Room 6 and 16 @ Gym

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Oral Language


We are working on asking good questions. Today, we looked at a picture from the newspaper. Here are some of the questions we came up with based on the picture we looked at.


- Is the baby elephant covered in oil? Bryley
- Where is the elephant habitat? Phoenix
- Why is the elephant rolling in the straw? Kayleb
- Why isn't the baby elephant big like the mother? Kayal
- Why is the mummy elephant watching the baby elephant roll in the straw? Kayleb
- Who has seen the baby elephant? Madeline
- Who is going to look after the baby elephant? Emily M
- Where was the baby elephant born? Elisabeth
- When did the baby elephant come out of the mums tummy? Emily M
- What is the baby elphants name?
- What does the baby elephant eat?
- Are the elephants in Africa still? Kayleb
- How did the elephants get to the new country? Elisabeth

We are going to read the article that the picture comes from and hopefully we will be able to answer some of our questions.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

The End Of Our Inquiry Unit

The end has come for our inquiry unit.

So tell me Room 16 - WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT???

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

How can we be quake safe?

Wow!

Poor Christchurch was struck by a MASSIVE Earthquake on the weekend. In Room 16 we have been talking about being Quake Safe! What a great time to refresh our knowledge!

So - share your knowledge.

What things to we need to make sure we are ready if an earthquake strikes?