Ruma Karaka
Hi,we're Ruma Karaka (Room 3).We go to Thorndon School in Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific, Southern Hemisphere, the Earth, the Solar System, the Universe.We are Year 3s & 4s, so our ages are 6, 7, 8 & 9 years. We have a monkey called Spike as a class mascot. Our teacher is called 'Mr du' and he thinks that we are very smart. Why don't you contact us? Or, you could visit our website: www.rumakaraka.co.nz.
Advice to Parents on Listening to Your Child Read
Reading at Home with your Child
Remember the 5 Ps.
Prepare
- Right Place
- Right Time
- Right Book
Pause
· This means WAIT. Don’t tell, don’t signal. Give the child a chance to THINK.
Praise
· This makes your child feel good about him or herself and good about reading.
Prompt
· If your child makes a mistake that doesn’t make sense, help him or her correct it.
Probe
· Comprehension is reinforced when you discuss the content of the material before, during and after reading.
Modern Fables
We havebeen reading some interesting modern fables online in class. If you want to read some at home, go to: www.fablevision.com/place/library/index.html.
Aesop's Fables
In Ruma Karaka, we have been looking at Aesop's fables! We went to Upper Hutt to see a couple of men. They performed some fable stories. The stories were
The Boy Who Cried Wolf,
The Goose That Layed The Golden Eggs and
The Hare And The Turtle! When they sang the songs, they were actually telling us what the MORALwas and what the story was ABOUT! The men dressed up for the stories and showed us WHO was in that story. We enjoed the show and we hope you enjoyed our writing!
by Taylor and Brianna1
Butterfly Days
Hi Here are some of our monarch caterpillars that are quite fat. Sometimes when they are babies the monarch caterpillars are very small and hard to see.
This is a chrysalis at the start of his two weeks inside. The reason they are called monarch butterflies because they have yellow spots like a crown.
This is a monarch butterfly almost at the end of it's chrysalis life. As you can see the monarch butterfly is about to hatch.
This monach butterfly has just hatched from it's chrysalis! The monarch butterfly's body is so fat because the blood is in the back of it's body. It is pumping the blood into it's wings.
This monarch butterfly is almost ready to fly. The monarch buterfly is drying it's wings! By Harrison and Samuel.
More School Picnic Photos
Some of us went for a ride on the flying-fox. Weeeeeeeee!
Some of us went for a little walk in the stream it was fun!
School Picnic
On Wednesday the 20 of February we went on a picnic it was AWESOME. We also went to Khandallah pool it was FREEZING! But some children forgot their togs.
Mr.du also took a group for a hike and we played in the stream and some kids played on the playground. We also had morning tea and lunch at Khandallah Park. By Madison and Tabitha.
Room 3 Made the most of a day at Khandallah Park last Wednesday.
New Year 2008
Welcome back to Ruma Karaka - Bigger and Better!
Ruma Karaka 2007
Ruma Karaka are ready to start the year. We have a great class and we are really enthusiastic. We will have lots to share with you during the year.
