My fav book

I am proud of my self because it was challenging but it was worth it and I feel very proud of my self for using feedback from my teacher. Some thing that challenged me was what book I wanted to do because I like a lot of books. Also I found it tricky to share detail about the characters. I really enjoyed doing this book and sharing it to the world. I hope you want to read it. READ IT NOW!

Board Games

I have been learning about board games for the start of my life. I am proud of my self for completing my task because it was changeling. Something that challenged me was writing because I had to do my writing on paper instead of doing it on my laptop.

My calendar art

WALT present a piece of artwork for our parents to buy.

Success Criteria

• Take our time, show patience (GRIT)
• Plan our piece of artwork
• Take care with the painting and dyeing
• Research for our inspiration
• Explain the steps you took to make your artwork on your blog
• How do you feel about your artwork?  
• What was  a challenge?

My calendar art

Our calendar art we are doing in room 12 is about hand prints and footprints.

This is how you do it:

Think about a thing you want to do.

1. Make sure you practice first
2. Get the things you want to use on it like dye, paint, pencil, paper, coloring pencils and a bucket of a water for washing your feet or hands.
3. Get a piece of paper and draw your background, then dye it.
4. Get the paint you want to use and put it where you want it on your hands or your feet.
5. Let it dry and if you want you can put some features on it.

Here is a photo of mine that I did.

My challenge was to not go over the lines because there was two, it was OK if I got the brown pencil over one but if I got it over the other I would have to restart.

I felt very proud of myself to finish.  My Mum is keeping the diary for herself, she liked it and there is now a calendar at my Dad’s.

This picture is my inspiration.

Animal Band Readers Theater - term 3 week 7

                                     Animal band

WALT perform to an audience. 
Success Criteria: 

•  speak clearly 
•  speak loudly
•  with expression
•  stay in time

On September the 4th 2015, my class and I did our assembly item, it had taken a long time to be good enough to perform to the rest of the school. 
I was a reader with Thomas and Beau, it was hard because I had the second most lines. (The part who had the most lines was the donkeys.) 
When the kids came in the hall for assembly, I felt a bit nerves because it's scary when six - hundred (600) faces are looking at you but after that I was OK.
Now here's a photo of me and one of me with Tom and Beau.

>!Me!<

Teague, <Beau,> Thomas!

Persuasive writing - Term 3 Week 4

WALT persuade other students to agree with our opinion.  This the purpose for my writing.

Success Criteria:

1. I plan for a writing task
2. I write a variety of sentence lengths with different sentence starters
3. Give reasons with detail - use specific words
4. I write most topic and high frequency words correctly.
5. I use capital letters, fullstops, question marks and exclamation marks correctly.
6. Use persuasive language

We should have fewer days at school

I strongly believe that we should have fewer days at school.

In my opinion we should have fewer days at school because it will benefit students, teachers and parents.  Kids want to have more fun, for example kids can learn a new hobby.  Sometimes we can remember more if we have fun while we are learning.

Another point is teachers would value time away from students, so they can think about ideas and topics that they can teach their students. Evidence shows it’s good that teachers learn as well as them teaching.

Finally both adults enjoy spending time with their children, parents could take their children farther away for a long weekend, for example going on a trip like to Auckland and going to the sky tower, Rangitoto and ice skating.

Therefore I think that fewer days of school would benefit students, teachers and parents.

Persuasive Writing - Term 3 Week 2

WALT persuade other students to agree with our opinion.  This the purpose for my writing.

Success Criteria:

1. I plan for a writing task
2. I write a variety of sentence lengths
3. I with different sentence starters
4. Give reasons with detail - use specific words
5. I write most topic and high frequency words correctly.
6. Use persuasive language
7. I use capital letters, fullstops, question marks and exclamation marks correctly.

City life is better than country life

I believe that city life is better than country life.

There are three main reasons to support my argument

First, In the county it is harder to raise a baby than in the city because you have to buy all the baby's things like a cot and a milk bottle and normally country people are poor.

Another reason is in the city the shops are just around the corner but in the country you have to drive all the way to the city to get your food and it uses a lot of petrol so it uses a lot of your money, it’s better off living in the city.

Finally in a bigger school you can have more opportunities to play sport for your school than in smaller schools, they have less opportunities to play sport for your school.

Therefore I strongly believe city life is better than country life.

       

Skimming Reading Strategy Term 3 week 2

                                     Skimming Reading Strategy!

WALT skim an unknown text so that we can QUICKLY get an understanding of it.
These are the things you can do when you're skimming.
Step 1: Look at the cover.
Step 2: Look at the title.
Step 3: Look at the author or if you want look at the illustrator.
Step 4: Look at the blurb.
Step 5: Go to the contents page and find the chapter you're up to.