Learning to use Adiectives.

I have been learning to use adjectives to make my writing more interesting.

I am Learning to add Detail to my Writing.

Room 8 has been learning how to add detail into our writing to make it more interesting. We can think about the questions: Who? What? Where? When? How? and Why? to help us add this detail.
We have recently started swimming again and chose this shared experience to write about.

On Friday Room 8 went to the pool. I didn't go to the pool because my mum said it's cold. We had jump jam in the pool. After that I went back to class and it was lunch time. We did jump jam. I felt good because I was not swimming. Yay!

My Reflection

I think that I did a good job of my writing because I tried to add detail. I think that it is easy to add detail because we have questions to help us (who, what, where, when, how, why?). I will try to add detail to my writing everyday to make it more interesting. I like writing.

I am Learning to Write a Cinquain Poem.

In Room 8 we have been learning how to write a cinquain poem. These poems have a special order that the words have to be put in. We have practiced writing cinquains in our writing books and published our most recent poems on Spring.

Success Criteria:

- All words must relate to the topic.

- The second line must contain two adjectives.

- The third line must contain three verbs with an -ing ending.

- The fourth line must be a four word sentence about Spring.

Spring

New, colourful

Running, jumping, playing

Spring flowers are colouring

Trees

My Reflection

It was easy to write a cinquain poem because I like writing.

It was tricky to think of a sentence with only four words.

My Spring cinquain is good because I could think about lots of good words about spring.

I am Learning to Use Punctuation Correctly.

Last week we celebrated Matariki with a pyjama and breakfast morning at school!

It was lots of fun and gave us good ideas to write about. Our focus in writing has been on using different types of punctuation correctly.

I need to:

- Use at least two different types of punctuation.

- Use the punctuation in a way that makes my writing more interesting.

- Put the punctuation in the right places.

This morning we did jump jam and had breakfast. We like Elm Park School. I like a teacher because they very love me. We feel good. It is good. Matariki is the best time to eat. Matariki food is yummy but it was very very very very big big big raining but it was sunny so hot.

My Reflection

I am proud of how I put my full stops in the right places.

It is sometimes tricky to put punctuation in my writing because it is hard to know where to put them.

Next time I could try to use different types of punctuation, like exclamation marks and question marks.

I am Learning to use Capital Letters and Full Stops

I am learning to use capital letters correctly:

I use a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence.

I use a capital letter for the word ‘I.’

I use a capital letter for names of things.

I am learning to use full stops correctly:

I use a full stop at the end of a sentence.

My name is Matthew. I am 6 years old. I got 1 sister.

My Reflection

I like my writing because I used good finger spaces. I found it easy to write all of these words. Next time I could do better by writing good words and using capital letters.

Acrostic poem

I am learning how to write an acrostic poem.  I know that I start each sentence with a letter of the subject.  I wrote about myself. 

I am learning to write a recount.

Fathers Day gift

"I can fix up words.  I can do a story all by myself." said Matthew

We are learning to write for an audience and publish quality work to share.

" It is good reading to my buddy."

I Am Writing My Story.

I can draw my picture and my teacher can help me to write my words.

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