Counting Backwards

In Room 2 we love finding cool learning songs and raps off you-tube. A few weeks ago Whaea ALice found a counting backwards video from another New Zealand school. We thought it was so cool we should make our own video.

Over the last three weeks on Friday's we have been on working making the number posters we needed. It's been a big cooperative task and we have had to learn lots about working in a group and being thoughtful and including everyone.

Here's the final result:

Counting Backwards - Medium from Alice Keeling on Vimeo.

Our Garden Harvest

Summer is definitely here - just look at our community garden!! In the last few weeks we have enjoyed picking and eating wonderful fresh produce!

Take a look:


Our Garden Harvest - Medium from Alice Keeling on Vimeo.

Wonderful Work on Writing

This term, in Te Rito Room 2 we have been working on becoming successful and independent writers.

Here are some of our goal sheets - showcasing wonderful writing and setting a high standard for others to follow.

This term, we were lucky enough to have an extra whiteboard in our classroom and it has been a favourite activity for all Te Rito 2 Tamariki at Work on Writing Time during the Daily 5.

Shreya wrote this great piece of writing about our Garden Harvest last week. We reread and made it better by adding full stops and capital letters. Thanks Shreya for sharing your writing with us!

Told you - our new whiteboard was a popular Writing activity. Here is a piece of work Shreya and Rishap worked on together. Great team work!

Meanwhile Alize has been busy in work on writing time, writing and illustrating her own book about being nice. On Friday she made it into a e-book including adding her voice to it also.

Hopefully we can share this book across the ipads so we can all enjoy listening to Alize's story during 'listening to reading.'

Good Job, Alize!