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Thursday 24 December 2009
So why is reading important?
William Kamkwamba built a windmill near his home in Malawi. See the video here.
Happy reading.
Tuesday 15 December 2009
Coketooth Tuesday update
Christmas is just around the corner
Have a great Christmas and New Year!
Friday 11 December 2009
Teeth - the latest shot - and a new word discovered, thanks to Poon
Here is the latest picture of the coketooth.
After nearly 3 days, the tooth is covered in a thick brown layer. What will be left on Monday?
We discovered a word today thanks to Poon...chyme. I immediately thought that Poon meant chime, as in hear the bells chime...but no!
Chyme is the word for the semi-liquid contents of your stomach as they are about to pass into the duodenum (the next place in the journey of food as it gets digested). See here for the online dictionary definition.
Thursday 10 December 2009
More times tables help
Here is a totally different site which lets you create amazing artwork using balls which float around after your cursor.
Thanks to MrC's blog for the tip.
Wednesday 9 December 2009
Teeth and Coke
We decided to put a tooth in coke because we wanted to see what would happen. (Laure)
Tuesday 8 December 2009
Any time for Times Tables?
ASK AN ALIEN,
ASK AN ASTRONAUT,
50:50
You may not end up with more money but you will be mathematically richer!
Can you get to the start?
Do you have the power to be...Mission Controller?
Money
Money was an area which caused problems for a few people.
Here are a few BEAM activity sheets and games. Some of these were set as this week's homework.
Here are some other UK money sites from Crickweb:
Money box - drop money into the moneybox and add it up!
Slot machine to 50p - pull the handle, let it spin and add up the coins.
Slot machine to £2 - - pull the handle, let it spin and add up the coins
Mr Toffee's sweet shop - Go to the shop, buy some items and pay. Click on Show total for help.
White Elephant Shop - buy items up to £20 and give the correct coins.
Remember to comment on the games you liked the best.
Please say why...What did they help you learn?...Were they fun?...Did they make nice noises? Did they help you teach your sister?
Here are some other interesting UK money facts.
Friday 4 December 2009
Smoothie taste-off!
Each group made their favourite smoothie from last week. This time we made it with 5 x the amount.
We then took them to the classroom and gave each a score.
We did not know which smoothie was made by which group.
Well done to Richie Cane Tinn Toby for winning the vote with an average score (from 1-10) of 7.18 points.
Close behind were Melyssa Rita Punn Bua Melanie with 7.09 points.
Well done to all the smoothie makers for testing, tasting and scoring.
Quote of the day goes to Tom:" I gave it a 5 because I didn't like the aftertaste!" What fabulous vocabulary...maybe he is a food taster of the future!
Annabel Anika Jessica Laure Jessie |
Thursday 3 December 2009
Learning Conferences,Reading and Local Area Trip
One of the common areas I talked about was reading. I want to make it clearer that 20 minutes reading every night is a homework expectation.
- If you are a very fluent reader and you understand most of what you read, then an adult can help you by asking questions about your reading.
- If you are becoming fluent then you should read aloud for some of the reading time.
- If you need help with quite a lot of help with words, then read aloud to an adult.
What should I write in my reading record?
- Write the date and the title (if you are continuing with the same title from the day before, then you can write "same as yesterday" to save time).
- When your parents hear you read or ask you questions about your reading, please ask them to sign your reading record.
- I will ask some children to do a more detailed reading target. This will mean they need to read 4 books from a list, write about them and post blog comments ALL WITHIN A MONTH...wait for more information.
Here are some photos, hot off the press, from our trip around our local area. There are some pictures from the wall which celebrate the King of Thailand.
Which special day is coming up soon in Thailand?
Friday 27 November 2009
Smoothie making 09!
Today we made our own smoothies...have a look at the great photos below:
Thursday 26 November 2009
Our Local area
Wednesday 25 November 2009
Monday 23 November 2009
Place Value
Read the number, partition the number and click on the correct value of the digits.
