I'm on Phonics Fire!

Phonics lessons are a very important part of our Writing programme.

As I get more confident I try tricker things. In this photo I listened to a dictated sentence and then tried to write down what I heard and put in the correct punctuation. 

"I need to do finger spaces in all of my sentence next time."

Contractions

I am learning to recognise contractions. I know that contractions have apostrophes to replace missing letters.

" A contraction is two words joined together and one or two or three pop out and a mark is left to say that the letters are not there."  said Noah

Maths Fun

Owl Babies

We are learning to publish our writing for an audience, because we are authors. In Room 3 we try to present our work in many different and interesting ways to encourage people to come and read our fabulous stories!

"I like the words I used. It looks like a big story. My Owl looks so fluffy."

Matariki

Our classroom celebrated Matariki, which is the Maori New Year. We came to school in our pyjamas and had a yummy breakfast together! It is great to share time with our whanau.

"It was so, so much fun. My Dad made all of the milo with lots of marshmallows. I think we should have breakfast at school again. My Mum got all the food and I helped her."

Retelling

I am learning to retell a story so that I can say what is happening in the story.

"I can go back and read it again when it doesn't sound right" said Noah

Story Writing

We are learning to write down our ideas and draw a picture to match.

In the beginning ....                                   and now!

"I am learning to do neat writing, because I want to make people read the story very well." said Noah