We work really hard in Room 7 and we try our best!

Task Board

We are good at following our Task Board in Reading and Writing, so we know which activity to do next.

Monarch Butterfly

We have been watching the chrysalis change in colour. First it was green and after the weekend it turned black. We could see the butterfly's wings inside the chrysalis. We knew the butterfly was going to come out soon! 

We were lucky because we actually saw the butterfly emerge. It rested afterwards and waited for its wings to dry.

Then Mrs Forsyth put the butterfly outside on a bush in the sun.

We set the monarch butterfly free

How to help your child read at home

Praise is really important in encouraging a child to read. Some children need a lot of practice and encouragement, and some feel discouraged easily. Try to keep reading sessions positive. If necessary, remind your child about things that they are good at, but have had to practice to get better.

All children learn differently. Some children need to slow down when they read, as they may be good at spotting the first letter of words and then guessing what the word says. Others need to worry less about mistakes and read all the way through the story. Early readers often rely heavily on the picture to help them to read the words – this is a valuable way for the children to make meaning.

If your child gets stuck the best way to help is to pause, prompt, and then praise.

Pause/
Wait a few seconds and give them time to think. Often they will work it out.

Prompt 
If they still don’t know the word offer the following prompts:

•  Look at the beginning of the word and make the first sound with your mouth

•  Check if there are chunks/smaller words that you know within the word

•  Look for clues in the pictures

•  What would make sense?

•  Go back to the beginning of the sentence

•  Read on to the end of the sentence

•  Does it look like another word you know?

Praise, 
If they still don’t know, tell them. Then ask them to read the sentence again.

Praise your child

Sunflowers

We are painting sunflowers.

Here we are trying hard at handwriting.

Congratulations Getting A Principal's Award

Being silly!

Here we all are...

Beautiful Butterfly

Goodbye Kelan!

We will miss you. Have lots of fun at your new school.

Origami Dogs

Liam's Dad brought their black puppies to visit us. We wrote about the puppies and then did some artwork.

Changing Caterpillars

Our hungry caterpillars have been nibbling on the swan plants. One has changed into a pupa. I wonder how long it will take before a butterfly emerges?

Fantastic Reading Aliana

Look who got class awards today!

Imogen made a necklace from a snail shell!

Principal Awards

                 Well done Wendy and Levi on getting a Principal's Award today. 

 

BEACH TRIP

Save the Date! On Monday the 10th March we will be visiting the rock pools off Larsen Street at Cape Foulwind. We will leave school at 10am and return to school at 2:30pm. We will be needing parent help for supervision, so if you are able to join us that would be fantastic!

We love our iPads

Room 7 kids love learning using iPads!

Principal Awards

Two children from Room 7 received "Principal Awards" at assembly on Friday.

Look at our awesome artwork!

We have been learning to draw our portrait. 
First we practiced drawing where we thought our eyes, nose, ears and mouth went. 
Then we studied our friends faces and talked about the position that their eyes, ears, nose and mouth were in. 
Next, we drew another portrait and we thought carefully about where the facial features should go.

We are very proud of our portraits!

Literacy Game

Even blind folded Seth can guess what the letter is!

Balancing!

Here we are practising our balancing skills.

Congratulations Jaxon!

Jaxon has read for 50 nights! Well done...keep up the great work.

Reading in Room 7

Super Writers!

Look at us trying our best at writing. We are using our alphabet charts and word lists to help us.

Our First Week Back At School

First Day Back

First Day Back At School

Today was our first day back at school for 2014 and Room 7 had a great day! The sun was shining and the children were excited to be back with their friends and keen to be in their new classroom.
We met our new classmates and our new teachers. Also, we shared our news and wrote a story about something we did in the holidays.
Here are some photos of our first day.

Welcome to 2014

Thank you for visiting Room 7's blog. We will post photos each week so you can see what we have been doing at school. Also there will be samples of our writing, so you can enjoy reading them at home.
Please leave a comment because we love getting feedback from our blog visitors.

Christmas

iPad update...

Yahoooo....we are so close!!!!

iPad Fundraiser Update

Thank you to those parents who have bought some class books. We have three different books you can order. We are super excited watching our funds going up...we are getting closer to another iPad! Yahoo...