Sell it!

Room 7 is learning about persuasive writing. Today we did a quick write using the sell it idea. We all had to find an object in the class and see if we could persuade others to buy it. Lots of fun and lots of laughter! 
Here are some examples...

Hi!

Are you tired of your kids complaining that they have nothing to do?

Well here is your solution!

Buy these fantastic pick up sticks and I guarantee that you will never hear your kids complain again.

Pick up the phone and call 0224798989 now!

This is a special offer – buy one get one free.

Just so you know that these pick up sticks do not sell in store so just buy it now.

This product is only $7.80.

DO IT NOW!

By Darnell

Are you so bored of just staying in bed. Well you are in luck. If you buy this awesome radio you will be cool! Just imagine you are next to the radio with a cup of tea or coffee, listening to your favourite song. Just buy it now! $61 in store now. What a deal!

By Nicolas

Hi! It is your lucky day! Today you can buy these beautiful counters. They will help you get smarter. Buy one million counters for only $10. Wow!

These counters are so colourful they are like a rainbow in the sky.

They shine so bright you will never want to give them away.

They will make your life better because counters help your brain to count, add, minus and divide!

Buy these now!

By Pita and Ngakau

Hi! Are you interested in a new fancy jumper? Well you should buy this one here right now. Only one day special – if you buy this jumper for $30 – you will get one free!

When it is cold this jumper feels like a blanket.

Are you ready to own this fancy jumper?

By Sovea

Maths Term 3 Week 1

This week we are doing maths a bit differently. We are using an integrated theme approach to maths and working as whole class, buddies and individuals instead of our normal group work. Our theme this week is based on the 1970’s song little boxes.

We listened to the lyrics and discussed what we thought the song was all about (houses that all look the same) We then looked at pictures like these and discussed what we could see.

Our discussion then turned to shapes, both 2d (like rectangles, squares, circles) and 3d (like cubes, cuboid, sphere) We discussed their attributes, what made them different and played games.

The language we learnt was...

2D - flat, corners, sides

3D - edges, vertices, faces

The following day we looked again at 3D shapes and discussed their attributes. We looked 5 main shapes (dome, triangular prism or A frame, square based pyramid and cylinder) In buddies we looked at these 3d shapes on the computers and how people had used them to create different designed homes. Either with a buddy or individually we sketched our favourite house and then let our creative juices flow. Using cardboard, scissors, cello tape and glue we create models of our designs. Here are some photos of our progress.

When we finished, we needed to paint them and display them on the wall.

On Wednesday and Thursday, we moved from geometry (shapes) to measurement. We discussed our models and how scale works. We then measured our class and created a design together based scale (1m to 1cm) We then had fun using different standard unit measurement tools (rulers and trundler wheels to measure other things in and out of the classroom. 

Finally, we had a challenge - was the turf by Room 7 25m long - true or false.

What do you think?

It was a really fun week exploring a different way of doing maths. We can’t wait until we do it again!

10 word challenge

This week our writing was the 10 word challenge. We had a picture on the smartboard to motivate us and 10 words we had to use in our writing. The words were...

• screamed
• moss covered
• monster
• enormous
• towering
• sword
• forest
• spooky
• mysterious
• crouching

Here are some examples of our stories...

The night was almost completely dark. My only source of light was the moon and stars which reminded me of voodoo rituals. The grass was full of grey mysterious fog that reached up to my knees. I was crouched at the edge of an enormous forest full of towering moss-covered trees that formed a spooky maze. A scream came of out of the forest which alarmed me because it was a very familiar scream. I bolted into the forest with no defense except for my bare hands. The thing was that it got completely dark because the trees were covering the sky. Suddenly I saw a tremendous black figure. Just then a beam of light appeared on the black figure and it ended up been an enormously fat monster with red eyes that seemed like they were popping out of it face. It was a transparent ghost. Cherry red blood was smeared all around its body. The scream had come from my school friend named Lola who was standing beside the monster. The light I could see came from her flashlight. The monster glowed in the darkness. I felt frightened. I looked at the beast with horror but then suddenly Lola shone the light again. Surprisingly I realised that the ghastly beast had one weakness. It was ...LIGHT!

I scanned my surroundings for something to reflect the light on. "LOLA, save the batteries!" I shouted, my voice echoing from one side of the forest to the other. Unexpectedly I saw a diamond sword stabbed into the grass. I darted to go and get it but just as I grabbed it the giant murderous beast grabbed me. He tried to suck my soul out. At that moment I remembered that my parents were aliens and that made me immortal! I yelled at the top of my voice "YIPPEE!" I was kicking, punching, pinching and biting the beast and eventually he dropped me. All at once I figured that it was midnight. I saw Lola sleeping by an old tree. I felt very annoyed by that because I was more tired. I waited and waited patiently till the ghost was sleeping too then headed to the sword. I slayed the giant monster. I felt extremely lucky to have escaped from this terrible beast!

                                                                By Joanna