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Monday, 29 June 2015
Term 3 writing goal
My goal is to Correctly punctuate when using dialogue.
To achieve this goal I will:
1. Use speech marks correctly
2. Use common punctuation within speech marks
3. Start a new line each time a new person talks
To achieve this goal I will:
1. Use speech marks correctly
2. Use common punctuation within speech marks
3. Start a new line each time a new person talks
Term 3 maths goal
My maths goal is to solve percentage and rate problems.
To succeed in this goal I will:
1. Convert between fractions, decimals and percentages
2. Divide numbers with decimal answers
3. Solve rate problems by changing numbers to 1 or to a common number. 6/2=3 9/3=3
To succeed in this goal I will:
1. Convert between fractions, decimals and percentages
2. Divide numbers with decimal answers
3. Solve rate problems by changing numbers to 1 or to a common number. 6/2=3 9/3=3
Term 3 Key Competency goal
My Key Competency goal is to relate to others by including people who are new, excluded or lonely.
To succeed in this goal I will:
1. Keep an eye out to see if people are lonely or being excluded
2. Talk to them
3. include them with games or discussions.
To succeed in this goal I will:
1. Keep an eye out to see if people are lonely or being excluded
2. Talk to them
3. include them with games or discussions.
Term 3 reading goal
My term three reading goal is to look for clues to answer inference questions.
To succeed in this I will:
1. Skim and scan to find important information for the question
2. To rephrase the question
3. To use clues for the answer
To succeed in this I will:
1. Skim and scan to find important information for the question
2. To rephrase the question
3. To use clues for the answer
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
Why do flowers have colours
One day at twelve o'clock a little girl named Sophia saw that her Mum had gotten a bigger tummy. Is Mummy eating too much? Sophia wondered to herself. That day, they had chicken drumsticks and ice cream for dinner, but Sophia's Mum didn't eat at all! Maybe she wants to lose the weight that she had caught! she thought in her bed. Soon Sophia was fast asleep. ZZZ ZZZ ZZZ...
The next day Sophia's Mum's tummy was even bigger than the day before!!!!!!!! The thing that made it even more strange was that she was being really mysterious and Sophia was getting a bit nervous with her Mum's actions. A week later her Mum had such a big tummy that she had to go to the shop to buy more clothes that were two times the size that she used to have. Another two weeks later, Sophia's Mum told her what was happening. She was so surprised, amazed, terrified and happy at the same time that she needed to lie in bed for half an hour to calm down. It turned out that Sophia was going to get a baby sister!!! The best thing about it was that her mum was going to get it that week.
On the day, Sophia was as excited as a family would be going on a summer holiday. At 10:42 Sophia's mum was a woolly bear in her bed and quietly yelled for Sophia to call the hospital. A moment later, the ambulance came to pick them up. When they got there, Sophia got taken to a kids room with a big inside playground that had a tunnel as long as the universe. Her mum got taken down the elevator in a wheel chair. She got rolled into a room that was filled with small bright howling wolves in people's arms. In no time, Jacqueline (Mum) was laid down in a bed that was smiling at her like a star in the sky. Jacqueline was greeted by a few doctors and got given a ball to squeeze. While the baby was being born, Sophia sat heaped up in a ball on the brightly decorated seat that welcomed her when she took her first step inside. After what seemed a terrifying long journey in her Dad's house, Jacqueline was driven along the bumpy track back home. Sophia was delighted to go back to her mum's place that she woke her dad up at 6:00 o'clock in the morning even though it was Sunday. She couldn't wait till she knew what her baby sister looked like and what her name was!!!!
When she got there her mum was relaxing on the couch with a baby in her hands. Her name was Flora and she was ADORABLE!!!
A couple of years later, it was Flora's birthday. She was turning two! Everyone came to visit and everybody had brought presents for Flora and Jacqueline. Sophia's favourite aunt also brought her a present. It was a drawing pad. The front was black with a beautiful rainbow flower on it and the back had a few swirls as a border. Sophia started to draw an outline of a bear, but Flora barged in and started to colour/scribble it in. It actually worked out pretty well and so she drew a big pencil for Flora to colour in. As the two sisters happily drew together, a cake got put out and Sophia got inspiration from that to draw another thing. She drew the cake exactly how it looked and Flora
really enjoyed the peace of drawing. Her little sister looked like she was having some fun too so Sophia thought it was safe to say that she and Flora had a hobby.
