I am Learning to Draw Patterns.

Room 8 made flower headbands for the Term 4 Wearable Arts Show. We copied and created new patterns to put onto the different petals. We worked hard on our art and had a lot of fun making and displaying it.

I am Learning to Identify 2D and 3D Shapes.

In Room 8 we have been learning about Geometry. We have looked at different 2D and 3D shapes and their different parts. We learned that shapes have different numbers of sides, faces, edges and corners of vertices.

We had a lot of fun making monsters out of different shapes!

I have a monster. It likes to play with my toys. It is an octogon. It likes to eat cake.

My Reflection
I like my shape monster. She looks cute but I tried to make her look a little bit scary.
She is an octagon and if she was 3D she would be an octagonal prism.
I found geometry hard because I haven't learned it before.

I am Learning to Recognise and Read Long Vowel Sounds and Silent e.

I am in Thumper group for reading. We have been learning about silent e and how it changes vowels to make a long vowel sound.

Success Criteria:

- Read words without silent e correctly.

- Read words with the addition of silent e correctly.

- Understand that silent e changes the sound of the vowel.

My Reflection

I think that it was a little bit tricky to read the words without the silent e.

It is tricky because I am used to reading it the normal way with the e, they were not real words without the silent e.

I am proud of how I read most of the words right.

I am Learning to Try My Best.

I participated in the Junior Cross Country. We have been practicing every Tuesday and Thursday this term. I came in 3rd place!

I am Learning to Write a Cinquain Poem.

In Room 8 we have been learning how to write a cinquain poem. These poems have a special order that the words have to be put in. We have practiced writing cinquains in our writing books and published our most recent poems on Spring.

Success Criteria:

- All words must relate to the topic.

- The second line must contain two adjectives.

- The third line must contain three verbs with an -ing ending.

- The fourth line must be a four word sentence about Spring.

Spring

Fun, hot

Playing, running, swirling

The baby animals run

Lovely

My Reflection

I think that my poem is good because I wrote about the animals.

I think that cinquain poems are really hard to write because it is hard to think of the words.

I learned about adjectives and verbs.

I am Learning to Use Punctuation Correctly.

Last week we celebrated Matariki with a pyjama and breakfast morning at school!

It was lots of fun and gave us good ideas to write about. Our focus in writing has been on using different types of punctuation correctly.

I need to:

- Use at least two different types of punctuation.

- Use the punctuation in a way that makes my writing more interesting.

- Put the punctuation in the right places.

This morning we went to the Matariki breakfast. I had my own cereal! My mum did not notice that the teachers had cereal.

My Reflection

I am proud of how I used the exclamation mark right.

It can be tricky to put punctuation in the right places.

Next time I could try and use some different types of punctuation to make my writing more exciting.

I am Learning to Say Before and After Numbers to 20.

I am in Rua group for maths. We have been learning to say before and after numbers in the range from 1 to 20.

I need to:

- be able to count forwards and backwards from 20.

- know what number comes before a number within the range 1 - 20.

- know what number comes after a number within the range 1 - 20.

My Reflection

I think that I said the before and after numbers well.
It was a little bit tricky for me because I had to think about it in my head.
It is easier to say the before numbers than the after numbers.
I tried my best!
I think that I could say before and after numbers for numbers that are bigger than 20.