Reading Assessment

After 3 years a student can: 

• He/She students understand that a is written for a particular purpose. 
• He/She monitor their reading and draw on a wide range of problem-solving strategies to break down unknown words in a text. 
• He/she can confidently discuss and talk about the meaning and think critically about ideas that may be alluded to but not explicit written. 

 Rylee's assessment is in the comments section of this post

An Orchestra- Information Report

An  Orchestra is a group of people that play all sorts of beautiful music with different kinds of instruments. In an orchestra instruments are separated into four musical families and those families are called string, bass, percussion and woodwind. The conductor is the man who controls the orchestra.

One of the orchestra families is the string instruments are played by plucking the string or rubbing by a bow against the strings. My favourite string instrument is a double bass.

Another family of the orchestra is the brass family. To play a brass instrument you blow air into the tiny hole at the end of the instrument. Most of the brass instruments make a lot of noise when blown.My favourite brass instrument is a tuba.

Another family of the orchestra is the percussion. To play a percussion instrument you can strike or shake the instrument. Some percussion instruments are hit by using your hands.

Lastly there is the woodwind section. The instruments in the woodwind section were originally made from wood from trees. To play woodwind instruments you blow into the mouth piece. My favourite woodwind is  an oboe.

Cultural Festival Example

You can view Burnham School including Rylee, Cultural Festival performance 2014

Rylee's Writing Sample

Check the end of the video to discover who is the Fugitive? 

This writing activity motivated students to write about a famous fugitive that has escaped and the students are the police informing the public of the description of the fugitive.

Numercay Sample- Multiplication

Rylee's Numercay Sample- Rylee demonstrates her next step in her learning. At present she is learning multiplication with  support from materials(blocks).

The Accident- Writing Sample

The Accident

This is writing activity helps the student to sequence their writing. The comic strip is used as a motivation to write a story…  This is Rylee's interpretation of the pictures

Rylee's Water Cycle Story

 As a part of term 2 Inquiry about disasters unit Rylee had to learn about the Water Cycle. Here is a story that she wrote that demonstrates her understanding of the Water Cycle

Reading Assessment

Rylee's is working at Gold Level
Her reading Goal's are highlighted

• Reads familiar high frequency words independently and automatically.
• Reads silently normally. Also can read aloud confidently with expression and intonation. 
• Reads a variety of texts with growing independence. 
• Able to predict content and story development
• Able to explain and refer to characters, events and settings
• With support, can draw conclusions using identified information/ ideas in the text.
• Beginning to justify simple prediction

Term 1 Swimming 2014

To focus on improving her arms movements for both freestyle and backstroke.

Kiwiana Burger- Ka Mau Te Wehi (Awesome) with Kiwiana Icons

Pencil Drawing

Walt: To use a pencil in a variety of ways to create shading and depth