HI FROM MISS A!

Hi Room 3, hope you are all having a great holiday. Ive been super busy but am looking forward to spending some time at the beach with George and my Mum and Dad.

Make a comment and let me know what you have been up to so far.

Even better, write me a poem or a short story about your holiday so far, email it to me and ill publish it for you on the blog.

MONDAY NIGHT CHALLENGES

Have a good look at the cluster map on our blog. On a piece of paper write 5 different places people have looked at us from. (Does not include New Zealand or Australia.)

Write it on a piece of paper and hold on to it. We will have another look at it in the morning.

EXTRA FOR EXPERTS

Answer these questions: (they are tricky!)

What event happened in Taupo on the weekend?

How many times has this event been held?

How many people were involved in this event?

SENIOR ATHLETICS DAY

WEEKEND CHALLENGE

Here's a question for you to find the answer to and place in the container on my chair tomorrow morning.

What special event was on in Hamilton on Sunday? Why was it so special?

HOMEWORK WEEK 5

Wow, 5 weeks and 2 days until chrismas holidays. Amazing!!! Isn't time flying.

Here is your homework for this week:

Complete the Extreme Makeover Your Bedroom project.

Present it on a poster to be hung in the classroom. (Make sure its neat, tiday and very beautiful!)The class will vote the best bedroom at the end of the week.

Have fun and good luck!

ROOM 3's GALA STALL

Last week we spent most of our spare time getting ready for our annual school gala. We decided we would use what have learnt so far about recycling and make things to sell at gala. Runu came up with two great ideas, coke bottle flowers and coke bottle vases, which we spent all day Friday putting together. Thank you to Runu, Ms Stewart, Mrs Nobilo and Mr Andrew for all of their help on Friday, also Mrs Sullivan and Mrs Barker for donating the plants we used for the vases. We couldnt have done it without all of your help.

UKULELE

Every Friday we are lucky to have one of our lovely mums come in and teach us music. Last term we did recorders (ahhh!) and this term we are learning ukulele. Here we are the first time we played. It was heaps of fun!

ANIMAL POETRY

This week we looked at a poem about a cricket. Miss A had taken the word 'cricket' out of the poem so we had to use the clues in the text to figure out what the poem was about. Then we used how that poem was written and we wrote our own poems about animals. Here are some of them.

Cheetah

The cheetah sprints

sprints speedily

watches

watches silently

waits

waits still...

still

Still

and then -

it roars

roars roars

a great noise

BrightT

Bear

The Bear crawls
crawls quitley
roars
roars loudly
attacks
attacks solemnly
waits .....

waits
and then -
it climbs, climbs
climbs
A hideout away from the world

JenningsK

White Tiger

The white tiger attacks
attacks swiftly
lands
lands loudly
eats
eats silently
silent

Silent
and then -
it roars, roars
roars
Loudly through a microphone

GrantR


Rabbit

The rabbit hops
hops quickly
sleeps
sleeps loudly
loud

Loud
and then -
it jumps, jumps
jumps
high across the field

JohansonR

Spider Monkey

The spider monkey jumps
jumps high
lands
land silently
crawls
crawls quietly
quiet

Quiet
and then it -
bounces, bounces
bounces
silently on the soft jungle floor

ClarkJ


Gorilla

The gorilla swings
swings high
runs
runs loudly
roars
roars far
waits

waits
and then it -
attacks, attacks
attacks ferociously
a painful attack

PhillipsJ

Cats

The cat hides
hides quickly,
watches
watches silently
silent

Silent
and then -
it attacks, attacks
attacks,
A fearsome attack

WallisE

Silent Mouse

The mouse hides
hides quietly
squeaks
squeaks softly
eats eats carefully
careful

Careful
and then it -
runs, runs
runs
a further distance

WildenK

BECOME A FOLLOWER...

Your challenge tonight is to become a follower of our blog. All you will need is an email address. Maybe you could do this with your family or an older brother or sister. Its not hard but you do need to do a couple of things that you might need help with. Remember NOT to put your whole real name or say anything about yourself. This is a really important internet safety tip. Maybe you could use your blog name. See if you can remember what this is. There are parts of the blog that might give you clues as to what it is.

