Hat Club. Everyone was a bit shy but we talked about apologies and gossip! We even sung our waiata Nga Iwi E. We also found out some things about their school, like the fact they only have recess on Friday's! Tomorrow we are skyping a school in Canada.
November 18, 2015
zander's ansers
1. Has anyone ever apologized to you? Did the apology help you feel better? Why or why not?
someone has and it made me feel happy
someone has and it made me feel happy
Jayanna,Isabel,question and answers
1.Newton felt bad about what happened to Jabber and apologized. Describe a time when you needed to apologize and how you felt about it
once when I aplogize I flet bad but good after I apolgize because I was being bad
By Jayanna and Issy
once when I aplogize I flet bad but good after I apolgize because I was being bad
By Jayanna and Issy
Kaelyn's Questions and Answers
1. Describe a time when you needed to apologize and how you felt about it?
When I said " No" to many times to my parents and I felt a little bit annoyed with them, also sad the same time.
2. Has anyone ever apologized to you? Did the apology help you feel better? Why or why not?
My Mom. Yes it sort of did, but I knew she would do it again.
3. Do you think flyball is a good way for Newton to get enough exercise? What lessons do you think Newton will learn from his flyball team?
Yes it involves a lot of running around, jumping. Dogs need that.
4. Why do you think Cooper bragged about himself and made fun of Newton? Is Cooper being a bully? Why or why not?
He wanted to show off and make him seem so important. And all the other dogs seem weak and bad to him. Sort of. He is being some mean some ok.
5. What do you think Jabber and Kylee are trying to express with poetry and violin music?
They are trying to be like someone famous.
Here is a link to the site.
Shyam and cohens respones
blogging Question for the Week: Newton felt bad about what happened to Jabber and apologized. Describe a time when you needed to apologize and how you felt about it.
One day I had to apologies to my sister because I was trying to pull a blanket of my sister and I let go of the blanket then my sister then she knocked her head on the wall and I had to apologies and when I apologies I felt better.
Click here to read more about The Not Perfect Hat Club Blogit
One day I had to apologies to my sister because I was trying to pull a blanket of my sister and I let go of the blanket then my sister then she knocked her head on the wall and I had to apologies and when I apologies I felt better.
Click here to read more about The Not Perfect Hat Club Blogit
zachary and luke post=)
luke when I shot my little with a water gun
zachary when I shot my little bro with my nerf gun
zachary when I shot my little bro with my nerf gun
Yuna's and Bella's not perfect hat club answers.
Do you think flyball is a good way for Newton to get enough exercise? What lessons do you think Newton will learn from his flyball team?
Yes because dogs have to run around a lot.
Working in a team is much better than working by your self and you learn to be part of a team.
LEO& SAMUEL
Newton felt bad about what happened to Jabber and apologized. Describe a time when you needed to apologize and how you felt about it
When I broke my cousin's finger by shutting the door I felt worried. By: Samuel
When I pooed in my mums bed because I was sick I felt imbarrised. By: Leo
Allen&Alex :D
Newton felt bad about what happened to Jabber and apologized. Describe a time when you needed to apologize and how you felt about it
When i was a little kid i broke a gem and i apologized and i was not grounded and i thought apologizing is a good thing an i learned it by:Allen
i apologized to my mum i broke a plate cause i was little i didn't know by:Alex
When i was a little kid i broke a gem and i apologized and i was not grounded and i thought apologizing is a good thing an i learned it by:Allen
i apologized to my mum i broke a plate cause i was little i didn't know by:Alex
Eva and Kylie's answers
1. Has anyone ever apologized to you? Did the apology help you feel better? Why or why not?
Kylie~ yeah but the apology did not help me feel better
Eva~yeah and the apology did make me feel better
2. Do you think flyball is a good way for Newton to get enough exercise? What lessons do you think Newton will learn from his flyball team?
Kylie~yes and i think he will learn to run fast
Eva~no and i think he will learn nothing!
3. Why do you think Cooper bragged about himself and made fun of Newton? Is Cooper being a bully? Why or why not?
Kylie~cause he wants to show of and hes making fun of newton because he is jelous
Eva~cause hes a show of and he does not like newton
4. What do you think Jabber and Kylee are trying to express with poetry and violin music?
Kylie~I do not know
Eva~I don't know
Sasha and Ava's Answer
1. Has anyone ever apologized to you? Did the apology help you feel better? Why or why not
Ava-yes someone has and it has made me feel better because I know that they care.
Sasha-yes I have had someone apologise to me and it made me feel better
Ava-yes someone has and it has made me feel better because I know that they care.
Sasha-yes I have had someone apologise to me and it made me feel better
Amy and Helen's answers
Newton felt bad about what happened to Jabber and apologized. Describe a time when you needed to apologize and how you felt about it.
