Procedural writing & reading

The last few weeks in Room 4 we have been focusing our literacy programme on procedural writing. We have been reading procedural texts, writing our own procedural texts, following procedures and identifying structural and language features of procedural writing. We are beginning to know procedural writing inside and out. Check out some of the things we have been doing in the classroom around procedural texts. 

Check out some of our procedural writing on the student work page

Kereru students read instructions about how to build a raft. They built their own and wrote instructions for other people to follow to build their raft. 

                                 

                                     

       Callum and Mark's raft         Hikurangi and Bryn's raft              Charlotte and Hamish's raft

Pukeko student's read a journal story about rewena bread. They identified imperative verbs and technical vocabulary. They spent Friday making the bread and best of all, tasting the bread!

                              

                           

Ruru students read a text learning all about robots. The text was overflowing with technical vocabulary and they were able to ask thoughtful questions to decide if a word would be considered technical vocabulary or not. They then tried to programme some pesky robots. 

Lastly Tui students put their reading skills to the test by reading a set of instructions on how to create an origami water balloon. They carefully read the instructions and followed the directions precisely to create their own water balloon. 

Camp MERC

All the year 5's headed out to Long Bay for camp last week and what a blast they had. After our inquiry last term on growth mindset Room 4 students faced challenges with a positive attitude. Students were encouraging and supportive and it was a fantastic time for everyone involved. There were definitely highlights. Check out what some of our students have to say.

Anna- At camp Merc we went out of our confort zone and faced lots of different challenges
Finn- The food was really good. I think the lunches were the best.
Bianca- Sleeping in dorms with your year group was really awesome. I didn't get much sleep though.
Callum- I liked how we stayed up super late and especially how we watched the movie.
Grace- We got to make new friends because we were in groups of students that we might not have had a chance to hang out with before.
Zach- It was brilliant even though some activities were cancelled. Every challenged I enjoyed and I think everyone else did as well.
Issy- I liked the rock climbing because it was kind of like abseiling and you had anchor people. It was really fun and you could do it blindfolded.
Toby- The run was fun.
Richie- I learnt heaps of stuff that I wouldn't have learnt at school like how to tie knots.
Chloe- I liked the movie night because we had lots of hard work from camp and we got to rest and watch a movie.
Addy- I really liked the run / walk. The views were amazing and I enjoyed taking pictures.
Poppy- I liked all the activities because they were really active.
Emison- The instructors were so nice and gave us friendly advice.

Charlotte- I liked archery because I haven't done much archery before. I enjoyed it even though I didn't get a bulls eye.
Mark- We got to face our fears.

We were lucky enough to get some video footage of our time at Year 5 camp. Check out what we got up to in the video below.