Providing students with opportunities that they would otherwise not get is a big deal to myself as a teacher. This is what I like to do for my students. Not much children have the opportunity to go and set a hinaki, and see what happens when it is uplifted from the river. Although we did not have a great opportunity to see any eels today, the children still enjoyed this, and it was also a great opportunity for some oral language to happen. Also links to e-assTTle writing too.
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| Oral language about the hinaki, and the students reasoning why there was no eel today. |
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| Observing and discussion about what the hinaki is for. |
Lots of oral language came out from the children today such as ... maybe we didn't put the hinaki in the right place ... (asking, which way does the river flow) reply: it goes that way (to the right) and it goes all the way to Cherry Grove. I then asked: If it goes to Cherry Grove, which way does it come from? Reply: from the left. So where does it come from then? Reply from most of the children: Oh it comes from the mountain, the ice from the snow when it melts. This turned the conversation to another point of our study of the Whanganui River, which we will continue later this week.
This makes the connection to our local environment (the river) and using our local resources (hinaki and eels - also making links to finding kai for our whanau, rather than going to the shop to purchase it). I am so proud of my students, they did absolutely awesome.
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