Wow, now I know how to brush my teeth properly!

Learning intention: We are learning to understand the importance of brushing our teeth.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write the 5 steps on how to brush our teeth properly.

Do you know how to draw a vertical bar graph?

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand basic statistics. 

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I describe how bar graphs represent data.

Dad, isn't the beach cool?

In the weekend my family, cousins and I went to the beach. We went in my uncle's big grey van. There was a big park for us to play on and there was a beautiful fountain.

My brother and I played on the monkey bars while my cousins played on the swings. Then we all went for a swim after we changed into our swimming togs. There were two changing rooms. One of the changing room was for the girls and the other was for the boys. I went in the girls changing room with my cousins Emi, Jess, my brother and my cousin P. J into in the boys changing room.

After we have all changed, we all went for a swim. When I got into the water, it was cold like ice. Then my older cousin Jess and I had a swimming competition. I won because I was faster swimmer.I was happy and proud of myself.

Next we taught my little cousin Emi how to swim because she was scared and she did know how. After a while it was time to go home so we ran out of time to teach Emi how to swim.

I had a lot fun going to the beach with my family and cousins. I hope we can go to the same beach again soon because there are also big rocks that we could climb up on and park to play in.

Learning Intention: We are learning to use descriptive language to make my writing more interesting.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use adjectives to describe my weekend at the beach.

How do you celebrate your mum's birthday?

On Friday the 20th of February, my family and I went to a restaurant called Happy Day. Happy Days is a big restaurant with lots of tables and chairs. There was a buffet full with delicious yummy food.

When we got to the restaurant, it was full with lots of people having birthdays and special occasions.

First my day had to get us a table. After we were made a booking a waiter came and showed us to the table where we were sitting. It was so beautiful. Then we eat.

The food that I ate was chicken, ham, chips and fish. When I was eating the chicken it just melted in my mouth and it was crispy on the outside. After a while my brother, dad and I went to get some dessert. It smelted very nice. I had cheese cake and some cold chocolate ice cream. When I ate the cheese cake, it just melted in my mouth and it was so delicious and . After I saw my friend Zack and he asked my brother and I if we could play with him and he said ‘‘Yes.” So we went outside and we played some games together.

The first game that we played was tag and  I was in. When I was trying to get Zack my brother bumped into me so I tagged him so he was in.  When my brother was trying to get me Zack was behind him so my brother got him very fast. Then Zack was in. He was trying to get me however our joyful mums and dads came so we had to go home.

I hope next Zack, my brother and I could play a different game and I had a happy day because I got to spend time with my lovely friends and family.

Learning intention: We are learning to use descriptive language.
Success criteria:  I know I can do this when I use adjectives to describe my mum's birthday.      

How do you get to work?

Learning intention:We are learning to understand the text that I read.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I summarise the story I have read.

Poor Jesus, he died on the cross!

 
Learning intention: We are learning to understand the importance of the Stations of the Cross. 
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write the stations from when he was condemned to death to when he was placed in the tomb.

My important plan for my garden!

Learning intention: We are learning to plan our garden.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I explain why plants need sunlight, water, soil and food to grow.

Sunny days are the best!

Learning intention: We are learning to develop our creative thinking skills through poetry.

Success criteria:I know I can do this when I write my poem about a sunny day.

Do you know how to solve an exponent equation?

We are learning to understand exponents.
I know I can do this when I give two examples of exponents and how to solve them using multiplication facts.

My dad had a special birthday!

Dad's Birthday!

On Friday the 19th of February, my family and I went to a restaurant called Happy Day. Happy Days is a big restaurant with lots of tables and chairs. There was a buffet full with delicious yummy food.

When we got to the restaurant, it was full with lots of people having birthdays and special occasions.

First my day had to get us a table. After we were made a booking a waiter came and showed us to the table where we were sitting. Then we went to eat.

