Book Week

Pukeko, Kakapo, Takahe and Morepork have been doing diferent stuff every day, like Kakapo went to room 9 first and there Miss Cooper read us a book called The Patchwork Quilt and we made secret books. Pukeko did The Tin Forest and we made a mural of the dim forest and the colourful forest. Takahe went to room 2 with Mr Leamy and read a book called When a Monster is Born and we recorded our voices on garage band and copied the book onto garage band. It was a funny book.
Morepork went to the library with Mrs Hicks and we read a book called Frog Belly Rat Bone and we did drama to fit with the story line. It was really fun in the end and we still have one more day to go.
By Vaughan and Joel

Mona Minum and the Smell of the Sun.

In room 1 we were reading a book called Mona Minum and the smell of the sun. I thought it was cute, because Mona Minum saves the day and she saves the queen, which is her best friend. The book is written by Janet Frame. Mona Mium is one of the best ants in the colony ,Mona Mium is a house ant. She was going out for her first time. She is also one of the characters. In the middle there is a boy who catches them, then Mona comes and saves the day. Most of the young ants like Mona Minum. It was very cool and I learnt more about ants.-Victoria
It was really really really really really good.-Lillin
I thought it was sad and funny and nice.-Emily
I thought it was ok.-Jack

Shading with coulors and paint

In Room 1 we've been shading Red, Blue and Yellow. We traced some Bottles and started painting. It
was a lot of fun. We had to have three rows of Bottles even though there were only about five of them.
By Mathew H and some help from Kayleigh

Back to Before

A few weeks ago, we had people peforming a show called Back to Before. As we headed into the hall, we got a warm wecome from the actors. It took along time for everyone to get settle in. Then the show started with a boy named Sam. After school Sam went to Mrs Mc Tock's house. Sam was not sure about going to Mrs Mc Tock's house. Mrs Mc Tock was crazy to Sam at the start. As he went into Mrs Mc Tock's house, Mrs Mc Tock started to be crazy.Mrs Mc Tock, asked Sam to help her find the hour glass. Sam found the hour glass he picked it up, upside-down, and the time-keeper appeared.He told Sam, "If you don't guess all of the questions right, you will stay in here forever! Then a girl named Katie told Sam that she had been trapped in the time-keepers game. Sam told her that he had just seen the time-keeper."Hey, Katie, how long have you been in here?" Asked Sam
" A very long time, but I just don't know how long."Replied Katie.
Then they kissed, and said goodbye.
Then Sam said,"If you need help, call cooe cooe."
In ten minutes, Sam heard a ,"COOEE COOEE."and then realised it was Mrs Mc Tock.
All of us had a great time at the show.

Remember

Kia Ora Class.
Homework Term 2 Week 9
Remember that your homework for this week is to publish a piece of writing. You may like to do this using a computer. If you do, here are some tips...
1 - put your name in the header, right aligned, size 10 font
2 - centre align title, capital letters for all important words, large font size
3 - left align main body of text, size 12 - 16 font, select an easy to read font (times, comic sans, ariel)
4 - leave a space between paragraphs
5 - edit for meaning and punctuation
6 - use the spellcheck
7 - try to talk the best typist in your life into typing some of the story for you (but you have to be there to make sure it's done right)
If you are publishing by hand, the same ideas apply - just use your very best handwriting.
Blog Challenge 2
Remember to take your digital camera out and about with you over the holidays so you can do Blog Challenge 2. If you don't have a digital camera - get creative and sketch the bridges you find. Check it out below.
Mrs Smith