1. HOME LEARNING TERM ONE
SPECIAL PROJECT - ME BOX!
Our Blog
Use a box, decorate it and inside put
How to write a comment on your
photographs, drawings or objects that
represent: child’s blog post:
1. Click on the title of the post
A person you admire 2. Scroll down
Your hobby (choose your favourite one) 3. Write you comment in the box
Something you want to do in the future 4. Click on select a profile
Your favourite book 5. Choose ‘anonymous’
Your favourite song 6. Click publish
Your favourite place 7. Type the security code
A time you have BOUNCED BACK! 8. Click publish Bounce Back
Students will present their boxes to the class www.r4umo2013.blogspot.com
EXPLAINING WHY they have added each
item. Please practice presenting at home. How to make an academic comment 2013
WELCOME TO
on your child’s blog post:
We will start presenting the ‘ME BOXES’
in Week 8 Term 1. 1. Acknowledge the author of the
post - say hello!
2. Explain why you like the post
3. Ask the author a question about
the post
ROOM 4
4. Write your name at the end of the
comment
We look forward to sharing our
learning with you on our class
emma@uppermoutere.school.nz blog!

2. Learning is creation, not
consumption. Knowledge is not
something a learner absorbs, HOME LEARNING
but something a learner
creates. We will practice working in our
‘Home Learning Journals’ before
they are sent home. Home learning
will start in Week 4 of Term 1.
MONDAYS "
Maths - We use ‘Minute Maths’ to practice our basic
facts everyday at school . We stick these into our
home learning journals. On Monday’s your child will
bring home one ‘Minute Maths’ for home learning.
‘Minute Maths’ not finished in class are to be
completed at home.
TUESDAYS "
Room 4’s Spelling - ‘Tic-Tac-Toe Spelling’ activities are given on
Tuesdays. Your child chooses three activities to
complete in their home learning journals each week.
Vision
Your child will choose 5 words from their essential
words lists to learn each week.
MONDAY - SUNDAY "
In room 4 we will use our voices, Reading - We encourage your
child to read for 10 - 15
minutes EVERY DAY. This can
Learning is an active our creativity, our community, be by themselves, with an
adult or to a sibling. Reading
process, we learn by our books, our classroom and to your child is also
doing, only knowledge recommended. Your child
our virtual classroom (the blog!) also has a ‘Reader’s Journal’.
that is used sticks in For home learning in Room 4
students are asked to make
your mind. to become confident, active, two comments per week in their ‘Reader’s Journal’.
We will learn how to do this in class.
Dale Carnegie creative, literate and numerate EXTRA HOME LEARNING "
Occasionally special home learning projects linked to
thinkers. our school theme ‘Bounce Back’ will be sent home.