Writing a recount

We are learning to write a recount. Room 4 went on a field trip to the Botanical Gardens last week. We wrote about where we went, what we did, who we went with and when we went. After we wrote our stories, we published them. We used Kidpix to make a picture which matches our story. It is tricky remembering everything to put in our story sometimes. We are proud of our publishing.

On Tuesday my class went to the Botanical Gardens. Me, Tara, Isabel Roke was with Isabel’s dad. Isabel’s dad let us go wherever we like. We wanted to see everything but we didn’t see the eels. We made a worm farm. I cleaned really good. When I was finished cleaning up it looked good. By Madeleine.

Making pizzas

Yummy! We made pizzas to celebrate the end of our inquiry on wellbeing. We were learning about compost and how we can use it in our garden to grow some healthy vegetables. We then used these vegetables to add flavour to our pizzas. 

Telling the time

I am learning to tell the time. I had to move the hands to show the time. It is tricky to find the numbers.

Recognising contractions

I am learning to recognise contractions. I am proud that I can learn them and find them in my book. One contraction is it’s. That is short for it is. It is tricky to know what the words are sometimes.

My Art Exhibition Masterpiece

This term we painted pictures for the 

Elm Park School Art Exhibition 2015.

The focus of our artwork was experimenting with different painting techniques, blending and shading colours together and creating repeating patterns.

To create our 'flower masterpiece' we practised mixing different shades of the same colour to create the wavy lines.  Then we used black vivid to create a repeating pattern.  We had fun putting our pictures together to create a whole flower - this was the best part!

Come along to see our artwork on display in the auditorium, during school hours, between the 

25th and 27th of August 2015.

Reading Term 3

I Am Learning About Root Words.

I can find a root word and I can make more words using different endings - s, ing, ed.

"I am learning to find root words.  I can find lots of root words in my book.  I can make lots of different endings too."

Writing Term 3

Writing Progressions 1P:
I am learning to

• add some detail to my writing
• choose words to make my writing more interesting

We wrote about about a Kapa Haka Performance that we watched in the auditorium during Māori Language Week.  First we wrote 2 sentences and then the next day we added some more writing to make our stories more interesting.

"I like writing about my mum, going on holiday and with my mum's friends.  I can use the word cards and sound out the tricky words.  I can put a full-stop at the end of my sentence."

Madeleine