The Little Red Hen

 

Over the last couple of weeks we have been reading different versions of the Little Red Hen. This is part of our narrative writing process. We read the stories. The we talk about the characters, the setting, and begin to develop a basic understanding of the sequence of events in the story.

Then, one day, ngā tamariki break off into small groups to sequence the events in the story.

After that - on another day - ngā tamariki act out the story for the rest of the class.

One of the bonus' of the story of the Little Red Hen is we then make bread. Like the the Hen we used flour, yeast and water to make the bread. We knead the dough. We leave it to rise. Then we bake the bread.

Smelling the yeast as it develops...

Measuring and mixing...

Rising and baking...

And the very beast part! EATING!

Cricket

 

We were lucky enough to have an expert come and teach us some small ball skills - those that relate in particular to cricket. We learned through a number of games played. Skills for catching and throwing - as well as hitting the ball. It was a great opportunity! Thanks Cricket NZ!

Toast

 Everybody loves toast! Part of supporting tamariki as they develop their writing skills is to give them experiences to 'hang' their writing on. Making toast is a fairly shared experience in any case - but everyone enjoys a piece of warm toast while sitting together to chat right?! We use this experience and the differing language abilities in the class to extend our writing. From a simple sentence like "I like toast" through to explaining the process... "first we...then we... after that..." sequencing the events in order - and maybe adding descriptive words of the sounds as we munched and crunched through our toast. Mmm tasty!

My monster munches...

 Part of our learning for term four has been around the sound 'm' and symmetry. Be very careful e te whānau! These monsters munch everything! Even mums!