Getting to know our Turtle

The class spent the day wondering about the turtle. 

Wondering what name to call him?

What does it eat?

Where did it come from?

How do we take care of it?

Watch this space for an update on our wonderings.  What will the turtles name be?

They observe it in and out of its tank.

So of course then we had to draw it.

Check out our sketches of the turtle, they are pretty cool.

First time out of the tank.

The fist child brave enough to hold our little friend!

Our new class pet.

We have been given a turtle. That will be our investigation for however long it takes.
We need to name it
And find out how we care for it.

Amazing writing.

We have been doing some amazing writing in room.  We are trying to write words on our own.

Learning about Patterns- Maths Stations

While the children are engaged in small group teaching with the Teacher the other children are engaged in Maths Stations.  For the beginning of this term the children are looking at patterning and doing different activities to reinforce the learning.

Creating their own pattern on paper.

Following an AB pattern, or ABB pattern etc.

Making patterns on the light table.

Patterning with the unifix cubes. copying a pattern or creating their own.

Rebeca Croucher

NE Teacher

Kaikohe East School

Maths Focus

Our Focus for maths this week is numbers between 10-20.  We are reading the numbers and then making it with Beads.