Friday 20 November 2009
400 marble - Class party - Wednesday afternoon, 1:15-2:15
We have earned 400 marbles and are having our party this week. (We waited for Tom to come back to school). So well done to Punn and Joe for helping to organise the party during break and lunch times. Thanks to these people for saying they will bring along food, games or activities:
- Thomas - Oreos
- Annabel - Popcorn
- Richie - Cakes
- Ali - Brownies
- Joe - Crisps
- Punn - Orange Juice
- Tom - Guava juice
- Melanie - Blueberry juice
- Estelle - Apple juice
- Richie - Lego
- Adelia - jigsaw
- Tinn - colouring
- Melyssa and Rita - Teddy bears
- Annabel - skipping rope
- Joe - Alien Twist
- Anika - Pass the parcel (can you bring a music cd too?)
- Jessie - Twister
- Melyssa - Monopoly
If you need to prepare any activities, then please get this ready before Wednesday.
Wednesday 18 November 2009
Fractions - another great site to help you learn
Carnivore, Herbivore or Omnivore?
Are you an omnivore, herbivore or carnivore?
We are learning about teeth and eating and were thinking about what kinds of food animals eat to get their energy.
Different animals have different teeth…why is that?
Use this link to play the game we played in class today to learn about carnivores herbivores and omnivores.
Tuesday 17 November 2009
Division Facts
This bingo game is a great game for helping you to learn the division facts quickly.
This number space invaders game helps you work on multiplication and division facts. You also get to choose which times or division facts you are working on.
This petshop game gives you prizes for the answers you answer correctly.
Please comment on your best scores and your favourite games.
Writing about the beach - setting
The coconut trees were leaning from the power of the wind. I saw light sand and it was extremely hot and it looked very red.
Toby
Waves hitting shore, seagulls calling , it's a wonderful day to be at the beach. Suddenly I heard a screaming sound. Oh, it was just a boy laughing about his video game. So I just carried on sunbathing. I heard a dog barking. At the sea a boy was just about to get the ball when suddenlyu he fell down a hole. His parents raced to the hole, but the boy was already gone and there were some strange footprints which looked like hands.
Haley had silky brown hair and a pink swimming costume. She was so shocked by the handprints...
Jessie
Tom was strolling along the beach when he saw something but he could not tell what it was because it was night. Tom came back the next night. It was still there so he made a plan to come back the next night.
Seb
Monday 16 November 2009
Odds and Evens...have you got any beans?
This game involves recognition of odd and even numbers and making and testing predictions. It is played in pairs.
Equipment:
15 items, such as beans, counters, cubes, gumnuts or acorns.
Rules:
In turn, each player takes 1, 2 or 3 objects until no objects are left. The winner is the person who has an odd number of objects.
Magic Vs
Here's another problem which gives you a chance to make different totals.
Think you know your times tables? Then try this one...Shifted Times tables
We are very busy people!
Wow! they seem very busy.
As you can see, below there is space for another entry...send me your information if you want to be included.
Are you really busy or do you wish you had more to do after school?
Do you watch T.V or play on the computer? Richie and Bua didn't mention that in their writing, but I bet they spend some time in front of a screen.
I am a very busy person! My name is
This is what I do before and after school:
Friday 13 November 2009
Varied diet - balanced plate
OF COURSE NOT!!!!
We have made balanced plates with food from all 5 food groups...can you remember their names? Send them in as a comment.
Here's a great game to help you learn them and have fun making a balanced plate for a healthy diet.
Friday 6 November 2009
Times Table Tips
Times tables are so helpful...when I go shopping and buy 7 cartons of juice which cost 15 baht each I can quickly work out how much I will need...when I sponsor someone 10 baht for each length thay swim and they swim eight lengths, I can quickly find the answer.
When you know your times tables, you can check that you are paying the right amount and getting the right amount of change!
Here are some downloadable cards which you can print and make into a game. Here are the answers. Play at home or at school.
Here are tips for the 5 x table,6 x table, 7 x table, 8 x table, 9 x table and there are many other tips too.
Don't forget that Timezattack is another way to learn, but I find that the best way is to repeat each fact and answer.
