Week 7 Reflection

WHAT: On Monday Ms O'Connor came into our class and talked to us about the logo for our school. On Tuesday the class went to the gym for the last session but I didn't go because I didn't pay. On Wednesday we did reading,writing and maths and fitness I came third place in running. On Thursday we did reading,writing and maths. On Friday we had pyjama day at school and it is also daffodil day we raised heaps and heaps of money, we nearly raised a hole sandwich bag of money. Our habits of mind this week is still gathering data through all senses.

SO WHAT: This week I learnt what the hands are for our logo at Carlton school. 

NOW WHAT: My goal this week is to get my work done on time and hand it in.

Activity

KOWHAI  PARK
The river sprints underneath the bridge as the cars stroll over the bridge. 
The swings running back and forth as the eggs in the pumpkin are dying in the pan. 
The dinosaur sun bathing as the kids slide down.
The lions sleeping as the kids sit on them and get photos. 
That is Kowhai Park. 

Free Writing

W.A.L.T Attempt paragraphs 

P} Once upon a time there was two little boys one called Brandin and the other called Jake we were walking along to go to our friend Tarrons house and we saw some one spying on us so we sprinted like cheaters to the door KNOCK KNOCK on the door hi Tarron some one is spying on us so we went in side and got changed into our spying gear DON DON DON. 

P} The same day. We went out side with our binoculars and our green spying gear and a como hat we are ready so we went out there they are move move we said lets go on my roof he yelled go go go.

Word of the week

Alteration 

Alteration is a noun 

Alteration means Change 
Synonyms for Alteration are accommodation,exchange,difference,adjustment 
Antonyms for Alteration are worsening 
Sentence There was a Alteration around the house. 
Sentence There was a adjustment on my bike. 

Week 6 Reflection

WHAT: On Monday we did our same rotations like reading,writing and maths. On Tuesday we did art. We started a new art. Then drew a picture of a fish. On Wednesday we had Chinese students come to our class. On Friday we went to the Gym and Miss Larsen got tackled into the foam pit by Casey and I can tell you she can still scream really loud. For Our habits of mind is Gather data through all senses the senses are Smell,Touch,See,Hear and do.

SO WHAT: This week I learnt how to write My name in Chinese it is really difficult and hard. 

NOW WHAT: My goal this week is to keep getting my work completed and hand it in.

Free Writing

Once upon a time there were two beavers they were cutting down trees to make there home they were named Brandin and Jake Brandin had brown fur and blonde hair and Jake had Brown Justin Bieber hair and blonde fur. When they were walking back they saw more beavers and they invited them to Brandin and Jake's dam they said WOW that is an amazing dam they said. 

Word of the week

Worthless 

Worthless is a Adjective. 

Worthless means something with no value. 

Synonyms for worthless are cheap,useless,bogus and pointless.
Antonyms for worthless are Valuable and Worthwhile. 
Sentence My picture is worthless.
Sentence There was a cheap car in the car store.

Spelling Rules

Blends 

Add the blends in the circles to the letters in the box to make words. The letters in the box and the blends will not always make new words when they go together. Choose 3 words and put them into sentences. 

BR    CR    DR    FR    GR    PR    TR

                     Brawl   Crab   Drill  Fray  Grill  Pray  Train

                     Bred     Crew  Drain  Frill  Grave  Prick  Trip

                     Brew    Crush  Drop  Fred  Grip  Prop  Tram

                     Brave    Crow  Drip  Frock  Grow  Pram  Tray 

The Brave crab ran in front of the speeding Train. 

Close Reading

Beaver Cloze Fill in the blanks with the words above the paragraph. Beavers
A beaver is an animal that has large front __teeth___________________ and a large _____tail_______________ on its back.  Beavers live in ____ponds__________________ that they make by building a ______dam________________ on a small river or ______stream________________.
Beavers the Builders
Beavers can cut down ___________trees__________ with their powerful teeth. They use the _____sticks________________ and ______twigs_______________ from the trees to build their dams.  They also use ______________twigs_______ from the ground to hold everything together and fill in the holes.
Beavers Lodges
Beavers ____________build_________ their homes in the middle of their ponds. Their homes are called ____________lodges_________. The entrance to the lodge is ________underwater_____________. This helps protect the beavers from ______predators_______________. When a beaver sees a dangerous predator like a wolf the beaver ____slaps_________________ its tail on the water and hides in the lodge.
The Fur Trade
			In the past, people called _______trappers______________ hunted beavers for their valuable ______fur_______________. Beaver fur is very _____warm________________ so their fur was used to make ____________hats_________.

Week 5 Reflection

WHAT: On Monday we did fitness spelling,reading, handwriting,writing and maths then the people who finished there work got to go out and play a P.E game. On Tuesday we did fitness the same rotations then we did Maori when we got given a cross word then we wrote the Maori days down in the cross word. On Thursday we had buddy I.T we went on this program called www.Buildyourwild.com and its just like making a Avatar but you can put elephant legs and thing like that. Our Habit of mind has been Gather dater through all senses. 

SO WHAT: This week I learnt that you could go on a web site called  www.buildyourwildself.com. 

NOW WHAT My goal this week is to always get my work done on a time.

Free Writing

Once upon a time there lived two people BROCCOLI BOY AND POTATO BOY they lived in a village with potato people and broccoli people. One day they were out side and they saw humans NOOO  they said there are humans out side watch out there heading straight to wards us lets go now move move move and off they went running back to there house. The humans were still chasing them then they ran under a little hole.  

Week 4 Reflection

WHAT: On Monday we did our rotations, we did writing and maths and glued our basic facts and spelling city sheets into our assessment book. On Tuesday we had a guest speaker he used to be in the army, his name is Mrs O'Connor. He showed us some videos of how they drive along and what they do if a road side bomb goes off and he talked to us about what he does. On Wednesday Mr O'Connor came back into our class  and showed us some more videos and took us outside and did some drills with us. On Thursday we had a person from the bank come into our class. His name was Evan and he talked to us he said if you have bank you get paid interest. Our habit of mind is Gather data through all senses. 

SO WHAT: This week I have learnt what people do in the army and some drills they do. 

NOW WHAT: My goal this week is get my work completed on time and hand it in. This week I want to do a BP Challenge.

The Olympic Rings

The Olympic Rings

The five Olympic Rings represent the five continents involved in   the Olympics and were designed in 1912. The colors are Blue,  Black, Red, Yellow and Green.

Week 3 Reflection

WHAT: On Monday we did fitness we ran around the block then as soon as we got in the gate we ran into the hall to do jump jam. On Tuesday we did our normal rotations and we did Maori we  copied the days of the week it was cool. On Wednesday we did buddy art we to got them to sponge the background. Today in the hall we watched a video of the Olympics, it was rowing the double men scull race and the New Zealanders won. Our habits of mind is Thinking and communicating with clarity and precision.  

SO WHAT: This week I learnt that the NZ men came first in the Double men scull race and got a gold medal. I felt excited watching it.

NOW WHAT: My goal this week is to get my work done on time so it can get marked.