I am Learning to Draw Patterns.

We have been working on our wearable arts for the school display. Room 8 has made flower head pieces decorated with different patterns. We have worked really hard on these!

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!

My Reflection
I like the shape of my monster. It is a hexagon. She has six sides. If she was 3D, she would be a hexagonal prism.
I found geometry hard because there were lots of different parts and things to learn.
The easiest part was learning the names of the shapes because I knew some of the names already.

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

Wonderful, lovely

Jumping, melting, rolling

Spring is so warm

Sunny

My Reflection

I think that I did a good job with my Spring poem.

It wasn't too hard and wasn't too easy to write cinquain poems. I think that the four word sentence was the hardest because it could only have four words.

The easiest part was writing the topic at the top.

I am Learning to Discuss Characters and Settings of a Text.

I am in Sven group for reading. We have been learning about characters and settings in stories. We read a story together and talked about what the main character was like and what sorts of settings were in the story.

Book: Matthew Likes to Read.

Main Character: Matthew

Matthew likes to read. He likes to read lists and signs and directions on mushroom soup. I think that Matthew tries very hard to read. He also reads newspapers and books. We think that he would be in a high reading group because he reads really well and practices a lot. He sounds the words out. We don't think that he would be a very loud person because he is always reading. We think that he would be a very good friend because he would be able to help his friends read. Matthew can be cheeky because he tricked his mum at the supermarket!

Settings:

There are a lot of different settings in this story. One setting is at Matthew's home, he reads food packet instructions in the kitchen. He also reads newspaper in the lounge. The lounge looks like a dark and quiet place, it is a good place to read. Another setting in the book is the supermarket. There are a lot of fruits and vegetables there. There is ice cream too - Matthew told his mum that it was on the list, but it wasn't! There are lots of things to read at the supermarket, like packets, shopping lists and price signs.

My Reflection

I think that it is sometimes easy and sometimes hard to talk about a character in a story. A character is someone who is in the book. It is easier to talk about the main character in a story than the others.

I think that it is easy to talk about the setting of a story because you know where it is. It is easy because there are pictures that you can look at.