Skip counting in 10's

I am learning to skip count in 10's. I had to take the blue counters to the numbers that are in the tens pattern. I can count in 10's all the way to 100. This is easy for me. I can also skip count in 2's and 5's but sometimes it is tricky to count in 2's. I am proud when I get the counters on the right numbers. 

Recognising contractions

I am learning to recognise contractions. I had to circle the contraction words. I knew to circle 'I'm' because it has a little apostrophe and it is short for 'I am". This was easy for me because they were easy words. It made me proud because I circle all the right words.

Acrostic poem

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 like writing my poem because I like reading poems.” Trinitey.

Spring blossoms

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 cut out shapes and glue it on the paper. The shape for his body is a square.  I used rectangles, semi-circles, triangles and a circle. This was easy for me. I am proud of my shape robot. 

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 had to do my story and pick a picture from google. I liked typing my story a little bit because it is tricky for me.

Root words and their endings

I had to circle in blue the endings and I had to circle the root words in pink. This is a little tricky for me because sometimes the root words are hard to find. The ending of looked is 'ed'. 

Number sentences

I am learning to make groups to five and write number sentences. 

"I had to put the bears where they were supposed to be. I chose 4 green bears and 1 yellow bear. There were 5 altogether. It is tricky for me to write number sentences. I am proud when I put my teddies on my whiteboard." 

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.  

"I had to colour in my flowers. My story was about me and my mum. We wrote about mum because it was mothers day. It is tricky to colour all my flowers and write different words."

Retelling my story

I am learning to retell our story. I had to draw what happened in our story. Nanny was on the computer and Aroha was talking to nanny on the computer. They talked to nanny on the computer because Aroha missed nanny. It is tricky for me to remember our story.

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 the number before 16. It is tricky for me" - Trinitey 

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.

"I like drawing my picture. It is easy to write for me because I like story writing. My word card helps me" - Trinitey 

Using illustrations to help us 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.

"It is tricky to read books. Pictures can help me read. I am happy learning to read." - Trinitey 

Swimming

We are learning to use flutter boards. It is fun!