Monday 19 May

Ko te Rāhina, 19 o Haratua tenei ra

Monday 19 May 2014

Roll/Admin/Notices

9:10-9:30

Feed back / feed forward 
New jobs for the week

9:30-11:00 - Maintenance Work
New computer timetable - Mon/Wed/Thur - 3 sessions; Tue - 2 sessions (we will adapt this as needed)

Spelling - Log into SpellingCity and work on your assignments and tests - then practise!

Maths - Complete your 3 min basic facts test and the Maths of the day prompt and any other activities

Writing 
Write a story using this picture as your prompt.

Quad blogging: Check your stories - read my comments and either edit (Rafe, Isaac, Victoria, & Paris) or write your stories for this week.
Group 1 = Sam, Rafe, Isaac, Hamish - Click here
Group 2 = Nina, Ellie, Victoria, Paris - Click here

11:20-12:45

Read to self - choose ONE novel from the box to read during this time. Exchange it for a new one when finished

Inquiry (Reading focus)

Get your hands dirty!

Discuss: 

What are the pros and cons of being a sustainable school?

What are we doing at RBS to be more sustainable?

What might be barriers for us becoming more sustainable?

 

  

1:45-2:45
Listen to reading

Inquiry (Science Focus)
What happens when you put oil and water together?

• Predict what you think will happen when you put oil and water in the same container. 
• What do you think might happen if you put some some bicarbonate of soda in a container? 
• Predict what you think will happen when we freeze a mixture of oil and water?
• Is there a way to make oil and water mix?

2:45-3:00

AND THEN ...

Haere Ra, Ka kite ano.