Let me know tomorrow if you managed to become a follower. If you had trouble have a chat to some people in our class who have managed to do it.

GOOD LUCK.... Miss A

HOMEWORK WEEK 3

Can you believe it... nearly 3 weeks of this term down and it will be holidays again. Amazing! Here is the homework for this week. Remember you have this week and next week to get homework completed in order to be entitiled to a sundae.

Tuesday 27th October

1. Write all of your spelling words into sentences.

2. Read for 15 mins.

3. Practice you basic facts.

Wednesday 28th October

1. Write all of your spelling words as rainbow words.

2. Read for 15 mins.

3. Practice your basic facts.

Thursday 29th October

1. Write me a letter using all of your spelling words. Make sure you underline your words and make the letter exciting.

2. Read for 15 mins.

3. Practice your basic facts.

STUFF FOR RECYCLING

Remember we need to collect these things for our recycling art.

- Milk bottle tops - light blue, dark blue and green ones

- Coke bottles

- Bottle tops - from pump bottles or even dishwashing liquid bottle tops

- Large cans

- Newspaper and magazines

- Old plates

- Old cutlery - knives, forks, spoons

- Old CDs - doesnt matter if they are scratched.

We will keep adding to this list as we decide what else we need. Make sure it is all washed and clean before you bring it to school so it doesnt smell.

SPCA FUNDRAISER 2009

In Term 2 we did a huge fundraiser for the SPCA. Room 3 organised it and the senior syndicate helped with donations. We donated over 300 items, then went to visit all of the animals and drop off what we had collected. The SPCA were very impressed with our effort and we are goin to appear in 'Kidz Mag' at the end of October. We are very excited. Watch our cool ad to see what we got up to.

ATHLETICS TRAINING

At the moment we are training for our athletics day. This afternoon we played a version of 'boffa tag' where you are chased down the sprint track by someone with half a pool noodle. If they catch you and hit you, you're out. Its great for getting us to run really fast. Even Mr D and Miss W had a go! It was so much fun!!!

SECRET CHALLENGE

Write this sentence on a piece of paper and put it in the box on my chair in the morning.

'Miss A is the best at Wink Murder!'

There will be prizes up for grabs for those who check the blog and follow the instructions.

HOMEWORK - Wk 2

Here is this weeks homework. Remember to keep an eye out for challenges that will appear on our blog site over the week. There will be prizes for those who complete the challenges.

Monday 19th October
1. Write 5 of your spelling words into sentences.
2. Write 5 of your spelling words as rainbow words.
3. Read for 15 mins.
4. Practice basic facts.

Tuesday 20th October
1. Write a creative story with all of your spelling words in it. Make sure you underline your words so i know what ones they are.
2. Read for 15 mins.
3. Practice basic facts.

Wednesday 21st October
1. Current events - answer these questions
- Who was involved?
- Where did it happen?
- When did it happen?
- What happened?
2. Read for 15 mins.
3. Practice basic facts.

Thrusday 22nd October
1. Write the other 5 of your spelling words into sentences.
2. Write the other 5 of your spelling words as rainbow words.
3. Read for 15 mins.
4. Practice basic facts.

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!

SHREK POETRY

SHREK POETRY

This week we watched the movie 'Shrek 2' and wrote down some amazing descriptive language. Then we wrote cinquian poems and presented them to go on the wall in our poetry display. Here are some of the poems we wrote.....

MYSTERY POETRY

This term for reading our group is learning about poetry. Today we looked at a poem but only a line at a time. We had to predict what was happening in the poem. After 5 lines Miss A decided that she wasn't going to show us any more and we had to write our own endings to the poem. This is what we wrote:

The Dreamers

They were there this morning,
High up on an office block.

One was polishing the sun,
Another rinsing fleecy clouds,
A third rubbing the blue sky.

But as it turned out,
They were dreaming...

One was polishing a lemon,
Another was rinsing his kittens,
A third rubbing the floor.

By DouglasC



The Gods

They were there this morning,
High up on an office block.

One was polishing the sun,
Another rincing fleecy clouds,
A third rubbing the blue sky.

I stood there watching,
They were bigger than life,
I couldn't believe it.

But when thy were finished
They just disappeared.

