Sunday, April 29, 2018

We are learning about the letter k. K is for keas.




K is for Keas


We wrote two word poems to describe keas.




We are learning about the letter j. What can jump?



WHAT CAN JUMP?

We created a book called "What can jump?"
We used adjectives to describe the creatures.
Here are some of the pages we created.








Do you know which animal can not jump?


We are learning about the letter i. Investigating Ice



Investigating Ice

We experimented with ice.
We covered one ice cube with salt.
We left another ice cube untouched.
We observed what happened.

Do you know what happened?



Friday, April 27, 2018

We are learning about the letter h. H is for Hundreds and Thousands



Hundreds and Thousands for Fairy Bread



The focus genre in our writing programme in the first term was writing procedures- instructions.
Ruma G made fairy bread. They created a visual plan to follow. After making and eating the delicious treat the instructions were written.

Here are Brianna’s instructions.

How to make fairy bread.

You need sprinkles, bread, butter, a knife, a plate.

1.Wash your hands.
2. Put the bread on the plate.
3. Put the butter on the knife.
4. Spread the butter on the bread.
5. Spread the sprinkles on the bread.
6. Cut the bread into pieces.






We are learning about the letter g. G is for Get wise.



GETWISE

Captain Cash visited our school.  She helped us learn to Getwise about cash.

She taught us....
  • about the different money
  • how we can earn money
  • the difference between wants and needs
  • how to ...Save ...Spend...and Share.

Look at our Getwise pose!








We are learning about the letter f. F is for folding fox faces.




Folding fox faces

We are learning to read and follow instructions.

We created these fabulous fox faces.







We are learning about the letter e. E is for eggs



What is in the egg?

We described what could be in an egg.

Read and guess.



What was Pippa describing?
  It was a crocodile.



What was Aroha describing?

It was a snake!



Friday, April 6, 2018

We are learning about the letter d. D is for dinosaurs



We created these dinosaurs from a lower case letter d!

Can you spot which ones are back to front?