Are you friends like Mal and Lily?

Learning intention: We are learning to follow the correct structure of a narrative.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use flipsnack to organize my paragraphs of my story Friends.

Did you know that there are 3D Zebra crossings in India?

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 the comprehension questions about 3D zebra crossing correctly using information from the article.

Happy early birthday mum!

On a sunny, warm Saturday afternoon, my family and I decided to take my mum to a restaurant because it was almost her birthday and we wanted to give her an early birthday surprise. We went to a restaurant in Panmure called Indian Pepper. Indian Pepper is a buffet where you can eat as much as you wanted to.

When we got to the restaurant, my dad told the owner that we had already made a booking. Before long, a waiter approached us and led us to our table.

After we sat down at our tables, my dad said a little prayer to bless the food and he said, "Dear Lord, thank you for this beautiful day and for the lovely food that we were about to eat and bless our mum because it was almost her birthday. Amen." After my dad said the prayer, we went to go and fill our plate with the yummy food from the buffet.

I also had hot chips, crispy chicken and some chilly chicken. When I eat the chicken, it melted in my mouth. As soon as I had finished with the savoury food, I had  some dessert. I had cold mango ice cream and some cookies and cream cheesecake. When I ate the cookies and cream cheesecake, it melted in my mouth and it was so yum. After that, we decided to go home because we were all so full.

I had an amazing time with my family and I hope next time we are able to take our grandparents with us because they also really wanted to try the food there.

Learning intention: We are learning to write a recount using the correct structure.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write the orientation, followed by the events and then a conclusion of celebrating my mum's early birthday.

Let's make a apple and banana smoothie!

How to make a smoothie

Things you will need:

• blender
• 1/2 cup of ice
• apples
• banana
• 1/2 cup of yoghurt
• 1/2 cup of milk
• knife

Method

1. Place the 1/2 cup of ice into the blender.

2. Get the knife and slice the banana and cut the apples into four equal pieces.

3. Get a parent to help you with cutting up the fruit pieces.

4. Put the slices and chopped apples and bananas into the blender. Then blend it up for 20 seconds.

5. After all the ingredients are blended together, add the 1/2 cup of yoghurt and turn on the blender again.

6. Yay, now you know how to make an apple and banana smoothie.

Learning intention: We are learning to follow the structure of a procedure.

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

"Let's go!" I screamed.

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand direct and indirect speech.

Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that there are two ways of reporting what someone has said.

Do you know the onomatopoeia for a chicken?

Learning intention: We are learning to understand onomatopoeias.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that onomatopoeias refers to words that sound like the thing they represent. 

Did you know that quotation marks are also called speech marks?

Learning intention: We are learning to understand quotation marks.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that quotation marks are used to indicate the beginning and end of direct speech.

Let's go to school!

Learning intention: We are learning to follow the structure of a procedure.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write down five clear directions from my house to my school.

Map:

Directions:

• Start from my house then turn north onto logo road.
• Turn east onto Flag Street and go straight ahead until you reach the big roundabout.
• Keep going East until you reach West Rd.
• Turn onto Small Street and your destination is on the right.

Can you spot the compound word: I heard a stem, but I wasn't scared?

Learning intention: We are learning to understand compound sentences.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that a compound sentence is made up of two simple sentences that are joined by a conjunction like, yet or but.

Have you ever had a birthday at the swimming pools before?

It was a cool, sunny day on Saturday the 18th of June, so my family and I went to the swimming pools in Panmure because it was my nana's birthday.

When we got there, we quickly changed into our togs as if we were running away from a volcanic eruption. Then we ran to the pools as fast as we could because there were a lot of people and we wanted to be first.

First we played some games with balls. We passed the ball to each other. When we were passing the ball, my cousin Luke threw the ball at me and it hit my face. It hit me so hard that I almost cried.

After a while, I felt better so I went to line up for the water slide. It was a very long and loud queue so it took me a long time to get to the top. When it was finally my turn, I felt a little bit scared because it was a long and dark tunnel. When the light turned green, I went down the slide very fast. It was so dark that I couldn't see anything.

After that, I felt hungry. Before we ate, we sang the happy birthday song to my nana and we gave her a cake. It was a big, yellow banana cake. I love banana cakes because they are very sweet. We also had chocolate ice cream, warm hot dogs, hot chips, cake and some cold drinks. The food was very delicious and yummy. Soon it was time to go, so we had a nice, warm shower. Then we had a lovely drive home.

I had a very relaxing time with my family and I really enjoyed going on the slides. I hope I’ll be able to try the other slides next time.

