Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Our sandcastle


On Monday I made a sandcastle with fine brown sand. On the top we put four long and skinny sticks. We decorated it with white and orange stripy shells to make the sandcastle look pretty. I made the sandcastle with Natsuko and Jennifer.

Our sandcastle


On Monday I made a sandcastle in the sand pit.  The sandcastle had many shells and sticks.  The shells were bumpy, stripy and round.  The sticks were long and straight.

Our sandcastle


On Monday I made a sandcastle with Ji won and Natsuko. We made one big sandcastle together. Our sandcastle was made out of grey, dry sand. We decorated the sandcastle with bumpy, white shells.

Our sandcastles

We made sandcastles in the sandpit and wrote stories about them. Our goal was to use different sentence starters.

I made a sandcastle. There are three sticks on the top. At the bottom are some shells. Jason








My sandcastle has white shells on it. It has some sticks on the top. Yea Jin










My sandcastle has shells on it. It has sticks on the top. Amelie








I put some white shells on my sandcastle. I put some sticks on it. Laiba

Our sandcastle



Last week we made a sandcastle in the sandpit. Our goal was to write a story about our sandcastle using two describing words. Here are our stories:
We made a sandcastle. I put lots of white shells in a circle shape. Eric

I built a sandcastle with round shells. I put five long sticks on the top. Marcus

We made a sandcastle with white shells on it. I put a big pieces of bark on it. Thomas

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

The Library


I went to the Library yesterday.
The picture books are on the bottom shelf.
I can borrow a book from Desna.
She is the Librarian.
I like reading some picture books at the Library.

Library books


I have been learning about the library. I saw some Korean books in the ESOL box. I can borrow these books from the Librarian. I like to look at the picture books.

Monday, November 9, 2009

Culture Club

Keen Culture Clubbers play Byesepp (Swiss card game).
Pictured are Ji Won, Natsuko, Moss, Jacob and Maddison all from Room 7.

Rhyming words

We are learning to write words that have the same ending. Today we are writing words that rhyme with hen.

Monday, November 2, 2009

At the Mall

At the Mall, I ate a hot dog. Yummy! It was chewy.
By Rohaan

The Horse Race

On Saturday and Sunday my mom, sister, little sister and I went Nelson and Hanmer Springs.
I went there for a horse race.
First I had to do horse jumping and then the horse had to walk carefully.
After that the horse had to run fast.
So I was lucky and I got the trophy.
It was really exciting because it was my second horse race.
By Soo Hong

At the Mall

At the Mall, I went to the movies and I bought Go-gos. My go-gos were red, orange and blue.
By Shion

At the Mall


At the Mall I bought an airplane. I had a hair cut at the Mall. I didn't like my hair cut.
By David

At the Mall

At the Mall, I bought a Go-go and at the Mall I went to the movies. I ate lollies and I ate popcorn. I enjoyed it.
By Raphael

Synonyms

Today at ESOL we learned about Synonyms. Synonyms have the same meaning.

Learning about synonyms

Today on the 27th of October at ESOL I learnt about synonyms. I had to do a piece of paper about them.
I learnt that synonyms means if you have a word say, big you look for a word that means the same like giant/large. Synonyms always mean the same. If you use synonyms in your writing your writing will be much better.

Learning Synonyms

Today I learned about Synonyms.Synonyms have the same meanings but are different words.I like learning about Synonyms beacause they make reading and writing exciting.

Synonyms

I am learning about Synonyms. Big and huge are Synonyms.

Synonyms

Today I learnt about synonyms! Synonyms are the words that mean the same the thing.
For example, okay and good are synonyms.

Synonyms

Today I learnt about Synonyms. Synonyms are words that mean the same thing. E.g
big and giant are Synonyms.

At the Mall


At the Mall I tried to put on my shoes and my foot didn't fit in. Then I went to the Food Court. I ate a hamburger. It was bad because it had vegetables in it. I put the paper in the bin. I went to my house and sat on the sofa. By Louie

At the Mall I went shopping. I ate a hamburger. It was yummy because I like hamburgers. I drank Cola. I like going to the Mall. By Yusuke