Summarise information

I am learning to summarise information from a fiction book.

There was once a small village, perched on the top of a hill. At the bottom of the hill was a thick, dark forest. A dragon lived in the forest and would roar and keep everyone awake at night. The villagers were tired of it so they sent a girl to find the dragon. They played a chasing game.

It can be a bit tricky because I forget to tell Mrs Mason a little bit about the beginning, middle and end of the story. 

Counting Money and Working Out Change

Using other punctuation

I am learning when to use other punctuation

e.g. comma, exclamation mark, question mark, apostrophe, speech marks

I have all of the Star Wars Cosmic Shells. My favourite Star Wars cards are BB8, Darth Vader, Emperor Palpatine and Obi-Wan Kenobi. I like them all!

I am proud of myself because I know how to write a list with commas and use an exclamation mark to tell Mrs Mason and other people reading my story that I am yelling or that I am excited!

Balancing on the beam

We are learning how to balance on a beam in Gymnastics. We have to carefully climb on the beam and stand up. We have to  put our aeroplanes arms out to help us balance. We then have to walk all the way to the other side. Sometimes we have to turn and go back too. It can be scary sometimes because the beam wobbles when we walk on it. We are all getting better at balancing on the beam!

Making connections

I am learning to make connections between the text and my own experiences to say what i think.

Sometimes it is hard to think of something that is the same as the book. I have to look through my book a couple of times to remind myself.

Adding detail

I am learning to add some detail to my writing.

The Lost Whale

One night in the sea there was a whale called Bryn. He lost his home. And then he found his home in the middle of sea.

I like adding detail to my writing but sometimes I forget what to write about and then I remember to look at my 5W planner!

St John Visit

Mac from St John came to talk to the children at Elm Park School about safety and first Aid. He brought his mini ambulance Amby along with him. Mac taught Room 11 about who to call when there is an emergency. We looked at different pictures and had to decide if we needed to call for the police, the firemen or an ambulance. We had actions that we had to do to show Mac that we knew who to call!

Shape Monster

I am learning to name and describe plane shapes.

We are learning about Geometry in Room 11. We are learning to name plane shapes and to say how many sides and corners the shape has. We created shape monsters and wrote a description about them.

I liked the part when we coloured in our shape monsters. I got the last trapezoid.

Adding to make ten

I am learning to split numbers to make ten to help me add.

Sometimes I find it easy and sometimes I find it hard. I have to look at the numbers and try to change the biggest number into a ten.

Talking about the plot

The Bumble Bee reading group are learning to talk about the plot of the story and to remember who the characters were in the story.

I like reading. I think it is hard to remember the characters and the problem in the story. I need to read my book twice sometimes.

Youthtown

Room 11 has been going to Youthtown this term. We have been learning how to throw a ball at a target. We learned that you need to have your one arm in an L shape ready to throw the ball. The other arm needs to be pointing at the target. Then we have to do a power throw and try to hit the target. Sometimes we hit the cones and sometimes the ball goes in a different direction.

Word Clouds

I am learning to use describing words in my writing.

We made word clouds. We had to think about the Roly-Poly bird. Sometimes it is hard to think about what the Roly-Poly bird looks like.

Maths Term One

I am learning to solve simple addition problems up to 20.

I like counting. I think it is easy to solve the problem because I counted in my head.

Reading Term One

I am learning to read with fluency and expression.

I need to remember to go slow and think about how to read the story.

I am learning to underline my try words

Tomorrow is mufti day. I like it. Also I like swimming.

I am learning to underline my try words.

Sometimes I find it hard to write my stories. I like sounding out my words but I sometimes find it hard to miss lines.

I am learning to draw a self-portrait

I have been learning how to draw my self-portrait. First Mrs Scott came to show us how to sketch our face. We sketched our face shape first. Then we drew our guidelines to help us remember where our eyes, nose, mouth and ears went. We practised using a whispering pencil and a shouting pencil. Our first sketch looked a bit funny so we tried again. This time we used a photo of us to help us. We had to start all over again! Miss Radue then helped us rub out all the whispering pencil guidelines and photocopied our sketches so they were bigger. We had to go around our sketch with vivid and then we used pastel to colour in our self-portraits. It was hard work but we had a lot of fun!

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