Xiyi's Learning Zone

2014 Writing Term 4 An awesome author uses finger spaces, capital letters and punctuations.    They also give their story a title, use different sentence beginnings and they use ‘wow’ words and lots of Fast Words. Student reflection on Oaklands 50 th  Jubilee:

2014 Term 4 Maths I am learning to: Solve problems mentally ( addition & subtraction ) using basic facts I know.

2014 Term 4 Reading In my group I am learning to predict, clarify words and phrases I do not understand, ask questions and summarise the text in my own words. Mrs Bergmann :  What do you like best about reading? Student Voice:  I like to read interesting books and predict what's going to happen next.

2014 Term 4 Music Students are given the opportunity to experiment with a musical instrument and playing different simple music pieces that could then be built on to create a larger unit incorporating the skills learnt. Student Voice: I like to play the recorder because I can play it very well and I can play simple music pieces.

2014 Discovery Term 4 WALT  - to use our Key Competencies during Discovery. Student Voice  - " I am being creative and relating to others during  Discovery by creating a card out of cardboard and wool".