Contractions

I am learning to recognise contractions. I know that contractions have apostrophes to replace missing letters.

" A contraction is two words joined together and one or two or three pop out and a mark is left to say that the letters are not there."  said Hadi

Owl Babies

We are learning to publish our writing for an audience, because we are authors. In Room 3 we try to present our work in many different and interesting ways to encourage people to come and read our fabulous stories!

" I can use wow words so my story is great" said Hadi.

Making sets of ten

Matariki

Our classroom celebrated Matariki, which is the Maori New Year. We came to school in our pyjamas and had a yummy breakfast together! It is great to share time with our whanau.

"I was a bit late, but i could still have my breakfast. It was fun to do!"

Retelling

I am learning to retell a story so that I can say what is happening in the story.

"I can go back and read it again when it doesn't sound right" said Hadi

Story Writing

We are learning to write down our ideas and draw a picture to match

                      In the beginning     ...                                and now!

"I need to do no capital letters in the middle of my sentence anymore." said Hadi

Groupings with 5

I am learning to know the sum of 5 and any other number to 5.  I know to start with 5 in my head and count on.   I am able to do this without help from materials.

" I can put 5 in my head and then count on to the number on the dice." said Hadi