By SharplinM


My Dream

There they were this morning,
High up on an office block.

One was polishing the sun,
Another rinsing fleecy clouds,
A third rubbing the blue sky.

The others were a bit below,
Playing with the ocean,
One was even catching fish.

Then I woke up from my dream.

By Luiten-ApiranaB


My Fantasy

There they were this morning,
High up on an office block.

One polishing the sun,
Another rinsing fleecy clouds,
A third rubbing the blue sky.


They thought it was real,
And then they realized,
The workers were making a commercial,
To sell wallpaper,
That flashed in a certain light.

By NobiloK

EXTRA CHALLENGE

Here is a tounge twister for you to practice. During the roll tomorrow I will ask for those people who think they can say this tounge twister without mucking up. There will be lots of group points up for grabs for those people who can do it well.

A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk,but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.

DRAMA TIME!!!

On Monday the 12th of October we started drama. The first ever piece of drama we did this term was Musical Freeze Frames with a twist. Miss A turned the music on and told us to dance, we did. She got the camrea ready and said "crocodile". As the quick thinkers we are, Room 3 moved into postion and became crocodiles. After about 10 crazy callouts, it was elimination time! Suddenly Miss A called "Mr Dawson". I thought... red face, growling stern eyes, pouting, angry face, hands on hips...dump that... weird face, angry body postion! FLASH! Miss A took a photo of Marangi. A few turns later there were about 10 people left. "Micky Mouse"...everyones hands go up to their heads. GAME OVER! the bell had rung. This is the sort of thing we do for drama. By DouglasC

HOMEWORK

Each Monday the weeks homework will be posted on our blog site. This mean that all parents and caregivers as well as anyone who might have forgetten their homework book :) will be able to look at our blog from home and see what is for homework.

Each night I will be giving Room 3 a small activity that is either maths, spelling, reading or current events based. This activity should take no longer than 20mins. It is also expected that you read for 15 mins and practise your basic facts. Maybe a good reading activity could be reading a newspaper or internet article to your parents or reading them a story that has been published on our blog site.

MONDAY 12th OCTOBER

1. Write 5 of your spelling words into sentences.

2. Read for 15 mins. Write the name of the book you are reading and one sentence describing what you have read in your homework book.

3. Practise basic facts.

TUESDAY 13TH OCTOBER

1. Write the last 5 of your spelling words into sentences.

2. Draw 5 of your spelling words as rainbow words.

3. Read for 15 mins.

4. Practise basic facts.

WEDNESDAY 14TH OCTOBER

1. Draw last 5 of your spelling words as rainbow words.

2. Current events: answer the questions below -

What happened?

Who was involved?

Where did it happen?

When did it happen?

3. Read for 15 mins.

4. Practise basic facts.

THURSDAY 15TH OCTOBER

1. Write a creative story that includes all of your spelling words. Make sure that you underline your words in your story, that your story makes sense and is of a decent length.

2. Read for 15 mins.

3. Practise basic facts.

Don't forget to bring you homework book to school each day to get your work marked off. Our homework reward from last term is going to continue until week 4 this term so those of you who have not put in a lot of effort have 4 weeks to try really hard. GOOD LUCK!

WELCOME TO TERM 4

Hi Everyone,

Welcome back to Room 3 for Term 4. Only 10 weeks till chirstmas holidays. Man has this year flown.

Last year Room 3 created a really neat website but found that some parents were unable to access it at home so we are going to try a blog this term. You will be able to keep up to date with what we are up to and what we are learning over the term.

This term we are having a huge focus on recycling. This is going to incorporate the fact that the school recently became an 'enviro-school' as well as Room 3s technology, science, reading, writing and maths programmes. By the end of the year each child will have made a number of items out of recycled products as well as learning the science behind certain processes and also we will hopefully have a few knick-knacks to sell at the school gala. It is going to be very exciting.

Thank you so much to all those parents and families who supported us in our SPCA fndraising project. Unfortunately the Waikato Times were unable to talk to us about our effort but I was able to contact a local kids magazine called Kidz Mag, who have photographed and interviewed the kids about what we did. This will be published in late October, so we will let you know when this happens.

So keep watching this space for the kids work and all the exciting things we are up to.

From all the kids in Room 3