Alyssa's Learning Blog

Expectations and Values - What are they good for?   1. What are expectations and values? Use a dictionary to define each word. expectation- a strong belief that something will happen or be the case.  values- the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something. 2. Why do we have expectations and values in our classroom, school and community? so went know what the teacher expects from us to do. 3. What are some of the expectations in your classroom? work hard with maxi-min effort, look cool,be clean and tidy 4. How do your classroom expectations influence your learning? To make you remember to keep going and to respecting others 5. What would your classroom be like if you had no expectations and you could do whatever you wanted? loud,people moving, no work getting done. 6. If you could make an expectation for your class what would it be and why? Keep going 7. Wha...

Blogger Prompt - Week 10, Term 1, 2018   Your Success - Who is responsible? This week is all about ‘not giving up’.   We are almost at the end of term one and we thought this was the perfect time to chat about what to do when things get hard! Watch the videos before answering the prompts. They may help develop your thinking around having the ‘courage to continue’.   1. "Failures open the doors to success!" Tell us about a time when you failed with something? I can't  remember but failure dose open doors to help you achieve  your goals. 2. Tell us about a time when you had success? What did you do to achieve success? I went out and made some more friends and I did that by talk to other people that I didn't know much about. 3. We are responsible for our own success and learning. Do you agree or disagree and why? Agree because you have to engaged in your learning yourself.    4. What is a challenge you hav...

Blogger Prompt - Week 9, Term 1, 2018  How Well Do We Know Our Teachers? This week is get to know your teacher time? As teachers we get to know a lot about our students, their families, their hobbies, likes/dislikes etc. How well do you know your teacher? This may require a bit of work. You may need to ask your teacher some of these questions to find out. 1. What schools did your teacher go to when they were growing up? St Clair Primary,Tahuna Intermediate,Otago Boys High school 2. What is your favourite thing about your teacher and why is that important to you? That he is so nice and understanding 3. What does your teacher enjoy doing when they are away from school? Going to the beach and spending time with friends and family 4. What made them want to be a teacher? he just fall in love with teaching 5. What is it about your school that your teacher likes the most? That every one is so friendly 6. Why are you his/her favour...