Big Maggie

In the holidays, Marvin visited his cousin, Big Maggie. Big Maggie lives in Christchurch. She is the brainiest Elephant in the world, and uses the Habits of Mind to be successful in all areas of her life. We have written about how Marvin uses the Habits of Mind to be successful inside and outside the classroom. We gave examples of how he does this too. We would love you to come in and read them, and we will post some on our writing page.

Kayden on why Marvin is an expert... from MissRevell on Vimeo.

Emer on why Marvin is an expert... from MissRevell on Vimeo.

Rocket Stars...

Kookaburra from MissRevell on Vimeo.

Ukulele Stars from MissRevell on Vimeo.

We have been finding humour (and sometimes the beat) learning to play some tunes on our fabulous school ukuleles. We had so much fun. Thank you so much, Mrs Shand and Max.
Marvin showed his stickability, persisting to get his fingers on the dots. He reckoned holding his tongue in the right place helped! Marvin said his Dad used to say to him "You hum it son, and I'll play it."

Buddy Reading

Buddy Reading - free slideshows

Marvin loves to join in with the Rockets when they are buddy reading. Here he is with Rieff and Ryan.

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Mr Thorne does Phonics

Mr Thorne does Phonics from MissRevell on Vimeo.

The Rockets are loving using our school's new ipads. They love the "Mr Thorne does Phonics" app, and giggle as they try to mimic his British accent. Ms White thinks this is very funny! We are so lucky to have this inspiring technology in our classroom.

Gymnastics

Striving for accuracy on the vault from MissRevell on Vimeo.

Mari on taking a Responsible Risk from MissRevell on Vimeo.

Emer on Striving for Accuracy from MissRevell on Vimeo.

We have been reflecting on our learning in Gymnastics. Many of us are able to articulate which Habits of Mind we have used, and explain how. Here are a couple of examples...

Bridge Maps

We have been super thinkers and have been getting our heads around the tricky concept of analogies. To help us, we have been using a Bridge Map. An analogy is a big word, but it has a fun meaning. Analogies are all about figuring out how things go together, or are related. Today we looked at our Habits of Mind posters, and matched them with the 'Rocket' Habit. We were able to give some fantastic examples of our Habits in action, using words that we are familiar with like 'having a go' and 'thinking together.'

Published Authors

We have been concentrating fastidiously at the computer to publish the stories that we have written. We are so excited about people reading them on the blog!

Blast Off!

The Habits of Mind are the foundation upon which we place our learning. We are always referring to them in class. These are the some Habits that the Rockets use, in "Rocket speak."

Learning Pathways

Learning Pathways - flash slideshow

We enjoyed sharing our learning pathways this week, we are very proud of our learning so far this year. We were able to pose some great questions to each other, using our friends The Seven Servants. Have we told you about them? Ask us.

Our Writing Wall

We are very excited to show you our new writing wall. We have been learning to write about our favourite Fairytale characters. At the moment, our wall displays the writing that we did in character. We were writing in the first person as Goldilocks. Did you know, she made a surprise visit to our classroom last week? Imagine who could turn up next?!

Sorting Kiwiana

We have been using Tree Maps to help us when thinking about sorting things into groups. Can you tell what we based our decisions on for these groups? We found it interesting that some things could belong to more than one group. We had to think flexibly!

This was probably our favourite activity this week. Sorting the Allsorts! It also served as a real testament to the fact that we can manage our impulsivity when we really want to!