Written Language Work

As part of our work around our Inquiry into Identity we discussed the What If Question - What if we all looked the same? Then we decided we could change just one thing about ourselves- our hair. We drew what we would like our hair to look like and used this as the planning and motivation for our story writing. We tried to use some good descriptive language in our writing. 

Read our stories and see if you can imagine what we would look like. 

My hair will be curly like Harlequin. My hair will be beautiful because it is curly. I love my hair because it is shiny. Monique

My hair has got shaved on the sides and on my head it is long. Also I have a Mohawk on the inside of my hair and want it to shoot out lightning. It will be sparkly and colourful. Dominic F

I want to paint my hair green because I can be like Shrek and no one will know who I am.  Reza

My hair is crazy and straight. I get long hair. I shoot with my crazy hair. My hair has rainbow colours. I like my hair because it is very normal. Lucas

My hair is pink and blue. I have a headband that is white and blue. I love my hair and no one will know I am and it is so glittery. Belle

If I had a twin my hair would be on one side pink and with one side purple and snowflakes on each side. I will have dark blue stripes. It will also be sparkly on each side. I love all about my hair. It can be shiny and one part long and one part short. What I really like about my hair is that it is pretty and nobody will know which is which. Diana

My hair is long but soon I am having a haircut. It is going to be short. Then it is going to grow because I can see it. When I look up I can’t see it. I have black hair, even when I was a baby. Hevin

What if my hair was colourful and cloudy? Would I be able to tie my hair? I like my hair because it is colourful. Amy

My hair is going to be purple and it is going to be straight. I love my hair. My hair is going to go down to the floor.  Quinn

My hair is sparkly. The colour of my hair is dark blue and sparkly green. My hair is shooting water. My hair is colourful and short/ My hair has a glow so it can stick up.  I like my hair because it shoots water.  Evan

I would like to have curly hair and wavy hair. It would be blond hair and long hair. It would be so long it could touch the ground. It would be so curly that it gets tied up. Talia

My hair is spiky and colourful. My hair is sticking out of the world. My hair is long and shiny and it has a blue Mohawk. I love my hair because it is like a sword. Caysen

I want my hair to be brown and red and it has snowball in it. My hair will be straight and curly at the bottom of my hair and I want it to be short. Ella

My hair would be blond, sparkly and it would have cat ears. My cat ears would be brown and red. My hair will have pink stripes. It would be straight and a bit long. I would brush it twice a day at least. Elizabeth

My hair is straight and colourful. On one side is green and the other side is purple. It is amazing. Danielle

If I have colourful hair, I would tell my friend and my friend will be my friend for ever. I will have rainbow hair that is curly. Fah

I wish I had a Mohawk that shoots out fireballs and lazers. I want my Mohawk hair to be red and black. I would love my Mohawk hair and it would be like a shield. Also it would be spiky. Dominic P

My hair is a rainbow colour. My hair is long to the grass. I like my hair because it looks funny. Kenlyn

Maths Learning

In maths we have been learning groupings that make ten. We played fun maths games to help with our learning.

Swimming

We have been lucky enough to have had swimming instructors for the last two weeks. The focus was very much on water safety. We learnt ways to stay afloat, safety around beaches and pools and built on our confidence in the water. 

Science happening in Room 10! Making Ooblek

Our current inquiry topic is "Change". We have been doing some science experiments and  are looking at how there can be physical change or chemical change.

Today we made Ooblek. We had to mix water, cornflour and food colouring. We then had great fun playing with it to see how the Ooblek could change from being nearly solid when you press it, to being quite liquid when you squeeze it between your fingers.

Moment in Time

This week we have been doing some writing about a "Moment in Time". We closed our eyes and imagined what we would see, hear, feel and wonder about if we were standing in outside during a bad storm. We used this to help us write and to add detail to our writing.

I heard the booming sound of the thunder.

I saw the dark purple thunder crashing down.

I felt terrified because of the thunder scratching my roof.

I wondered what caused the thunder. 

Matei

I saw the trees crashing together.

I heard the wind whistling in my ears.

I felt the rain dripping on me.

I wondered if the storm would go away.

 Esther

I saw the wind blowing the trees down.

I heard thunder cracking and crackling.

