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 like my shape picture because there are circles and triangles and squares and rectangles.  My favourite is my sun because it is shining out.  It was tricky to glue the shapes on because they were sticking on my hands."

I Can Recognise and Write - BIG and little.

My story - I am little.  The tree is big and I am Jenny.  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.  I am good at writing  and I can find the words on the cards to make my story.

My Cool Cat.

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 pink, purple, pink, purple.  The next peg would be a pink one.  I can make patterns with the beads too.  I like patterns because they are really pretty."

I Can Read!

We are trying to read the hard words. We can look at the pictures to help us. We can look at the sound and try out the word. We like to read.

"The words are hard and I can read stories by myself.  I am so clever.  I like to read books about Cinderella.""

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.

"It is tricky to write the story because I don't know all the things.  I need some help and the teacher can help me."

I Can Learn At School.