CoL Update (Term 2, Week 1)

Ryan - managing self

The days that Ryan has been at school, he has made an effort to participate actively in classroom activities. A highlight was when he came over to show me his work while I was working with two students. I asked him to wait two minutes while I finished working with them then I could look at it. He actually waited next to me and didn’t try to interrupt again. Previously, he may not have waited so patiently so he could have my full attention. This is a huge step for him as he is recognising how and when to communicate effectively with different people in different contexts. He was very motivated to work this week, and although didn't follow the class schedule (I.e. he did maths during reading, writing during maths etc), I was impressed with the work he did do. The order doesn't really matter at all, and he was working independently and managing his own learning which was awesome.

Kian  - managing self

Paul - relating to others/participating and contributing.

To help Paul and Kian improve their reading, we made flash cards of any 'hard' or new words from the new books he chose for the next few weeks. Both boys and a third student, play a speed challenge to see who can sound out or identify the word the fastest. When they can't, we sound it out together. These words are all from books they are reading/will read very soon, or are inquiry words I want them be able to use indepeprnadntly. 

rough	shaking	flapped
radio	around	nanny
athletics	nibbles	some
sky	running	around
children	curtains	raining
brown	black	farm
walked	waited	here
yellow	ride	watching
rides	everything	everyone
grasshopper	clipping	was
switches	found	hopped
beautiful	yawned	stars
arrived	excited	wished
hospital	mumbled	chocolate
swimming	school	some
dandelion	window	shouted
through	nose	three
rattled	house	earthquake
stopped	gardener	scarecrow
pecked	vegetables	leaves
wings	snuggled	asleep
koro	carried	hungry
trampoline	jumped	screaming
smell	bear	hill
favourite	little	lets
bump	train	locked
basket	eggs	bump
Saturday	Sunday	September
rough	shaking	saw
June	July	August
Mars	Uranus	Neptune
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
October	November	December
January	February	March
Mercury	Jupiter	Saturn
cloud	raining	water
evaporation	condensation	Precipitation
green	blue	orange
brown	white	red
purple	gold	grey
Miss	Ashley	Tamaki
alien