Tuesday, August 31, 2010

I have a cheetah. It is orange with black spots. It has magic wheels.
by William
I have some new undies. They have soccer balls on them. my mum got them from the supermarket. She had heaps of food, my nana went too. From Bryden.
I have a rugby ball and i played with Matthew. He kicked. It came to me and it went back to him. by Larsen

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

I have a rubber. It can rub out jovi crayons. lt is a kiwi.

by Lily
Fantastic Lily. You are learning to write words by yourself.
Today it is Uncle Glen's birthday. He is haveing his birthday at his house and I am going to give his card to him. He will be happy becase it is his birthday.We are going to have tea there.When I am going home I will go to bed.
by Madison.
Fantastic! you wrote a beginning and a middle and an end.
My dog is a brown dog and it runs like flash. A colourful dog. I like it when my dog runs fast like me.
by Maia.
Maia is learning to listen to the sounds in words and write the letters independently. Brilliant!

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Here are some examples of Room One's descriptive writing. We were describing a friend in our class and using similes as well.

Caitlin’s clothes are like a flower. Her hair is like thorns. Her eyes are like glitter. The nail polish is like fishes fins. Her gumboots are like owls eyes. – Bailey P

Rydn has green farm clothes. He has brown chocolate hair and he has blue eyes like the lake. – Jack

Bailey’s hair is brown like a pony. Her eyes are green like green paint. Her skin is white like paper. Her clothes are soft like fluffy wool. – Rheana

Caitlin has blonde hair. It is shiny like the sun. Her face is like white flowers. She has pink strawberry cheeks. – Jessica

Jack’s hair is gold like treasure. His eyes look like the sea. Also Jack’s t-shirt is like black sky at night-time. I l also like Jack’s skin colour because the colour is pink like strawberry ice-cream. – Ngaru

John’s hair is like brown bark and his eyes are like green grass. – Justin

Eliza has beautiful black hair like the dark sky. Her tracksuit is beautiful purple like grapes. Her shoes are black and pretty. – Vision.

Jessica has a purple t-shirt with a chain. The chain is the colour of silver. Her eyes are hazel. Her chain on her t-shirt is like the sun. Her hair is so so shiny. Just like some money and her eyes are brown like the monkey bars. – Caitlin

Caitlin has blonde hair. It is shiny like money. She has a grey cardigan and a pink t-shirt like a big rose with words on it. Her skin is like the moon and the sun too. – Rydn.

Connor has blonde hair like a horse. He has beautiful green eyes and he has a colourful top like a rainbow. He has a jacket like a grey pony. Connor has on black pants and black socks like a tail. – Hannah




Monday, August 16, 2010

Kaitlin.
I am going to play with my Dad and my Mum and I am at school and I am going to my house and I like it.
Kaitlin can write a sentence with spaces in the right place. Fantastic.
Nikau.
My horse went home to play. She travelled a long way in the horse float.
Nikau is learning to write words independently by saying the word slowly and writing the sounds he hears.Excellent work Nikau.
William B
I went to the Warehouse and Mum got me a Pokemon ball.
Fantastic! William is learning to say his sentence before he writes.
Sasha.
I went into Room one. I played with the money.
Fantastic! Sasha can write the first letters in words independently.
Lily.
I know Mr Armstrong and I know Mrs Field. They are my teachers. Mr Armstrong is not always my teacher.
Lily is learning to say the words slowly and write the sounds she hears. She wrote 'not' all by herself.

William

William.
I made a bat mask and I was a bat. I felt like I was flying. If I could fly I would fly all the way across the dinosaur world to the volcano. I would be a man-sized bat. I would hang upside down to sleep.
William is learning to use interesting words to make his story exciting. Do you like his ideas?

Wednesday, August 4, 2010


We are learning to use interesting words in our stories. We have been writing colour stories today. What colour do you like?

Larsen
Blue tastes like blueberry icecream and it looks like the sky.
Kaitlin.
Purple looks like blueberries and it tastes like strawberries.
William
Yellow looks like lava, it tastes like bananas and it smells like fire.
Kiara
Purple tastes like lipstick and it smells like cucumber.
Matthew.
Blue looks like water and it tastes like blueberries.
Joseph
Blue-green looks like my pillow and it smells like the sky.
Maia
Pink looks like lippy, and it smells like lip balm and it tastes like strawberries.
Sasha.
Purple looks like my pants. I like purple.
Ngakau
Green looks like the big boy's monkey bars and it tastes like lettuce.
Bryden
Blue looks like blueberries and it smells like strawberries.
Madison
Purple looks like grapes and it smells like flowers and it tastes like purple blueberries.
Mrs Field
Orange looks like the sun setting, it tastes like mangoes and it smells like marigolds.
Nikau
Blue looks like the sea and it tastes like the sea. I like splashing in it.
William Brell
Blue looks like my sweatshirt. I like blue.

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Dad said, "Here is a lolly."
by William Brell.
On Wednesday we all took our teddy bears to school. We all took our blankets to sit on it on the grass and we ate our lunch together. Then we ran to play. It was fun. I took my new pink teddybear.
by Madison