Meet the Family

Our New Babies

                                             Chicken Update

Last week Richie (Mum) and Honey (Dad) had 8 baby chickens. One died the next day.  This is the first time we've had chickens that have hatched naturally. Usually we hatch them from an incubator. So this time we had to do some research to find out how we could best look after these new babies. We decided that we shouldn't go into the shed unless we get told to so that Richie and Honey don't get angry with us. We left them pretty much alone for the first week, then today we got the chickens from the shed and brought them into the class.

We sat round in a circle and quietly watched the chickens. They were so cute. Mrs Hancock then pulled names out to see who would get to name the chickens.




This is what we called them:
 

We are really lucky to be the chicken class and we can't wait until we hatch some from our incubator and then they can be ours and played with much more.

Written by Room 3 

Complex Sentences

We have been learning about three types of sentences - simple, compound and complex.

A simple sentence just has one full thought and it will tell us who and what.
E.g  I went to school.
A compound sentence takes two simple sentences and uses a connective (joining word) to join the two sentences.
E.g I went to school and I learned a lot. 

A complex sentence is one full sentence that could stand alone and a part of a sentence.
E.g  Although I went to school, I didn't learn much.

Today we looked at the picture below and worked together to make some complex sentences.

The dog is enjoying his breakfast, even though he’s had three bowls of cereal already!

The dog is enjoying his breakfast even though he’ll have to do the dishes when he finishes.

The dog is enjoying his breakfast even though he’s making a mess.

The dog is enjoying his breakfast, even though he has human hands.

The dog is enjoying his breakfast, even though his house is messy.

While the dog enjoys his breakfast, his mother makes his bed.

Whenever the dog sits at the table, he starts to eat and get fat.

Even though the dog is eating with his fingers, he’s still enjoying it.

While the dog enjoys his breakfast, he has a glass of milk.

While the dog is enjoying his breakfast, he is thinking about the dishes.

We are going to be trying to use these types of sentences in our writing and we're looking for them in the books we read. You can help at home by pointing out these sentences when you're reading together.

Compound Sentence Competition

Each social group in the class was given a shared google doc with a picture. They had 15 minutes to get as many compound sentences on the page as possible. They did so well. Two groups managed to make 17 compound sentences in that time and the other two groups weren't far behind. Amazing what a bit of competition can do.

Simple and Compound Sentences

We have been learning about different types of sentences. So far we have learned that there are simple sentences and compound sentences. We used the pictures below to write two simple sentences. We then took our two simple sentences and added a connective to turn them into one compound sentence.
We used this image to help us write our sentences.



Charlie -  The monkey is hugging the dog. The dog is sad
             -  The monkey is hugging the dog and the dog is sad.

Charlotte - The monkey is hugging the dog. The dog is getting warm.
                - The monkey is hugging the dog so the dog is getting warm.

Pippa - The monkey is hugging the dog. The monkey likes the dogs collar.
          -  The monkey is hugging the dog and the monkey likes the dogs collar.

Tess - The monkey is hugging the dog. The dog is giving the monkey a piggyback ride.
        -  The monkey is hugging the dog but the dog is giving the monkey a piggyback ride.

Check out our individual blogs to see some more compound sentences.

Who Am I?

Read the clues on each slide to try and work out which member of Room 3 is being described. Then use a QR Code Scanner to find out if you were correct. You can download free QR Code Scanner apps for smart phones and tablets, etc. When you open the app, you hold it up to the screen and it will scan the code. Then it will show you a picture....was your guess correct?????

Rock Pool Lesson with Mr Archer

"Today Mr Archer from the District Council came to visit to talk with us about the rock pools" said Sam.

"He came to talk to us about rock pools because on our camp next week we are going to the Kawaroa rock pools" said Sinead.

"I learnt that Starfish should actually be called Stars because they aren't fish" said Cohen.

"The red crabs are aggressive" said Porsche.

 

"Mr Archer showed us all the types of creatures we'll find in the rock pools" said Sophie.

This video shows what some of us learned from Mr Archer. 

                                           

Busy Bees

We've had a very productive day in the garden and chicken area today. Everything had got a bit over-grown in the garden and a bit smelly in the chicken shed, so we all got stuck in and cleaned everything up. Everyone worked up a sweat but it all looks great now.

The Chicken Garden before we started

Weeding and Weeding

All cleaned out and ready for re-planting 

Tidying out the storage shed

Shoveling out the old sawdust

Getting ready for the rooster and his hen to move in

Having a well-deserved break!!!!

Classroom Rules

Welcome to 2016

Here we are.... Room 3 2016..... Aren't we a handsome looking bunch!!