On a Saturday morning, Flora bounced like a bunny into Sophia's room and said " Me draw want draw!" So Sophia went to her cupboard and grabbed her now already half full sketch pad and drew a flower in it. She handed the book to her little sister to colour in the flower. Flora had surprisingly good art skills for a toddler and neatly coloured it in the lines. Sophia was so amazed with this sight that she sprinted downstairs to tell their mum. She was busy making lunch for people coming to visit. They cut and laminated the flower. After that they got a sandpit spade and dug a little hole in the ground and planted the laminated and cut flower. That brightened their yard up a bit!!!
Finally the visitors arrived. They saw the flower and said that they would do the same thing as Flora and Sophia and Jacqueline to make their garden brighter. For lunch they had fresh baked rolls with cheese and crackers and a platter of dips and vegetables! For dessert they had Banana split. The next day the family was on the News!! Scientists interviewed them and went home at 3:21 pm. After a week of science planning the science lab got put to work. They checked all the flowers that were now either black, grey or white. The artistic scientist painted the flowers and that is why we now have colourful flowers. But mind you, let them dry before you plant or it will wash off in the rain!
The next day Sophia's Mum's tummy was even bigger than the day before!!!!!!!! The thing that made it even more strange was that she was being really mysterious and Sophia was getting a bit nervous with her Mum's actions. A week later her Mum had such a big tummy that she had to go to the shop to buy more clothes that were two times the size that she used to have. Another two weeks later, Sophia's Mum told her what was happening. She was so surprised, amazed, terrified and happy at the same time that she needed to lie in bed for half an hour to calm down. It turned out that Sophia was going to get a baby sister!!! The best thing about it was that her mum was going to get it that week.
On the day, Sophia was as excited as a family would be going on a summer holiday. At 10:42 Sophia's mum was a woolly bear in her bed and quietly yelled for Sophia to call the hospital. A moment later, the ambulance came to pick them up. When they got there, Sophia got taken to a kids room with a big inside playground that had a tunnel as long as the universe. Her mum got taken down the elevator in a wheel chair. She got rolled into a room that was filled with small bright howling wolves in people's arms. In no time, Jacqueline (Mum) was laid down in a bed that was smiling at her like a star in the sky. Jacqueline was greeted by a few doctors and got given a ball to squeeze. While the baby was being born, Sophia sat heaped up in a ball on the brightly decorated seat that welcomed her when she took her first step inside. After what seemed a terrifying long journey in her Dad's house, Jacqueline was driven along the bumpy track back home. Sophia was delighted to go back to her mum's place that she woke her dad up at 6:00 o'clock in the morning even though it was Sunday. She couldn't wait till she knew what her baby sister looked like and what her name was!!!!
When she got there her mum was relaxing on the couch with a baby in her hands. Her name was Flora and she was ADORABLE!!!
A couple of years later, it was Flora's birthday. She was turning two! Everyone came to visit and everybody had brought presents for Flora and Jacqueline. Sophia's favourite aunt also brought her a present. It was a drawing pad. The front was black with a beautiful rainbow flower on it and the back had a few swirls as a border. Sophia started to draw an outline of a bear, but Flora barged in and started to colour/scribble it in. It actually worked out pretty well and so she drew a big pencil for Flora to colour in. As the two sisters happily drew together, a cake got put out and Sophia got inspiration from that to draw another thing. She drew the cake exactly how it looked and Flora
really enjoyed the peace of drawing. Her little sister looked like she was having some fun too so Sophia thought it was safe to say that she and Flora had a hobby.
