My Sailboat

Here is my sailboat. It was hard to make. 

Lawrie helped me by holding the mast while I stuck it on. Then I helped hold Lawrie's boat. 

 My sailboat is going to go to the islands to find treasure. They are going to look under the ground of the sand. They might find treasure.

Working on Reading

Darcy is learning to look at all the words and check that they look right, sound right and make sense. You were thinking carefully about the words 'little' and 'big' Darcy, well done!

Snakes and Ladders

In a maths workshop some of the children were learning how to count in twos, fives, tens.  We went outside and used the  numbers on the snakes and ladders grid to help us learn our goal. 

 The next day Darcy, Jesse and Alba went outside and played Snakes and Ladders using a large dice Jesse had found. When Mrs Johnson went outside to see  what they were playing she was amazed how they were independently playing snakes and ladders and how they were all following the rules of the game.  Each player was supporting each other to count on  and move to the right number which was a bit tricky as the numbers on the dice went up to nine!

My Snake Dinosaur

This is my snake dinosaur. 
He has sharp scales on his back. 
He has sharp fangs in his mouth and they are poisonous. 
He has a sharp point at the end of the tail.

Writing Workshop Outside

Darcy's current writing goal is to use his word card to help him spell words he needs when he writes his stories. Today we had our writing workshop  on this goal outside.  First we read the words on our resource card then we each took turns reading a word on the card.   The rest of the children had to locate the word then write it with chalk on the concrete.  We don't have to write only in our books.  We can write anywhere!

Using My Word Card

Darcy's current writing goal is to use his resource card when he is writing to help him spell many of the simple words he uses in her stories.  Today we all practised reading the words on the word card.  Then we took turns reading a word from the card and then every one writing that word down on a white board.  We tried very hard to write each letter in our words around the right way.  It was bit tricky trying to think of a sentence using our word.

Our Phonics Lesson

In our phonics lessons, we have been learning about word families. This week we are learning words that belong to the 'at' family. Here is our silly sentence: 

What other words belong to the 'at' family? 

Author's Chair 2

Darcy was working really hard during Write to Self time.  He was copying words from a story book so he could practice reading them.  His goal is to be able to share a story with his little sister, Stella.  You are a kind big brother, Darcy!