New chicks by Bridie

Today in room 2 there were 10 little, cute chicks. They are gold and have little yellow stripes on their backs. The 10 chicks jump and peck at each other. They need to have water and food and warmth. I think it was a good idea to get chicks.

Writing on iPads and iPods

We have been writing our stories on the notepad app. When we are finished we email them to each other and to our class computers so we can share our writing.
We hope you enjoy these stories.
Our Sleepover by Anatia
On the weekend me and Te Manu went to Nicky's house.
We went to the beach and had a swim.
On Sunday we went back to Bea and Dave's house.
While Bea was in hospital getting her operation me and Ella gave her some flowers. When we went swimming Bren forgot to bring the clothes and the towels.
Sent from my iPad
Eel by Reuben
Once upon a time there was an eel. He was lonely. He went to a big fish.
"Are you scared of me?"
"No, I am not scared of you," said the fish.
Then they were friends and the eel was not lonely any more.
Sent from my iPad
The Weekend by Cody
This weekend I am going to the beach. We are going to have a swim. We are going there because it will be a hot day. We are going to have a picnic.
Christmas by Jared
I can't wait until Christmas. I might get a remote control helicopter and a nerf gun. I hope I get them and heaps more presents. It is only 25 more days until Christmas. The nerd gun is a machine nerd gun. The nerd gun cost $40. The remote control helicopter cost $50.
Sent from my iPad
Christmas by Bridie
I can not wait until Christmas because all my family is coming to my house. On New Years I am going to Kawau.
Last year I got a Barbie doll and a skipping rope from Santa.
I wish for another zhu zhu pet. I have a zhu zhu pet and it is called Roxie. Roxie is a cool toy hamster.
I love Christmas.
It is the 1st of December so it is 24 days until Christmas.
Sent from my iPad
Today I brought some coloured stones into school for news. Santana

Monster Energy

I like the way Thomas has used different sentence beginnings in this story.
Can you spot the one that shows time has passed?

Arleigha's Birthday

Arleigha enjoyed writing about her special day.
We lit a candle and sang Happy Birthday. We did three cheers and 7 claps plus one for luck and we wrote our names on a birthday card for her. There was a special birthday balloon for her to take home.
That is what we do for everyone in Room 2 when they have a birthday.

Abby's Halloween

In this story, Abby forgot about telling who, when and where in her introduction. See how much better her story became when she added the details, so we knew there were lots of people at an exciting event.

Maddison at Martins Bay

Cody's Adventures

Milly's Fishing Day

Yesterday me and my family went fishing. We didn't catch any fish but a man on his boat gave us three huge big snappers.
We got nibbles on our rods. I was screaming when the fish pulled on the rod.

Bridie's Computer

On the weekend
On the weekend my mum snuck into my room and got on my computer and put some memory in my computer and downloaded flash reader in in my computer. Now it works like a dream.
Sent from my iPod (Bridie used notes on the iPod Touch to write this story.)

Tom's Fishing Day

The Hammock

Disco in the Storm

In this writing, we helped Oliver to work on one of our goals.
We wanted him to add more detail to make his story more interesting so we asked him some questions and used the answers to turn his simple sentences into complex sentences.
It sounds like Oliver and his Dad had a great time during the storm.

The Storm

In this writing, Abby has shown that she can use interesting words to make her story better.
Look at the words that have hearts beside them. Abby chose good words here.

Colour Poems

Colour poems
We have been thinking about the way colours can be used to communicate.
Please read our colour poems and try to see the pictures we have tried to create with words.
We were learning to use adjectives to make our poems paint pictures in our minds.

View more presentations from Tina Donnell.
Here is a link to poems about colour by other children. I hope you like them too.
Here is an animoto version. I wonder which one you will like best and why.

Letters to the Three Little Pigs

We have been thinking about the story the wolf might have told about the three little pigs. We wondered if he might have a different way of looking at what happened.
Read these letters from the wolf to see what he has to say.
If you click on the picture, it will link to a voice thread where you can see all the other letters we wrote.

Abby's Holiday Story

Tom is excited about his birthday

Joel's Merry Go Round

Joel's Merry Go Round on PhotoPeach

Alexie's Calves

Holly Loves Lollies

Disco Fun

Click on the picture to make it bigger for reading the story.

Another Disco Story

Disco Night

Frost

Frost

Indiana has a wiggly tooth.

Pig Paint Fun

Leopard's Bubble Poems

We read an article in a Junior Journal that explained how to make bubble mixture.
We brought the things we needed to school and had a bubble blowing time.
There were soap suds everywhere!
After that, we thought of lots of adjectives to describe the bubbles.
We wrote poems using the adjectives.

Days of the Week

We have been talking about the special things we do during the week.
There are some days where we have special activities. Some people play sport. Some people go to ballet. On some days there are special jobs that we do.
We have been writing about our weekly activities.
Some children used Kid Pix to create their stories. Some children wrote with pencil and paper.
We hope you enjoy reading our work.
Click on the picture to go to a voice thread. We will read our stories on the voice thread when we have time.

Indy's Possum News

Indy has been telling us some news and making up a sentence to write too. He has been working hard to listen for the sounds in words and write the letters. Keep up the good work Indy. :)

Great spelling Nina. I like your "try" for new! That's a good spelling word for you to learn.

On the weekend I had a sleepover in Fletcher's room.
We did spooky stories and I lost my tooth in the car.

Pig Hunting

When we went pig hunting we caught a pig.
Dad took the guts out on the railway track.
Jessica and I got stung by bees so we ran home quickly but we left the gun and the knife.
by Reuben

Going on a Boat

When I go on a boat, I take my friend Charlotte and a snack too and my Dad takes a lot of bait so we can catch a lot of fish and I bring a toy for me and Charlotte too and I have a lot of fun on the sea.

The Pigs

When I cam bk from the athlts grandad td me the mthr sw hd pgls.
When I came back from the athletics, grandad told me the mother sow had piglets.

Swimming at the Picnic

Parachute Stories

Maddison, Bridie, Jared, Nina and Milly wrote these stories about playing with the parachute.
In Room 2, we are all working very hard on our writing.
Last year we wrote our stories straight on the blog using the computer.
These ones have been scanned from our books.
If you click on them, you will be able to see them better.