Finding the problem and solution in the story

The Island Picnic

Problem:

Their boat was floating away because Dad didn't tie the knot properly.

Solution:

The man helped them get the boat back.

I think it is easy to talk about the problem in the story. It is tricky to talk about the solution because sometimes there isn't one in the book and Mrs Mason makes me think of it!

Counting Money and Working Out Change

Using other punctuation

I am learning when to use other punctuation

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

I have collected Star Wars cards. I have all of them. My favourite cards are BB8, X-Wing and Obi-Wan Kenobi.

I am proud of myself because I know how to use commas so I can write a list in my story. I need to use some other punctuation too. Maybe I could use an exclamation mark.

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 detail

I am learning to add some detail to my story.

Wolly the Whale

One afternoon in the deep blue sea lived a lonely big whale. Wolly is lonely and he can't find any friends. Wolly can't see very well because the moon is shinning on the water. The whale's friend is a crab.

Sometimes it is a bit tricky to add detail to my stories. I like the sentence about the deep blue sea.

Blends and Digraphs

I know how to find blends and digraphs in my book. Some of them were hard to find but some of them were easy.

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!

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 liked my shape monster because it is the same as Mrs Mason's. It was hard to remember the number of sides and corners. I counted them.

Count on from the largest number

I am learning to count on from the largest number.

I like counting on from the biggest number. It is easy!

Retelling the main events

The Butterfly reading group are learning to retell the main events in the story.

I like retelling the story. I know what the story is about because I read it.

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.

Word Cloud

I am learning to use describing words in my writing.

It was hard when I had to think about describing words. Mrs Mason helped me a little bit at the start then it was easy. I like my word cloud.

Maths Term One

I am learning to solve simple addition problems up to 20.

Sometimes adding is easy. I can count the shapes in my head.

Reading Term One

I am learning to sound out words as I am reading.

Sometimes it is tricky to sound out big words.

Writing Term One

Max and Cruz fish is in the water and Max said, "Shark!" and Cruz swam very fast!

I am learning to sound out words in my writing and underline my try words.

Reflection

I am proud of trying my hardest to sound out words. Sometimes it is hard to hear all the sounds.

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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