Comparing Houses

Friday, 24 March 2017

Our Houses

On our Friday Surprise Day we have been looking at a variety of houses and what makes them similiar and what makes them different. Our buddy and I made a house out of playdough.  We didn't peek at our buddies house while we created them but when we finished we compared our houses.

"Alba and Autumn's houses have a swimming pool but not Charley's house. Alba's house has a round big swimming pool and Autumn's pool is a oval shape. Alba's house is different because it has stairs to get to the top floor. Autumn and Charley's houses are the same because they have no stairs. Alba's and Autumn's houses have a few windows but Charley's house has more windows. Autumn's house is different because it doesn't have a chimney. Charley's house has window shutters but the others don't."

My Story About Rapunzel

"I wrote a story about a princess and when I wrote it I used my word card to find words. That is my writing goal."

Making A Sign

"My sign says open and closed. It was easy to make the letters."
Using words around the classroom Alba was able to make the letters from playdough.  Many of the other children came over to Alba's playdough words and asked her what they said.

The Boat Challenge

Here is a picture of Alba with her boat.

I made my boat out of an egg container, cardboard for the sails and sticks to hold up the sail.

When the boat went in the water the cardboard got wet and it broke. I wouldn’t use cardboard again. I am going to try to use sticks for the sail. I could sellotape it together. I wouldn't use an egg container because it got wet.

Puzzles

Alba and Autumn spent a great deal of time together this morning co-operating to complete a variety of puzzles.  The other learners in the classroom were very impressed with how quickly they could do the puzzles.  This inspired some of the other children to have a go completing a puzzle.  We certainly have two puzzle experts in our room! 

Mystery Hero

Today Alba was the mystery hero. She was a fabulous class member and helped others to pack up before morning tea. Alba was also very brave and stood in front of the school at our Whakangahau. Super Hero work Alba!

My Puppet

Here is a picture of Alba and her puppet, Riley. Te Kakano made puppets for Friday Surprise Day and our Whakangahau. We had to think about all the parts our puppets would need. We also had to show persistence to make sure the parts stayed on and looked how we planned it. 

 "It was hard to get to stick the hair on because it kept getting in the way while I was trying to glue it on. I kept trying and then it didn't get in my way. I used little pom-poms for decoration for a dress. I used hair to make his nose. I put on a love heart to make the jacket."

Making Rosie

 In class we made a pretend picnic for the teddy bears. So I decided to make a teddy bear out of play dough. I used lots of play dough. I decorated her with bows. Her name is Rosie.


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