The food that I ate was chicken, ham, chips and fish. When I was eating the chicken it just melted in my mouth and it was crispy on the outside. After a while my brother, dad and I went to get some dessert. It smelted very nice. I had cheese cake and some cold chocolate ice cream. When I ate the cheese cake, it just melted in my mouth and it was so delicious and . After I saw my friend Zack and he asked my brother and I if we could play with him and he said ‘‘Yes.” So we went outside and we played some games together.

The first game that we played was tag and  I was in. When I was trying to get Zack my brother bummed into me so I tagged him so he was in.  When my brother was trying to get me Zack was behind him so my brother got him very fast. Then Zack was in. He was trying to get me however our joyful mums and dads came so we had to go home.

I hope next Zack, my brother and I could play a different game and I had a happy day because I got to spend time with my lovely friends and family.

We are learning to use descriptive language in our recount.
I know I can do this when I use adjectives to describe my weekend.      

Can you hop to the hopping song?

We are learning to develop our thinking skills.
I know I can do this when I write a hopping song using adjectives and verbs.

Did you know that red, yellow and green are the colours of the traffic lights?

We are learning to understand the text that I read.
I know I can do this when I summarize the story about the colours of traffic lights.

Everyone, let's all plant a perfect flower!

We are learning to understand what plants need to grow.
I know I can do this when I identify the three that plants need to grow: sunlight, dirt and water.

Wow, Abraham and Sarah had so much faith in God!

Learning Intention: We are learning understand God's call to Abraham and Sarah.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I explain how God tested Abraham and Sarah's trust and faith by telling them to move away from Ur.

Yay! We now have a basketball hoop!

On Sunday, my family and I went to the Warehouse to purchase a basketball hoop. We had breakfast first before we went to get a basketball hop. Then we went to the Warehouse at Sylvia park by car.

When we went inside the store, we went to look for a basketball and a hoop straight away. When we saw the basketballs, we thought that they weren't pumped up properly however they were all beautiful. My dad chose a nicely pumped up ball because we didn't have ball pump. Then we went to choose a basketball hoop. My dad and mum saw a junior hoop for $80 dollars.We weren’t sure whether it was a small one or not because it came in a huge box. "I have a feeling that the hop is too small," I said.

We asked a store person if we could have a look inside the box because we weren’t sure if the basketball hoop was the right size for us or not. When we looked in the box it was too small. So my parents and my brother tried to find a bigger hoop as quietly as they could. We found one that was just the right size so we bought it.

Then we left the store and we went to the pizza shop and ordered a butter chicken flavored pizza. The workers there said that we could pick up the pizza in 20 minutes. We waited for my mum to get the pizza and then we headed back home. I ran as quickly as I could back to the house because I was so excited about playing with the basketball.

My favorite part was when we got the basketball and the hoop because my brother and I have always wanted to get a hoop. My family and I were all so happy because this way we can exercise anytime we want. When my brother and I get better at playing basketball, we might get a higher basketball hoop

We are learning to use descriptive language in our recount.
I know I can do this when I use adjectives to describe my weekend buying a basketball hoop with my family.

Let's brush our teeth every day!

We are learning to understand oral hygiene.
I know I can do this when I write 5 ways that we can keep our teeth strong and healthy.

Do you know how to be cybersmart online?

We are to understand how to interact with others people online and make smart decisions about what information we share.

I know I can do this when I write 5 ways to be safe online like keeping our private information to ourselves.

Did you know that 'Ni Hao' is hello in Chinese?

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our creative thinking skills.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I follow the poem structure and replace the greeting in the poem.

Can you solve a number equation using your multiplication facts?

We are learning to solve algebraic equations using multiplication facts.
I know I can do this when I give two examples of solving algebraic equations using my multiplication facts.

Did you know that Karengo is seaweed?

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

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use the alphabet key to find words that are related to Karengo. 

Mr bird, come down and play!

We are learning to develop our creative thinking skills.
I know I can do this when I follow a poem structure and write a poem about a bird.

Let's play tennis, everyone!

We are learning to write a description.
I know I can do this when I record my recount about tennis on blabberize.