We have been learning about using apps on our Chromebook to create images that look like mosaics or stained glass windows. We used Google Draw to make some and some people also used Sumopaint. Here is the image I made using Sumopaint/Google Draw. I chose a Phoenix because. it was a little harder to me.
On Friday, we did Play Make Create. This is where the teacher reads you a story and you discuss the message in the story. Then you create something based on the message and also do a piece of writing. You can use materials or make a digital creation. This week Mrs Craig Read the book: The Day the Plants Fought Back.
It was about respecting others.
I chose to make a vegetable and mha combination and this is what it looks like. I worked really hard on this.
On Friday, we did Play Make Create. This is where the teacher reads you a story and you discuss the message in the story. Then you create something based on the message and also do a piece of writing. You can use materials or make a digital creation. This week Mrs Craig Read the book: That’s Not the Monster We Ordered.
It was about being grateful for what you have.
I chose to make a monster and it's name is Cherry Blossom and this is my finished monster:
Yesterday, for maths we had to read a step by step procedure for making a 3D clock. It was very tricky. We had to measure in centimetres to make equilateral triangles, measure the angles with a protractor to check they were 60 degrees, make a clock face and arrows and tie it all together with string. I was glad when I finished. The clock hands were the hardest part. Here is a picture of my clock.
Thanks to Covid we could only have
Ohaeawai kids in our cross country this year. I came 4th place in my year 6 group.
We had to do a handwriting sample this week. My handwriting is not that good but it’s way better than the start of the year.
For the last two weeks we have been learning about different kinds of poetry for reading and writing. I decided to publish this poem. It is an animal puzzle poem.
In Week 3 of Term 3, we did Play Make Create. This is where the teacher reads you a story and you discuss the message in the story. Then you create something based on the message and also do a piece of writing. You can use materials or make a digital creation. This week Mrs Craig Read the book: The smartest Giant in Town by Julia Donaldson.
It was about being kind.
I chose to write three things the giant did that showed he was kind.
In Week 8, Term 2 our school librarian, Mrs C, retired. On her last day, we put on a Book Character Parade. We dressed up in costumes like book characters and then we went on a parade through the Daycare Centre next to the school, past the shops in the village, along Hobson St and back upTennyson St to the school.
I chose to dress up as a dancer from a book and I was from the spaniel group
In Week Seven of Term 2, we did Play Make Create. This is where the teacher reads you a story and you discuss the message in the story. Then you create something based on the message and also do a piece of writing. You can use materials or make a digital creation. This week Mrs Craig Read the book: The Day the Crayons Quit. It was about crayons that quit because their owner would use them too often or not use them at all. I chose to make a picture with a girl looking at the moon and stars because they are yellow.
I also did an emoji for the sun.
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In Term 2 Week One we did Play Make Create. This is where the teacher reads you a story and you discuss the message in the story. Then you create something based on the message and also do a piece of writing. You can use materials or make a digital creation. I chose to write a poem.
Here is my handwriting sample.
I think that I am good at having tidy work.
I need to work on making my tall letters touch the top line.
This week for reading we read an extract from Charlie and the chocolate factory. It described Willie Wonka. Then we had to answer some questions and find the language that described his face. Here is my work.
This week I found out some interesting stuff about one of my ancestors so I decided to write about it. Here is my work.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1juohoKpcnbDyhVmgq7dfrtpJ_qChoio9qdIpcnH0NEM/edit
This week for reading we had to focus on being able to find adverbs in a story and recognise what kind of adverb they were.
Here is my work:
Kia ora
This week for reading we have been learning about how to find adjectives and the noun they describe. We read a story about a wedding, called A Special Day.
Here is my work:
Mrs Gardiner is in charge of computers at our school and she came to class to talk about the Kawa of care rules we have to follow when working on our Chromebooks. We had to make something to prove we have read the rules and understand and agree to them. Here is my document:
We are learning that Basic Punctuation means that you have a capital letter at the start of a sentence, and a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark at the end of every sentence when you do a piece of writing. The first bit of writing I did was an acrostic poem.
