Do you want delicious golden pancakes for breakfast?

Ingredients:

• 1 cup flour
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 2 teaspoons of baking powder
• 2 teaspoons of oil
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt

Toppings:

• Strawberries
• Blueberries
• Maple syrup

Materials:

• Large bowl
• Frying pan
• Spatula
• Whisk
• Plate

Method:

1. Mix your flour, eggs, baking powder, oil, sugar and salt together in the bowl until it is creamy.
2. Heat an oiled frying pan to a medium high heat.
3. Scoop ¼ cup of batter and put it into the pan.
4. Let each pancake cook for about 10 minutes.
5. You will know it is ready when it is brown on both sides.
6. When you have used up all the pancake batter, you can cut strawberries for the toppings. You can also use maple syrup and blueberries.
7. Wala! Breakfast is served, now you have golden pancakes with blueberries and strawberries for breakfast!

Learning intention: We are learning to write a procedure. 

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write the method for making delicious golden, pancakes.

Let's go shopping!

On the 18th of May, it was wet and cold. My mum, sister and I went to The Warehouse at Sylvia Park. We went in my mum's big silver car and I was very excited to buy some new things.

When we arrived at the shopping mall, we decided to stop at the new Whitcoulls store that was right next to The Warehouse. There were a lot of books and toys on sale for half price! It was so cheap!

Eventually, we made it to The Warehouse, we walked to the girls' clothes aisle. My sister picked out grey track-pants and two hoodies for herself, while I was wandering around looking at lots of cool things. I saw funny circle cushions with different types of emoji faces such as a happy, sad, angry and surprised faces. They were so adorable and I really wanted to buy them all.

As soon as my sister finished picking out her clothes, we walked quickly to the onesie aisle to look at different kinds of onesies they had on sale. There were animal onesies such as, lions, pandas, pelicans, penguins and cows. I decided to try the size 12 panda onesie because it looked so cute in the changing room and it was a perfect fit. The panda onesie had a cute hood that had small ears and kawaii eyes. My sister got a cow onesie and it looked very funny on her.

When we finished our shopping, we cleaned to go to Pak'nSave to buy some popcorn because we were starving! We bought the popcorn that you could heat up in the microwave. Finally we got home and cooked the delicious popcorn.

I had so much fun at The Warehouse and my favourite part was eating the delicious popcorn. Maybe next time we can watch a family movie together and eat some popcorn.
Learning intention: We are learning to understand and use descriptive language. 
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use adverbs and adjectives to describe my day at Sylvia Park. 

I hope that our compost will decompose quickly!

On a wet afternoon, Room 7 decided to make compost. We used a fish tank as our compost bin. We put greens and browns into the fish tank. Greens are things like vegetable/fruit scraps and grass clippings. Browns are things like torn up newspaper, twigs and brown leaves.

We were all in different groups. There was the fruit and vegetable scrap group, the newspaper group, twigs group and the brown leaves group. I was in the newspaper group so I had to rip up clean newspapers into tiny little pieces and put them into the tank with the other scraps. The other groups had to go and look for twigs and brown leaves.

When all the groups finished putting their scraps into the tank, we all took a turn tossing the heap with a fork. It was as if we were tossing a salad for dinner!

I had so much fun making compost and I hope that our mixture of different scraps will decompose quickly.

Learning intention: We are learning to write a recount.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I explain details of Room 7 making compost.

Did you know that 2 and 6 are factors of 12?

Learning intention: We are learning to understand factors.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write down all the the factors of 12.

I can't believe my snail is unable to stand!

My Fourth Session of Art

It was a wet Thursday when Siliga and Salome came to our class for another exciting art session. First Salome showed us a picture of an environmentally friendly lizard sculpture, made out of recycled materials.

After we took a close look at the pictures,  we went off to complete our insect sculptures that we started from the previous session. We had different types of recyclable materials piled up on the ground such as plastic bottles, bowls, ice cream containers, paper plates and cardboard.  We had help from Miss Chao, Siliga and Salome, who took care of using all the dangerous tools such as the utility knife and the hot glue guns.

