Reduce Reuse and Recycle

Our topic is now all about how to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.  We have started our learning by watching this video and designing a mini poster to encourage people to recycle.  

Measurement

We are learning about millilitres and litres. We had to measure and compare different amounts of liquid.  We used different sized containers and measuring jugs.

Room 14 Quotes about our Learning

"I learnt how to measure using a measuring jug" Jamie

"We used dye to help us measure, this helped us see the marks on the jug clearer" Isabelle

"We saw that 1000mls is the same as 1L" Rosie

"I learnt that 250mls is equal to 1 cup" Oscar

As a class we also worked out that there are 4 cups in a litre because if you add 250 mls together 4 times it will equal 1 litre, we could also say 250mls multiplied by 4.

Liam's Teach the Teacher

Liam telling us how to make a slushie

You take a bag of ice

Add one cup of salt

Put your choice of juice into a plastic bag

Tie the top of the bag and add it to the bag of ice

Tie the big bag of ice and wrap into a towel and gently massage the ice for at least 10 minutes

After 10 minutes the juice freezes to make a delicious slushie, yum

Weeding & Weird Worms

Today Room 14 had an Enviro Day with Mrs Daniel. We read about worms, dug up worms, watched worms and even found a new type of worm none of us had seen before.

Also, before morning tea we explored the native bush walk. We identified the native trees, but also discovered some pest plants too.

After our break it was time to analyse our lunchboxes; We asked ourselves, "After I've eaten everything what will be left for the worm bin, compost, recycling or landfill?" The Enviro Stars had nothing at all for the landfill. Well done them.

In the afternoon we listened to "Diary of a Worm" and weeded the edible gardens. We also fed the soil with worm tea from the worm farm.

Here's what we thought about our day:

"I learnt gardening is fun." Chanel

"Worms have an important job." Isabelle

"We're learning to take care of the environment." Vera

"We've been pulling out weeds, cause they're not supposed to be there; they'll take space and nutrients from our veges." Mia

"I liked weeding. I learnt white flatworms eat earthworms." Ben

"Touching things is fun no matter what it is ... not poo!" Tom

UFOs by Amelie

Elise's Teach the Teacher - Chatter Boxes

Elise explaining how to make a chatter box

Elise and her assistant Allison demonstrating how to fold it

Isala looks very happy making his one!

Isabelle's Teach the Teacher - Sweet Bugs

This is the bug Isabelle taught us how to make

Isabelle with her assistant Chanel demonstrating how to make wrap the lollies

Isabelle brought enough equipment for us all to have a go

Building a bug

Learning Links

Our blog has a new page; learning links.  There are lots of activities on this page to help with your children's learning.  Please encourage them to have a go, especially with the basic facts practise!

Growth Mindset Growth

We have been learning about Growth Mindset, we have added Mindset Quotes to our tree.

Reciprocal Reading

We are leading our own reading.  We each get to have a turn to be a leader, predictor, questioner, clarifyier, and summariser.  We are having lots of interesting discussions about the texts we are reading.

Allison, Oscar and Isala's Wild Characters they Created and Emailed

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We are Learning Equivalent Fractions - this was a catchy song!

We all have a Growth Mindset in Room 14 - We can do anything!

My Class Like Living in Boxes

We have been busy designing an Olympic Village out of boxes.  We drew plans from a bird's eye view, our village looks quite different from these plans.  All week we have been working in our boxes.  I have seen more co-operation this week than on any other project we have done this year.

When designing our village we still had to keep practical class function in mind.  We needed to have two fire exits from the room and I wanted mat space where we could all gather as a team for learning.

Isala's Teach the Teacher - Walking Water

Isala getting all his equipment ready

Isala typed his instructions on Google docs and shared it with me

You need cups, water, food colouring and paper towels

Getting the cups all lined up

The water is walking!