Mateo

2/2/2012 Today Mateo was making patterns with the beads. He showed that he was aware of the pattern he was making, what would come next, and what he could do to change it. After he finished he took his pattern and turned it into something else. Take a look at the video... media type="custom" key="12361102"

10/2/2012 A great day at the beach for Beach Education today. Mateo is getting really good at telling me the three beach rules.

16/2/2012

====Mateo was writing today down on the floor with his group, when he suddenly remembered where he had seen the word he wanted to write. He jumped up and grabbed the book he had read that day, found the word, and copied it into his writing. He also helped others in his group with other words they needed. Well done Mateo, you did a great job to remember that this word was in your book.====

=13/3/2012= ====This is Mateo doing his silly sentence in phonics today. He has listened to the sentence and then written it out all on his own. Great work Mateo. Remember to listen carefully for the difference between a-u and e-i. The next day you wrote the sentence correctly. Time to move up to the next stage. We will keep coming back to those vowels.====

=15/3/2012= ====Mateo is working independently at handwriting time this year. He has a beautiful writing style and is wonderfully neat. His challenge this year is to write with speed while still keeping his handwriting neat and clear. He has the same letter of the week on his own sheet, with a range of linking techniques to copy. His challenge is to see if he can finish copying this sheet before the rest of us have finished our handwriting. He is doing a great job and Mrs Constable has to be VERY picky to find next steps for him. Today Mateo was sent to get a principals award sticker from Mr Kemp for both great work and a great attitude to his learning. Keep up the hard work Mateo!====

=15/3/2012 - We are learning to write a description.= ====Weka have been writing descriptions. Here is Mateo's work he has published. I am sorry that some of it is hard to see, the light was not great when I took the photos. Feel free to come into class and the real work up on the wall. It is always much better in person.====

=21/3/2012= ====Every Wednesday we have news. We call it Banana Split news because we sit in two lines and share our news, and then one side splits off so we can talk to someone new. In this photo Mateo and Arabella are showing what great listeners they are by sitting still and looking at the person who is talking. It is great to see them both so interested. I wonder what they are talking about?====

BIG IDEA - CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITY - WHY THE PAST IS IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE
====We have looked a lot at the past and present this term. Looking at the buildings around Waikari and trying to understand why looking after things that are old is important to people in our community. All the Wekas had to come up with a question about the building they had chosen. Once we decided on our questions we invited a range of people from our community in to talk with us. We found out some very interesting things about our community. Here is Mateo asking his question to Heidi Giles.====

=22/3/2012= ====This picture shows Mateo using his fingers to track when he is counting up from the biggest number. We are learning to do this because then we can work out maths problems faster. Sorry Mateo it's not the best photo of you.====

=27/3/2012= ====Every term we focus on one of the school's PRIDE values. This term we have been looking at respect. How we show respect to other people, to ourselves and our things. Today we talked again about what we can do to show respect and had some time to show some of the skills we have been working on. When this photo was taken Mateo was busy complimenting Jakob on his drawing - "Wow, that's awesome Jakob." Mateo is very respectful at school and takes his role as a Y2 Weka very seriously. He is an expert at getting his morning jobs done quickly and efficiently so he can go out to play. Great work Mateo!====

=3/4/2012=

Mateo is presenting his reading activities very well at the moment. He is taking time to think carefully about what is required and getting everything correct. What a great job.


=Term 2= =Week 1 and 2= We have been practising our soccer skills over the past two weeks. Mateo is consolidating the skills he is learning in Saturday morning soccer as well as helping the other Weka's to learn how to trap and kick a ball. Thanks for being such a star Mateo! You have been really working on your control and passing skills. You will be' running the line' in games, just like you do at school in no time.