I felt the monster stomping on the earth.

I wondered when the wind would stop annoying me.

James

I saw lightning crashing really hard onto the concrete making big holes.

I heard the wind whistling into my ear.

I felt the rain dripping hard on my hand.

I felt really scared like I was going to have a heart attack.

I wondered when the rain was going to stop.

Jocelyn

I saw children running home in their soaking wet raincoats.

I heard the storm roaring at me.

I felt cold water splashing on my freezing hands.

I felt my heart pounding in terror.

I wondered, will I die in this terrible storm.

 Sofie

I saw the lightning and heavy rain.

I heard the leaves blowing in the wind.

I felt was really windy.

I wondered if it was rainy and muddy. 

Shivek

I saw thunder hitting the ground.

I heard rain dropping into puddles.

I felt raindrops on me.

I wondered why does rain fall.

Aria

I saw people getting blown away in the cold storm.

I felt the cold breeze on my face.

I felt the cold storm blowing me away.

I wondered why people got sick in the cold breezy rain.

Carah

I heard the thunder banging my eardrums.

I saw the rain exploding on the concrete.

I felt the rain soaking me up.

I tasted the rain falling in my mouth.

I wondered if it was ever going to stop.

Lyall

I saw rain and raindrops.

I saw the wind blowing the trees down.

I saw rain flooding down the concrete.

I wondered when the storm will be gone.

Aamirah

I saw lightning and rain everywhere.

I heard the pouring rain drip so hard it hurt my ears.

I felt the rain dripping on me.

I wondered why the rain comes down.

Emma

I saw lightning flashing in eyes turning my body white as paper.

I heard lightning thumping down.

I felt still as frozen ice.

I wondered if the lightning would electrocute me. 

Niday

I saw the incredible very fast lightning.

I heard the very fast wind pass by.

I felt a branch snap.

I felt so scared that I fell down.

I wondered if it was all a dream. 

Chloe

I saw a storm high in the mean dark clouds.

I heard the lightning and thunder burning in the trees.

I felt cold and fear inside me.

I wondered when is the storm going to stop. 

Rawan

I saw leaves blowing like butterflies flying.

I heard lightning crashing and puffing.

I felt wind blowing into my mouth.

I felt the rain dropping on my tongue.

I wondered if the air can blow in my face.  

Jade

I saw the lightning flash.

I felt like I was being attacked by Vikings.

I felt like I was really scared.

I heard the trees crackling.

I wondered if someone will help me.

Kaia

I saw the black clouds that look like dried up lava.

I heard the lightning forcing onto the ground.

I felt the rain.

I wondered if I was going to float away.

Bayleigh

I saw lightning crashing onto the ground.

I heard rain splash into the water loud like lightning crackling.

I felt the wind blowing people.

I wondered if the trees would fall down like black clouds.

Tale

I saw the lightning crash on the ground making noise.

I heard the trees scratching.

I felt the rain dripping on my nose.

I felt the cold rain dropping into my shoes.

Kayden

I saw a storm racing me.

I heard the storm crashing in the trees.

I felt drops falling on me.

I wondered if someone might get scared. 

Tony

I saw the wind blowing.

I heard the lightning and thunder.

I felt the wind.

Jacen

I saw kids running into their houses all soaking wet and going ach-oo!

I heard trees and leaves cracking off and hitting the concrete.

I felt that if people had a mark on them it would just wash away.

I wondered if people will get colds. Do they get a blanket and a cup of coffee – YES 

Reisha.

I saw the bad weather.

I heard a storm.

I felt I will be scared because of the storm.

I wondered if it can stop.

Keanu

Exploration - Our Individual Inquiries

This week  as the final part of our work around Exploration we have been working on our own individual inquiry into an explorer of our choice. 

We started by using the I-Pads and computers to find the names of some famous explorers. We used this research to make a list of explorers and from this list we could choose the explorer that we wanted to find out more about. 




We then wrote our inquiry questions - or what we would like to find out about our explorer.






To find out the answers to our questions we had to use the class computers, I-Pads and books to research our explorer. 



We found the answers to our questions and many more interesting facts. We then published our work in a variety of ways. 

These are now displayed in our room so we can read each others work and find out more about some different explorers.