Reading with buddy class

For buddy class we meet up with our Year 1 buddies from Room 3.

We had lots of different Dr Seuss books that we shared, along with other books.

It was wonderful to see the way both big and little buddies were engaged with what they were reading.

Lulu's start student teaching

This week Lulu taught us how to make a box out of papers.

These are boxes Lulu made previously.

She showed us what to do, we asked questions then she taught us step by step.

After she has showed us what to do the students asked Lulu...
Kerwin-Why would you use a box so small?
I don't know. For anything that involves a box.

Hayley-How size was the paper for the little box
About the size of a post it.

Ben-Do we have to make one?
Well you have to ask Mrs Wilson that.


Then she helped us make them. These are the instructions she gave us.

You need a square piece of paper. Make sure you keep you corners and folds neat and correct.


Fold the paper in half then rotate and fold in half again. You will get 4 equal square corners. 

Fold each corner down into the middle of the square.

 
 




Fold the opposite side down so they meet in the middle of the box.

Open those flaps and repeat with the other 2 sides.



Open those flaps out too.
 


 
 



Cut along between the two flaps (as shown in the photo), only to the crease mark from the sides being folded.









Open 2 sides of flaps, so it matches the photo.

This is the tricky part...
Fold and tuck the triangles into the creases made on the side next to the triangle.

 


It was great to see lots of people helping others with this part.










Once all the triangles are tucked in, push the points of the triangles into the middle of the box.


 And then hopefully you have made a box.



You can make boxes of different sizes and colours.




After Lulu's lessons the student said...
I found it easy and I'm probably going to decorate. -Charlotte
I'm probably going to use it for putting in my jovies. -Aiden
It was fun and easy. -Hayley
It's cool to make, but sometimes it can be hard. -Lulu

Thanks Lulu for teaching us something new.

Kailey's star student teaching

Each week we have a Star Student. This person is chosen randomly.

They get extra treats for the week including: sitting on the pink chair, being the leader of the line, filling in the brag book and questions about themselves then sharing that information with the class, doing the computer or scanner at the library and doing any extra jobs or messages.

But one of the favourite things that happens is that near the end of the week the Star Student chooses something to teach the class. It could be a game, how to bake something (with yummy examples to sample) or all about something eg moterbikes, theme parks in Australia.

This week Kailey taught us some magic tricks and how to do them. She had a very captive audience.

Here is what the students said:
-Lulu wondered "How did you learn the tricks?". Kailey responded "I learnt from a video and book."
-Laura asked "How long did it take to learn?" Kailey said "About an hour each."
-Hannah asked "Why did you choose these particular tricks to show us?" Kailey replied "Simple to do but complicated to crack."
-Hayley asked "When did you learn the tricks?" Kailey said "Tuesday."