Kia ora and Welcome to Room 8's Blog. We absolutely love to read your positive comments on our learning and are all looking forward to sharing that learning with you.
Mr J made a special visit to Botany Downs Primary today. He came to visit us in Room 8 and read us 3 stories. He read my story, "Good night, Sleep tight" ZSB I feel really happy that he read to us NK He read the story I chose EM I love Mr J MP Mr J is the best KS I was really excited CB My Mum came in too EW Thank you Mr J AT
We had a question in Room 8. We knew that we could make 10 with our hands but when Ms P asked, "Show me 100," the children laughed! "We can't do that," they said. So we came up with the question, "How many children would it take to make 100?"
We found out that it takes 10 children, each holding up their 10 fingers. Great skip counting in tens, Room 8!
Today, we were lucky enough to have Lois (EW's Mum) come in to read us a story from their home, South Africa.
It is a story about how the crocodile got his skin. Lois brought us all pictures of the animals faces we had to glue onto plates so we all be could be a part of the story. Who was the crocodile in our story? None other than Ms Pearce herself! The shiny gold colour is to represent the crocodile's beautiful skin before she became vain and got her scaly, bumpy skin.
We had a fantastic time being a part of a play and listening to Lois read to us. We also had fun dancing to our new favourite tune - Imvubu the happy hippo. You can see the video here:
We are learning how to say, "How are you?" in Sign Language and Maori.
In Maori, we say, "Kei te pehea koe?" which means how are you?
Remember to practice both at home with your family. Maybe you could teach both to them too? If you would like to know more about New Zealand Sign Language, this is a really good website! http://nzsl.vuw.ac.nz/
