Samoan Day!!

Some helpful phrases

Japanese Greetings

Cultural Week kicks off!!!

Student Safety Survey @ SAMS

Student ICT Survey 2010

Reflection

Culture

other Speech videos

Speech videos

Speeches

Speeches, Speeches, Speeches,



It's that time of year again! Did you know the number 1 greatest fear in the world is public speaking. To help ease this fear I found some professional speakers on You-tube to give us some of thier tips so we can be the best public speakers possible. Enjoy these videos, if you have any other helpful hints or comments please let Room 2 know.



Thanks

ULearn 2010

Had a great time down in Christchurch learning about the ever evolving ICT. I'm looking forward to implementing some of what I have learned into our classroom, the kids will be in for a real treat!

What is Culture

Waimaths Success for SAMS

Last night we had a number of students participate in the regional Waimaths competition. Our Year 7 Team came 3rd and we won 1st, 3rd and 4th Place in the poster competitions. Our Year 8 team performed well on the night but did not place.

Year 7 Team

Joyce Guo

Nathan Cleaver

Horim Choi

Year 8 Team

Panpan Seehamart

Abigail Wallace

Dylan Roberts

1st Place for the Waimaths Poster

Horim Choi

3rd Place for the Waimaths Poster

Susan Rangi

4th Place for the Waimaths Poster

Darshni Moodley

Maths Week

Its that time of year again Maths Week has finally arrived. Check out the Maths Week web-site to see all the cool games, the money we can raise as a class and much, much more....

Voki

How to Blog

How to Blog

Unit 1 French post Assessment

French Post Assessment
-Have a look and see for yourself how much the children have already learned!!!!

Room 2 Invasion Games Pre-Assessment

1. Write what you think good attackers do.
2. Write what you think good defenders do.
3. Watch the video of our first game of our "Attack/defence" unit.
4. Write what you think you did well and what you need to work on.
5. Write what you think the class did well and what we need to work on.

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

NZ Volcanoes

Volcanoes in NZ

Latest NZ Volcanoes

Latest US Volcanoes

How Volcanoes happen

And 1 from NZ's own Mt Ruapehu 1995/1996

So how does erosion work?

If this is how it works in the sea - how does it work in the river??

River

The Start of the Waikato River

View Larger Map

Port Waikato

View Larger Map

Want to learn more on rivers?

Rock Types

We are going to have a look at rock types through using these 2 webquests below.

Discover How Rocks Are Formed

Become a Rock Expert!

Students will work on these in pairs. Students will need to compile basic research notes as they go - you may choose which format is best for you for note taking.

Add 3 things to rock types vocab list as you go - remember once it's on the vocab list you can't add it again, so search for interesting information that others will enjoy reading!! :-)

Post your notes here

Hinuera ignimbrite

Hinuera ignimbrite (often marketed as Hinuera stone) is a yellow-cream to pale-brown ignimbrite containing angular fragments of pumice in a fine-grained matrix of volcanic ash. It is still quarried today, and widely used for cladding buildings in the North Island.

Andesite

Andesite is a fine-grained, extrusive igneous rock composed mainly of plagioclase with other minerals such as hornblende, pyroxene and biotite. The specimen shown is about two inches (five centimeters) across.

The Rock Cycle

Rock cycle animation

Fun Activities Landforms

Check out the Landforms page on wikipedia

Volcano Song

Plate Tectonics

Making Mountains

The Moon

A Meteoroid Hits the Moon

Moon Information page and a comparision between the Moon and the Earth.

Some Moon Facts from Kathrin via email - difference between Earth and Moon and how landforms were created  Moon had very active volcanism in it's early history - there are still remnants of volcanoes, but most of all Moon was heavily bombarded by meteorites causing many of the craters we can see today. Earth also received meteorite hits but contrary to the moon today they are hard to make out - partially because of all the vegetation we have  in contrast but also because of the lack of erosional forces that lack on the moon in contrast to Earth.

How do the Earth's Tectonic Plates work?

Tectonic Plates video

Changes of the Earth's Tectonic Plate over 650 Million Years

How are Mountains made?

An extra activity with ARB's Plate Tectonics with student worksheets.

Pre assessment French

Pre-Assessment Writing - Describe

My Room, My Castle

A television station is advertising for teenagers to enter a competition for a free 'room makeover'. If you win, your room will be transformed into the room of your dreams. Your plans should be considerate of the needs of all the people who live in your house, as well as giving you a dream bedroom. Write a description of how you would like your room transformed.

The entry form asks you to:
briefly describe your original room and what aspects need changing describe your ideas for the makeover of your room show some originality and flair in the changes you describe

Hints

• Plan your writing before you start.
• Be logical and ordered in your presentation of ideas, organising them into sentences and paragraphs.
• Include an introduction and conclusion.
• Use language that will make your writing interesting and vivid for your reader.
• Remember to use the time at the end to proof-read and edit your writing, paying attention to grammar, punctuation and spelling.

Time Frame:

5min discussion as a class

5min Planning

30min Writing

5min editing at the end

Post Writing Assessment Explanations

The Life Cycle of Butterflies

Your class has been researching the life cycles of butterflies. You need to write an explanation of the processes of change that occur during a butterfly's life cycle. Look carefully at the diagram.

You need to write to explain the life cycle of a butterfly. You should think about the process that happens and include details and reasons in your explanation.

Hints

• Remember who you are writing the explanation for.
• Use the diagram to help you think about what to write.
• You can add ideas of your own.
• Start by telling what it is you are going to write about.
• Remember to give details and reasons to help explain the process.
• Write in sentences.
• Think about the order of your ideas.
• Pay attention to spelling and punctuation.
• Remember to use the time at the beginning for planning and the time at the end to check and edit your writing.
• If you need more space to plan your writing, ask the teacher for more paper.

Time Frame:

5min discussion as a class

5min Planning

30min Writing

5min editing at the end

The Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Issac Newtons: Three Laws of Motion

Throughout terms 1 and 2 Room 2 will be concentrating on Forces and Motion. Here are a few videos to see some of the learning that we will be focusing on. If you have any questions please send us a question. :-)

Forces and motion

Blogs in Plain English

To help you understand exactly what a blog is please click on the box below. If you have any remaining questions please don't hesitate to send our class one. :-)

Sneak Peak into Room 2's Learning

Welcome Room 2

Kia Ora!!!! Welcome to SAMS 2. We are a year 7 and 8 class that consist of 18 bright and energetic students at St. Andrews Middle School in Hamilton, New Zealand. As you know the wave of the future is encompassed around technology and we must be ready to embark upon it. As we enter a new school year we have the ability through blogging to share and immerse in learning that will take us through the 21st century. We thoroughly hope you enjoy our class work, principles and goals. SAMS 2 thanks you for visting our blog and look forward to seeing you again.