With this in mind, I have blocked almost all students from Level 1, and will also be blocking some from Level 2. I won't block any higher levels than that because it is still important to go back and maintain those easier facts from time-to-time.
Wednesday, 31 July 2013
Live Mathletics Levels
Due to technical reasons, there hasn't been any Mathletics tasks set, but these are good times to catch up on outstanding ones, and for the students to monitor themselves on Live Mathetics. Pictured are what is included in each level of Live Mathletics. As you can see, it gets quite technical in the upper levels. At primary school, by the end of Stage 6, I would expect most students to be able to manage Level 5 successfully, and be reasonably proficient at Level 6.
With this in mind, I have blocked almost all students from Level 1, and will also be blocking some from Level 2. I won't block any higher levels than that because it is still important to go back and maintain those easier facts from time-to-time.
With this in mind, I have blocked almost all students from Level 1, and will also be blocking some from Level 2. I won't block any higher levels than that because it is still important to go back and maintain those easier facts from time-to-time.
Welcome back for Term 3
Hi all,
Welcome back to Room 20 for Term 3, and a busy term it promises to be.
We have our syndicate production coming up in Week 6, along with competitive swimming throughout the term, beginning next Friday with the school trials. We also, of course, have Goal Setting meetings next week, and I hope to see you all there.
Our topics this term, apart from Production, are Earthquakes and Volcanoes (appropriately) and Food and Nutrition.
For Reading, we will be focusing on "real-life" reading, such as newspapers, advertisements, packaging, symbols, icons, graphics, etc; we will be also reading Poetry, studying inferring the main idea and the language features of poetry.
For Writing, we will be focusing on learning how to write explanations and a range of different types of poems.
For Maths, we will be focusing on Multiplication, Division, Fractions/Decimals/Proportions, time and geometric transformation. Also, in order to improve the recall of basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts, we will be starting to do weekly timed basic facts tests, where everybody can practise at home and school throughout the week. There will be a collection of facts to learn. To "graduate" from having to do this, the aim is for the students to complete the 50 problem test in 2 minutes with at least 96% accuracy.
At home, we expect the students to be working on the goals that they have set themselves, silent reading, websites Reading Eggs and Mathletics, the Basic Facts Ladder and writing in their personal writing books. I would like to collect the writing books every Friday.
Again, if you have any queries, please feel free to come and see me or Rachel before or after school. We're happy to help out as best we can.
Thanks
Welcome back to Room 20 for Term 3, and a busy term it promises to be.
We have our syndicate production coming up in Week 6, along with competitive swimming throughout the term, beginning next Friday with the school trials. We also, of course, have Goal Setting meetings next week, and I hope to see you all there.
Our topics this term, apart from Production, are Earthquakes and Volcanoes (appropriately) and Food and Nutrition.
For Reading, we will be focusing on "real-life" reading, such as newspapers, advertisements, packaging, symbols, icons, graphics, etc; we will be also reading Poetry, studying inferring the main idea and the language features of poetry.
For Writing, we will be focusing on learning how to write explanations and a range of different types of poems.
For Maths, we will be focusing on Multiplication, Division, Fractions/Decimals/Proportions, time and geometric transformation. Also, in order to improve the recall of basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts, we will be starting to do weekly timed basic facts tests, where everybody can practise at home and school throughout the week. There will be a collection of facts to learn. To "graduate" from having to do this, the aim is for the students to complete the 50 problem test in 2 minutes with at least 96% accuracy.
At home, we expect the students to be working on the goals that they have set themselves, silent reading, websites Reading Eggs and Mathletics, the Basic Facts Ladder and writing in their personal writing books. I would like to collect the writing books every Friday.
Again, if you have any queries, please feel free to come and see me or Rachel before or after school. We're happy to help out as best we can.
Thanks
Wednesday, 10 July 2013
Mathletics - Mathletes of the Week - 1 July to 7 July
This weeks top 5 Mathletes!!
1. Ben Scott 2027 Points (Bronze Award) - Great job Ben! What a way to debut on the list!
2. Jared Woodgate 1145 Points (Bronze Award) - Great job Jared!
4. Luv Nawani 726 Points - Good to see you back Luv!
5. Arthur Werner 622 Points
Saturday, 29 June 2013
Join the Wellington City Library Kid's Book Club and win prizes!
Also read other young reader's reviews across a range of genre and topics.
Wellington City Library Kids Club Reviews
Wellington City Library Kids Club Reviews
Congratulations to Oliver Kenning!
Oliver is the first person in Room 20 to reach the top of the Basic Facts ladder. Terrific effort Oliver!
Mathletics - Mathletes of the Week - 17 June to 23 June
This weeks top 5 Mathletes!!
1. Sneha Wevita 2280 Points (Silver Award) - Awesome job Sneha - The first Silver!
4. Kailey Parker 688 Points - Great to see you on the list Kailey!
5. Quinn Porter 600 Points - Great to see you on the list too Quinn!
Friday, 28 June 2013
Kererū Production Songs
I have added a page with links to the Kererū Production songs that Room 20 need to learn to sing. Please make sure that you have your parent's permission before playing the videos. DO NOT click on the links or ads that may pop up.
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