Behaving Responsibly.

This week we are learning to behave responsibly. We did lots of talking about what that means and the kinds of things we would do if we were doing it!

We think it means

• picking up rubbish
• listening to others and the teacher
• follow instructions
  
• use nice words with each other
• share things, equipment, sports equipment
  
• help each other if we are hurt or just need help
• do the right thing
• put things away if we find them

Brayden and Lorilee used our flip video to record what some of us are going to be working on this week!

After trying to get videos on - we are giving up for the time being and Ms Little will go home and figure out why it's not working!!!

Ish

Paolo, Darrin and Charlie have been practicing this readers theater this week. They have worked hard to speak clearly, with good volume and expression and pace.
They used garageband to record themselves!

ISH

Describing Poems

This week we are looking at words which describe nouns... adjectives. We are writing poems using these words!
Today we all wrote about cats...tomorrow we get o choose our own topic!

Here are some awesome efforts from Room 4 poets

Cats
Licking paws
Loud miaowing
Lazy sleeping in the sun
Tall long tails
Cat are all around in my home.

Rebecca

Kittens
Soft and smooth fur
Hissing and scratching
Playing quickly with their toys
Tiny little kittens
I love kittens

Antonia

Kittens
Soft kittens
Cute and fluffy
Sleepy and colourful
Long whiskers
Strong paws
Cries miaow for food or attention
Kittens are strong
They lick their fur slowly
I love kittens

Lorilee

Snazzy Sentence Starters!!!

We have been looking at exciting story openings with Ms D.

It was a dark night and I decided to go to the beach. GRACE

One day I was playing with my friend. Rebecca

IT WAS A DARK NIGHT; A BOY CALLED JAMES WAS IN BED. CAMPBELL

ON SUNDAY, I WAS BORED SO I WENT TO THE MUSEUM. CALLUM

IT WAS A DARK NIGHT AND I WAS BORED. KODIE

IT WAS COLD, DARK NIGHT IN A DARK CASTLE. ETHAN

I WAS IN THE DARK SUPERMARKET AND I WAS SCARED. JACK.

IT ALL STARTED WHEN ME, JACK AND BRAYDEN WERE ONE YEARS OLD. DYLAN

I HAD ALWAYS WANTED TO VISIT THE JUNGLE SO MY FAMILY WENT ON A HOLIDAY. ANTONIA

I WAS IN THE CEMETRY. DARRIN

I WAS TRAVELLING DOWN INTO THE SEWERS. ALYSSA

I WAS TRAPPED IN THE HAUNTED CEMERTY. JOSIAH

IT WAS A DARK EVENING SO I DECIDED TO GO FOR A WALK. PAOLO

A PATH LED ME INTO THE CEMETRY. LORILEE

TWO IMPRESSIVE STORIES:

IT WAS A DARK NIGHT AND I DECIDED TO GO TO THE BEACH. I HAD ON SHOES AND SOCKS. IT WAS COLD. I DID NOT HAVE GLOVES ON. MY FEET TOUCHED THE WATER. THE SAND WAS COLD. I DIDN’T HAVE A TORCH.

MY MUM WAS SHOCKED! SHE THOUGHT THAT I HAD BEEN STOLEN. BUT I HADN’T BEEN.

I SAW A SEA LION. I JUST ABOUT GOT CHASED BUT I DID NOT. I WAS AFRAID.

BY GRACE

IT WAS A DARK EVENING SO I DECIDED TO GO FOR A WALK. THERE BEFORE MY EYES WAS A REALLY BIG HAUNTED HOUSE.

I WENT IN AND WALKED UP THE STAIRS. I HAD A BAD FEELING. I KEPT ON GOING WITH A CREAK.

I CAME TO A ROOM THAT HAD ONE PIECE OF FURNITURE. THERE WAS AN OGRE STARING AT ME. I RAN DOWN THE STAIRS AND SHUT THE DOOR BEHIND ME.

I WENT THROUGH THE HALL TO SEE FIVE SILVER KNIGHTS THEN A GATE SHUT BEHIND ME. I WAS TRAPPED! A WAREWOLF RAN AT ME AND BIT ME ON THE SPINE AS I FELL TO THE GROUND IN PAIN.

PAOLO

Our Goal for the week

Our Goal for the week this week is Helping and supporting others!

We decided that we can do this by...

encouraging others by telling them they can do it if they keep trying

saying nice things, things that are positive like "nice job"

find lost things if someone has lost them

offer to play with people who don't have anyone to play with

help people if they fell over or are hurt

compliment each other

help others do hard things in the classroom if they are easy for you

We also talked about how it feels when someone helps you..

When someone helps you, you feel nice, safe, happy, good great, you know you have friends.

And when you help someone else, it makes you feel great too, it is great to feel helpful!

Baa Baa smart sheep show

On tuesday we went to the baa baa smart sheep show at the public libary. We saw The cat in the hat and we saw Geronimo Stiltin. At Baa Baa smart sheep we saw Mr Mitchel and we sang songs. We saw Gill (Our library teacher). She organised the show. At the very end Josiah and Alex got a prize which was a swimming bag with a lollipop and a 3 DVD voucher rental and he got a seed which you plant and when it grows you can use it to heal cuts and bruises. You can also eat the flowers.
Baa baa smart sheep is a story and it is the New Zealand Children's Book awards. We think it is the best story and it should win the prize.

by Charlie and Campbell

Our leaf study.

We used pencil and pastels and crayons and water colours to create copies of our leaves.