Counting Money and Working Out Change

Reading to an audience

It was tricky to read in front of an audience. I needed to remember when it was my turn!

Using other punctuation

I am learning when to use other punctuation

e.g. comma, exclamation mark, question mark, apostrophe, speech marks

I have lots of Stars Wars cards. My favourites are X-Wing, Ti Fighter, Kylo Ren and BB8.

I am proud of myself because I know how to make a list with commas.

Balancing on the beam

We are learning how to balance on a beam in Gymnastics. We have to carefully climb on the beam and stand up. We have to  put our aeroplanes arms out to help us balance. We then have to walk all the way to the other side. Sometimes we have to turn and go back too. It can be scary sometimes because the beam wobbles when we walk on it. We are all getting better at balancing on the beam!

Adding detail

I am learning to add some detail to my writing.

He was swimming with other whales. He was just a baby.

It is hard to add detail to my writing. I try to think about the 5Ws but I run out of time to write everything down. I need to practise.

Root Words

I think this activity was a bit hard. I couldn't remember how to match some of the root words and their endings.

St John Visit

Mac from St John came to talk to the children at Elm Park School about safety and first Aid. He brought his mini ambulance Amby along with him. Mac taught Room 11 about who to call when there is an emergency. We looked at different pictures and had to decide if we needed to call for the police, the firemen or an ambulance. We had actions that we had to do to show Mac that we knew who to call!

Shape Monster

I am learning to name and describe plane shapes.

We are learning about Geometry in Room 11. We are learning to name plane shapes and to say how many sides and corners the shape has. We created shape monsters and wrote a description about them.

I like my shape monster. It is a rectangle. I had to count the number of sides when I did my writing.

Retelling the story

The Butterfly reading group are learning to retell the main events of the story.

I can retell the story without looking in my book most of the time. Sometimes I forget and have to read it again.

Counting on from the largest number

I am learning to count on from the largest number.

I like the tens frame game. I think it is easy because I can move the counters and it helps me count.

Youthtown

Room 11 has been going to Youthtown this term. We have been learning how to throw a ball at a target. We learned that you need to have your one arm in an L shape ready to throw the ball. The other arm needs to be pointing at the target. Then we have to do a power throw and try to hit the target. Sometimes we hit the cones and sometimes the ball goes in a different direction.

Word Cloud

I am learning to use describing words in my writing.

My word cloud is like fire. It was sometimes easy and hard when I had to think about words for Roly-Poly Bird. 

Reading Term One

I am learning to read with fluency and expression.

It was perfectly fun. I like reading. 

Maths Term One

I am learning to solve simple addition problems up to 20.

It was tricky because it was my first time drawing the pictures and counting in my head.

I am learning to write two sentences

On Sunday I went to the museum.

I am learning to write two sentences.

Reflection

I think it is hard to sound out words. I am going to try write two sentences. 

I am learning to draw my self-portait

I have been learning how to draw my self-portrait. First Mrs Scott came to show us how to sketch our face. We sketched our face shape first. Then we drew our guidelines to help us remember where our eyes, nose, mouth and ears went. We practised using a whispering pencil and a shouting pencil. Our first sketch looked a bit funny so we tried again. This time we used a photo of us to help us. We had to start all over again! Miss Radue then helped us rub out all the whispering pencil guidelines and photocopied our sketches so they were bigger. We had to go around our sketch with vivid and then we used pastel to colour in our self-portraits. It was hard work but we had a lot of fun!

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