Wednesday 4 November 2009
This week's homework for maths
Please be ready to hand in your books on Monday 9th November.
If you know these then write the times tables you need to learn.
Have a look at the Woodlands site for some games ideas, but one of the best ways to learn is to say them, write the facts down on cards and write the answers on cards and play a matching game (use the back of a cereal packet if you don't have any other card).
Multiplication.com also has some good x games.
Tuesday 3 November 2009
Match the question to the answer.
Go here and try to match the question to the answer.
Match the question to the answer. Thanks to Dan Sacking and Larry Ferlazzo for pointing out this link.
Monday 2 November 2009
Saturday 31 October 2009
Healthy Smoothies
Y3 will be starting to design some smoothies. We will start off by thinking about different kinds of food, the various food groups and what we need to eat to be healthy.
Have a look at this website, coolfood kidz. Can you find out 7 ways to be safe with food?
Send answers as comments and a marble might be coming your way.
Wednesday 28 October 2009
Design a swim suit!
Which materials would we choose?
What would we want the material to be like?
Would we want to have a transparent material or an opaque one?
Look at how we sorted the materials using a venn diagram made from sorting hoops. Try to look at the scientific words we used to describe the properties of the materials.
The Sunflower group were fantastic because they said "We are not sure about whether these materials are waterproof". The best scientists ask questions and then try to find the answers. The worst scientists think they know it all.
Tuesday 27 October 2009
Write your own story and publish it!
Have a go...you might need to download some Adobe software so ask for help from your parents.
The artwork in the pictures is amazing and you can use really professional pictures to make your book look great.
This Picture Book maker is another site which allows you to make a simple short book. It doesn't let you save your story, but you can print out your own book.
Please email me if you publish a story of your own and I will put a link to it on the class blog.
Good luck.
Friday 16 October 2009
Science - materials powerpoint
How well did you score?
Thursday 15 October 2009
Maths Problems with Katie
Wednesday 14 October 2009
Silly materials
Why do we use plastic for making pens? Why not diamond?
Why do we use glass for making windows? Why not thin slices of ham?
Why do we use cotton for making shirts? Why not metal?
We used the sheet below to help us investigate why we use materials for different objects. Use the properties sheet for help.
Tuesday 13 October 2009
Andy Warhol - pattern, palette, contrasting colours
Using our own patterns which we photocopied, we chose a simple palette of contrasting colours and used these to decorate.
We used different media: paint, pencil and pastel.
We hope you like them.
Which is your favourite?
Guilli liked Tinn's design so much that he used it with his own colour scheme. Which design was Tinn's?
Swimming gala rules and events
2009 Swimming Galas – explanation of the events
Monday 12 October 2009
Most popular...most common.
The least popular fish in 3W is Gold fish, Glow in the dark, Sardine, Black neon tetra and Guppy.
Tinn
Saturday 10 October 2009
Making a graph?
Pressing control-shift-PrtScrn takes a picture (a screenshot) of the screen at that moment. You can then paste it into another document. We pasted into Word.
Here's an online site which allows you to make your own graphs.
Try to make a graph of something at home...maybe the ages of your family, the sizes of your shoes, the number of power points in each room.
Let me know how the graph making goes. You could send me a screenshot of the graph you make.
This BBC site is amazing. You ask the different people questions and enter the data in a tally. Have a go. Please comment.
Good luck!
Thursday 8 October 2009
Speak another language? Find the blog hard to read?
Si l'anglais n'est pas votre langue maternelle, essayez de copier l'écriture du blog dans le Google Translate Winget sur le côté du blog. J'espère qu'il traduit avec précision. S'il vous plaît commentaire si elle ne fait pas!
如果英语不是您的第一语言,尝试复制到谷歌从博客写作翻译在博客侧温格特。我希望它翻译准确。请评论如果不!
만일 영어가 모국어가 아닌 Google에 블로그의 측면에서 winget 번역 블로그에서 서면으로 복사하십시오. 나는 그것을 정확하게 해석 바랍니다. 의견을 보내주십시오면 그건 상관 없어!
