Buddy Writing

Monday 14 August

Today we read our Monster descriptions to our buddy class, Room 4.  They had to draw our monster, following our descriptions! We were impressed with how accurate the drawings were, which meant we had written such clear, detailed descriptions. Our buddies then gave us some feedback on our piece of descriptive writing, by sharing two 'stars'- things we had done well, and a 'wish'-something to improve for next time.  Thanks for the great feedback Room 4!

WALT: to describe a person, place or thing.

SC:

• plan by brainstorming adjectives
• write a sentence to explain what I am writing about
• describe the object
• add a comment as an ending.

We designed our own monsters and then wrote sentences to describe. We typed up our writing and are all very proud of our work.

Digital Citizenship Day

Friday the 23 June was Digital Citizenship day. In Room 14 we:

 Talked about the rules we follow in our community and compared these to rules we follow on devices.

 Learnt how to hold and carry devices safely.

 Learnt how to plug in and unplug the devices properly.

 Practised typing with  two hands on  BBC dance mat.

 Published work on a device.

Learnt how to comment on our blog.

Learnt how to take a great photo and tried to video each other.

WALT: Publish our writing on an App called "Write About This"

SC: I can open the app

I can type on the keyboard

I know how to do a capital letter

I know how to do a full stop

We have being using  a program called Pobble 365 to help motivate us to write. This is what Tom wrote after looking at a picture of an old railroad track.

Once upon a time there was an old abandoned, rusty railroad. A tree grew magically through it. It was a deep, dark forest. A tiger was running away from his home. He saw the magic tree, the tiger tried to knock it. He got shot in the butt by a hunter!

• 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.