JOIN THE CONVERSATION

Well done to the 1M GEMS who are making the effort to join in a 'blog conversation'.

We are contributing to the conversation on our class blog and our classmates' blogs.

Many of us are also joining in the conversation on the blog of our buddy class in Canada. Click on the pictures to read some of our comments.

Some of us are even starting conversations by putting up posts at home.

Have you replied to this one?

I am very proud of ALL who are joining in the conversations.

A 'SPECIAL MENTION' must go to Ben, who showed what a REFLECTIVE, SELF-DIRECTED LEARNER he is when he left a comment on the Voices of the World Animoto blog.

Check out what Ben said on the French Anthem Animoto.

Très Bien, Ben!

MRS M :>)

While you're there, listen to our ANIMOTO and leave a comment to tell us what you think.

JOIN THE CONVERSATION!

This week's homework is all about blogging.

Do you know what's happening in our room?

When was the last time you left a comment?

We love getting comments because we need comments to have a CONVERSATION!

Our CONVERSATIONS have been a little QUIET lately, so.....

*Have you seen our own blog folios?

Try to leave a comment on at least ONE other blog each night. We are doing amazing things.

You can get to our class blogs from the sidebar.

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*Have you been to your blogging buddy's blog?
Leave a comment to thank them for helping you with yours.
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*Have you contributed to a post on our class blog?

Here are some of our recent posts to help you join in the CONVERSATION.

*1M's Blogging Rules - what do you think?

*A Poll Needs a... can you add a survey question?

* 'How to add links' podcast- has this helped you.

* Kids Connect - do you know what Mrs M was doing last week?

*Spell with Flickr - have you tried this out?

*Cool Companions - what did you learn?

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SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

JOIN THE CONVERSATION - YOU"LL BE GLAD YOU DID! :>)

EASTER GREETINGS

HAPPY EASTER

TO ALL OF MY CLASS

AND TO MRS M

FROM

BEN

IDENTIFYING OUR INSECT- THE PROCESS

Today we took on the role of ACTIVE INVESTIGATORS to find out just what type of insect our 'visitor' last Friday was.

We got onto the website BRISBANE INSECTS AND SPIDERS. Mrs P, Mrs McD and Mrs R read the information about STICK INSECTS and PRAYING MANTIS for us.

We looked at the pictures and compared them to ours.
Then we left a comment to share our thoughts about what the insect was .
We read all the comments. We tried to work out how many thought it was a STICK INSECT and how many thought it was a PRAYING MANTIS but it was hard because some people had left two comments!

So we decided to make a PICTURE GRAPH to record our DATA.
Each of us drew our face on a small square and glued it on a chart.

Now it was easy to see that most of the class thought our visitor was a PRAYING MANTIS.

We decided to number the squares so that we would not have to count them every time we looked at the graph.

We had to number them all the way to 22!

Now it was REALLY easy to see the results.

22 children in our class think our 'visitor' was a PRAYING MANTIS.

5 children in our class think it's a STICK INSECT.

Does this mean our 'visitor' WAS a PRAYING MANTIS?

WE THINK SO.

But to be sure we have emailed BRISBANE INSECTS AND SPIDERS and asked them to help us identify our insect friend.

DO YOU THINK THEY WILL AGREE WITH US...THAT IT IS A PRAYING MANTIS?

LET US KNOW IN A COMMENT. DON'T FORGET TO TELL US 'WHY?'.

SPOTLIGHT ON MAX!

An '8' poem sent in by MAX last night.

'8' is round,
'8' is cool,
'8' is what I learnt at school!

'RATE OUR '8' POEMS

Here are some poems about '8' that were left as comments.

We wanted to post them so EVERYONE can see them.

Billee-Jane wrote:

Eight, Eight,

Don't be late!

Alistair wrote:

8 flowers running to their friends

to play a special game

one fell over now he has to try again

Johanna wrote:

I like the number eight because it makes me want to eat a snake!!!!!!
Her Dad wrote:

I like the number eight

because it makes me want to rollerskate!

Jarvis wrote:

Eight rabbits late

For a very important date

Open gate, Open gate

I'm on a very important date.
(Jarvis got the idea for this poem from a well known story. Can you guess what it is?)


HOW DO YOU RATE OUR POEMS?

DO YOU HAVE A POEM ABOUT '8'?

PLEASE SHARE WITH US IN A COMMENT.

WEEKEND NEWSFLASH!

1M, Elizabeth has left a new poem for you this morning.

To read it, go to the 'Comment' section of the 'OUR NOISY NEIGHBOURS' post.
While you are there, check out the new link I have put in. Are they as noisy as our birds?

Can you think of a TITLE for Elizabeth's poem?

