We Are Learning To write a diamante poem.

We have been learning about Diamante poem's this term. We can:

• use interesting (adjectives) words
• compare two topics
• use verbs (doing) words

"I am learning to write a Diamante Poem. It is easy to write the words. It is tricky to spell big words." - Haley 

We Are Learning To skip count in 2's, 5's and 10's

We Are Learning To use Reading Eggs independently.

"I am learning the sounds of letters. It is easy to complete my maps. It is tricky to read hard words." - Haley

I Am Learning To create a wearable piece of art

Wearable Art Showcase 

For the past 2 terms, Room 10 and 11 have been learning about Space. We have been exploring the different planets and the galaxy. We decided for our wearable art piece that we would make galaxy skirts and capes with the planets on it. 

We learnt many different art techniques such as water colouring, flicking of paint, dabbing of paint and blending colours together. It was a long process but are all very proud of the final product!

100 Day Party!

We celebrated being at school for 100 Days!! My favourite part of our 100 day party was icing the cupcakes and eating them.

We Are Learning To find specific information

Reflection
We are learning to find the answers in the book. It is easy to answer questions where the answer is in the book. It is sometimes hard to answer questions where the answer isn’t in the book (Inference Questions).

I Am Learning About 2D and 3D shapes.

Room 10 and 11 have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes. We made our shape with toothpicks and marshmallows, yum! After we made out shape we got to eat it.

"I am learning to make 2D and 3D shapes. It was easy to make the shapes. It was hard to make the cube "
- Haley 

I Am Learning To write a recount

I Am Learning To write a recount. 
I will be successful when I have:

• A title 
• An introduction
• Sequence words to begin my sentences
• Used the 5 W's (who, what, when, where, why)

Reflection
I am learning to write a recount. I found it easy to draw my 5 W pictures. I found it tricky to write big words - Haley

We Are Learning To say rhyming words.

"We are learning about rhyming words. Rhyming words help us sound out words. It was easy to read some beginning sounds in words. It was tricky to get the middle and last sound of the words."

 - Haley 

I Am Learning To identify tens and ones in 2 digit numbers

"I am learning to find tens and ones. Finding the tens is easy. Sometimes knowing how many ones is tricky." - Haley

I Am Learning To use describing words

For Mother’s Day we made some writing using Word Art about a special person in our life.

We are learning to use describing words in our writing

I will know I have been successful when:

I use some interesting words to describe a special person.

"I am learning to write about my aunty. I found writing the words easy. Some words were still tricky to spell like ‘Golden’." - Haley

I am learning to kick a ball

On Friday, we were lucky enough to go on the field and learn some football skills. We had so much fun playing football and learning new games. 

We Are Learning To read with fluency and expression

Every week we learn a new poem that we take home to share with our families. We worked with our group to pick our favourite and practised reading it.

"I am learning to read the poem. I am so proud of reading the words. It was tricky to say some new words."

- Haley

Self-Portrait 2018

Look at our fabulous Self-Portraits! 

We have been learning to sketch our faces using a sketch pencil. 

We used our different types of lines (whispering lines, loop the loop lines and skinny lines). Then we went over it in pastels to make them stand out. Lastly, we added some funky glasses to our faces!

We Are Learning To write simple sentences.

In this piece of writing, we shared our favourite part about ourselves. We also thought about why it was our favourite part. 

"I am learning to write my own ideas down. I find writing the words easy. Sometimes I forget my full stops which is tricky."

- Haley

We Are Learning How to read the graph and talk about the results.

For Maths we have been learning all about Statistics in Room 10. We have been learning about bar graphs, pie graphs and pictographs. Here is an activity I can do on Mathletics to help me.

"I am learning about finding the most and least on a graph. Finding the biggest bar was the easiest. I found it was tricky when some of the bars were the same height."

Haley

My Welcome Post 2018!