My insect was a snail and its body was made out of a medium sized bottle with the top part of the lid cut off. Its shell was made out of two bowls stuck together with hot glue. When I finally got the two parts cut, I asked Siliga to glue them together for me. He said that it was going to be a bit tricky but we gave it a go and the glue worked and dried perfectly. My snail was great but the only flaw was that it couldn’t stand on its own so that is the next step for me to work on.  

Unfortunately it was soon time to pack up, everyone was having fun and we all zoomed quickly around the class to clean everything up. We cleaned up the class as fast as we could. To end the day, we said our traditional hometime prayer and went on our way.

Building our insect sculptures was fun and hopefully we can add some colour to our sculptures to brighten it up next time.

Learning intention: We are learning to understand and use descriptive language.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I do this when I use adverbs and adjectives in my recount to describe what I did in my art session with Salome and Siliga.

Prepositional phrases uses adjectives and adverb!

Learning intention: We are learning to understand prepositional phrases.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I give at least 3 examples of a prepositional phrase.

Did you know that you can use a Y shaped twig to make a slingshot?

Learning intention: We are learning to develop critical thinking skills using Thinkers Keys.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use the Alphabet Key to find words that are related to the word compost.

Do you want to know how to make a mouth-watering burger?

How to make a delicious hamburger

What you will need:

• Sharp knife - (to cut vegetables and cheese)
• Tomato sauce or ketchup
• 
  Meat patty
• Block of cheddar cheese
• Vegetables of your choice
• Frying pan
• Adult supervision

Method:

1. Wash your hands with soap and water, make sure that it is dried with a clean towel.
2. Get all your ingredients and place them on the table.
3. (Ask an adult to supervise you for this step) Turn on the stove and place your frying pan on it. Then put your patty in the pan once the pan is hot. When the patty is brown, it is ready to be put onto a plate.
4. Slice the vegetables of your choice but make sure you have an adult with you (tomatoes and lettuce would be a yummy combination to put in your burger).
5. Get your block of cheese and cut it into thin, slices.
6. Assemble your burger! Put your bottom bun on a plate, then put your patty on top of the bun. Next lay your healthy vegetables, the cheese and then the ketchup!
7. Finally, you can put your sesame seed bun on top of the layers!
8. Bon appetit! Now you have a scrumptious hamburger for dinner!

Learning intention: We are learning to write a procedure.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write the steps for making a hamburger.

Mmm, those chips were delicious!

On Saturday the 14th of May, my mum, dad, sister and I decided to go to the shops to eat some scrumptious food. We went to Otara in my mum’s big silver, Toyota Land Cruiser. It took about 40 minutes to get there because there so much traffic on the road.

When we arrived there, we found a parking and then hopped out of the car quickly. While we were walking around Otara we saw all sorts of stores like bakeries, fish shops, dairies, vege markets and so much more. We decided to buy our food at a Chicken & Chips store. I ordered a chicken kebab and golden crispy, potato chips with tomato sauce on top. We also bought things for my brothers who were at home so they would not feel left out.  The food was amazing but the chips were the best out of all the things I ordered. We bought some juice to quench our thirst and it was refreshing!

Afterward, we decided to go to Martha’s backyard to have a look around and maybe buy something. Martha’s backyard is a store in Mt. Wellington with all sorts of American products. There was a ton of things that I saw in the store. There was Pop Tarts, Reese's, Cheetos, Bean Boozled, toxic waste(sour candies) and more. We decided to buy different flavoured Cheetos and we bought the really hot and spicy flavour, the big cheese puffs and the small cheese puffs. We also decided to save some for my brothers because we knew that they would really like it. We also bought a game called, “Bean Boozled”. Bean Boozled is a very fun game to play with your siblings or friends. The game is that there are 100 jelly beans and there are ten different coloured jelly beans. One of them is good or bad but the tricky part is that they look the same. There is a spinner that tells you which jellybean to eat.