Leave a comment with your suggestions.... just like FLYNN has!

HOPE THE REST OF YOUR WEEKEND IS FUN...SEE YOU MONDAY!

MRS M :>)

OUR BIG SURPRISE!

We came to school excited today because we couldn't wait to see if Elizabeth from Inkless Tales had left a comment about the poem we sent her.

We had Naomi's and Ben's Mums in to help us put comments on our blog and 1G's and 6J's. When they asked us what we wanted to do, we said: "WE JUST WANT TO WRITE TO ELIZABETH"!

So they helped us add our ideas about what Elizabeth should call the poem about 5.

We kept asking Mrs M what time it was in New York.
We wondered if while we were doing Word Wall, if she was having dinner and while we were having our lunch, if she was reading her children a story before bed.

We sent Elizabeth an email. It said:

'Please look at the blog because there's something special for you on it.'

She posted back that she LOVED our poem and that she had a SURPRISE for US... but we had to wait. Read her full comment HERE!

(Just scroll down to the comments.)

At 2:55pm, just before we went home, the SURPRISE arrived.

Click on the 'CHECK IT OUT' graphic to see the SURPRISE.


WHAT A LOVELY WAY TO FINISH THE WEEK.

THANKYOU ELIZABETH, YOU MADE OUR DAY!

Want to 'talk' to Elizabeth, 1M? Leave a comment on this post.

If you have more ideas about a title for the '5' poem, leave a comment about them too.

MRS M :>)

DO YOU HAVE TO BE A TEACHER TO TEACH?

Today EVERYONE wanted to post or comment to our blog. Look how long our 'sign- up' queues were!

We're glad we had Lauren's Mum and Mrs Duffy to help us.

Lauren's Mum helped us with our comments.
She didn't type for us today - we did the typing OURSELVES!
She taught us how to use the SPACEBAR to put in the spaces between the words.

We learnt how to hold down the SHIFT key when we need to type a CAPITAL letter.

Lauren's Mum also showed

us which key we needed to push if we wanted to use a FULLSTOP.

We took a long time to type, but Lauren's Mum was very patient. She was a great TEACHER.

Bryce, Laura, Johanna, Brooke and Ben worked with Mrs Duffy. They posted their stories. They were proud of themselves because THEY had taught Mrs Duffy how to post.
This got us thinking.... Do you have to be a 'TEACHER' to TEACH?
NO!!!!...we are ALL 'TEACHERS'.

WE had a big discussion about what WE could TEACH others.
Naomi and Kimi are EXPERTS at cartwheels. Jacob said he'd like to learn how to do them and he could TEACH someone how to ride a bike.
But what if you wanted to learn how to draw?... or tie your shoelaces?

Who would you go to?
You now have to think 1M....WHAT AM I GOOD AT? WHAT COULD I TEACH OTHERS HOW TO DO?

Post a comment to let us know how YOU can be a TEACHER.

Parents too.... WHAT COULD YOU TEACH US?

TODAY WAS COMMENT DAY!

We had V.I.P.S in our room again today...

we are VERY lucky!

This morning, Mrs B and Mrs P came in AGAIN to help us with our blog!

We signed up again to work with either Mrs B or Mrs P.

We decided that we wanted to leave comments today. Mrs B and Mrs P helped us read the posts and type our comments. We also looked at 1G's blog and left lots of comments there too!

This afternoon we had a V.I.P. from Brisbane Catholic Education visit us and talk to us about our blog.
We shared how we decide what goes on the blog.

Jack, Harrison, Jacob and Patrick knew

which buttons to click on to upload, size

and position a photo into a post.
Our visitor was VERY IMPRESSED!!

NAME THE PATTERN - BEN HAS 1!

Well done, Ben for sending in a comment and correctly naming Laura's pattern in our 'Lunchtime Fun' post... it was about 6 - an ABCDEF pattern!

Johanna and Flynn made these patterns at home.



Can you name these patterns?



What number would you give them?

Make a pattern of your own. Take a picture if you can. If not, send a comment telling us about your pattern and draw a picture to show us.

GETTING ON THE COMPUTER - THE PROCESS

How was Mrs.Harvey going to know who wanted to post to the blog?
What order would we go in?
How would we know who had posted?



Mrs M said that when she goes to 'teacher school' she sometimes has to 'sign up' for a workshop.

We liked this idea. We knew it would help Mrs Harvey.

We drew up a 'sign up' sheet and added our names to the list.

When we had finished adding our post to the blog, we ticked off our name on the list. Then we read who to get next.

The list helped us keep track of who had posted and who was still waiting for their turn.

We're going to use a 'POST SIGN UP" everyday!

What else could we use a 'SIGN UP SHEET' for 1M? Leave a comment with your suggestions.