A snapshot of our learning with Miss D

Room 5 want to say a HUGE congratulations to Miss Donaldson our AMAZING student teacher! This week was her first week of full control. We think she has done a great job taking responsibility for our learning. We're all looking forward to learning with her next week.

Complex Sentences

Here are a few examples of the DLO's we created with Miss D to show our understanding of complex sentences, dependent clauses, independent clauses and AAWWUBBIS.

Saruja

San Tat

Tim

Hauora

This week Room 5 have been working with Miss Donaldson to explore the concept of Hauora. The DLO's below reflect their understanding. After doing a reading jigsaw to learn about one 'wall' each group worked collaboratively to build each other's knowledge.


Tim, Tiare, June and Saruja

 

Manu, Zahn, Latham and John

 

Jasmine, Paige, Courtney and Fine

 

Ducati, Juanita and Samantha

 

Sebastian, San Tat, Raymond and Oh S'Mar

Sajiha, Yvette, Shantay and Halatoa

Latham's letter to Miss D

Dear Miss Donaldson,

You are the best student teacher ever! I loved having you in our class. I can not wait for you to come back to our class. You are good at teaching and good at art I hope for you to become a teacher and have an amazing future as an awesome teacher.

I will miss you.

From Latham.

John's letter to our awesome Miss D!

Dear Miss Donaldson

You are awesome and the best student teacher I have ever had . The few weeks you have been here has been the best start of the school term I have ever had. I will miss you and know the class will miss you as well. I hope you come back soon and to live your dream. I hope you have completed all your goals at PBS.

We will miss you and see you soon

P.S: Come back soon.

From John

Exploring Recounts with Miss Donaldson

Room 5 are lucky to have Miss Donaldson with us throughout this year as she finishes her final practicum.  Today she worked with Motuihe group to explore what recounts looked like and why we write them.