Jakob

=9/2/2012=

Great work on your reading activity today. You made it to the star wall well done.
== =23/2/2012= ====When writing today we were talking about words and numbers. Jakob and I descussed whether we should use the written number 5 or the word in his writing. After a while he decided that numbers went with numbers e.g. 5 + 3 = 8 but words went with words e.g. 'it was the number five on the letterbox'. Well done Jakob. By coming to this conclusion yourself you will remember it for a long time.====

=24/2/2012= ====Jakob and Geordie have been teaming up in the classroom over the last few days. They choose books to read each other, and test each other on their sight words and spelling words. It is great to see them really caring about their learning, and helping each other to succeed. Ka pai! (it is hard to see, but Jakob is the one reading the book)====

=1/3/2012= ====What a powerful learning experience today. Jakob and Jake were at the big white board during reading time. Jakob had been writing the alphabet in capitals and lower case letters when Jake came along and wanted to copy him. "O.K." said Jakob "lets do it together." What a pleasure to look up and see the boys working together to help Jake's learning. The power of knowledge.====

=13/3/2012= ====This is Jakob doing his silly sentence in phonics today. He has listened to the sentence and then written it out all on his own. Great work Jakob,you are ready for the next stage. You are really turning into a great writer, keep it up.====

=15/3/2012 - We are learning to write a description.= ====Weka have been writing descriptions. Here is Jakob'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 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 Jakob asking his question to Mr Kemp.====

=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. There is no doubt that Jakob's favourite activity is art and drawing. Here he showed great respect when asked to find a quiet activity that he enjoyed. He is always very respectful, and appreciates that other people may not find drawing as easy as him. He takes compliments about his work quietly and often makes positive comments about other peoples art work to encourage them to have another go. Another respectful Weka, well done!====

=3/4/2012=