HICKORY DICKORY DOCK

Today we got a letter from the Mouse in the nursery rhyme, Hickory Dickory Dock.  He needs our help!

Every time the mouse runs up the clock, the clock chimes and gives him a fright.  The mouse wants us to make him a clock so he can practise telling the time. Then he will know when to avoid running up the clock!

Clever Mouse!

The first thing we do when given a problem to solve, is WONDER.  We got into small groups and brainstormed all our ideas. We had to think about how we were going to make the hands move, and how to make our clock creative.When we THINK we are ready to move to ACT, we first need to check that we have learnt all the things that we need in order to make a clock that meets the success criteria.

In the EXPLORE phase, we learnt all about how to tell the time so that we could teach the Mouse.  We practised reading and writing times and we also had lots of activities all based on the nursery rhyme Hickory Dickory Dock.  We looked at different types of clocks to get some ideas.

We watched videos that explain how to tell the time.

Watch Kaito and Oliver explain how to tell the time...

We get CHECKPOINTED to show the teachers that we are ready to move into the next phase of Te Ako Ritenga, our Learning Process.

ACT, this is where we bring together all our learning from EXPLORE.  We draw a plan of the clock we want to make. We list all the materials we need to make it.

Then we gather all the bits and pieces we need and we begin making our clocks.  We have to negotiate with our friends as to who is making what part of the clock.  We are constantly reflecting on our clock and thinking about what we could do to make it better.

Once our clocks are all finished we have a sharing time.  We explain our clocks to the rest of the class and together we decide if we have met the success criteria.  Sometimes we only meet some of the criteria. When that happens, we think of ways to improve our clock so that all the Success Criteria are met.

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Out next step is to write instructions for the mouse so he can learn how to tell the time!  Stay tuned!


UPDATE:

Here are a few stories...