Monday 17 November 2014

The City Of Ember


The City of Ember is a dark, poor city. Kids get jobs at 12 years old! A girl named Lina gets the job of a pipe works worker. A boy named Doon got the job Messenger. They traded jobs and now Lina has the job of a Messenger and Doon is a pipe works Worker. They embark on their journey as a messenger and pipe works worker.

This book helps my class with our inferencing and predicting skills. We use the clues in the book to predict what happens in the future and we also inference how the characters feel at times in the story. We predict what will happen in the next chapter.


Thursday 23 October 2014

Multiplication Strategies



Reflection:

I found the place value strategy easy because I'm very good at my place value. I think I need to work on  the compensation strategy because I get confused with adding then subtracting (compensation).

Tuesday 21 October 2014

Writing Sentences in a variety of ways



Reflection:
I found this quite hard, because I didn't use much varietys. Talking about it helped me. My next step is to try put down more sentences.


Wednesday 24 September 2014

My Daffodil Art


Reflection:

I found this art fun. I am Proud of my work. My next step is to use better and more colours.

Wednesday 17 September 2014

My Daffodil Diamante Poem



Reflection:

I have Been Learning to write a Diamante Poem. I found this work easy because my plan helped me come up with words. My next step is to use better words to make it more interesting.