Wednesday 7 October 2009
Mrs May's class blog - materials and states of matter
Were there any surprising facts?
Please comment.
Tuesday 6 October 2009
Materials
Want to know if a material (the stuff the thing is made of) which is used to make an object (a thing) is:
hard, soft, solid, liquid, shiny, dull, transparent, opaque,floats, sinks, mixes, flammable, non flammable, magnetic, non magnetic, a conductor, an insulator or is natural or man made?
You could look at this picture for some help with words (they are usually near their opposite).
Look no further. Go here for the Active Science GlaxoSmithKline materials database.
Go here when you are confident you can handle...mission material. Be careful, you have to move quickly and know your properties of materials.
If you want a complete view of the Glaxo ActiveScience materials, go here...an impressive collection ofresources.
Monday 5 October 2009
Data gathering
We are asking and answering questions in our maths lessons.
Which day of the week is your favourite?
What is your prediction?
Why do you think that?
We found out the most popular day in 3W.
We used a tally to collect the information. We used a class register to make sure the data was complete. We turned the tally into a frequency diagram by adding it up.
Click here for a great maths dictionary to help you understand any technical maths words.
...and the class favourite was...Friday...must be because we have chips in the canteen!
Artists Alert: Swimming Gala Programme competition
The P.E. department needs a poster.
The winning entry will be used as the front cover of the Programme. There are also other prizes available. The deadline for designs to be handed in (to Khun Pacharee please) is Friday 9th October...you only have 4 days to get it done.
Marbles will be given for participating in this competition.
The best part of my weekend was...
Here is a snapshot of the highlights of the 3W weekend:
Watching rugby
Funarium
sleeping later
Melyssa's party and meditation
my birthday party
build-a-bear
going to Sophie's house for party
G-Force
getting a Wii
water fight
watching live tennis, birthday
new website and game
playing spies with my friends
having a take away (take out)
3D Gforce
tennis
very big party with more than 20 people, doing some washing up
party, funarium, going to sleep late, waking up early
playing with friends
watching "Wacked out sports"
playing at my friends
going to a restaurant with bed chairs
Can you remember who said what?
Friday 2 October 2009
Visitors from America
Yesterday, 15 thoughtful students from Mr C's class, somewhere out there in the real world, read our post about how tall we are in hand heights. They then commented on our blog...see here.
Their class activity was to read our blog (see here for their activity) and comment. What great interaction and international learning.
I want to know more about these students. How old are they? What are their interests? Have they ever been to Thailand?
Please take the time to read their comments, and maybe you could have a look at MrC's blog.
Santi's bean...is it stopping?
Basketball Heroes
Wednesday 30 September 2009
Measuring carefully and solving problems
Tuesday 29 September 2009
Stop frame sweetcorn
Grow a seed in a matter of seconds.
200 marbles!
Aquathlon - great effort
Monday 28 September 2009
Strange fish
Plantastic!
They are doing some great experiments about plants. Look here for details.
We must take some photos of Santi's bean - now taller than 80cm!! - and our plant experiments.
Measuring length
What you need:
a ruler, a metre stick, a pencil, tape measure, a thing to measure (Tom want to measure a carrot)
What you do:
Get your ruler and thing you are measuring
Make sure you use the right side of the ruler with the right units (mm or cm)
Line up the start of the object with the zero mark.
Count on from the zero to the end of the object.
Read the measurement with your eyes just above the end of the object.
Sunday 27 September 2009
Great came for learning your 100 square AND developing your investigative skills!
Try to think carefully about patterns that you see in a normal 100 square...what is the pattern in the first column of the normal 100 square, under the number 1?
This should help you solve it.
You could also print it out, cut out the pieces and solve it like a jigsaw.
Go here to see a normal 100 square to help you solve the challenge.
Friday 25 September 2009
Ooops! Aquathlon on TUESDAY 29th October
Apologies for getting the events dates muddled up.
and the Basketball is on Friday 2nd October, from 7:50 – 9:50.
Thanks to Rachel for noticing and pointing this out.