Room 11 love cross country practice!

Room 11 students were off to various meetings this afternoon so Room 10 children came to and did some art. They learnt how to blend and scratch pastels on black paper. They pinned their work on the wall so they could stand back and see what else they might add before they were finished.

Room 10 is visiting for the morning. We presented our Karakia in preparation for assembly and then read te reo books and played kupu games. Now we are sharing our online bookshelves!

Room 11 are enjoying the creation of sea creatures for the community Matariki art exhibition in town soon.

We have been reading Maori books and breaking down the words to find out the meaning using the Maori dictionary, we also are using bilingual books to help us understand  the texts on the books.

We enjoy it very much and hope we can learn more about reading using questions in te reo.

-Skylah. 

Description Writing

Today we were working on increasing the amount of face and body descriptions that reflect a character's emotion.

We used pictures of cartoon characters with different emotions then got 2 minutes to write at least 3 descriptions.

Here are some examples......

Ashamed:

My head hanging down, I stared at my feet. My hand was on the rubbish bin and I could feel vomit in my mouth.

Overwhelmed:

I stood there, fists clenched and arms outstretched with the controller cord in my hand. My teeth were clenched tightly as I mumbled obscene words to myself.

Jealous:

She stood there, tapping her foot and staring at me. Her arms were folded and her face was bright red. "I hate you!" squeezed through her pursed lips.

Answers to .....Anei te...... (Foods and utensils)

Mark your work from here for today.