Global Read Aloud 2014 - Starting Week 10!

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo

Breakdown for the 6 weeks:

TERM 3

Week 10: Chapters 1 - 4
TERM 4
Week 1: Chapters 5 - 9
Week 2: Chapters 10 -14
Week 3: Chapters 15 -19
Week 4: Chapters 20 - 24
Week 5: Chapter 25 and some other stuff

Each week will will read selected bits of the book and then we will discuss our thoughts with our mystery buddies. We call them 'Mystery' because we don't know exactly where they are. We suspect they are in the US but we will be asking them questions to find out!

Watch this space...

Where are our viewers from??

Toy Stories Week 1 Writing Challenge

http://www.gabrielegalimberti.com/projects/toys-2/#


















Gabriele Galimberti is a photographer who took photos of children from around the world with their prized possesions—their toys. 



How are these photos similar or different to you?




Can you recognise countries from the photos?





What gives you a clue?



Could you design a puppet for these children and explain your design?

Publish this on kidblog.

Mystery Skype Number 3

Yesterday we were talking to Awahono Room 6 again but they were in a different location and so were we!

First  we had to get into position again but now Ella F and Preethi were speaking

Now  that they said yes to the Southern Hemisphere we think they might be in Namibia

Then we asked if they are in South Africa and they said yes then they said that they are not near the Indian sea but they said that they are in walking distance of a beach.

Finally we guessed were they were they were in Cape Town!

Quad Blogging Buddies

Introducing our new Blogging Buddies. We will be exploring their blogs and leaving quality comments after our holidays!

Click the links below to check out their blogs.

Mrs. Vilas's Fabulous Fourth Grade Writers - United States

Brydekirk Primary News World - Scotland

Mr. Barlow's Class - United Kingdom

Can you see New Zealand on this map? It's a long way from the UK, Scotland and the USA! 

Use your mouse to move around the map and use the + and - signs to zoom in and out. You can move the map (like spinning a globe) by clicking and holding while you drag the mouse.


View Larger Map

Can you find our blogging buddies??

Voice Message

Click here to hear Eileen's Voice Message about our Blog

Eileen left us a voice message - our first one NOT from our class.

Thanks Eileen! It's nice to know you like our blog!

Mystery Skype??

Today we will take part in our first mystery skype.

Who with? We don't know...

Which country? We don't know...

We have a list of questions to ask our mystery class and a whole lot of jobs to do to make sure we solve the mystery.

Mystery Skype Jobs

1.     Inquirers - Ask closed, geography based questions to the other class

Ella F, Preethi, Byron

2.     Question Keepers - Type already asked questions and answers into a google doc

Ella RW, Nina, Catherine, (Laptops)

3.     Google Mappers - Use Google maps/other maps to zero in on location based upon the clues

Zachary, Libby, Sophia (Computers)

4.     Twitter – Tweet the information to the world. Maybe someone can help us?

Sophie (Laptop)

5.     Mappers - Use atlases to zero in on location based upon the clues

Darian, Tahlia, Zane

6.     Runner - Problem solver for other students/Take relevant information from group to group

Alvin Lee, Samantha, Zoe

7.     Logical Reasoners - Use world map to remove possible countries/states. They help narrow down the choices

Mitchell, Malachi, Auryn

8.     Clue Keepers - Use a poster to keep track of the information to share

Anaru, Abby, Brayden

9.     Photographers - Take pictures of the event

Saxon, (cameras) Riley (ipad)

10.  Blogger – Write a post about the experience to be posted on our class blog

Joseph (Computer)

Blogging Buddies Number One

Mrs Vilas Class Blogs

Room 11 Meet our newest blogging buddies. Visit their kidblogs to check out their amazing work and to find out more about them. If you comment on a post of theirs, they might come to our kidblog site and post on yours!

How old are they?

Which country are they from?

Which part of their country are they from?

Survey from Room 1 HNS- swimming pools!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1b1KTvh8bqLvgbm0hciooJpBXe1YWwpQskyJMvYcncgk/viewform

Banned Words Challenge

A banned words challenge is an idea I stole off this class blog:

http://stgeorgesclass.blogspot.co.nz/2013/03/banned-words-challenge.html

Describe a chair without using the following words:

• chair
• sit
• sitting
• sat

Check out all the classes from our school with blogs!

Look at Our School Blogs list to the right...

Click on them and give them some feedback!!

(Just remember some are very new and haven't posted yet - Keep watching for when they do!)

What's happening in the world?

 2012/2013 NEW ZEALAND SUMMER HAS BEEN THE SUNNIEST ON RECORD

New Zealand has had a very sunny summer this year and last year. The highest temperature in New Zealand was 35.1C that was recorded in Clyde in Central Otago on January the fifth also in Gisborne 9 and 10 in January.In parts of  New Zealand in the last three months have had plently of sunshine.

http://www.kiwikidsnews.co.nz/201213-summer-is-the-sunniest-on-record

Have you read the article above? What's the weather like in your home town? 

We've joined twitter!

Mitchell's tweet!

100 Word Challenge... Give it a go!

http://100wc.net/