Sentence Expansion

We are learning about expanding sentences with more detail.

Oscar cried.

When: 10am on Tuesday

Where: lying on the grass at school

Why: someone kicked him

At 10am on Tuesday, lying on the grass at school, Oscar cried because someone kicked him.

They had an argument.

When: at lunch

Where:on the playground 

Why:because Alex stole his toy car

 At lunchtime,  in the playground they had an argument because Alex stole his toy car.

What do you think of my expanded sentences?

I learned that it can be easier to expand sentences and it is more interesting to expand sentences.   

How to do a quality blog post

Hi welcome back to my blog. 

For reading and writing in Week 5, I learnt how to do a quality blog post. Below the slide, I will show you how to do a quality blog post.

You need a catchy title, a good introduction, you need to make sure the sentences make sense and you need to reflect on your learning. You must end with a question because this will help your reader to enjoy your blog more.

Please enjoy and what do you think of this?

Learning about our Team Names

This week our goal for Reading was to find out our Team names which are all named after Trees and Shrubs.  It was interesting learning about the different Native Trees and Shrubs (Rata, Kohia, Koriokia  and Mania. I made a slide show and I enjoyed making it. Do you know any facts about these Native Plants? Can you guess the trees and the shrubs?>

Amazing Maths

 This week I have been doing some maths in the morning I have been learning place value and tidy numbers. My favourite  strategy is tidy numbers. It´s easier to work out the answers for me. Have a look at my create. What strategies do you know and what is your favourite one?

woodend Christian Camp story

 

Friday afternoon fun

 

Gods Creation

We  have been learning about Gods creation and that it is holy because God made it.

I can look after God's Creation by:

picking up rubbish that is outside.

do not  kill animals if going to use them for nothing.

getting an electric car when I am older