Week 9 Activities

Our class has still been very busy but poor Ms Taylor is exhausted and hasn't been posting anything because she is asleep by 8pm!!!

We followed a Procedural Text to learn how to play a game called Uno Stacko.  In game procedures they have different action verbs to recipes.  We were used to pour, chop, cut, etc.  but in the game they were play, take, choose etc.

We had some hands on creating of three dimensional shapes.  We used toothpicks and bluetak and the magnetic construction pieces in the photos.

We followed an procedure on Activity TV to create a horse and a heart picture like these master pieces.

 We used hands on counters bowl and shapes to learn about multiplication and division.

 We have some great new activities that the children can easily access themselves with the PIN number on Scootle.  We practised recounts and shapes and tessellating patterns on these activities.

 Theo created a wonderful shop and all the children came as shoppers to purchase three items.  Theo got a bit sick of all the shopping and wanted to close up early until he saw the sad faces of all his classmates who still hadn't had a turn.  He stepped up and went back to being a shop keeper for a while longer until he served all 28 customers.

 We have finished our wonderful Master Chef Presentations.  They have all been fabulous and we have been treated to some delicious tastes and recipes.

Mikayla made Money Tails!!!

Andre showed us how to make Japanese Pancakes.

Callum had some really long fruit sticks.

Elizabeth made fruit sticks.

Xavier made pancakes.

Theo made a pattern with his fruit sticks.

Ms Taylor was very grateful to Abby who had extra wraps for her lunch.

Luka had a candle lit dinner with Tuna Mornay.

Joseph had delicious Hommus.

Emma made a dip for strawberries which Ms Taylor made for her kids at home who licked the bowl clean.

Vivian had tones of photos of how to make sushi.

Percy had chocolate dipped strawberries.

Kate had fruit sticks.

Hannah made banana bites.

Joshua had a great Power Point of how to create Zucchini Slice.  (Another lunch for hungry Ms Taylor)

We finished our Science Unit about Mixtures.  We did a couple more experiments including making slime.  This photo is of a mixture of oil and water.  We tried to mix water, oil and detergent with varying degrees of success.  

We went on an Excursion to QPAC to see a show as part of the Out of the Box celebrations.  Three buses picked us up from school.  Those bus drivers have some driving and parking skills.  The show was really good and based on a book we had already read. It was called The Race for the Chinese Zodiac.

Ella and Freya were actors in a play on Saturday at the Arts Theatre.  Ms Taylor was very sad not to attend due to exhaustion.  We are reading this book in class at the moment.  It s a pity we all could not go.  Hopefully they will share their stories with us on Monday. 

Some girls from Year 2 are in a Netball Carnival on Sunday.  I hope they play well.

What a great week!  Only one left (thank goodness).

Hannah's presentation was on Power Point with videos embedded.  Unfortunately they would not work when I uploaded it.  Sorry Hannah, maybe Mum or Dad know how to do this and can let me know.

Masterchef presentation Hannah

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Week 8 Activities

Today the class had a lot of fun with Smarties.  This investigation was part of the assessment for the term.  First of all the children had to estimate how many Smarties were in the box before opening it.  An estimate is a sensible guess.

Next, they opened the box and quickly estimated the number of  Smarties from a glance.  The children then counted and sorted their Smarties according to color.  They completed a table which included tally marks to count the lollies.  

The next task was to graph the data using a bar graph.

Lastly, we discussed the probability of picking out a certain color Smartie from the box.  Was it likely or unlikely to choose a particular colour.  

This was a great hands on investigation which covered a lot of mathematical concepts but was fun too.  Of course the children could eat them in the end.

I have added a few more maths games to match our learning into the Maths Links Tab.  They are about chance, probability and fractions and they have pictures so you can easily find them.

We also had some fun with science today.  Our unit is called All Mixed Up and is about mixtures.  We had three stimulus pictures to start us off.

We created a mind map about what we knew about mixtures.  Our novel George's Marvellous Medicine gave us loads of ideas.  The leaders of each group got to wear our new lanyards and were responsible for collecting equipment and putting it back.

We then had some hands on experience with mixing things together.  The children created three different mixtures with cocoa, icing sugar and rice bubbles and recorded them with illustrations.  The rice bubbles didn't mix in very well!

Joshua had his birthday on Saturday and brought in some yummy cakes to share with us.  He also brought his favorite present to show us and the kids all had a turn. It was amazing!

Conner made Pink Bircher Muesli which tasted delicious.

 Ethan confidently presented a display for how to make Guacamole.

 Hannah had some Tuna and Tomato Rice Cakes which looked like a yummy afternoon tea.

Look in your child's Home Folder next week for a Zoo Whiz username and password.  I have signed our class up and children are welcome to play these English and Maths games from home.

Please send back the Excursion Permission Forms.

This week we have been learning about 3D and 2D shapes.  Watch this clip and see if you know all these shapes.

http://youtu.be/K9L9l86N-xM