Phew what a week!!

We have had an extra busy week this week even with a day off on Wednesday! We have had a mystery reader, a guest speaker, time with our buddy class, and team time to mention a few things. Also as always very busy reading and writing in Language.  Solving Maths problems to make five and ten. Discussing systems for our Unit of Inquiry along with many activities of sorting and organising our photos of a system in school and labeling them - first, next, then, after, finally. We have also be thoroughly enjoying reading fabulous books by Eric Carle.

Mystery Reader

A very big THANK YOU to Ingo Strube (Carla's Dad) for being our first parent mystery reader. The Children thoroughly enjoyed having someone new come into the class and read  to them - it was a great choice of book!!

"Lotta's Bike" By Astrid Lindgren

Please don't miss out on the chance to share a story with our class.  Follow this link to sign up:

Mystery Reader - sign up

Language

We are all really enjoying our guided reading groups.  We are recognising our sight words in the books and using the pictures to help us with the understanding of the story.

We have almost finished our books that we have been making.  We have modeled off Eric Carle's "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"  The children have had a great time making them and we have had lots of laughs.

Carla is making "The Very Hungry Unicorn"

Wonglee is making "The Very Hungry Shark"

Albert is making "The Very Hungry Mouse"

Edwin is making "The Very Hungry Dragon"

Floyd is making "The Very Hungry Dinosaur"

Maths

We have been adding two numbers together to make five and ten this week. We have been using our fives frame and our tens frame to help us.  We used two different coloured counters to help us see the numbers that we are adding together.  We now know that when we add two numbers together we can flip the numbers  around because they will still give you the same answer.

eg: 6+4=10 is the same as 4+6=10

Here we are doing lots of counting.

Unit of Inquiry

We took five pictures of a system in school and then put them in order - First, Next, Then, After and Finally.  The children did a great job putting them in the correct order and they knew the systems very well.  

Art system

Music system

Swimming system

Music system

Sharing our posters with everyone

We were also very lucky to have a guest speaker in today.  A very big THANK YOU to Rebecca Konrad (Renia's mum) who gave us a brilliant talk on transportation systems.  We learnt how a bike that is made in a different country ends up in the country where we buy it.  We saw how big containers can travel by train, ship, aeroplane or truck. We also got to do a fabulous activity where the children had to get a bike to me in Phnom Penh. They had to show the different forms of transport they could use to get it to me. The children had a great time and really learnt a lot.

Look at us:

and finally a big CONGRATULATIONS to Renia, Albert and Anton on recieving a very special award each.

Albert showed that he was a real THINKER.  He works so well in groups and all by himself.  He is great at organising the people in his group for an activity and is always helping others if they are unsure of what to do.  Fabulous job!!

Anton showed that he likes to INQUIRER into things.  He has been very interested in our Unit of Inquiry on systems and is always involved in activities and sharing his ideas.  Fantastic!! 

Renia also showed that she is a real INQUIRER.  She has presented to us some pictures from her Grandfathers business that related to our Unit of Inquiry on systems and explained the process.  Outstanding!!

Have a great weekend everyone!!