Topic - Change (Plants and Seeds)

Change - Plants and Seeds

We are learning to understand that:

Scientists follow a specific process and ask questions that lead to investigations.

Plants need many things to move through the life cycle.

We will know we can do this when we can:

Draw pictures that depict the life cycle of plants.
Label the parts of a plant.

Understand and describe how plants make their own food from water, air (CO2) and sunlight (photosynthesis).

Sort and classify objects into categories of our own making and independently represent these in a Venn diagram.

Noah said, "In topic I have planted a been plant.  I have learnt plants make their food in their leaves.  They make food by mixing sun, water and air in their leaves to make sugar.  It's called photosynthesis.  I learnt about life-cycles and that seeds can drop, get carried by animals, and float like coconuts.  I have been learning to make a venn diagram and sort things into a venn diagram. I put smooth and jagged for the words.  There was only one smooth leaf and there were five in the middle that are a little bit jagged and a little bit smooth. Six leaves are jagged.  I can understand venn diagrams."

Charlie said, "I been learning about plants and life cycles and I'm learning to sort leaves into a Venn Diagram.  I sorted them into jagged leaves and smooth leaves.  I made some mistakes because I found it hard to choose sometimes.  Next time I will sort them better."

James said, "In topic I have been learning about change and plants.  I planted some seeds and they are growing very big each day.  I did some experiments with Mrs GH and a life cycle.  I also learnt to classify leaves into a Venn diagram.  I did spiky and perfect (smooth) leaves.  I sorted them well but I made one mistake, I put sugar maple in the wrong place.  Next time I will try do the right thing which will be easy."

Venn Diagrams on PhotoPeach

Procedural Writing

Here are some photos of our emotional hook for procedural writing!  We had great fun making paper planes!

Procedural Writing

WALT

·       Follow the Writing Process

·       Have a title

·       Write:

1.     a Goal stating what to make or do

2.     a list of Materials stating what is needed

3.     a list of sequential Steps telling how to do or make something

·       Write in Present tense

·       Use correct grammar and accurate spelling

What we did:

• We looked at some examples of procedural writing and how good writing was structured.
• In order to show the children how important it is to give clear instructions I had them tell me how to make a paper plane.  I followed their instructions exactly and ended up with a crumpled mess. 
• Then the children made their own planes and we took them outside to see how well they would fly.
• After that we improved our design and made a second improved plane.
• Then the children practised giving instructions by telling/showing a partner how to make their paper plane.
• Finally we were ready to write our draft.  We then checked our writing for punctuation, spelling and made sure we had a title, goal, materials and steps. We published our writing in our writing books. 
• Our next step is to make carrot racing cars! Watch this space!

Procedural Writing - Emotional Hook on PhotoPeach

Statistical Investigations

Statistical Investigations

WALT: collect data, construct a graph, and discuss the results.

Success Criteria:

I will know I can do this when I can:

·      Know what data is

·      Pose questions for investigation

·      Collect data

·      Use tally marks

·      Make a pictograph

·      Make a bar graph

·      Ask and answer questions about the graph

      James said, "I asked do you like tennis or soccer best? I drew a bar graph. My graph shows how many people like tennis or soccer.  9 people like tennis and 10 people like soccer.  Next time I will ask how many people like different reptiles like snakes, tuataras and lizards.”
      
      Cory said, "I learnt to ask questions like how many people like cake, donuts, apple crumble, ice-cream and fudge.  I then I colored in my bar graph. I found out 10 people like donuts, 2 people like cake, 3 people like apple crumble, 5 people like ice-cream and 1 person likes fudge. Next time I want to pick different foods to ask."

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Our Trip

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