Finally it was time to go home. As soon as we’re home we played Bean Boozled. I played with my brother and my sister. The worst flavoured bean was the black one and it was either skunk spray or licorice. Unfortunately, I got skunk spray and it was disgusting!  My favourite bean was tutti frutti because it tasted like the hubba bubba bubblegum.

I had so much fun hanging out with my family and my favourite part was playing bean boozled with my brother and sister.  

Learning intention: We are learning to understand and use descriptive language.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use adjectives, verbs and adverbs to describe my day in Otara.

I want to show people around the world!

Learning intention: We are learning to write a description. 
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write a description of my dream job and record it using Blabberize. 

When I grow up I want to be a tour guide. Tour guides show tourists around and explain to them the history, traditions and facts about the places that they visit.

Yay, now I have a broad bean plant!

What you need:

• Broad bean seed
• Yoghurt pot
• Sticky label name tag.
• Pencil
• Soil

Method:

1. First, get your yoghurt pot and name the sticky label for your pot.
2. Stick the label on your yoghurt pot.
3. Then, fill your yoghurt pot with soil and make sure that it is filled up to the top.
4. After that, make a hole in the soil making sure that the depth is twice the length of the seed.
5. Next, drop your broad bean seed into the hole with smiling end facing the sun.
6. Finally you have to water your seed regularly for the seed to grow well!

Learning intention: We are learning to write a procedure.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write the steps for planting a broad bean seed in a yoghurt pot.

Yay, now I know how to defend my opponent!

Netball recount

On a sunny Friday, Room 7 went to the top court to play Netball for Kiwisport. Our coach Tina came with her friend Christine.

First we warmed up by jogging up and down the court. Tina told us that it wasn’t a race so everyone took their time jogging across the court.

Then we learnt how to do the crab. We had to jog to the left, then to right. The crab move helps us when we are defending our opponents in Netball.

Next we all lined up in two lines. Mana was my partner and we took turns defending each other using the crab move. It was hard for me to defend her from getting the ball because Mana was good at dodging. When it was Mana’s turn to try and defend me, I ran as fast as I could from one side to another. It was very tiring.

After a while, we had to go back to class. I felt sad because I really wanted to keep learning new Netball skills. I had so much fun at my third Netball session and my favourite part was when I was defending my partner using the crab move.

Learning intention: We are learning to write a recount.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write a recount about the skills that I have learnt in Netball.

Mmm! That sandwich was delicious!

Learning intention: We are learning to understand how to use interjections in a sentence.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that interjections can be placed before or after a sentence.

You can learn lots of things at the Botanical gardens!

Learning intention: We are learning to write a description.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write descriptions of the places in the Botanical Gardens: The incredibly edible garden, Potter Children's garden, the education center and the outdoor garden.

Did you know that worm wee is fertiliser for plants?

What you need:

• Rubber garden gloves
• Sheep poo -Fertilizer
• Trowel- small
• Garden bed
• Seedling in a plastic pot
• Watering can filled with water mixed with worm wee

Method:

1. Put on your garden gloves and make sure that it is the right fit for you.
2. Find a space in the garden bed and dig up the soil to make a deep hole using the trowel.
3. Drop the sheep poo into the hole.
4. Grab your plastic pot with the seedling and squish the pot softly so that the soil can come out easily.
5. Hold the plant between your index finger and your middle finger, then turn the pot around and take the pot out carefully.
6. Use your other hand to support the seedling and place it into the hole.
7. After that, you can use a trowel or your hands to cover up the top with some more soil.
8. Take off your rubber gloves and get a watering can and fill it up with water (you can add diluted worm pee as extra fertiliser for the seedling).
9. Water your seedling, make sure the water soaks into the soil and do not put too much water or your plant will drown.
10. Finally, you can wash your hands properly with soap and your seedling is ready to grow in your garden bed. 

Learning intention: We are learning to write a procedure.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write the steps for replanting a seedling into a garden bed.

Do not put oil into your compost heap!

Learning intention: We are learning to understand compost.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write a procedure on how to make your own compost.

