My Balloon Bird.

We had a great time making our balloon birds which go up and down.  Blowing up the balloons was very tricky!  They look so awesome.

Grandparents' Day.

Today my grandma came to Elm Park School.  She is helping me to make a beautiful star with wool.

Choosing a Book to Read.

I am going to the Pakuranga Library to choose a book to read at my house.

Shapes.

I am learning about circles, squares, triangles and rectangles.  I cut some shapes out of paper.  I made my picture using my creative ideas.  Here is my house made with shapes.  

"I got a sun and it is a circle.  The other circles are some bubbles.  They are green.  It was tricky to cut the triangles and I am fast at cutting circles."

I Can Recognise and Write - BIG and little.

My story - Mrs Kerr is big and Justin is little.  I wrote the story in my book and then Mrs Kerr published it on the laptop and I could choose my tagul shape and my colours.  Writing is tricky because I don't know the sounds.  I am getting better by myself.

My Pattern.

We are learning to make a pattern that continues.  If we make a great pattern, we can give it to our friends and they can finish it off.  They can figure out what comes next in the pattern. 

"My pattern is blue, red, blue, red.  The next block would be blue.  I like patterns because they are so hard to do but they look really good.  I can make a pattern with the pegs too."

I Can Read!

I am trying to read the hard words.  I can look at the pictures to help me.  I can look at the sound and try out the word.  I like to read.

"I can read my book at school.  I can find the word, can.  I like reading books about fish."

I Am Writing!

First I need to think about my story.  I can draw my picture.   I can copy the day like, Thursday.  I write a sentence to match my picture.  My teacher can help me. Sometimes my friend can help too.

"Writing is a little bit tricky.  I look for the words on the alphabet card and I write them on the paper."

I Can Learn At School.