Posts Tagged ‘connecting’
Comment Bonanza Month – OVER
In Year 4, we called August ‘COMMENT BONANZA MONTH.’
The focus was to teach as many people as they could how to write a great comment and share their learning with their family.
At the beginning of the month we predicted we would receive an average of 1000 comments by the end of the month.
WELL, we didn’t reach 1000, but we received 625 comments and were busy feeding our comment monsters EVERYDAY! Well done 4T – there were blog buddy comments coming in DAILY with many 4T members leaving quality comments for the whole class.
CLICK THIS LINK TO SEE JUST HOW MANY COOKIES THAT IS
Have a look at the world map on our sidebar to see where many of these comments came from.
Leave a comment telling us about someone that you taught to write a quality comment.
#GRA18Amal Week 5 Reflections
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#GRA18 Character Traits
Wow! We are over half way through our first Global Read Aloud Experience.
We have loved connecting with classes from around the world, learning about Pakistan and its cultures and most importantly we have loved how this book has made us stop and THINK!
Think about contrasts and comparisons to our own lives and think about how we would feel or react if we were in their shoes.
This week we have been discussing character traits.
Choose a character from the novel and think about a trait that would describe them. Don’t forget to give evidence from the text from a time when they displayed that trait.
Finish off your comment with a prediction of what you think is in store for Amal’s future.
GRA Week 3 responses
We have reached the 1/3 marker in our #GRA18Amal book.
So far 4T have enjoyed responding to comments on our own blog and leaving our thoughts about the themes of the book on our buddy class’ blogs from Saskatoon, Canada and Powhatan, Virginia in the United States of America.
Our thoughts so far on what we have read:
- I think it is unfair that Amal’s dad is keeping her away from her education and pursuing her dreams. – Joanna and Max
- Amal is like Malala in some ways, they both want to go to school and learn. – Esther
- Girls are treated unfairly compared to boys. For example, boys get a bigger library and are encouraged to learn more than the girls. – Alex and Morgan
- I think that it is scary how different Amal’s life is to ours. – Tori
- The Khan landlords treat others with disrespect. – Lucas
- I think the author Aisha Saeed has written the book really well because she leaves a cliff hanger at the end of each chapter. – Joanna
This week, we would like you to record yourselves filming a short (20 sec) clip responding to one of the questions in the Padlet below.
Comment Bonanza Month – OVER
In Year 4, we called August ‘COMMENT BONANZA MONTH.’
The focus was to teach as many people as they could how to write a great comment and share their learning with their family.
At the beginning of the month we predicted we would receive approximately 100-150 comments and that we would get many at first and then less towards the end of the month.
WELL, we in fact received 689 comments and were busy feeding our comment monsters EVERYDAY!
Click here to see just how many cookies that is!
This is the most comments ever received in Ms Tirtilas’s comment bonanza month history – a new record!
Our totals were:
145 Mum and Dad comments
59 Brother and Sister comments
40 Aunties and Uncles comments
9 cousin comments
27 grandparents cookies
48 family friend comments
27 teacher comments
333 blog buddy comments
Have a look at the world map on our sidebar to see where many of these comments came from.
Leave a comment telling us about someone that you taught to write a quality comment.
August Is…
Year 4 Camp 2018
What an action-packed couple of days Year 4 camp has been!
Not only did we learn about the natural environment and Indigenous culture, we have also done a heap of team building and exciting activities. Yes, we even developed our understandings about what it really means to set the table and clean up.
Gee we had fun!
The 4km Silvan Dam walk to the Mt Evelyn Recreation Camp was a bit of a hike, but was well worth it when we were welcomed by Jeff from Indigicate. He invited us to participate in a traditional Indigenous smoking ceremony. Engulfed by the smoke, we had to make the loudest sound we could (anything will do, there were some interesting versions) to alert our ancestors that we were there at the camp site, but also to protect us during our stay.
During our stay, we spent the next two days participating in so many fun and educational activities which included:
- Hut building
- Damper making
- Giant swing
- Kaos scavenger hunt
- Wildlife encounter
- Nature Bush Craft
- Indigicate aboriginal culture experience
- Night walk
- Movie night
To see more photos of our fabulous time at Camp, log on to CLASSe and look for the ‘4T 2018 Camp Photos’ link underneath the Home Tasks tab.
We all showed terrific courage and curiosity that throughout the different challenges, both physical and mental. We also tried to remain positive by encouraging others to do and be their best. It was an amazing experience.
Check out the individual student blogs of 4T to read more about our camp experiences.
Using our school’s Personal Learner Attributes, can you give me an example of a time that you had to use one of these traits?
#GRAWildRobot Week 3 Discussion
We are almost half way through our first Global Read Aloud experience.
So far we have responded to thoughts on other class blogs, asked questions and even drawn our interpretations of Roz and her surroundings.
Here are the reflection questions for chapters 32-44.Be sure to use specific examples from the text to support your answer:
#GRAWildRobot Reflection
A big part of participating in GRA is discussing the text, sharing our thoughts about the characters’ actions and inferring themes and making predictions about what might happen next. How is this different to how we usually interact with texts in the classroom, you ask?
WELL, we share this thinking with classes GLOBALLY with classes from around the wordl reading the same book!
Here is our first connection! Welcome to Ms Larson’s class!
Students, watch each other’s videos and try to guess which city each class is from.
IMG_0792 from Missstirtilas on Vimeo.
Leave a comment with your response to this question:
How is Roz changing since first washing ashore on the island? What is happening to her mindset, her emotions, and how she is adapting to her environment? Give examples to explain your answer.