Chapter Chat Fish In A Tree

CC17 FISH IN A TREE - Y5/6, W1: Tasks & Questions

W1: Pages 1-38 (Chapters 1-7)

TASKS - Choose from the following...

1. Draw a picture of Ally. What do you think she looks like?

2. Make your own 'Sketchbook of Impossible Things' book. Draw some crazy pictures that Alley draws (A fish with a snorkel, dinosaur holding a coffee cup.....).

3. Create the card that Ally gave for Mrs Hall's baby shower.

4. Experience what it would be like to have dyslexia at:
http://www.pbs.org/…/misundersto…/experiences/readexp1b.html

5. RESEARCH - Ally's attitude at the start of the book is very negative. Research GROWTH MINDSET and make some Growth Mindset Posters to display in your school.

6. HANDS-ON - Act out the scene where Ally is tied up on the train tracks.

7. WRITING - Pretend you are Ally and write one page describing yourself for your teacher. What can you tell them that will help them understand you?

8. VOCABULARY - Find the meanings of the following words: Sympathy, churns, coincidence, exasperated, humiliated and trudge.

9. FLIPGRID - What do you think of Ally? Why do you think she behaves the way she does? Add your thoughts to this FLIPGRID: https://flipgrid.com/a32fd26f PASSWORD - ChapterChat

10. MINECRAFT - Pretend that Travis has opened his own business called 'Nickerson Restoration'. Create it in Minecraft.

SLOW CHAT QUESTION (Posted 9am Monday)

* Look closely at the cover and predict what the story might be about based on the title, images, and colours. When might someone feel as if he or she is a fish in a tree? Have you ever felt this way?

TWITTER CHAT QUESTIONS

1. Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week. Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.

2. Why was Ally in trouble for giving Mrs. Hall a sympathy card? Explain how it happened and why it was a mistake?

3. Ally says, “I wish I had my Sketchbook of Impossible Things. It’s the only thing that makes me feel like I’m not a waste of space.” Why does Ally feel like a waste of space? What are Ally’s strengths?

4. “Me avoiding consequences would be like the rain avoiding the sky." What does this mean and how does it relate to Ally’s experiences in school?

5. What was Ally's favourite book? Why?

6. Grandpa and Dad would ask Travis and Ally if they were having a silver dollar day or a wooden nickel day. What is the difference between these types of days? Describe a silver dollar day for you. Describe a wooden
nickel day for you.

7. Travis told Ally to not have low expectations of herself. Do you think you have low or high expectations for yourself? Give an example of some high expectations to have.

8. Ally sees herself tied up and lying on imaginary train tracks, watching the engine coming around the corner. Describe a time when you felt the same way, dreading something that was about to happen.

9. What lay at the root of Ally's problems at school? Why do you think she refused to share this with anyone?

10. Are you enjoying the story? What do you think will happen next?

Wonderopolis Week 9 - Magnets & Voyaging

How Does a compass work?
How Are Magnets Used?
Do opposites attract?

Yesterday, Indigo Room went on a fantastic trip to the Motueka Museum and the Motueka Library.
At the Museum we looked at voyaging and lots of other really cool things.
Then we went to the Library.
At the library some people did origami animals and hearts.
They are sending the hearts down to Christchurch after what happened.
The people who didn't do origami browsed and got out books.
We also got to play on the playground and Mrs Milnes took a photo of us.

By Nikau and Haze.

poi

In our class we have started doing poi. Our first lesson we explored the ways and things that we know and buddied up to show them what we could do already and then when we were in our buddies we made a four.Then in our second lesson we will watch a video that will show us the traditional moves.  




by Kalahni and Eloise

waka arma

Yesterday we went to waka ama. 

Group one went to go on a waka first and Group two went for a walk to see the Mania statue and played in the sand.

After an hour, Group one came back, and Group two went on the waka next. 

We had heaps of fun, because for some people its was there first time.

 Most of the classes went for a swim, and some people made a dam.
 By Kiwa an Ruby R.             

On Tuesday last week, just a few days after the Weetbix triathalon, Indigo room decided to have a class triathalon. we organised the teams. On each team there was a biker, a runner, and a swimmer. Some people, however, decided to do it as an individual. the group runners went first. they took their positions.

ready, set...GO!

they were of like a bullet, to do two laps of the loop track. when they got back, they put one last, sudden burst of speed in and tagged the bikers. off they went.

1... 2... laps! the bikers dropped their bikes and went to tag the swimmers. they dived in the pool and swum two lengths of it. then went the individuals. they did the exact same thing, except they did only half of the things the groups did, which made it fair.
It was an absolutely amazing day!
By Sanne and Sayla.

Young Ocean Explorers

Young Ocean Explorers