Counting Money and Working Out Change

Talking about the main ideas in the story

Using other punctuation

I am learning when to use other punctuation

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

I have the whole set of Star Wars Cosmic Shells. I have R2D2, BB8 and Chewbacca.

I am proud of myself because I can use commas when I am writing.

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!

Adding details

I am learning to add some detail to my writing.

Whales

I like whales. They are cool because they are cool. I like whales. They are friendly.

I think it is hard to add details to my writing. I can't think of anything.

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!

Punctuation Marks

I had to match the punctuation marks together with the words. It was hard for me because I didn't know all of them. I did the ones that I knew and then I tried to figure out the other ones.

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 like my shape monster's eyes. I couldn't remember the number of corners or sides. I had to count the sides with my fingers.

Counting on from the largest number

I am learning to count on from the largest number.

I like playing the tens frames game. It helps me remember the biggest number and then I can count the other counters.

Recognising blends

The Dragonflies are learning to recognise blends as they are reading.

I can find words that start with 'sh', 'gr', 'wh' and 'th'. It was hard to find them but then I remembered to sound it out and it was easy.

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.

Describing Words

I am learning to use describing words in my writing.

It was hard when I had to think about the words. Mrs Mason helped me. I like the part where we got to choose the shape. I chose a rainbow.

Maths Term One

I am learning to solve simple addition problems up to 10.

I like counting. I think maths is a bit hard.

Reading Term One

I am learning to sound out words as I read.

I like sounding out the words. I do the robot to hear the sounds.

Writing Term One

I like the swimming pool. I can swim without my arms.

I am learning to sound out my words.

I like drawing my picture before I start writing my story. I think it is hard to sound out words. I am going to get better at sounding out my words.

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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