Wow, that's wonderful news!

Learning Intention:We are learning to develop our understanding of descriptive language.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that interjections are parts of speech that is usually expresses emotion or strong feelings.

I like your pink hat!

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand the English grammar.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that factual adjectives gives information about a noun or a pronoun. 

Have you ever been to Konheri Caves before?

Learning Intention: We are learning to makes connections with the text and develop our critical thinking skills.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use the ideas from the text that I read and use them to create five critical thinking questions about the story Tania's School Picnic.

You should never copy others because you might get in trouble!

Learning Intention: We are learning to makes connections with the text and form a personal opinion.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use the ideas from the text that I read and use them to create five critical thinking questions about the story Tania at school. 

Can you put your commas in the correct place?

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand the English grammar.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that commas have many uses in grammar.

Did you know that inquired is a 'saying verb'?

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand saying verbs.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that saying verbs can give information on how something has been said.

Do you know the collective noun for a group listeners?

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand collective nouns.

Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that collective nouns talk about a group or collective of people.

"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.

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'.

Did you know that Tropical rainforest has four layers?

Learning intention: We are learning to develop understanding of the text that we read.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write the main ideas about the four layers of a tropical rainforest starting with the forest floor, following by the understory, then the canopy and finely the emergent layer.   

Oh no, Misty ran away!

We are learning to understand what we read.
I know I can do this when I write a book review about the story Timmy in trouble in my words. 

Have you read the story of 'The perfect breakfast' before?

We are learning to understand what we read.
I know I can do this when I write a book review about the story I read.

Do you know how to make a go-kart?

We are learning to follow the structure of a procedure.
I know I can do this when I write down the steps for making a go-kart.

Do you like schools?

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

I know this when I write a poem about school.

What is a Pohutukawa tree?

We are  learning to develop understanding of the text that I read.

I know I can do this when I make a glossary and write the definitions for ten new vocabulary from the article.

Cat whiskers are cool!

WALT develop critical thinking skills using De Bono's thinking hats.
I know I can do this when I write 8 positive things about cat whiskers.

Have you seen a rafting accident before?

WALT develop critical thinking skills using De Bono's thinking hats.

I know I can do this when I use adjectives to describe emotions and feeling about the the character from the story.

Guide Dog

WALT use the information from the story to create a timeline

Island to island.

Island to island
WALT create a meaning  to retell the story. This is my map it shows how James got to and from school. 

The Lion and the Mouse by John Griffitths

WALT list the mane events of story.
 1 The mouse ran over the lion's  paw and woke the lion.

 2  The lion caught the mouse and the mouse was scared and he said , ''let me go let me go''.

3  The mouse was begging the lion not to kill him, he only wanted to see what it was like in his cave.

4  He asked the lion to spare him would help him someday. 

5 The lion found this funny but let the mouse go.

6 A few day later the mouse heard the lion roar and found him trapped in a net.

7 The mouse told the lion he would help him, even though the the lion didnt think he could.

8 The mouse gnawed at the net and freed the lion.