Information Report Writing: Air Jaws

We are currently exploring Information Report Writing in class and using the topic of Air Jaws. Air Jaws refer to the Great White Sharks that breach the water in False Bay, South Africa.

An example of GoogleSlides.

This image is of George's reading activity using GoogleSlides. I made up the format, shared the document with all the class and now they are using their reading text to complete.

Chromebooks in Room 13.

This week the children in Room 13 have been able to use the Chromebooks to enhance their learning. All the children signed in to their accounts, however only 11 children used the Chromebook for their learning tasks.
The children were sent a GoogleDoc of the writing framework for an information report, which they are currently completing. This enabled the students to see what is required for an information report and plan according to the structure.
In addition to Google Docs, the children were provided a framework in GoogleSlides to complete their Reading Activities. The children will continue to work through this next week.
When I create activities using the Google Drive and share this with the children, their work automatically attaches to the Classroom Drive file. This enables me to monitor their learning and to check what they are doing on the Google Drive.
I will post some information for parents to see how the Google Drive works.

Religious Education - By Bella and Alex



 

Information Reports

This term we are writing information reports. An information report is a factual text about a living and non living object.   

 

 

 



Happy Birthday Logan and Aniela

 

We have had many birthdays in Room 13 recently. Yesterday, Logan celebrated his birthday and today we celebrated Aniela's birthday. We hope they had a great day!

How Does the Moon Affect the Tides?

The key to understanding how the tides work is understanding the relationship between the motion of our planet and the Moon.

The Moon's gravitational forces are strong enough to accelerate the water towards the Moon. This causes the water to 'bulge.' As the Moon orbits our planet and as the Earth rotates, the bulge also moves. The areas of the Earth where the bulging occurs experience High Tide, and the other areas are low tide. Water on the opposite side of Earth facing away from the Moon also bulges outward (high tide), but for a different reason. With the Earth-Moon system, gravity is like a rope that pulls or keeps the two bodies together, and centrifugal force is what keeps them apart. Because the centrifugal force is greater than the Moon's gravitational pull, ocean water on the opposite side of the Earth bulges outward.