Did you know that the sun can be eaten by a black hole?

Learning intention: We are learning to develop critical thinking skills using Thinkers keys.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use the Commonalty key and the Alphabet key to find words that are related to astrology.

Take that, evil ninjas!

Learning intention: We are learning to understand the text that we read.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write a summary of the book: Thea Stilton and the cherry blossom adventure.

A subordinate clause cannot stand alone!

Learning intention: We are learning to understand about clauses.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I explain the differences between a subordinate clause and a main clause of a sentence.

Eat your vegetables everyday!

Learning intention: We are learning to understand living things around us.
Success criteria: I know I can do this I identify the plant part that vegetables grow from and design a healthy salad.

Yay! Now I have a new pet!

Stone dog- Procedure

What you will need:

• Odd shaped stone that looks slightly like an animal.
• Paint brushes
• Acrylic paint, brown, pink black and pink (for the tongue).
• Wool or string for the tail.
• Googly eyes.
• Hot glue gun.
• Parent’s supervision.
• Cardboard painted brown.

Method:

1. First find an odd shaped stone and give it a very good wash.
2. Next dry the stone, then coat the whole stone with brown paint. Make sure that you paint the whole stone so that it looks like the right colour.
3. When the paint is dry, you can glue on adorable, googly eyes onto the rock with your hot glue gun and make sure an adult is with you to keep you from harm.
4. Stick your brown wool onto the back of the stone and make sure that the tail is stuck on the stone securely.
5. Use cardboard for the ears and paint it brown and glue them above the eyes.
6. Finally when everything is dry, you are now ready to show off your stone dog. If your stone dog comes out looking adorable then you have succeeded in making a stone dog.

Learning intention: We are learning to understand and use descriptive language in a procedural writing.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use verbs and adjectives to make my procedure more interesting for my readers.

I want to be a Netball player when I grow up!

Learning intention: We are learning to understand and use descriptive language in our recount. 

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use adverbs and adjectives to describe my first session of Netball. 

I am not looking forward to school!

Learning intention: We are learning to understand the text that we read.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write a summary of the story: Back to school fright.

Did you know that compost takes a whole year to decompose?

Learning intention: We are learning to understand about compost.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I make a brainstorm using keywords written down from the information that  I have collected about compost.

Hmm, I wonder who is at the top of the food chain!

Learning intention: We are learning to understand food chain. 

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I draw the food chain of an aphid to a fox. 

Always work out the brackets first!

Learning intention: We are learning to understand BODMAS.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I explain which mathematical operation to work out first in a number equation.

Have you played bingo before?

Do you play bingo?

On ANZAC day, my dad, sister and I went to my Aunt’s house to play bingo for a fundraising. We traveled there in my dad’s big, grey van. It took us 40 minutes to get there because my aunt’s house was very far away from my house.

When we arrived at our destination, my sister and I were told to take the food to the table outside where the adults were playing. When we finished taking the food to the table my sister and I decided to go and look after the little babies. I looked after my adorable and funny baby nephew, Sefo.

While the adults were playing bingo my cousins and I went to the sleep out to play games. We played games like tag, hide and seek and hand games. It was so much fun and I started to get tired after a while of playing a lot of games.

Next we all had to eat food. We ate chop suey, rice and delicious curry. The food was scrumptious. My favourite food was the rice and the hot, steaming chop suey, We drank lemonade to quench our thirsts. It was very cold and refreshing.

Meanwhile, the adults went back to playing their game of bingo and my cousins and I decided to play tag. I was ‘it’ and I had to try and tag a runner. I decided to go after my youngest cousin since she was easier to get. Everyone was so exhausted, so we went inside and had a long, peaceful, rest and relaxation.

Finally, it was time to go home. We had a rest and slept soundly through the night.

I had so much fun at my aunt’s house and my favourite part was playing tag with my cousins because I like running around.

Learning intention: We are learning to understand and use the language features of a recount.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use sequencing words and past tense to write about my aunt's house.