Term 4 Music

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

Term 4 Discovery & Key Competencies

Key Competency: Participating & Contributing

How are you showing that you are participating and contributing?

"I am trying my best to walk over the ladder. I was keeping my balance."

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 Writing

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

"it's neat and I got everything right."

Scotti and Miss Russell are jumping out of the plane.

Term 4 CARE Values

You're right Jordyn, you are showing your respect when you use your manners. I like how your picture shows you saying "Hello" to someone.

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?

"Checking the words. Taking breaths when there's dot, dot, dot. Don't fight about books."

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.

"Black has the smallest, brown has the mediumist, and blonde has the most."

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 think is good about your painting?
"The red - just a wee bit on the leaf."

What would you do differently next time?
"Try not to get it on the leaf."

Term 2 Writing

We are learning to:

•  draw a picture to help us think about the story we will write.
•   say our story in a sentence.

Success Criteria

• My picture will be detailed.
•   I can tell my teacher my story.

Teacher Comment

Jordyn, great work on your detailed picture, and I can see that your picture tells us just what your story will be about!