GLOBAL MONSTER PROJECT

Along with 2R and 2BP, we're joining with 37 other classes from around the world to take part in the GLOBAL MONSTER PROJECT.


Each of the classes participating chose a body part or accessory and came up with 8-12 words to describe that part. Along with our buddy Yr 2 classes, we chose the ears. We imagined what  a monster's ears might look like and after brainstorming, this was our description-
    Right ear - thorny, twisted, curly, long, dragging on the ground
     Left ear- hairy, scabby, sunburnt, elf like

You can see the descriptions that all the other classes contributed in the table on the MONSTER 2010 home page.

Our task now is to use the descriptions to build a monster by October 29. We know that each class will interpret the descriptions differently. We can't wait to see what all the monsters will look like.

Building this monster is going to be a HUGE task and will require a LOT of teamwork...but will be heaps of fun!

Have you taken part in the Monster Project before?

Do you have any tips for us as to how we should go about building our monster?

Do you have any suggestions as to the materials we could use the create each part?

Please leave your suggestions in a comment and visit again to check on our 'monster' progress.

WELCOME TO TERM 4!

Welcome to term four. We're excited to be back and we can't believe we only have 9 weeks left of Year 2. There's so much learning still to do!

Right from the start of the day, we were reminded of how connected we are in our learning, that it's not just us and Mrs M. 

We had 'welcome back' tweets from the Kinderkids and Mrs Glynn's class in Houston, Texas, plus a surprise skype call from Mrs Cassidy. 

She showed us all the leaves in her 'fall' backyard. It was cool to see her autumn trees. We don't notice the changing of the seasons as much in our climate. We found if amazing that it was a 27C autumn day in Moose Jaw and only a 25C spring day in Brisbane. Mrs Cassidy was having a heatwave!

Then Mrs M surprised us with some gifts - books from Mrs Cassidy and Mrs Knee, plus lots of books that Mrs M bought for us while she was overseas. 

We can't wait to read them. Some of them are even signed by the author! We already think, just by looking at them, that many of these books we'll want to read over and over!

Because Mrs Knee knew we were planning a marine inquiry this term, she also sent us some marine stuffies (a horseshoe crab, hermit crab and a moon jelly) and some shells and a whelk egg case from the beaches of New Hampshire. 

We can't believe how BIG some of the shells are and we've never seen anything like the whelk egg case before! We wonder if there is anything like this in our Moreton Bay habitat?

We ended our first day back with the biggest surprise. Last term, we were closely following Mrs Knee's daughter Abi, a marine biologist, while she was collecting data about marine life on Lizard Lsland, up on the Great Barrier Reef. 

We skyped with her and after she sent us some photos, we had LOTS!!!!! of questions. We were expecting for her to just email the answers to us, but guess what she did? She created a site on Shutterfly and made an ebook for us. We were amazed to get our questions answered this way and think Abi should write more books. What do you think?

Click here to view this photo book larger

What a way to start the term! We're so lucky to be part of a network of classes and people from around the world.

We are really excited about our learning, about the conversations we will have and the connections we will continue to make.

Come back to see what we're doing and PLEASE leave a comment because your comments help us LEARN!

WELCOME TO TERM 4!

We can't believe that we are in the last term of the year. It's only a 9 week term and before we know it, it will be the end of the year but there's a lot happening before then.

This term we are exploring narrative texts - reading them, constructing/deconstructing them and writing them - and because of our inquiry approach, who knows where are exploration of narratives will take us!

We are really excited about our learning this term, about the conversations we will have and the connections we will continue to make.

Come back to see what we're doing and PLEASE leave a comment because your comments help us LEARN!

WE'VE REACHED TERM 4!!

Welcome back to all of our readers.

We can't believe that we have reached the last term of the year. It's only a short 9 week term but there's lots happening.


This term we are exploring the concept of change through an investigation into plants.


WE are also excited about being part of VOICES OF THE WORLD again and can't wait to start on our first task.


We will also be continuing with our ROOM WITH A VIEW project. You can watch how our view changes with the seaons on our 2M GEMS and FRIENDS WIKI. You'll also see how the view of our project buddies changes too.


Later in the term we have our whole school Drama presentation - An Evening With Roald Dahl, then swimming and before we know it, it will be the end of the year.
We are really excited about our learning this term, about the conversations we will have and the connections we will continue to make.

Come back to see what we're doing and PLEASE leave a comment because your comments help us LEARN!