Primary 3 worked really hard to learn songs and make PowerPoints for our P3 Rainforest and Polar Lands Assembly.
Tag Archives: Expressive Arts
Dancing Diva’s!
We have been enjoying participating in some dances.
I am becoming aware of different features of dance and can practise and perform steps, formations and short dance.
Great Grammar!
I can present my writing in a way that will make it legible and attractive for my reader, combining words, images and other features. LIT 1-24a
We have been learning about nouns, verbs and adjectives. We made posters to show what each one means. Here are some of our posters.
Handling Data
I have explored a variety of ways in which data is presented and can ask and answer questions about the information it contains. MNU 1-20a
I have used a range of ways to collect information and can sort it in a logical, organised and imaginative way using my own and others’ criteria. MNU 1-20b
Using technology and other methods, I can display data simply, clearly and accurately by creating tables, charts and diagrams, using simple labelling and scale. MTH 1-21a
We have been organising information in tables using tally marks.
We displayed information in pictograms, bar graphs, Venn and Carroll diagrams.
We also use spreadsheets to help us make bar graphs on the computer.
Polar Lands
By exploring climate zones around the world, I can compare and describe how climate affects living things. SOC 1-12b
By exploring a natural environment different from my own, I can discover how the physical features influence the variety of living things. SOC 1-13b
We have been learning about the people that live in the polar lands.
Sharing Our Learning
Primary 3.2 wrote a book called ‘The Day the Pencils Quit.’ As we had been using punctuation to help us read with expression, we invited P1 to hear our story. We used expression to read a page each.
Primary 1 then sang us some songs they had been learning.
Show Racism the Red Card
We have been discussing how we are all different and special in our own way. We also made posters to Show Racism the Red Card.
Jessica – It doesn’t matter what we look like we are all the same underneath.
Alex – We can all have differnt things we can do.
Andrew – We used capital letters for emphasis in our posters.
Expressive Readers!
Over the past few weeks we have been using punctuation to aid our expression when reading aloud. We worked in groups to identify and highlight all the punctuation from pages in the book – ‘The Day the Crayons Quit.’ We worked out what all the punctuation meant and we each took turns to read a section out loud. We were given 2 stars and a wish by the rest of the class and we had to work on improving our wish the following week.
Alex – We had to speak loudly if the word was in capital letters and even louder if it was underlined too.
Albie – When there is an exclamation mark it means you speak louder too.
Erin – You pause when there is a full stop and it’s only a short pause for a comma.
Fern – You are asking a question when there’s a question mark so your voice goes up.
The whole class then made a book called ‘The Day the Pencils Quit.’ We wrote a letter to Mrs Wight pretending to be a pencil that was not happy and was complaining to her. We used all the punctuation we had learned in our reading to make our pencils sound very grumpy. There were lots of different complaints from all the different coloured pencils.
Our aim was to use a variety of punctuation in our reading and we were all successful at this.
It was open hour when we were redrafting our letter so some visitors got to read them. If you visit our class everyone is more than welcome to read our completed book.
Height Comparison
We measured the height of everyone in the class then compared our heights with Flat Stanley. Most of us were taller than Flat Stanley. Flat Stanley is 122cm tall. We drew around Andrew as he is the same height as Flat Stanley. We turned Andrew’s outline into Flat Stanley. We made a painting of Erin who is the same height as Flat Stanley, one of Natasha, who is shorter than Flat Stanley and one of Jessica, who is taller than Flat Stanley.
Flat Stanley Measuring
We have been learning to measure using metres and centimetres. We drew around each other with chalk to create our own flat person, then measured the height of our outline. Our flat people were very colourful.
Zoe – We were drawing around other people and writing their name, then measuring their outline.
Grace – I did my favourite rainbow T-shirt.
Natasha – At first I got a bit muddled but then I worked it out. I measured from my head to my toes.
Josh – We measured our Flat person using a metre stick.
Fern – I liked drawing around each other and colouring it in.
Sylvie – I liked colouring in our flat person.
Lauren – We used metre sticks and we measured using metres and centimetres.
