Do you want to go shopping with me?

On the 20th of September my family and I went to K-mart at Hunter's plaza in Papatoetoe. We travelled there by car and I was really excited to go shopping!

When we arrived at Hunter's plaza we went to the food court to have something to eat because we were starving. We went to LJ's food store where they sell different types of seafood. I ordered fish and chips and we all ate at one table as a family. The food was delicious. 

I finally finished my food, I was stuffed! Along with this feeling I was also anxious to go shopping. So my brother and I went to the board game aisle to see what kind of board games they were selling. There was Monopoly, The game of life, Who am I and more games.

Next we went to my sister who was trying on some canvas shoes that were 5 dollars so she asked my dad. My dad said yes to buying my sister's shoes so my brother and I decided to ask my dad if we could buy the Monopoly board game. Unfortunately he said no because he did not want us to get distracted by playing the game while we needed to do homework.

After that my brothers, sister and parents and I went to the gaming area so we could play some games. We played on a machine called the claw. We had to try and grab the stuffed animal with a metal hand. We tried to grab for about 10 times and we still failed. (What a waste of money)

Finally it was time to go home. I was exhausted so I went to sleep. 

I had so much fun at Hunter's plaza and I hope next time we go we can get the game board that my brother and I wanted to have.

We are learning to understand and use language features.

I know this when I use appropriate sequencing words and past tense correctly in my writing.

Do you know how to measure a monster using a centimeter ruler?

We are learning to understand measurement.
I know I can do this when I write down how I used a ruler to measure the monster that I have drawn.

Eat the wheat, Miss Henny!

We are learning to follow the structure of a procedure.
I know I can do this when I follow the steps for making a hungry hen.
Procedure of making a hen:
What you will need:

• Paper plate
• some thin card
• some colored paper
• felt pens
• black,brown or orange paint
• a paintbrush
• glue
• scissors
• a stapler

1. Paint the paper plate with brown, orange, or black paint. 
2. Put it somewhere cool to dry. 
3. Take some thin card and cut out the beak for your hen.
4. Colour the beak with felt pens or paint. 
5. Cut out a comb for your hen and colour it red.
6. Fold the paper in half so the paint is on the outside the plate at the top of the fold. 
7. Staple it in the right place.
8. Staple the hen's comb above the beak, along the fold of the plate.
9. Now painting or draw eyes for your hen. 
10. Give your hen some feathers.
11. Cut them out of colored  paper or use use feathers.
12. Glue the feathers on both sides. 
13. Use longer feathers for your hen's tail. 
14. Cut some grains of wheat out of yellow paper or give your hen some real wheat.
15. Give your hen a push and she will rock forward to eat the wheat.

Do you know how to measure a centimetre?

We are learning to understand measurement.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write down my workings for working out the distance that I have travelled.

Please take me to the Okitu store!

We are learning to develop understanding of the text that I read.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write a summary about the story At the Okitu store.

Happy birthday to me! :D

On the 15th of September we went to my aunt's house to spend some time with them and have as feast together as a family.

When we arrived at my aunt's house we sat down on the couch and watched Prince of Egypt. It was sad movie because the king wanted to kill all the baby boys in the land so that none of the baby boys could become king of Egypt. When the movie finished we went to the dining table to have some food because we were hungry. We ate pork, chicken, taro, corned beef, chop-sue and other yummy food. The food was delicious.

I was so full so I went outside with my sister and sat down so the food in my stomach could be digested. A while later we played defense and offence with the Basketball. When I was offence, I played really good. I was okay when I played defense but my sister was so much better than me and she was too hard to defeat. Then we felt that it was going to rain so we went inside also because our cousin told us to.

Next, it was time for me to blow out the candles on the cake. The cake was chocolate flavored strawberries on it. I made a wish before I blew out the candles. my wish was to be a good girl with a good  heart.

I ate the cake and it was so yummy. It was moist and the strawberries were extra sweet and soft.
After it was time to go home and I was so exhausted and excited about going home so I could get some rest,  I had so a fantastic birthday with my family.

We are learning to understand and use language features:
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use time words and past tense in my writing. 

Wow, Tasha's voice is terrific!

1. Tasha came to our school because she is a good role model for students.

2. Tasha is a young female who is very talented and she recently has been on X-factor 2015. 

3. Tasha sang the "mamma knows best" and the song, "Price tag" 

4. She is a lawyer and she loves snap-chat and Instagram.

5. She has a strong and flexible voice. 

6. Tasha is very confident and determined.

7. She took pictures with us and we asked her some questions.

8. She gave our class a box of books and sent out the message, "It's cool to read" 

We are learning to describe a person.

I know this when I write down eight sentences to describe Tasha Hohaia. 

Who is Jesus?

We are learning to understand who Jesus is.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I list five words that describe Jesus as the son of God. 

Why don't you like trees? They give us oxygen!

We are learning to understand and use different poem structures.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write down a poem about trees using the structure used in the poem Sandy song.

Wow, I wonder why people don't like guinea pigs!

WALT: gather information and analyse the information.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I make a bar graph of favourite pets that the Piwakawaka and Puriri group likes. 
Statements:

• Most people like cats because they are independent and fluffy.
• The least favourite pets are other pets and they are not listed.
• Some people may like bunnies more than guinea pigs because bunnies are bigger and they can toiled trained.
• Some people like birds than bunnies because birds can fly and tweet.

Do you know your times tables?

WALT: solve algebra problems using multiplication.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I explain how I worked out the answers to the equations using my multiplication facts.

Jesus, help me follow your path!

We are learning to understand about the light of Jesus that we follow to go to heaven and be with God.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I express how I feel about the light of Jesus.

Did you know that bar graphs uses different types of data?

We are learning to develop understanding of statistics through bar graphs.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I explain how to convert bar graph data into a percentage.

Guess what, I know how to do the magic trick now!

We are learning to develop understanding of the text that I read.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I record my summary of the story Magic dog using movenote.

Oh no, Misty ran away!

Book review- Timmy in Trouble

Characters:

Katie

Timmy-Dog

Jess-sister

Misty- cat

Summary:

The story is about a girl named Katie who was surprised that her parents let her have a new dog. Jess (Katie’s sister) is worried about their cat Misty who is angry at the arrival of the new dog. Katie thinks that everything is going to be settled but she was wrong. Timmy always tried to play with Misty but Timmy Just keeps getting in trouble with Jess. One day Misty ran away, Timmy was worried so he went around to look for her and then Timmy finds her next to the bins in a box. Timmy and Misty finally become friends and they all have the best Christmas night.

My favourite part:

• I like the part when Timmy found Misty.
• I liked the part when Misty and Timmy finally became friends.

We are learning to develop understanding of the text that we read.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write the summary of the book Timmy in trouble. 

Do you know how to make a road?

We are learning to develop understanding of the text that we read.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use movenote to record my summary for Making a road.

Did you recognise the symbol of the Holy Spirit when you read the story?

We are learning to understand the symbols of the Holy Spirit that are in the scripture stories.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I can match the Holy Spirit symbols to the scripture stories in the bible.