Term 4 Music

WALT
- keep a beat
- keep a beat using different instruments

Term 4 Dance

Big Idea: We can express ourselves creatively through dance

Deep Understandings:

The children will understand:

That dance has evolved through the decades.

That to learn a dance you need to follow a series of instructions.

Dance is a form of social interaction.

Dance is good for your health and well being.

Skill Focus:

1 - Learn the specific steps to a dance

2 - Keep in time to the music

3 - Follow instructions

Value Focus (Excellence)

1 - Trying our best

2 - Persevering

3 - Acknowledging the efforts of others

Term 4 Discovery & Key Competencies

September 27, 2013

Key Competency: Participating & Contributing

How are you showing that you are participating and contributing?

“You’re doing what the game is meant to be.”

Term 4 Writing

I think this is a great piece of writing because...

"I used 'to' and it's my favourite word."

I am going to...

Term 4 CARE Values

Greer, when you play nicely, you are being your best self. I like to see you playing nicely with your friends!

Term 3 PE

What's your favourite thing that we do in gymnastics?

What do you think is the trickiest? Why?

Term 3 Maths

Term 3 Reading

What does a good reader do?

"They do good reading without people talking to them and they just try to ignore."

Term 3 Te Reo

Term 2 Maths

WALT

• sort objects into categories for display
• make a display of the data collected (pictograph)
• make statements about data displays

Student Comment

Tell me about the graph.
"The brown hair is a bit short. Black hair is a bit small. The blonde hair people are a bit big."

Term 2 Art

WALT

• create an art work using printmaking including leaf prints and sponging. 

Success Criteria

• Identify which is the textured side of the leaf so we can use it successfully in our art
• Include at least 4 leaf prints
• Use autumn colours (Leaves should be white)
Use sponging technique (dab, dab, dab as opposed to wiping the paint on with the sponge)


Try not to sponge on top of leaves

Student Comment

What do you think is good about your painting?

"I like it's like a kind of rainbow."

What would you do differently next time?
"I would listen. Because I put it (point to white painting at top)."

Term 2 Writing

We are learning to:

•  draw a picture to help us think about the story we will write.
•   say our story in a sentence.

Success Criteria

• My picture will be detailed.
•   I can tell my teacher my story.

Teacher Comment

Greer, I can see that you have drawn a really detailed picture, and your picture matches your story!