What a Terrible Noise - the Movie!

We recorded the class reading their story, "What a terrible noise!" and turned it into a movie, an enhanced podcast, and a VoiceThread - just to see how to do all that, and to see how the story "plays" in the different formats. The movie below is hosted at TeacherTube. Click on this link to open the podcast file.




Here is the VoiceThread version:



And here is the podcast (simple audio file):



Here is the enhanced podcast, turned into a Quicktime movie file. (An enhanced podcast is an audio file with pictures. You can play them with an iPod with video, through iTunes, or with QuickTime Player. You can download the original .m4a file here.

What a Terrible Noise!

As part of our Unit of Inquiry, ‘Pattern, Rhyme and Rhythm’, we shared aloud the poem ‘What a Racket’ by Trevor Harvey. Then we remodelled it using words that we particularly enjoyed the sound of.

What a Terrible Noise!
By Class 2i

Once upon a time
We lived in town...
AND...
The bulldozers crashed

The trucks beeped

The dogs woofed

The motor-cycles zoomed
The cats miaowed

The doors slammed

The children screamed
The cars vroomed
The wind howled

And the drums rumbled.

“The trouble with living in town,” said Mum, “is that it’s SO noisy.” So we moved to the country...
AND...
The sheep went baa

The birds squeaked
The babies cried
The dogs barked
The trees shook

The cars vroomed
The thunder crashed
The tractors ploughed

The fire crackled
The horses neighed

The ducks quacked

The shoes tapped
The motors rumbled

The water splashed
The leaves cracked

The rain came down

and the roof leaked.

“Lovely,” said Mum. “There’s nothing better than country sounds!”

Lots on Top!

Today we read a verse called Lots on Top. We noticed that on each page the words made a pattern. We decided to have a go at making our own using the same pattern. When you read it, see if you can spot the pattern like we did!

Lots on top!

I like chicken with sauce on top

I like pasta with cheese on top

I like bread with honey on top

I like chips with ketchup on top

I like pumpkin with cheese on top

I like cornflakes with ketchup on top

Lots on top!

I like pasta with sauce on top

I like chicken with cucumber on top

I like chocolate with bread on top

I like bread with jam on top

I like cake with strawberry on top

I like pancake with chocolate on top

Lots on top!

I like cucumber with olives on top

I like ice-cream with cream on top

I like bread with cheese on top

I like butter with chips on top

I like crackers with melted cheese on top

I like chicken with broccoli on top

Lots on top!

I like chips with ketchup on top

I like bread with chocolate on top

I like ice-cream with raspberry sauce on top

I like ice-cream with chocolate sauce on top

I like bread with butter on top

I like chips with salt on top

Lots on top!

Snap, clap, snap, clap...

In maths today, we made a pattern of a snap followed by a clap then a snap again and then another clap...(we decided three dots would mean ... and so on... because we thought that a pattern should continue)

We then tried to see if we could make the same pattern using other body parts.
here are some we thought of:

clap, click, clap, click...
clap, slap, clap, slap...
head, shoulders, head, shoulders...
stand up, sit down, stand up, sit down...

Then we made the same pattern in other ways, like:

sun, moon, sun, moon...
star, rectangle, star, rectangle...
1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2...
red, yellow, red, yellow...

Then we built the same pattern using cubes. Afterwards, we had a go at making some new patterns. How many different patterns can you see? What different ways can you find of describing your pattern?