Play Make Create

In Week 8 the of Term 3, we got back to school!!! On Friday, we did Play Make Create. This is where the teacher reads you a story and you discuss the message in the story. Then you create something based on the message and also do a piece of writing. You can use materials or make a digital creation.  This week Mrs Craig Read the book:

  It was about how Maui and his brothers slowed down the sun.

I chose to draw the sun. here is my work.

 

writing, blackout poem

We have been learning how  to write different styles of poetry. Here is my blackout poem. 

week 6 reading, writing, handwriting , art and maths

This week we carried on with our ‘insect’ topic for reading, writing, handwriting and art. For maths we practised basic facts and worked on writing a variety of equations which would have a certain number for the answer. We also practised solving problems using place value or known facts knowledge. Here is a selection of my work:

sadness writing

 This week one thing we did for writing was a Come to Your Senses Poem. First you had to think of a human emotion, like love. Then you had to say what colour it would be. Then, you had to write 5 more sentences using your 5 senses saying how each would relate to love. The emotion I chose was Sadness

Here is my work.

Weather Writing

 Today we wrote a piece of writing about the weather. We got to choose whatever weather we wanted. I chose to write about rain. Here is my work... 

writing

on Tuesday my teacher told us that we had free writing I chose to do a acrostic poem about stars.here is my work...

Writing

 On week 8 hour live very teacher left for her retirement.we wish to a very good holiday for her retirement and see John come back and see us this week hopefully. here is my work...

autumn leaf writing

 In Week 4,  we went on a hunt in the playground to see if we could find some autumn leaves. We looked for them on trees and on the ground. Then we came back to class and wrote about them using as many of our senses as we could. Here is my work:

Simile Poem

In Week 5, we learned how to write a Simile poem. This kind of poem needs a simile in almost every line. We could base it on any topic we wanted.   I chose to base mine on me being different things  Here is my work….

Diamante poem

 In Week 4, we learned how to write a Diamante poem. We could base it on any topic we wanted.   I chose to base mine on boats yachts deer's and pigs. Here is my work...

project Island song writing

 This week we had to write a recount about going on the Project Island Song trip or, (if we didn’t go on the trip) anything else. I chose to write about….. Here is my work:

I didn't Poem

 last week we headed right and I didn't Palmer up about what we didn't do in the weekend the teacher's wanted us to do that so we got rid of our sentences all that started with the exact same thing every time .Here is my I didn't poem it is very boring.

Term 2 What I didn’t do in the holidays poem.

Task: Write a repetition poem about what you didn’t do in the holidays.

Remember to:

Start the first and every line of your poem with: I didn’t…

Write at least ten lines

Check your spelling and grammar

Use basic punctuation correctly (Capital letter to start sentences and full stop, question mark or exclamation mark at the end of sentences).

I didn't go fishing or swimming.

I didn't go to the movies like my sister did.

I didn't eat ice cream from an ice cream shop.

I didn't ride a horse.

I didn't go to school at all.

I didn't go to the playground or a water park.

I didn't play any sports at all but my brothers and sisters did.

I didn't dig a hole or spray gorse.

I didn't play a board game or Pie Face.

I didn't go and see animals at the zoo.

Writing Week 7

 The goal of this writing activity was to retell what we did during Easter. We had to remember to use sequencing adverbs at the beginning of our paragraphs.

Writing Week 9

In Week 7, our class went to look at the outside of the old church building which is next to our school. We had to write using lots of adjectives, adverbs, specific nouns and vivid verbs so that we described it well. We tried to remember to use ideas from our senses and to write about not just what we thought the old church looked like but also how it made us feel.

Writing Week 9

The goal of this writing activity was to tell the step-by-step life cycle of a cicada. We had to remember to use sequencing adverbs at the beginning of each step/paragraph.

Writing week 6

We are learning how to write a couplet poem. We looked at an example on page 32  of SJ 1.4 1992. Then we had to choose our own noun, two opposite adjectives to describe it, think of rhyming words for the end of each line and finish the last line with a onomatopoeia word repeated 3 times. Here is my work.

 

Writing Wk 3 Term 1 2021

Kia ora.

We are learning that Basic Punctuation means that you have a capital letter at the start of a sentence, and a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark at the end of every sentence when you do a piece of writing.  The first piece of writing I did was an acrostic poem.

Caterpillars grow into a big monarch butterfly.

A Caterpillar comes from a monarch butterfly.

Ttiny caterpillars are only about an inch long.

Eating a swamp on leaf is good for the little caterpillar.

Remembering not to eat poisonous leaves.

peeling out of the Christmas.

Inside the caterpillar is crunched up leaves.

Little caterpillars grow from eating a lot.

Llittle caterpillars eat a lot more than butterflies.

All monarch butterflies are black and orange.

Risk is to the caterpillars is birds.

The Treaty of Waitangi. about what we learnt

 12.2.2021

Kia ora

We have been learning about the Treaty of Waitangi. Something new I learned was that James Busby wrote the New Zealand Declaration of Independence.

tree Hat

We have been learning how to use adjectives to describe a mood and atmosphere. Here is a picture of our tree hut that my group made and the adjectives to describe the mood. Can you guess the mood and atmosphere?

How to make a bed

Today for writing I  chose to write a procedure on how to make my bed. I have been learning about procedural writing as part of my reading as well. I found drawing the picture of my bed easy and fun. I found remembering to use my command verbs and adjectives hard.
Here is my procedure:

How to make my bed:

Equipment: Bed

                 Duvet

                 Pillows

                 Extra blanket

                 Sheet

                 

Step 1: Pull everything off the bed apart from sheet

Step 2: Tighten the sheet by tucking it under mattress

Step 3: Put duvet on top of sheet, evenly, leaving a gap at the top

Step 4: Put pillows in the gap you left

 Step 5: Fold spare blanket in half and then put on end of bed

Conclusion: Put pajamas under pillow and arrange any teddies on bed neatly