• WALT: Write detailed sentences
• SC:
• My sentence starts with a capital letter
• My sentence ends with punctuation - . ? !
• My sentence makes sense when I read it
• My sentence has at least one adjective in it
• My sentence has at least one verb in it

The sea cow is eating sea grass at the bottom of the green water. By Karma

Sea cows have big tails to sweep. By Joel

A sea cow lives in the warm shores. By Joshua.

They like shallow water and they like warm water. By Asha

Sea cows are really big and they use their tails to move. By Hugh

Sea cows eat seaweed to survive. By Jack

Sea cows are not fast, they are big water animals. By Nicholas

They are gray and they have short arms. By Sam

They are nice, gentle creatures. By Tom

Sea cows live in clear water, it is a big animal. By Dinaya

A sea cow is a big animal that swims slowly in the water. By Ted

Sea cows swish their tails in the green sea to move. By Lily

They eat at the bottom of the turquoise sea. By Max

It’s tail is flat like a sea cucumber. By Izzy

Sea cows live in shallow water, they also eat seaweed. By Indy

Sea cows are so heavy!!! They move through the water very slowly and they eat soggy seaweed. By Annah

What is a sea cow? It is a nice, graceful animal.   By Frankie

Sea cows move in slow motion. By Neili

The sea cow is eating grasses. By Cody

They eat sea grass from the bottom of the clean water. By Sophie

Sea cows are lovely and beautiful. By Dakota

We watched a video on volcanoes and then wrote an explanation in our own words.

 Asha went back and did some editing.

 Ted tried to remember to put full stops at the end of his sentences.

 Lily wrote one and a half pages.

Sophie referred back to her plan.

1.  Tyde well and truly met his goal of writing more than one sentence.

Nicholas used resources to help him spell words correctly.

WALT: Write persuasively

SC:

• describe ‘waste words’
• form an opinion
• present information
• persuade others to agree with my opinion
• back up my opinion with at least 2 key ideas

WALT: Write senses poems

SC: I can think about the environment

I can describe this area

I can think about what I see, hear, smell, feel and taste

I can use WOW words

Frankie: I like how you tried to make it funny by writing stinky boys.
Izzy: I like how you said you are happy at school.

Jack: I like the way you said the type of biscuit.
Nicholas: I think you used some good Wow words.

Lily: I like how you said "the pipe dripping" .
Mrs Boyle: Annah I love that your ideas are original.

 

Max: I like how you said "house chants" because they are loud.

On Thursday the 2 March 2017 Fire Fighter Matt came to visit the Totara team. We learnt a lot of things about fire safety.

I learnt that every room should have a smoke alarm. By Joel

I learnt to not play with matches or lighters. By Asha

Smoke is fire it can kill you! By Sophie

Smoke is fire!!!!!!! By Nicholas

I learnt that smoke is fire because it still burns. By Frankie

There are many different types of smoke alarms. By Tom

I learnt about smoke alarms. By Cody

I learnt that you always have to have a smoke alarm in every  room. By Jack

Smoke is fire, it is true. By Annah

I learnt about fire.  If there is a fire, shut the door. By Dakota

I learnt that if fire is close to curtains, they can catch fire. By Joshua

I learnt that there is different types of smoke alarms in the world. By Izzy

Only adults can light good fires. By Tyde

I learnt how to get down, get low, get out fast. By Sam

I learnt to not play with candles or lighters. By Neili

A fire, oh no! We need to put this fire out. We did it. By Ted

Never put a lit candle near a curtain. By Zara

You are supposed to have a smoke alarm. By Max

If a big fire comes you get down and stay down and you get to your safe meeting place. By Lily.

Writing Behaviours

WALT: Write ExplanationsSC:I canUse a general statement to introduce a topicWrite the events/steps in orderWrite in simple present tenseUse time connectivesOptional diagrams and illustrations to support