Helping our learning with ShowMe

Last week our teacher introduced us to the ShowMe app on her iPad. Then she got us to script a simple maths movie to create using the app. We didn't have a sound proof room but we found a place that was sort of quiet! Here are some of our movies.

Look who I met up with at conference!

I spent some time with Rohi and her teacher.

Rippa Rugby Training

Rippa Rugby Training on PhotoPeach

SODA - What will the car of the future look like?

Learning to embed

On Wednesday Ms F taught us how to embed pictures into our blog posts. This was exciting because, although we've been blogging all year, this is the first time we've been able to put pictures into our blogs. Ms F says uploading the pictures to another site and embedding means all our space isn't used up over at Kidblog.

Take a look at our blog posts:

Recycled Creations

As a finish off for our topic about innovation we had the chance to make some recycled creations for homework. Here is a slideshow with them.

Recycled Creations on PhotoPeach

Telescopic Text

We've been learning how to write telescopic text. First we looked at the example on the website (http://www.telescopictext.com/) then we had a go at creating our own examples. Here are some of them:

The links will take you to the page where you can expand/unfold the sentences.

Out my Window

We spent most of Friday finishing off our pictures. Ms F then took photos of our individual pictures. Here is a slideshow of them.

Out My Window on PhotoPeach






And here is what they look like up around the classroom.

Writing and editing

This week we have been looking at the writing process.

First, on Monday, Ms F read us a paragraph from Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh where the Frisby's home is described. Then we thought about what we can see out our window at home. We made a brainstorm of everything we could see.

The next day we looked at our brainstorm and Ms F looked at hers. She started to write her paragraph about what she could see out her window and then we did the same.

On Wednesday we looked at our paragraphs and Ms F looked at hers. She showed us how she was going to change some of the things she wrote to make it sound better. Then she sent us away to start work on our editing.

On Thursday we did some more work on our paragraphs and some of us started on our pictures. Ms F said the pictures HAD to match our paragraphs.

When we arrived at school on Friday, Ms F had put up some 'Amazing Phrases' on the wall for us to read. Some of the kids had written really interesting sentences.

Ms F says good writers edit their writing lots of times.

 

 

New IWB

We've been waiting 3 days for our new IWB to be installed. Today was the day! Here's a picture of it in action for the first time. Unsurprisingly it's showing photos of it being installed. The kids then wrote about it. The next few posts will have some of their writing.