Slide Share

Tui 2 is going to begin using 'Slide Share' to download their power points so that people can view their work, make comments and perhaps learn something new. This is an exciting prospect.

http://www.slideshare.net/candyh

Another Animoto

Use the link on the blog, 'Snippets of Life at SAMs', to view another Animoto Video that shows photos of SAMS Arts Evening and Athletics Day. Enjoy the show!

Our Learning Journey's: POETRY#links

Our Learning Journey's: POETRY#links
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Our Learning Journey's: POETRY#links

Our Learning Journey's: POETRY#links
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POETRY

Tui 2 has started a unit on poetry. Here are some of our ideas and questions.

What is poetry? We are not to sure about what poetry really is so we will do further exploration to find out.

Why do we have poetry?
¨ One idea was to express yourself.
What types of poetry have you read or written?
¨ Acrostic
¨ Haiku
¨ Rhyming Poem
¨ Nursery Rhymes
What else do we know about poetry?
¨ Poems can rhyme
¨ Poems can be short
¨ Poems can be in verses
¨ Poems contain figurative language: similes / metaphors/ onomatopoeic
¨ Poetry can have flow, beat, and rhythm

Happenings!!

These last couple of weeks have been really busy!!
SAMS has had its Arts Evening which was a great success and I was pleased to see a lot of Tui 2 students getting involved in this event.
We have also had speeches. Annie, you did us proud winning the Year 7 and 8 section. Congratulations also goes to Kelsey Hodge and Chevonne Taylor for gettting into the finals.
Last Wednesday we had BikeWise. This was great fun and hopefully something we will do again.
This Friday we have SAMS Athletics. I am looking forward to seeing everyone participating.

What are the Learning Outcomes for our Blogs????
How does blogging relate to the SAMS learner?? What competencies are we using?

These are the ideas that Tui 2 had:

Our Blogs Are For:

Sharing and communicating thoughts, information and ideas that maybe of interest to other people
Keeping track of our learning

Informing people about what is happening at SAMS and in Tui 2

Challenging opinions of other people and perhaps helping them with their learning

Asking questions that people can comment on

We will add to this post as we become more familair with blogging in Tui 2

This is Our Criteria for Our Blogs
Comments should be focused on what is happening in the classroom and at SAMS (they may show individual projects that maybe of interest to others)
Videos should have a comment which reflects the content
No u-tube videos can be used unless it is of relevance to our learning
All information is to be written in our own words
Comments should be thought out
Punctuation and spelling should be correct

Useful Links

I will be adding links to this blog to sites that are relevant to what is happening in Tui 2 and at SAMS.
The links that are currently on this site will lead you directly to Tui 2 Caves; these contain learning activities that students can access, to SAMS Market Day photos, which are held in a site named Flickr, and to my wikispace where I have added an Animoto video which depicts life at SAMS over the last two weeks.

FIFA World Cup Hamilton

It was a privilege to be apart of the spectacle that was the Women’s U17 World Football Cup. To watch the best young women footballers in action was certainly a privilege. The video shows USA playing Japan, Japan being the eventual winners.