Understanding what we read!

We are learning different ways to respond  to our reading on our ipads to show our understanding.

Beach Clean Up

During seaweek all the classes at school walked to the beach to do a beach clean. Before we went we talked about what rubbish we might find. Do you know how long it takes for different sorts of rubbish to break down?

We learned that -
A paper towel takes 2-4 weeks
Newspaper takes 6 weeks
Plastic bags take 10-20 years
Plastic bottles take 100 years
Disposable nappies take 50-100 years
Tin cans take 50 years
Aluminium cans take 200 years.


It was a lovely day so after we had picked up all the rubbish we could find we took the opportunity to have a play at the beach and make some sand sculptures.


On Friday we went to the beach. We didn't get that much litter. Room 6 did. That was bad. When we were finished one of the gloves blew away, but I got it. If no-one had got it, it would stay there for one hundred years. Luckily it didn't. That was good.
We got to make  sand sculptures. Thea and I made an octopus. The tentacles were made out of seaweed. I pulled some slimy stuff out so we could make the mouth. It looked funny.
                                         Tea


On Friday we walked to the beach to look for rubbish but we didn't find much. That was good. Room 6 found more than us. When we were finished we made sand sculptures. I made a mountain with sand.
                      Amelia

There was not much rubbish but I saw a plastic bag. I picked it up. After we had picked up the rubbish we made some sand sculptures. I made a girl out of sand.
                         Ayanda

The  beach was awesome because we collected rubbish. We put the rubbish in the rubbish bin.
After picking up rubbish we made sand castles. I looked at other people's sand castles. I wrote my name in the sand with my finger. Tea and Thea made an octopus.
                                              Tane

 We went to the beach to clean the beach. I found a plastic bag so I picked it up. It was fun. We didn't pick much rubbish up. We made some sand sculptures.
                                      Aaron

We went to the beach. Me and Brisa and Zayed were picking up rubbish, Rubbish is not good for the sea animals. We made some sand sculptures. I saw someone's sand castle with seaweed on it.
                      Fern

 

 

 

 


I went to the beach to find rubbish. I found a lid. We didn't find much rubbish but Room 6 had lots of rubbish. When we had finished we made some sand sculptures. We made a hole and then we went back to school.
                                               Ryan

We didn't find that much rubbish which was good. But I found a plastic lid. I didn't want to touch the germs so I put my glove on. After, me and Tea made an octopus. We put hair on the octopus which made it look better. It made me laugh. It was very funny. Then we put the eyes on the octopus. After that I put a mouth on.
                    Thea

Monarch Butterflies

We have had many caterpillars in our classroom. We have watched them eating and eating and growing bigger and bigger. We now have thirteen chrysalises! Some of the caterpillars crawled a long way looking for food so some of the chrysalises are in strange places. We will now watch the changes that take place in the chrysalises and wait for the butterflies to emerge. Last week we were lucky to see one caterpillar change into a chrysalis. It was amazing!

Yesterday we watched it turning into a chrysalis. It wriggled and jiggled. Its skin dropped.
                 Tea

One day I saw a caterpillar turning into a chrysalis. It wriggled and jiggled. I was surprised when the caterpillar turned into a chrysalis. Today I saw some more chrysalises.
               Amelia

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When the caterpillar was nibbling it turned into a chrysalis and then it turned into a butterfly. It flew away. Yesterday we watched another caterpillar turn into a chrysalis.

                                          Tiana

When I came in the classroom I saw a butterfly flying around outside. It was very pretty.

Caterpillars are very special. The butterflies are special too. The caterpillars have been moving around. They have been making chrysalises in silly places.

                              Fern

The caterpillar grows and grows and grows then the caterpillar turns into a chrysalis.

Ryan

When I came into the class I saw the caterpillar chewing and growing and it got bigger and bigger and bigger!  It turned into a chrysalis for two weeks. When it hatched it was a butterfly.

The caterpillars are going to funny places. Three caterpillars are hanging on the wall.

                                                       Tane

I saw a caterpillar turn into a chrysalis. It was wriggling and jiggling and the skin fell off.

                                                       Ayanda

Rippa Rugby Skills with Cameron.

Today we were lucky to have a Rippa Rugby skills session with Cameron Goodhue. It was very hot but we had great fun!

Water safe lessons with Tracey

We have enjoyed our two swim safe lessons with Tracey. We learned that our life jackets needed to fit us correctly and be tight. It was fun rolling backwards into the pool with and without the
life jackets.


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More Reading Responses

We have been showing our understanding of our reading texts by completing these activities on our ipads.
We are becoming experts at taking photos and cropping them.

Reading Responses

Welcome to our 2016 Blog.
We have been learning to do reading responses on the Explain everything app on our ipads.
We have learned how to take photos from our reading books and to complete activities that show we understand what we are reading.