Synonyms

Recognise Contractions

Speech Marks

I am learning to use speech marks correctly in writing.
I found it easy to use speech marks in these questions
I found it tricky to turn the black speech marks into red speech marks
Next time I need to work on turning the black speech marks into red speech marks

Summarising The Dragon who had Measles

For reading we have been learning to summarise the text.We have done this by using the who,what,where,when,why and how questions.The book we were reading was called The Dragon who had Measles,it was about the Dragon who had Measles.

I found it easy to type on the computer.

I found it hard to write a little bit.

Next time I need to know the things with out the book.

Postcard

In writing we have been learning to think about the writers point of view.We are reading the book 'The Faraway Tree' by Enid Blyton in class.The book is about a little girl called Connie whose mother is ill so she is sent to live with her Mothers friend and her children Jo,Bessie and Franny.The children show her the Faraway tree and to begin with she doesn't believe them.

We have been talking about how Connie might have felt and what she would have said to her mother.We decided to write a post card from Connie to her Mother,trying to think about what Connie would say.

I found nothing hard and it was easy.

I found it easy to type on the computer.

Next time I need to work on doing it faster.  

Story Telling

During our Te Tuhi workshop 'Creative Stories' we learnt about the different ways a story can be told.we explored our story 'The Lorax through role play and then created our own poster.

I found it hard to cut the drawings out.

I found it easy to draw on the paper .

Next time I need to work on drawing much more better.

Volume Challenge

For maths week, we have been learning about measurement.Yesterday we talked about volume.We learnt that to work out the volume of a shape you use length x width x height. Out challenge was to work in pairs and use the unlink cubes to make as many different creations as we could, with a volume of 8.

I found it easy to add the length ,width and height.

I found it hard to make different creations in the blocks.

Next time I need to work on making more creations.