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== = = = Welcome to Room 27's wiki. = I am learning how to put awesome activities on our wiki to help support your learning. This is new learning for me so please be patient with me.

You can play the reading, maths and spelling games but you won't have access to your own page.

** The Endangered Animal links are on the Home Learning page. **
Visit the Kea Conservation website to find out why this bird is so special. Kea Conservation

= Here are some fun activities about the sea. =

Have a look at the Willowbank Enviro Blog

=Term 3 Overview =
 * Maths || * Quick recall of basic facts. Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
 * Learning multiplication and division facts.
 * Using multiplication rather than skip counting.
 * Using multiplication and division knowledge to solve word problems.
 * Statistics ||
 * Oral language || * Cyber Safety role play-Hectors World. You can explore Hectors World on the Cyber Safety page of this wiki.
 * Talking and listening in conflict situations.
 * Listening to find specific information. ||
 * Written Language || * Writing to explain ||
 * Handwriting || * Book expectations.
 * Formation size and placement of lowercase anticlockwise letters. ||
 * Spelling and Grammar || * Word collection routines and book expectations.
 * Strategies for learning to spell new words.
 * Finding out the meaning of new words.
 * Using words correctly in sentences.
 * Spelling rules -short and long vowels
 * Vowels and consonants, syllables, root words and endings.
 * Basic punctuation- Capital letters, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks.
 * Nouns and verbs.
 * Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms.
 * Extending vocabulary. ||
 * Reading || * Self Monitoring questions-Do I understand what I am reading?
 * Does it make sense to me?
 * Comprehension
 * Identifying the Main Idea.
 * Finding accurate details to support the Main Idea.
 * Skimming and scanning to find accurate information quickly.
 * Identifying the author's purpose. ||
 * Art || * Pastel and dye. Colour blending with dye and paint.
 * Collaborative art pieces ||
 * Thinking Skills || * Information literacy.
 * Asking questions, brainstorming, using a range of graphic organisers, note taking.
 * Blooms, 6 Thinking Hats, Thinkers Keys. ||
 * Home Learning || * Spelling words to learn every week taken from the child's own writing or current list.
 * Reading text of child's own choice every night for at least 20 minutes-this could include books from the school library, public library, articles from kiwikidsnews website, articles from the kea conservation website etc. ||
 * Home Learning || * Spelling words to learn every week taken from the child's own writing or current list.
 * Reading text of child's own choice every night for at least 20 minutes-this could include books from the school library, public library, articles from kiwikidsnews website, articles from the kea conservation website etc. ||

Here is the link for the knowledge a thon This is from a few years ago, but there are some fun quizzes to do.