Exposition Writing

This term we have been focussing on exposition writing. Today 4J split into writing teams. The teams had to pick a statement card from a mystery box and then roll a die to see if they were going to agree or disagree with the statement. They worked together to write persuasively about their topic, following the structure of exposition writing with paragraph topics and a rebuttals. Here is what they came up with....

Exposition Writing

In Term 3 we will be learning about exposition writing. This type of writing involves presenting an opinion about a topic and using persuasive arguments to try to convince readers to agree. This activity may help although you may need to zoom in quite a lot to be able to see it!

Super Egg 2010

THANK YOU 4J

I would like to thank all the students in 4J for helping to make 2009 such an enjoyable year. I have been most impressed with the way you have all helped each other out and worked together. We sure have had a lot of laughs along the way!

Thank you also to the parents and other family members who have been supportive of our school program, checked our blog regularly and left us comments. It's nice to know that people at home are interested in what we have been doing at school.

It is with some sadness that I say goodbye to this year's 4J class! I wish you all a very Happy Christmas, a safe summer holiday and a all the very best for 2010 as you move on to Grade 5 and some of you take on school leadership positions. I have confidence in your abilities! Go for it!

From Miss Jeffery

Water Project Celebration

Thankyou to all the parents who came to our assembly this morning. The students in Level 3 have been working very hard on the various fundrasiers and should feel very proud of their amazing efforts. In total we raised $781 for Oxfam Australia to help them provide fresh clean water for communities in need. This exceeded our expectations by a long way! We have very much appreciated the overwhelming support of the school community.

Special Assembly and Level 3 Open Day

Hi parents,

Just a reminder that tomorrow morning at assembly we will be celebrating all the work that Level 3 have done for the water findraiser. The students will be singing a song, announcing the winners of the drawing competition and paper plane competition and presenting a cheque to a represtative from Oxfam Australia.

Level 3 are also having an open morning in our classrooms to show some of the work students did in Term 3. Some of the items on display will be:

Pengmation:
After studying marine environments and reading 'Pinquo' by Colin Thiele, students made papier mache penguins using one litre milk bottles. They then worked in groups to come up with an idea for a short still-frame animation clip. After completing storyboards, the students took digital photos for the clip and then edited them in Windows MovieMaker.

Marine Animal Posters:
Each student has researched a marine animal of their choice and completed a mini project on this animal.

Book Report Videos:
Students have completed book reports on books that they read in Term 3. They then planned interviews where one student answers another student's questions about the book and reads a passage from the story.

We would love to have the opportunity to share these pieces of work with you and hope that you can make it to our Term 3 celebration.

Miss Jeffery

Introducing Smart Kiddies

Our class now have an account on Smart Kiddies - an Australian primary school maths site. Each student has their own username and password and will be using this website while at school. They may also login at home until about 4.30pm. I will be setting tasks on this site as well as on Mathletics related to maths topics we are currently studying at school. I have added Smart Kiddies to the list of weblinks on our blog.
Miss Jeffery

Cyber Safety

How cyber smart are you? Please have a look at the cyber safety link below where you will find a quiz and information about being safe while using the internet.

Miss Jeffery's 30th Birthday

I had a lovely day yesterday for my birthday and it was nice sharing it with another birthday girl, Mrs Italiano! The kids in 4J certainly spoiled me by singing Happy Birthday twice (very loudly) with 30 claps. Thankyou very much to Gavan and Belinda for bringing in delicious cupcakes and 30 helium balloons in my favourite colours! What a surprise! Thankyou also to Racael, Cathy, Alison and the staff at Kerrimuir for the beautiful flowers. It was a very special day.

Fractions

Pen Licence Announcement

I would like congratulate the following students who were awarded their full pen licences today;

Winnie
Alex
Thalia
Holly

These four students have been working extremely hard on their handwriting and were very excited to receive their full pen licences. Well done!

From Miss Jeffery

Meet Our Grade

Writing Letters

We've been learning about writing letters this term. Here's an activity we have been doing on our interactive whiteboard. Have a go and see if you can correctly structure this letter.