Yahtzee

We are learning how to play Yahtzee. We need to use lots of addition strategies and some knowledge of probability to play this game.

Hyperbole fishing stories

We have been learning about hyperbole.  We have identified hyperbole in some song lyrics.  Then we read some hyperbole stories.  We really enjoyed There was an old lady who swallowed the Fly Guy by Trevor Van Meter and The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl.  We have written our own hyperbole stories about fishing.  Then we published our stories in 3d presentations.

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Cloud personification poetry

We have been learning about personification.  We have found examples of personification in song lyrics.  Then we read a personification poem and had a go at writing our own about everyday items like our school back packs.  These are some of our cloud personification poems.

Ocean pollution projects

We are learning about oceans.  We have already researched ocean pollution, then created some art with written reports.

Now we have a rubric of tasks to complete. We need 60 points and we can choose any of the activities.

Here is Rico, Daniel and Jakob's first puppet pals project

Here is Lizzy's pamphlet about ocean pollution

Ocean pollution art and reports

We are learning about our oceans this term. We have been investigating the topic of ocean pollution. 

We created some art pieces with room 5 - world maps of crayon and dye, then we glued plastic shopping bags over the top (to represent the ocean pollution) and framed our art. 

Did you know that every day we use enough plastic bags to tie together and wrap around the world 63 times?

Next we wrote reports about ocean pollution and published them to edmodo via the iPads. 

Volcano documentaries

We have been working hard to create documentaries in iMovie about volcanoes. First we were divided into groups and we brainstormed the types of roles and jobs required to make a documentary. 

We worked in our groups to decide who would take on each role. We brainstormed what kind of resources we would need - we decided on a range of apps to help us. 

We used skitch to create our title and credits. We used puppet pals for some of the interviews and iMovie to put it all together. 

We worked hard - we argued, negotiated, contributed ideas, cooperated and collaborated. 

We wrote scripts, facts and credits. We recorded voice overs and chose theme music. We recorded puppet pals shows, rerecorded puppet pals shows and then did them again. We showed a lot of perseverance to achieve our end results. 

Area and perimeter

We have been learning how to find the area and perimeter of a shape. First we made some acronyms to help us remember what equation we will use.

We have used the saying "Popsicles are tasty, freezing and messy" to help us remember.  It stands for "perimeter add, then for area multiply".  We made Popsicles and wrote "AM" (area multiply) and "PA" (perimeter add) on our Popsicles. 

Now we are working on creating our own zoos and working out the perimeter and area of each enclosure.