Mask Story

Last week the Cat in the Hat's Reading Group read a story about making clay faces.  We decided that we would have a go at this activity, but use play dough instead... check out our wonderful faces that we made :-)

That Pesky Rat

We read "That Pesky Rat" by Lauren Child, which is the story of a rat that really wanted to be a pet.  Mrs Gempton set the task of creating a jumper for the rat... we had a class vote and these were our top 3!
Which one is your favourite?

By Jade

By Lucy

By Tom

Guinea Pig Grass

We wanted to share our Shared Book with you...

Using our Thinking Muscles

Today we have collected some data around the Olympic Games.  In groups, we worked through a series of questions around the Olympic Games and recorded our answers using tally marks.  Tomorrow we will use this information to help us graph the results.

At Reading time the Cat in the Hats and Grinches Reading Groups,  read a story about spiders.  We read silently and then wrote down one fact we had not known before to share with the group.  After completing a response activity, we then wrote down some wonderings.  Tomorrow, we are going to research our questions and see if we can find the answers.

Fun with Silly Sentences

After finishing our book focus work we can choose some Can Do's around our class at Reading time.  Some silly sentences were made today... we all loved reading these :-)

Thursday's Top Learning

Today we had an awesome day of learning in Team Toru.  It started before school!  Children were busy writing words and numbers on whiteboards before the bell had even rung!  AWESOME LEARNING ATTITUDES TAMARIKI!  We measured our chains today using our bee rulers... we discovered some interesting challenges... what to do when we run out of ruler, how do we measure bits of bees... lots to talk about and learn!  Team Toru have also become awesome silent readers.  We enjoy sitting at our tables reading quietly to ourselves!  Mrs Gempton is so proud of your efforts Team Toru!  What a fantastic start to Term 2!

The Cat in the Hats share a Play

On Thursday, the Cat in the Hat Reading Group shared a play with the class.  It was very funny!  The play was called "Invisible" and needed five people to play the parts.  The group got to dress up if they wanted to.
We were all very impressed with the way they spoke to an audience and used different voices.
WELL DONE CAT IN THE HAT GROUP!
Ka mau te wehi... we think you are pretty awesome!

Using Kidspiration for our Reading Response Work

One of Team Toru's Reading groups has been using Kidspiration as a tool for sharing their learning.  Here is an example of what they found out reading "Hermie the Crab".

Super Reading

Team Toru are getting into the swing of things at Reading time.  We are following our activities and enjoying the choices we have.  Check out these Super Stars!

Great New Read-to-Me Site

This is a new site I have found that your children can read with.  It is the National Geographic site which includes lots of interesting information :-)
Enjoy...

National Geographic Link

Presenting our Billy Goats Poem Today

We did all things Billy Goats Gruff today... we read about it, we watched a You Tube clip about it, we wrote about it, we even started masks for drama about it.
Check out these wonderful presentations of our special poem today :-)

Mr Men Shape Quiz

For the last three weeks we have been focusing on Roger Hargreaves and his Mr Men and Little Miss stories.  Mrs Gempton put up some different shapes and Team Toru worked out which Mr Men they belonged to.  Check it out!

Our New Reading Buddies!

Over the weekend we had some reading buddies arrive in Team Toru ready for Read-a-thon month!  They love hearing stories...

The Read-a-Thon

Custom Glitter Text

How many words can you recognise instantly?

Words Words Everywhere!

Four children in Team Toru today had a fabulous time using the whiteboards and writing down all of the words they could find around the room.  Wowee!!!  Super Duper Effort Girls!

A Great Reading Site to Use at Home :-)

I have just found out about this wonderful E-Book Website...
Click on the picture to visit the site :-)

Whisper Phones

On Wednesday Team Toru had a wonderful surprise :-)  We were given a special present from Mr and Mrs Perry.  They had made us some whisper phones for our Reading...
After Reading with Mrs Gempton, we can use our whisper phones to read our story again.  It is a great way to really hear how we read.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MR AND MRS PERRY!  WE LOVE OUR NEW WHISPER PHONES!

A great start to Week 2

Team Toru had an awesome start to Week 2 of Term 3.  As part of our hotspot for Maths this morning, we thought of different ways to write a number.  We did the number ten today... we wrote the numeral, the number before and after, what it looks like on a tens frame, how we could show it using dice and we also wrote different number sentences for 10.  Children had 5 + 5, 6 + 4, 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1, 20 - 10, 3 + 3 + 4... Great thinking Team Toru!

At Reading time, there were two Dr Seuss jigsaws to have a go at.  Look at these great problem solvers!

Reading with Foxes Today

Here are the wonderful Fox in Socks Reading Group.  They are generating words using our wonderful whiteboard table... aren't they super clever!