On a Saturday morning, Flora bounced like a bunny into Sophia's room and said " Me draw want draw!" So Sophia went to her cupboard and grabbed her now already half full sketch pad and drew a flower in it. She handed the book to her little sister to colour in the flower. Flora had surprisingly good art skills for a toddler and neatly coloured it in the lines. Sophia was so amazed with this sight that she sprinted downstairs to tell their mum. She was busy making lunch for people coming to visit. They cut and laminated the flower. After that they got a sandpit spade and dug a little hole in the ground and planted the laminated and cut flower. That brightened their yard up a bit!!!
Finally the visitors arrived. They saw the flower and said that they would do the same thing as Flora and Sophia and Jacqueline to make their garden brighter. For lunch they had fresh baked rolls with cheese and crackers and a platter of dips and vegetables! For dessert they had Banana split. The next day the family was on the News!! Scientists interviewed them and went home at 3:21 pm. After a week of science planning the science lab got put to work. They checked all the flowers that were now either black, grey or white. The artistic scientist painted the flowers and that is why we now have colourful flowers. But mind you, let them dry before you plant or it will wash off in the rain!
Thursday, 11 June 2015
The catch
One day, in the early morning a little boy had gone fishing so that his village wouldn't starve. The little pond he had been fishing in contained only small fish and not many fish either. The little boy was called Steve and he wanted to have his village stay alive!! He was really bored and when he finally saw a tug on his rod and got excited. Steve quickly got up but was disappointed to see a tiny fish dangling on his rod. He was really annoyed and sadly put his fish in the basket he had brought for the fish. All of a sudden Steve heard a sort of snatching noise and ran over to find his catch. He saw a little orange and white fox struggling to get out of the trap that Steve had set, but for some reason he couldn't bear to kill it so instead he released the poor innocent fox. Mr fox got really mad at Steve. " I'm so sorry!" yelped Steve. Still the fox was angry and would not listen to Steve. The fox pounced, sniffed and then ran out of the bushes towards the fish. Mr fox grabbed the fish and started running away with it. Steve was so entirely shocked that he had to recover for at least five seconds before he would chase Mr fox.
THE END
Running after the fox was very tiring and Steve had to be very determined for his village to keep on going as it was becoming mid day and time for lunch. Every time Steve nearly caught Mr fox, the fox got away and he annoyed Steve terribly. Mr fox knew that he was making Steve aware that Mr fox was very smart. That was very good because that was a part of his plan. Suddenly the fox came to a halt. His plan had worked and he had reached his destination. Steve was coming closer to Mr fox so he just threw the fish into the water behind him!!!
Ten minutes later...
Steve was thankful and amazed at the same time. He didn't know what to say!!! Mr fox had made him follow for a good reason and now Steve could feed his village really well. He made a fishing rod and together they sat peacefully waiting for a fish to tug on the rod. They had caught one ginormous fish and one medium sized fish.
At night they returned to their village. Steve happily came back with food for his village at least once. He had the big fish, but no medium one because he gave that to Mr fox for a thanks. What a day Steve had had. Sadly, when he went back the next day, the fox was nowhere to be seen. He only saw stars. Steve only had two things in remebrance of Mr fox. The lake and the knife to cut Mr fox free.
THE ENDFriday, 5 June 2015
Wednesday, 3 June 2015
Goal reflections reading
I have improved on my reading goal which is to expand my vocabulary. I am understanding more words and I help with the crossword that my family does in the newspaper. I am also keeping a word wall in my reading book.
Goal reflection Key Competency
My Key Competency goals are Lead and Follow and tidy writing. My writing is getting better, but I think I can get closer to my achievement than where I am now. I showed my Mum my new handwriting and she thought it had gotten better. I have also improved on my lead and follow goal because I am not being bossy, but I am also not always letting other people do what they want without me agreeing.
Tuesday, 2 June 2015
Goal reflection writing
I have achieved my writing goal because I am adding language features in my writing more and my parents and Miss Cooper say that I am getting better at writing. I think they say that because I like writing more and am achieving a higher level of writing.
Goal reflection Maths
I have improved in converting between fractions, decimals and percentages because I understand it more and I have been practicing on mathletics. Mr Ratcliffe had given us some questions and I kept getting them right.
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