Aww, that mother goose really cares about her baby gosling!

Learning intention: We are learning to develop understanding of the text that we read.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I answer comprehension questions about a smart mother goose who asked a police officer to help her free her baby gosling correctly using information from the article. 

Did you know that a horse cannot eat too much food at once because it has a small stomach?

Learning intention: We are learning to understand the text that we read. 

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I explain the habitat, the food and the babies of a horse using the information that I read in the book, The Horse. 

Do you want to know how to make a paper plane?

How to make a paper plane:

1. Start by folding the paper in half lengthwise and then open it out.
2. Fold the top left corner down to the centre crease.
3. Then do the same thing on the right corner.
4. Fold the angled edge into the centre.
5. Next, fold the centre line and it should hide all of the other folds inside.
6. After that, fold down the two top flaps for the wings of the airplane.
7. Finally, you now have a paper plane, to show off!

Learning intention: We are learning to write a procedure.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write the steps fir making a paper plane.

Thank you mum for the delicious kebabs!

Dunkirk field

It was a bright sunny, afternoon when my siblings and my mum decided to go to the Dunkirk field to build up our fitness. We all rushed around the house getting our sports gear organised.  We travelled in my mum's big, silver Toyota Land Cruiser to go the field and I was extremely pumped and ready for our run.

When we arrived at the field, my siblings and I decided to do some warm-ups to stretch out our muscles so that we were not sore afterwards. I stretched my arms, legs and neck for about ten minutes before I ran the field.

I decided to jog the whole rugby field five times without stopping while my brothers sprinted around the field. I jogged slowly at first so that I could sustain my energy for longer, but after the third lap I started sprinting. The grass was so slippery that I had butterflies in my stomach because I had to be careful not to slip and fall.

Finally, when I had finished jogging around the field five times, I went to my mum in the car and she told me to sprint the whole field again. I said, "Yes!" and did what she told me to do. My sister decided to run with me and when we were running, I couldn't catch up with her because she was running as fast as a jaguar. We all ended up finishing our runs at the same time so we went back to the car together.

When we got home, we were all so exhausted. We refuelled our bodies with my mum's delicious kebabs and vegetable samosas. The food was delightful and we had orange juice to quench our thirst.

I had so much fun on the field and my favourite part was running around the field because I was building up my fitness.

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

Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use similes and metaphors to describe my day at the Dunkirk field.

Did you know that the common factors of 12 and 30 are 1, 2, 3 and 6?

Learning intention: We are learning to understand common factors.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write down the common factors of 12 and 30.

Wow, she ran as fast as a jaguar!

Learning intention: We are learning to understand descriptive language.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I explain what a simile is and give 3 examples of it.

Have you seen Spot?

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 Picture key, Inventions key and the Disadvantages Keys to list 4 disadvantages of having a compost bin.