Writing a recount

We are learning to write a recount. Room 4 went on a field trip to the Botanical Gardens last week. We wrote about where we went, what we did, who we went with and when we went. After we wrote our stories, we published them. We used Kidpix to make a picture which matches our story. It is tricky remembering everything to put in our story sometimes. We are proud of our publishing.

Making pizza

Yummy! We made pizzas to celebrate the end of our inquiry on wellbeing. We were learning about compost and how we can use it in our garden to grow some healthy vegetables. We then used these vegetables to add flavour to our pizzas. 

I Am Learning To Add Details To My Writing

I am learning to add details to my writing.  

I can write when something happened.

"I can write the day because I can ask my teacher.  I can use the day cards too to write the day."

I Am Learning To Tell The Time

We have made clocks at school. 

We are learning to tell o'clock and half past times using our clocks.

"I come to school at 9 o'clock."

Our Big Book Activity - The Snake Cake

We have been reading the big book 'The Snake Cake' and decided that we would make a snake cake  too.  We spread pink icing on the biscuits and stuck them together so they looked liked a snake.  

Then we put some blue icing on the top and M & M's too.  

Then we ate it.  It was delicious!

My Art Exhibition Masterpiece

This term we painted pictures for the 

Elm Park School Art Exhibition 2015.

The focus of our artwork was experimenting with different painting techniques, blending and shading colours together and creating repeating patterns.

To create our 'flower masterpiece' we practised mixing different shades of the same colour to create the wavy lines.  Then we used black vivid to create a repeating pattern.  We had fun putting our pictures together to create a whole flower - this was the best part!

Come along to see our artwork on display in the auditorium, during school hours, between the 

25th and 27th of August 2015.

Reading Term 3

I am learning to find the different marks (punctuation marks) in the book

·      fullstops

·      question marks

·      comma

·      exclamation mark

"Sometimes it’s tricky to remember the name of the ‘exclamation mark’.

I can find all these things in my books.  Sometimes I can’t find all of them.  I am learning what the different marks mean now."

Levi

Writing Term 3

Writing Progressions 1P:
I am learning to

• add some detail to my writing
• choose words to make my writing more interesting

We wrote about about a Kapa Haka Performance that we watched in the auditorium during Māori Language Week.  First we wrote 2 sentences and then the next day we added some more writing to make our stories more interesting.

"I like writing about TANIWHAS!  I am getting better at writing.  I know more words now.  I can ask Mrs Koroa to help me."

Levi

Maths Term 3

I am learning to add and subtract numbers to 10.

"I like playing the slide game on the iPad with Kael.  I can count all the dots to find the answer."

100 Days Smarter!

On the 23rd July 2015 Room 5 celebrated 100 days of school.  

We had a small class celebration, made crowns and wrote about our favourite things to do at school.

We are now 100 days smarter!!!

Reading Term 2

"I can say the sounds of some of the letters.  Sometimes it's tricky."

Levi

Maths Term 2

I am learning to make groups within 5.

"I can count up to 10.  I can ask my friends to help me." Levi

Writing Term 2

I am learning to spell some high frequency words correctly.

"I can copy the words from the word cards.  I can ask Mrs Koroa to help me find them." Levi

Scooter Safety Skills Term 2

"Everything was cool.  Everything about my scooter is cool.  The best part was riding my scooter."

Levi

Writing Term 1

I am learning to use a simple plan for my writing.

I can draw a picture about my story to help me when I am writing.

"I like to draw pictures about anything.  Sometimes the pictures are tricky because I can't draw them." Levi

Reading Term 1

I am learning to make the first sound in new words.

"I like reading my books.  It can be tricky saying the sound because I need to learn some letters.  I can ask my teacher for help.  I can read my book at home."  Levi

Maths Term 1

I am learning the numbers from 0 to 10.  It can be tricky sometimes because I keep forgetting the names of the numbers 2 and 7.  Mrs Koroa can help me.

"I like counting on the 100's board.  It is fun." Levi

Term 1 Water Safety

We have been learning to be safe in the water.

"I am trying to put my face in the water.  It's tricky because I don't like getting my face wet." Levi

Greedy Cat Art

We read the big book "What does Greedy Cat like?"

This is what I wrote.

I used black marker pen and dye to colour in my Greedy Cat.

My 2015 Welcome post

Welcome to my Year 1 learning blog. This year I am in room 5 and my teacher is Mrs Koroa.