Learning intention: We are learning to understand and use descriptive language in my writing. 
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I us adjectives to describe my recount about my grandmother's birthday.  

Did you know that the word 'geology' is a Greek word?

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our critical thinking skills using Thinkers Keys.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use the Alphabet Key to find related words to 'rocks'.

Are you brave enough to go out of your comfort zone?

Learning intention: We are learning to understand the text that we read.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write a book review of the story Geronimo Stilton - The karate mouse.

Did you know that if someone is under your feet, it means that they are in the way?

Learning intention: We are learning to understand metaphors.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I explain the true meaning of the metaphors that I have chosen.

Are you like The Sloppy Tiger?

Leaning intention: We are learning to understand the text I read.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write 5 sentences or words to describe my brother and the sloppy tiger using adjectives. 

Let's go to the park!

On a cool, sunny day my family and I went to the park on Banks Road.

At the beautiful park, we played some awesome games like volley ball, throws and more. The first game we played was soccer. First we had to get into teams. I was in my dad's team and my brother and my mum were in the other team.

Then the game began. When we were playing, I got a goal and I shouted, '' Yay!'' The scores were 10 to 9. My dad and I won! After that we decided to have some food because we had used all our energy and we were all starving.

We had some nice hot chips, cold water and yummy ice cream. As time went by, we felt bored so we played on the swings and the slide. It was so much fun. After a while we decided to go home because I was going to have karate class later on in the day.

It would be great if next time we could have more time to play more games. I also hope I could spend more time with my family for a bit longer every weekend.
Learning intention: We are learning to understand and use descriptive language. 
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use adjectives to describe my recount playing at the park in the weekend. 

Why do you think the kittens stopped to listen to Jess?

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 the music loving kittens correctly.

Yay, Red, Bomb and Chuck found the lost eggs!

On a sunny Monday afternoon, my family and I went to the movies to watch Angry Birds at Sylvia Park Hoyts Cinema.

First we jumped into my dad's big, black van and we headed to Countdown to by some yummy snacks. We brought popcorn (butter flavour), cold ice cream (chocolate) and some refreshing drinks. After we got all that we needed, we proceeded to Hoyts Cinema. When we got there, my dad bought us tickets right away. He told my family that we were in cinema 3 and that we had to go in now because the movies was about to start. I was worried because I did not want to miss any part of the movie.

When we got inside, I saw my friend Lily and I asked her if she would like to sit with us. She said, ''Yes''. I was very happy because I hadn't seen her in a long time. She went to Samoa for a holiday and she just came back. Then the movie started so we settled down into our seats and also started munching our popcorn and ice cream.

The movie was about three birds named Red, Bomb and Chuck trying to figure out what the pigs were hiding and why they were keeping it as a secret from them. But the truth is, the pigs wanted to steal the eggs from the birds so they could have something to eat for dinner. Fortunately, the birds discovered their evil plan so they attacked the pigs' castle and took their eggs back.

Before long the movie was finished so we decided to go home because we were all sleepy.

My favourite part was when Red, Bomb and Chuck found the lost eggs because their parents were all sad then they felt very happy when they were returned to them. I wish that next time my nana could come with us because she really wanted to watch the movie as well.

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

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use adjectives to describe my weekend watching the Angry Birds movie.

Are you careful like Timmy?

Learning intention: We are learning to understand the text that I read.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write a book review of the story Timmy in Trouble.

Did you know how to make a burger? Now you do!

How to make a burger?

What you need:

• Pan
• 2 Tablespoons of olive oil
• Cucumber
• Oven
• lettuce
• Tomato
• Two slices of bread.
• Mayonnaise
• Knife

Method:

1. Put the pan on an element and put it on medium heat (get an adult to help you) and wait for the pan to to heat up.
2. After the pan is hot, pour the olive oil in the middle of the pan and spread it around the pan. Wait for the oil to get hot.
3. Put the patty in the pan and cook until both sides are brown.
4. While the patty is cooking, put the mayonnaise using the knife on two slices of bread. Then put two leaves of lettuce, 4 slices of cucumber and 3 slices of tomato on top of the mayonnaise on one of the slices of bread.
5. Place the cooked patty on top of the vegetables.
6. Place the last slice on to the patty. Then you are done!
7. Whala! Now you have a delicious burger 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 burger.

Yay, now I know how to make a dog sleep, fetch and sit!

Learning Intention: We are learning to write a procedure.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write the steps of how you can make your dog sit down.

Use apostrophes to show possession!

Learning intention: We are learning to understand apostrophes.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I explain where the apostrophes go for common and proper nouns.