Art Workshop: How to draw NZ Birds

Art Workshop - NZ Birds on PhotoPeach

 

We drew a Paradise Duck. Neil Shaskey helped us.

WALT: Edit our writing

When we edit our work we have to read it heaps of times! We check all of these things.

• Read it out loud - does it make sense? Add or remove what you need to.
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• Read it out loud - where do I stop to take a breath? Put in your full stops and capital letters.
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• Read it to check for capital letters - specific people, place or thing.
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• See what detail you can add to each event. Are you missing any of the 5Ws? Can you add something extra to your personal comment?
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• Is there anything you need to take out? This might be things that aren't related to story, or that you've repeated.
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• Check your spelling. Underline any words you think might be incorrect - sound them out as carefully as you can, then check them using a word list or dictionary.

Maui and the Sun collage

"Maui and his brothers used flax ropes to hold the sun, while Maui beat it."

 

 

WALT: retell stories using the main points

We used storyboards......

....and story pyramids.

WALT: retell stories

A successful storyteller:

• uses eye contact with thier audience
• involves thier audience
• uses bodylanguage and body space to create atmosphere
• paints pictures in our imaginations, but still allows us to add our own thoughts and images
• varies their voice to express different emotions or characters
• varies the tempo and energy level throughout the story to keep the listeners interested

WALT: recognise short vowel sounds

The vowels are A E I O U. They can have long or short vowels.

The sound the letter makes is different from its name.
We are learning to recognise short vowel sounds. They are the sounds in the middle of these words.

cat
bed
pig
dog
bus

The Vowel Song (a e i o u)

Maori Myths and Legends

We are going to be learning about Maori Myths and Legends. This is what we know already:

Today we started our learning by sharing a version of Maui and the Sun, then we looked a two video clips. We are going to story-board and retell, dramatise and do some visual art based around this story.

How to play mancala

 

 

10x tables

Wow! We have 4 people who are already on their 10x tables. These videos might help you.