Shadow art

Kia ora 
Last week we did an art activity with the theme of 'shadows'. We made a picture of ourselves and we had to cut it out with black paper behind it to make the shadows. Here is my work:

Reading lesson number 5

Reading Poetry lesson No 5

Learn:

1. Why poets like to use similes in a poem.

2.  The different sentence structures and word types needed in ‘like’, ‘as’, and ‘than’ similes.

Than similes

We have been learning about similes "Than". We matched these pictures to make our own.

The rubbish                           is smellier than	a sock
The girls hair              waved in the wind more than	a flag.
The lion                                  is braver than	a warrior.
The owl’s eyes                     are rounder than	a plate.

The elephant                  is sturdier than

a tree.

Similes

We have learning about similes using like and as. We matched these pictures to make our own.

The rubbish                           is as smelly as	a sock
The girls hair                   swayed in the wind as if it	was a flag.
The lion                                  is as fierce as	a warrior.
The owl’s eyes                     are as round as	a plate.

The elephant                       is as sturdy as

a tree.

Swimming Term1 2018

This year we have been practising streamlining our arms and legs. We have also been practising breathing techniques. We also had swim safe to teach us survival skills.

I can swim a length of the pool
I am good at making bubbles on the top of the water when I kick
I need to on my back stroke arms.

Couplet poem

Learn:

1. How to identify rhythm and rhyme in a couplet poem.

2.  What a couplet  is.

Nursery Rhymes Poetry

Hi my name is Sam. This week we have been doing nursery rhymes. We had to choose a nursery rhyme and change the names and nouns. I rewrote Jack and Jill.