Weekend Stories

I asked the children to imagine themselves in the weekend.  From this they had to choose one word to tell us about what they did.  The next round we chose another word that went with the first word.  From here the children used the first two words to start their sentences about an event in the weekend.
 
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Blake	McDonalds	Nuggets	McDonald’s chicken nuggets, chips and hamburgers.  Chips and nuggets dipping into the sauce.
Joshua	McDonald’s	Nuggets	I had McDonald’s nuggets and I had an ice cream.
Kayla	Playing	T-ball	I played T-ball on the first day of the weekend.
Imogen	Camping	Overnight	Camping overnight with Nana, Grandad and Matilda.  Me and my sister slept in the lounge.
Neco	Jumping	High	Jumping high with Caitlin.  We jumped so high we couldn’t see mum and dad.
Ashleigh	Ice cream	Hokey pokey	I had a whole box to myself of hokey pokey ice cream.
Savannah	Baking	Muffins	Baking muffins with my mum and helping with the milk.  Also aiming the chocolate chips.
Marcel	BBQ	Marshmallows	Me and my dad had a BBQ and we did fireworks.
Max	Lego	House	I am playing with the Lego and building a Lego house.
Angelina	Home	Playing	I was playing at home with my little brother.
Isabella	Swimming	Splashing	Swimming at the pool. Splashing at the pool.
Benjamin	Lego	City	Playing with the Lego City fire house with a fire truck in the fire house.
Nathan	Poppa	Birthday	At Poppa’s birthday he blew the candles our and we at the cake.
James W	Cousins	Playing	Playing at my cousin’s house.  We played Lego.
Connor	Rabbits	Running	The bunny rabbit runs faster than a cheetah.
James C	Building	Farm	We build a farm out of blocks and we used fake animals.
Cruz	Cousins	Building	I am building a rattle snake farm.

 

If I were an insect ...

For Big Writing writing today we chose an insect we would like to be and imagined ourselves as that insect.The children were able to use the large rolls of paper for their writing.  It's amazing how much more they write.

Angelina

A butterfly can look down at a bird.

 If I was an insect I would be a butterfly because they look beautiful.

James C

My insect is beautiful. my insect is a tarantula and it crawls and eats flies.

If I was an insect I would be a tarantula because it is fluffy. I wish can touch one because it might feel warm.

Benjamin

My insect is tiny and my insect carries food. It is an ant. Ants carry food.

If I was an insect I would be an ant because its cool and I like carrying food.

Blake

If I was a insect I would climb up a tree.

If I was an insect I would be an spider because it can hang up in trees.

Ashleigh

I will hang from the roof. I would make a spider web and eat whatever is on it.

If I was an insect I would be a spider because it makes spider webs.

Joshua

I can catch flies and I’m a spider.

If I was an insect I would be a spider because I like it.

Max

I can fly in the sky and it is tiny. I’m a ladybird.

If I was an insect I would be a ladybird because it flies.

James W.

Tiny little bug is in a hole. Tiny hole. Ant

 If I was an insect I would be a ant because I saw a bug and I saw legs on the bug.

Aidan

The tiny caterpillar eggs on leaves.

If I was an insect I would be a caterpillar because it eats leaves.

Neco

Tiny ants live under the ground. They collect food.

If I was an insect I would be a ant because it looks so small I can’t even see it.

Savannah

Tiny and beautiful

Spotty and flies

Nice and red and it has black spots. 

Ladybug

 

If I was an insect I would be a ladybug because it is spotty.

Kayla

I am beautiful and tiny with black spots and red wings. Ladybird

If I was an insect I would be a ladybird because it my favourite insect – it is my favourite colours.

Isabella

I am beautiful on my wings and I can fly up in the sky. I can see birds and I can see planes in the sky. I can see bees in the sky and I can see caterpillars. I am a butterfly.

If I was an insect I would be a butterfly because it is beautiful it is my favourite insect and favourite colour. It is lovely. It is my favourite insect – it is my favourite colour.

Imogen

I am flying. I am beautiful on my wings. I am a butterfly.

If I was an insect I would be a butterfly because it is beautiful and pretty.

Cruz

I can fly and I am beautiful. I eat flies. I am tiny and no one can see me because I am too tiny to be seen. 

Spider.

If I was an insect I would be a spider because it likes to eat flies.

Marcel

I found a bumble bee and it went on a tree then another tree

If I was an insect I would be a bee because it flies.

Connor

I make a spider web. 

If I was an insect I would be a spider because makes a web.

Nathan

I will eat caterpillars. I would look beautiful.  I am a mantis.

If I was an insect I would be a mantis because it can eat caterpillars.

Catwings

We have been reading the story Catwings about four cats that have wings and escape from the hard city streets to the country.

We talked about the pros and cons of being a cat with wings.

	Yellow hat	Black Hat
Harrison	The Catwings can fly up in the air high.	The cats can get lost in the clouds and they can’t fly in the rain
Daniella	I think that flying cats are very soft because when you pat them they are very soft	The worst thing about cat are scratching their selves
Bella	If I was a catwing I would fly to a rainbow	The bad thing is I flew into a rock
Haylin	The good thing that was that you can’t crash if you don’t have your eyes open
Adam	The good thing is you can fly to school	The bad thing is that you can fly away
Samantha	The cat can fly to its nest	The bad thing is you could bump into your nest
Charlotte	If I were a cat with wings it would be very good to fly	If I would shut my eyes I would crash
Jimmy	If I was a cat with wings it is a good thing that I can fly home from school	If I was a cat with wings and I got captured I would be a bad cat for them
Coben	The good things are when I go home	I will stay in school for ever
Madison	The good thing would be if I could fly and get my food and drinks	The bad thing would be I might get trouble and somebody might put me in a cage and keep me
Emily	I am a cat and I have wings that have points and a delicate body that has ginger fur on my body	I don’t like licking myself
Kaiden	The cat is normal and it flies	I won’t be the king
Toby	The good thing is I can fly	The bad thing is I could get caught
Lucas	The good thing is I have wings to fly	The bad thing is I could crash into a rock
Jacob Y	You could see things on the ground	The bad thing is you could crash into another bird
Sophia	The good thing about being a cat with wings is that you can fly all you want	The worst thing of being a cat with wings would be that there would be too many other birds that you couldn’t see
Ginny	I would like to be a flying cat because I would fly high	I would not like to be a flying cat because I could fly into a tree
Alexey	The good thing tis he cat is not flying far away	Don’t fly far away from your parents
Jacob M	It will be a good thing because I can fly anywhere	It will be a bad thing because a bat will bite me.

Color of his own

This week we read the story of A Color of His Own, where a chameleon didn't want to keep changing his colour wherever he went and wanted a colour of his own.  The story ends with the chameleon meeting another chameleon and realising that it friendship is more important.

We drew our own chameleons on acetate and put them around the classroom to see how he would change colour.

We then went around the chameleons with black glue paint ready to fill with the colours of where our chameleons will sit. 

Independent Writing

As part of our independent literacy activities the children may choose a picture to use for a writing prompt.  Their writing is showing the emergence of poetic writing.

The Butterlies

By Samantha

I can see Monarch butterflies, flying to the tree by my house.

The black spots are dark on their orange, shiny wings.

A butterfly lands on the branch and rests its wings.

The Lake

By Ginny

Water falls down to the lake.

Animals swim and play.

A parrot flies above.