We are exploring how people can express themselves in many different ways. We studied a painting by Van Gogh and then wrote sentences to describe how we felt, what we thought of, when we looked at it.

It makes me feel like in a warm winter night. It makes me feel warm. It makes me feel proud and brave.
By Thore


It makes me feel happy, it reminds me of a really cool picture. It was the best picture I have ever seen.
By Jacques


This picture makes me feel happy because I love Autumn because the leaves are pretty. It is a pretty place, it has beautiful lights.
By Issy


The picture makes me feel relaxed. It makes me feel relaxed because it looks quiet and beautiful and calm. It is a beautiful because the street lights are on and the colour in the trees are nice and the branches look real and the pathway is shiny because it is rainy. It makes me feel really comfortable.
By Madeline

Writers Eyes

WALT: Proofread our writing

SC: 

I can put on my writers eyes

I can check my punctuation

I can check my spelling

I can read my work and make sure it makes sense

WALT: 

Plan before we write

SC: 

I can think of a topic

I can think of several things related to the topic

I can use pictures to plan

I can use words to plan

Lilli-Rose, Ben, Jarred and Issy have all used different ways to plan before they write.

WALT: -set a personal writing goal

SC: - I can look at my writing and reflect on it

-I can think about what I do well

-I can think about areas I can improve

- I can work with my teacher to choose an area to focus on

 We all have a pencil with our name on it.

 My pencil is under the goal that I will focus on for writing.

Next time you are in the room come and look at our writing goals.

Welcome to Room 16- 2016

We spent our first week writing about our families and our holidays so our teachers could get to know us. We have already published our first piece of writing on our writing wall. Pop in and have a look!

Elf Descriptions!

Today in Room 16 we wrote Elf descriptions.  We used adjectives to describe our elves personality, clothing and physical features.

Here we are planning our elf descriptions:

WALA: Natural Disasters

I Can:

• identify what a natural disaster is
• identify different natural disasters
• name natural disasters from NZ's past - Geography athon
• investigate how different natural disasters occur  
• use explicit vocabulary related to the disasters and their impacts

Mr Hernandez (Jorja's Dad) came in and spoke to us about how natural disasters affect people, places and families. We have written about his visit. 

We are researching different natural disasters in small groups. We record facts and important information so we can use this to write an information report.