Writing Narrative

I am learning to write a narrative story.
I'll know I can do this when my stories have:
- Character - Setting - Introduction - Problem - Climax - Conclusion - Descriptive language such as smilies and metaphors - Character speech using speech marks



'This is my narritive plan.'


'This is a narritive I have been writing.It is about my first day at school.'
''Something I found hard was trying to get ideas for my plan.''
''Something I learned was how to write speech marks.''


Music

In music with Mr McCullum I have been learning to play the ukulele.
I'll know I've been successful when I hold the ukulele correctly and can strum the cords.
Something i found hard was playing the ukulele.

Taiao



In Taiao I have been learning about chickens. I have learned about the parts of a chicken, some facts about chickens, the parts of an egg (which I used to make an omelette), and what a chicken needs to be happy and healthy.

Something I learned was how to make a omelette.

Creative Writing - Script

We are learning to write scripts to create a play.

We know we are successful if our script has:
- multiple characters
- a setting
- character speech
- stage direction (in a different colour to the speech)

Once we have written our scripts we are creating the plays using Puppet Pals.

My play is called "Esther's Play"





Writing Report

I am learning to write an information report.
I'll know I can do this when I can plan and write an information reports with a title, topic sentence, and a group of facts about a subject.



Something I found hard was finding facts for my information report.

Art Don Binney

I am learning to create art inspired by Don Binney.
I'll know I can do this when I have created a landscape with a foreground, middle, and background.
My bird and my background are coloured using pastels and natural colours.




Something I learned was making the bird the right size. 

Maths Taparima

I am learning to solve addition and subtraction problems using place value.
I will know I can do this when I can break numbers into place value, then add numbers in each value and put the number back together.



Something I learned was the Place Value house.

Reading Kaki Anua

I am learning to focus on reading for a set purpose.
I'll know I can do this when I can find the key ideas and record the key ideas.




Something i learned was to explain the sentences.

Learner Quallities

I am learning how to empathise.
I'll know I can do this when I can identify a variety of ways I can show empathy to others.
I show how to communicate by silent language.

Calander Art

This is my calendar art!
My bird is a ruru.

Peace Week 2017

I have been learning about Peace Week.
Peace Week is an annual tradition organised by The Peace Foundation every year. You can learn more about The Peace Foundation by following this LINK.

As a way to learn about Peace Week I did three different Peace Week activities.

With Miss Brennan we created a poster to help promote peace and Peace Week.
With Mrs Baker we made hand print doves and wrote messages of peace on them.
With Mr Horn we looked at the symbols of peace such as the dove and created origami doves.

Here is an example of one of my activities