Skip counting in 2's

I am learning to skip count in 2's. I skip counted in 2's up to 100. I put the counters on numbers that had a 2, 4, 6, 8 and 0. This is easy for me. I can skip count in 5's and 10's too. This is also easy for me. I am proud of my skip counting in 2's, 5's and 10's.  

Recognising contractions

I am learning to recognise contractions. I had to circle the contractions. "Don't" is a contraction. It is short for do not. This is crazy for me! Keanu. 

Acrostic poems

We are learning to write an acrostic poem. We wrote about spring. It can be tricky to spell words. We enjoyed writing something for each letter. We had to think of a word that started with S, P, R, I, N, G and we had to start our sentence with this letter.

Mrs Bovill typed the stories for us and we helped her publish them. We got to choose a colour for the capital letters, the font and we helped choose the size so our page was full. Our poems look awesome!

We are so proud because Mrs Bovill thinks they are fabulous and we wrote great stories. We are proud because we are poets.

“It was easy to write my poem. I liked thinking of words that started with the letters of spring.” Keanu.

Spring blossom

Look at our spring blossoms! First we drew the branch going across the page. We coloured our branches using pastel. We made the blossoms by scrunching up tissue paper and gluing them onto our trees. We then made a little bee or butterfly to go on our picture. We sketched our picture and then drew it on our plastic film. Mrs Bovill then cut them out and we glued them onto our picture.

Shape robots

I am learning about shapes. I used a circle for his face and a wheel. I used semi-circles for ears and rectangles for the body and arms. This is easy-peasy for me. 

PMP fun

Look at me in the dizzy giddy! I can spin it round and round. 

Using our word of the week and writing about community

I am learning to use the word ‘said’ in my writing. We are learning about community too, so ‘The Bee Lady’ came to visit us. I am so proud of my story. They look lovely, cute cool and super. It can be tricky to spell words like ‘bee’ and to type the words on the computers. The next step for me might be to try again so I can do it quicker. 

I had to choose a picture of a bee and I had to write my story from my publishing book. It is easy for me to type my story. I am so proud of my work.

Root words and their endings

I circled the endings and the root words. This is easy for me because you just have to circle it. The ending for seeing is 'ing' and the root word is 'see'. 

Number sentences

I am learning to make groups of 5 and write number sentences. 

"I had to write a number sentence. I got two green teddies and three blue teddies. Altogether there was five. I like writing number sentences." 

Writing for a purpose

We published our story. Our story was about mum. Mum was our word of the week and it was going to be mothers day. We wrote our story so Mum could read it. We have been learning that we write for a purpose. The purpose of our story was to tell Mum something we like about her.

"I had to draw a picture of my mum so I could give it to mum. My story was about my mum so I could give it to her. It can be tricky to spell some words."

Retelling my story

I am learning to retell my story. 

"I had to draw a picture of the nanny. We are learning to retell our story. It can be tricky to retell the story. It makes me happy when I read the story by myself." 

Discovering autumn

We have been learning about Autumn. Come and see our autumn leaves and trees in 

Room 4. We are so proud of them. 

Writing our word of the week

I am learning to use the word of the week in my story writing. I had to use the word went in my story. It is tricky to write words. I can use my word card to help me. I can try and sound out my letters. I am proud when I write my words. I am proud when I find the word I need on my word card. I am proud of my picture I did on Kid Pix.

"I had to draw snake. I am proud when I get a sticker. I had to use the word went in my story" - Keanu. 

Before and after numbers

I am learning about numbers that are before and after. It is tricky to know what number comes before and after. It is easy to count up to the number, this helps me know what number comes before. I can use the hundreds board to help me find the numbers before and after.

"Number 15 comes before number 16. This is easy for me. I am happy when I get the answer right" - Keanu. 

Using illustrations to help me read

I am learning to use the illustrations to help me read. Illustrations help me read tricky words. I can look at the pictures and find words that match the sounds of the letters I can hear and see. Pictures give me clues when I am reading. They help me know what the story is about. I can talk about the pictures.

"I am reading the book. I am pointing at the farmer and the word farmer. Reading is easy for me" - Keanu. 

Swimming

I like floating in the pool