Amy - I had to apologise when I eat my dad's candy, andI felt very sorry.
Helen - I had to apologise when l hit my sister on the tummy, and I felt very sorry and sad.
Amy - I had to apologise when I eat my dad's candy, andI felt very sorry.
Helen - I had to apologise when l hit my sister on the tummy, and I felt very sorry and sad.
November 9, 2015
November 7, 2015
Hut Building!
Our hands-on homework this week was to build a hut! Look at all the creative huts we made. This idea was from Ava. Thanks Ava for such a fun home learning activity.
Not Perfect Hat Club
Last week was the first week of the Not Perfect Hat Club Blog It. Students all around the world are participating and learning that it's ok to not be perfect. We are reading the book 'The Not Perfect Hat Club' By Jena Ball and then using weekly inspirations to connect with other classes and explore the themes of the story. Ms Filer started talking about what 'not perfect' looks like with Room 17. These are some of their ideas;
November 5, 2015
Eva's Rostenberg hands on homework
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> Eva's hands on homework this week was to make a 'hut'. We did it on Tuesday and the girls enjoyed it so much we did it again today. Here's a few pictures I've taken over the few days 😊
November 2, 2015
October 28, 2015
October 19, 2015
September 21, 2015
September 17, 2015
Duck Poem
Today Room 17 visited the duck pond with Mrs Koopen to see the new ducklings. After they returned, they were inspired to write this poem. It captures the feel of the duck pond, early on a spring morning, beautifully.
September 15, 2015
Weeked with Fanta
Here is my story of Fanta's weekend with me.
"Your move Fanta" I said as we started playing Chess. Wow after a number of sneaky moves Fanta won the game. Just in time for me to go to Extreme entertainment. Fanta needed to have a long rest after such an intense game of chess, and also Dad said Fanta couldn't go on his watch.
I made a bed just for Fanta. He seemed to enjoy it too much and didn't like the early morning wake ups.
Fanta did lots of things with me such as calm colouring, playing Lego, watching movie, watching me ride my bike and playing cars. On Sunday we went to the Monster Mud Rush and I told Fanta that he couldn't have a go as he is allergic to mud. I think he was happy about that when he saw me at the end covered from head to toe.
Thank you Fanta for spending the weekend with me.
Zachary
September 14, 2015
September 8, 2015
September 7, 2015
September 3, 2015
Room 17 Scientists
Last week Room 17 were lucky to receive a mystery box from New World and School Kit. Inside were some fabulous things to explore the world of science. Check out our video!
August 26, 2015
The last Teach-Me Tuesday's
Last week marked our last Teach-Me Tuesday session for 2015! We are thinking what we could do next and some students want to teach other students during learning times so next week some students will be running maths workshops, reading workshops and even spelling workshops! Our last TMT's saw Amy teaching us how to write words in Mandarin, Helen taught us how to play dodgeball and Zack and Jayden taught us how to make two epic paper planes!
August 25, 2015
Game Design - The Next Phase
Today we are using classroom equipment to design physical games. We have to design a game using the design process as well as thinking about the goal, core mechanics, rules, space, components, and challenge. Lots of good discussions going on!
August 21, 2015
Doodle for Google
Room 17 have been working hard on their Doodle for Google entries. This is a competition to design a new Google logo. The theme this year was ...'if I could go back in time.' Everyone did an amazing job but we could only send away a few for the competition. Here are our R17 winners! Can you tell where in time they'd go back to?
August 18, 2015
Game Design
Today we started exploring how to design a game. Last week we completed an 'Hour of Code' through code.org to understand how games are coded. Today we have been looking at how games are designed and we modified an existing game to see if we could improve it.
Modification Feedback (Our playtest)
- It worked for me and Eva (Grace)
- We played more than one game on the bigger grid (Sasha)
- Didn't work very well for us (Leo)
- It's kind of a waste of time drawing such a big grid (Zachary)
- Do you have to fill up the whole grid or should the amount we get in a row have to be bigger? (Bella)
- You can't go diagonally if you had to get ten in a row (Shyam)
- We changed it to ten in a row (Cohen)
- 10x10 is too many (Yuna)
Modification Feedback (Our playtest)
- It worked for me and Eva (Grace)
- We played more than one game on the bigger grid (Sasha)
- Didn't work very well for us (Leo)
- It's kind of a waste of time drawing such a big grid (Zachary)
- Do you have to fill up the whole grid or should the amount we get in a row have to be bigger? (Bella)
- You can't go diagonally if you had to get ten in a row (Shyam)
- We changed it to ten in a row (Cohen)
- 10x10 is too many (Yuna)
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