Growth mindset part 2

Here's the next clip in the series

Growth mindset

Today we watched a video about a monster who found maths hard.  You can have a look at it here
We then discussed whether we are just born smart and it's something we can't change, or if we actually can get smarter.  What do you think?

He waka eke noa

He waka eke noa is a whakatauki (Maori proverb) which is about all being in one waka (boat) together.  It refers to a group which everyone is a part of and everyone is important to.  At the moment we are in the process of building a waka display for a classroom wall.  We are nearly finished.  Lilly, Peter, Ella and Hazel did some incredible problem solving and measuring to make the actual waka.  Check out some photos of us in action.

Awesome Writing Goals

Last week in our table groups we discussed what some great writing goals would be.  We brought our ideas together as a class and now have a list of goals to use.  When we edit our buddy's writing and when we're coming up with goals for ourselves we can use this list.  Here are the goals:

Awesome Writing Goals

• Increase the amount of my writing
• interesting/engaging words - thesaurus / dictionary - disco words
• strong nouns and verbs
• punctuation
• Openers and connectors
• Use different sentence starters and words to connect sentences.
• Focused writing
• Paragraphs
• Vary sentence lengths
• Add detail
• Structure my writing - sequence it (order events)
• Write in the same tense (past/present)
• Strong personal voice - i.e sense of humour
• Editing my writing to make it stronger. This could mean removing words, adding new ones, changing sentences, etc
• Brainstorming
• Add senses and feelings/thoughts to my writing to make it stronger
• Show and don’t always tell the reader
• Spelling

Detextives

Today in Micheline's reading group we discussed being "detextives."  This is like being a detective when we read.  We talked about things that might trip us up and ways we can solve these problems.  Check out our great ideas, maybe you can practise them at home!

Haiku competition

If you'd like to practise using interesting words in your writing at home, you could enter this great competition!

Seaweek National Children’s Poetry Competition

Write a Haiku (俳句 high-koo) 3-line poem inspired by the Seaweek 2016 theme “Toiora te Moana – Toiora te Tangata, Healthy Seas – Healthy People” and illustrate it with an image.

Email entries with your age and contact details to mels@subliminal.co.nz
Image must be attached to the email in JPG format with the poem text separate from the image in the email.

Competition runs from Monday 22 February to midnight Sunday 6 March. No late entries will be considered and no correspondence will be entered into. All entries are the property of NZAEE Seaweek and may be used for publicity purposes.

2 categories: Age 10 and under and Age 11-16.

1st prize in both categories is a Young Ocean Explorers branded mask & snorkel set plus a Young Ocean Explorers book and DVD. Sponsored by Young Ocean Explorers.

Find out more here: http://seaweek.org.nz/competitions/#haiku

Find out how to write a great haiku by watching this you tube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOMuVpN8XqM

Good luck - and if you do enter - let us all know!