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.


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Can you find our blogging buddies??

Family Fun and Food Night Collage!

 

Main Star Awards Term 1

What a fantastic response to the first Term of our new Main Star Awards!

Check out our Room 11 GMS Twitter Page to see photos of some our our fantastic work!



Do you want to know who did what?? Click here!

Mystery Skype Padlet

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Mystery skype

First we had  to get into position so we could begin mystery skype.

Now that we are all in position we can start to mystery skype!

Then we have to all work very hard to find out our mystery skypers Ella.f and Preethi are talking to them!

Recycled Creatures for our Family Fun and Food night.

Go Ella F!!!

Ella F is currently competing in the Canterbury Swimming Champs. We are so, so proud of her! 

GO ELLA!!!!

See you tomorrow to hear all about it!!

Miss Panther, Nina and the rest of Room 11

What do you want to do for Interchange???

CLICK HERE SYNDICATE 2 and 3

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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?

Puppet Topic

Check out our website for a WHOLE lot of resources and information relating to our topic.

Have a read of the Google Presentation and watch 1 or 2 of the videos.

I will be asking you what type of puppet you are most interested in tomorrow at school!



https://sites.google.com/a/greymain.school.nz/room-11-independent-learning/topic

Time travel descriptive writing

Week 11 narrative challenge

If you could time travel, where would you go?
What year or era would you choose?
What would you see?
Why did you choose that time or place?



Make sure you use:

a simile (like or as)
a metaphor (is or was)
alliteration (the same letter for each word)

Use kidblog to publish your work.

Myst descriptive writing

Week 10 narrative challenge

Look at these pictures below and describe the setting of Myst. 

Use kidblog to publish your work.

What can you smell?

What can you see?

What can you hear?

What does it feel like?

What sort of characters might you find in this setting?