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Chinese Language Week - Day 2 - Tuesday

In researching how to write Tuesday in "Chinese" I was aware there are at least 3 languages including Shanghainese, Cantonese and Mandarin. It's not as straight forward as that. Earlier, I chose a translation that I thought was dragon in a class activity today. The fluent Cantonese and Mandarin speakers in my class did not recognise the symbol. I was embarrassed that I had made a mistake which is one of the pitfalls of cross-cultural analysis. There are always positive outcomes for every situation and we were able to have a discussion about where the symbol may have originated. Another positive outcome is that I am extremely aware of my cultural limitations. So this will result in me asking more questions, seeking more input from experts in our class and in the community. As you can see, I was not confident enough in what I found on the internet to use it in my blog title. An opportunity for further learning. One of the challenges this week is to; LEARN - the signs o
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Grouping Activity

Today we used a range of images as prompts for students to make connections. These connection may be connecting to each other as people, connecting items to their experiences, connecting items to their thoughts, connecting items to their lens on the world. The great thing about this activity is that there are no wrong answers. It was very interesting and insightful to get a glimpse into the student's thoughts. Thank you Room 21 for sharing your thoughts. For this task I created a 5 x 5 grid of a range of images. Some are random items, some have specific connections to individual class members, some are related to the interests of the class. Students were asked to group these items and explain why they were grouped this way.  Here are some of the student's responses.

Celebrating Chinese Language Week

In Room 21 we launched Chinese Language Week by having a discussion about Mandarin, Cantonese and Shanghainese languages. We were lucky to have some experts in our class to share their knowledge with us. Today we practised counting to 10. Here are some of our efforts. 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 Prisha's Speakpipe Link Morton's Speakpipe Link Nicole's Speakpipe Link Looks like tomorrow we are doing numbers 11 to 20. 十一  十二  十三  十四  十五  十六  十七  十八  十九  二十

It's time to reflect on what we are grateful for.

Ka pai everyone. You have done so well coping with this very long lockdown. I can see that the limitations we have on us are starting to. take their toll. However, these are the times when we need to have a think about all of the things that we are grateful for. This will help us focus on the positive energy that come with gratitude. Here are some of our thoughts that we shared as one of our writing tasks.

T-Shaped Reading - identifying themes of texts

 This week we are looking at 3 texts including; The Sun Tamer - comic styled story Why we celebrate Maori Language week in September Video NWS Pepeha Video Here are some of our thoughts about the message or theme or ideas that we identified in the story of Maui and the Sun as depicted in the comic story "Sun Tamer".

Room 21 Fale points for Week 7

 Here are the points for the work completed over Week 7. There was a lot of hard work done in Week 7. Ka pai everyone. You can be proud of your efforts. You can be proud of your contributions to your Fale.

Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori Pepeha video - A koha from staff and students to our community

Screenshot from the video.   We hope you enjoy the video that Room 21 contributed to along with New Windsor School staff members.