Skip counting in 5's

I am learning to skip count in 5's. I had to put a counter on 5, 10 and then I put them on 15 and then on 20.... I did this all the way to 100. I can skip count in 2's and 10's all way 100. This is tricky for me. 

Recognising contractions

I am learning to recognise contractions. I had to circle the words that had an apostrophe. This was easy for me because I looked for words that had an apostrophe and thought about the ones that had an apostrophe. When I looked at 'it's' I knew what to do. I had to circle this word because it is short for 'it is'. 

Acrostic poems

We are learning to write an acrostic poem. We wrote about spring. It can be tricky to spell words. We enjoyed writing something for each letter. We had to think of a word that started with S, P, R, I, N, G and we had to start our sentence with this letter.

Mrs Bovill typed the stories for us and we helped her publish them. We got to choose a colour for the capital letters, the font and we helped choose the size so our page was full. Our poems look awesome!

We are so proud because Mrs Bovill thinks they are fabulous and we wrote great stories. We are proud because we are poets.

“I love acrostic poems because they go down the page like leaves falling down the tree.” Sia.

Spring blossom

Look at our spring blossoms! First we drew the branch going across the page. We coloured our branches using pastel. We made the blossoms by scrunching up tissue paper and gluing them onto our trees. We then made a little bee or butterfly to go on our picture. We sketched our picture and then drew it on our plastic film. Mrs Bovill then cut them out and we glued them onto our picture.

Shape robots

I am learning about shapes. I had to get a shape and I had to get a piece of paper and draw around the shape to make a shape robot. I used a square, rectangle, oval and semi-circle. The feet are semi circles. This was a little bit easy for me. 

PMP fun

Look at me in the dizzy giddy! I can spin it round and round. 

Using our word of the week and writing about community

I am learning to use the word ‘said’ in my writing. We are learning about community too, so ‘The Bee Lady’ came to visit us. I am so proud of my story. It looks lovely, cute, cool and super. It can be tricky to spell words like ‘bee’ and to type the words on the computers. The next step for me might be to try again so I can do it quicker. 

I was reading my story and I picked a picture. Then I had to do my story on the computer. It was easy for me. I like typing.

Root words and their endings

I had to circle the ending and I had to circle the root words. This is easy for me. The root word for looked is 'look' and the ending is 'ed'. Other endings are 's', 'ing' and 'ed'. 

Number sentences

I am learning to make groups of 5 and write number sentences. 

"I had to make a number sentence. I put two big teddies and three little teddies under my whiteboard. Then I counted them. This is easy for me. I am proud that I can write number sentences."

Writing for a purpose

We published our story. Our story was about mum. Mum was our word of the week and it was going to be mothers day. We wrote our story so Mum could read it. We have been learning that we write for a purpose. The purpose of our story was to tell Mum something we like about her.  

"My story was about mothers day. I wrote a story about my mum because it was nearly mothers day. It can be tricky to write words I don't know. I am so proud when mum gives me kisses."

Retelling my story

I am learning to retell my story. I had to put pictures in the box. My pictures were about my book. In the story Aroha told Nanny about school because she missed Nanny. It is tricky for me to retell the story because there are tricky words in the story and I forget what I read sometimes.

Discovering Autumn

We have been learning about Autumn. Come and see our autumn leaves and trees in 
Room 4. We are so proud of them. 

Before and after numbers

I am learning about numbers that are before and after. It is tricky to know what number comes before and after. It is easy to count up to the number, this helps me know what number comes before. I can use the hundreds board to help me find the numbers before and after.

"I am pointing at number 5. It comes before number 6. This is a little bit easy for me" - Sia. 

Writing our Word of the Week

I am learning to use the word of the week in my story writing. I had to use the word see in my story. It is tricky to write words. I can use my word card to help me. I can try and sound out my letters. I am proud when I write my words. I am proud when I find the word I need on my word card. I am proud of my picture I did on Kid Pix.

"See was our special word.  It's the red and pink words." - Sia

Using illustrations to help me read

I am learning to use the illustrations to help me read. Illustrations help me read tricky words. I can look at the pictures and find words that match the sounds of the letters I can hear and see. Pictures give me clues when I am reading. They help me know what the story is about. I can talk about the pictures.

“I am pointing at the frog and the word frog.” – Sia.

Swimming

I am learning how to use the flutter board. It is fun!