Had some excellent writing on this today. Our goal today was to write two pieces of information about one thing on the Blue whale, for example, two things about size, BEFORE moving on to the next thing . It was tricky for them but I think by the end of today they were getting the hang of it. We will keep this as a class goal as we focus our purpose on 'informing' our audience
Have a look at these and our videos below on some of the drama/ poetry we have done.
Did you know that the Blue Whale is bigger than the biggest dinosaur and heavier than 25 elephants or 115 giraffes? His heart is as big as a car and he is 30 metres long.
The big Blue Whale eats krill. The krill make the water pinky. The big Blue whale has no teeth but baleen plates. He pushes the water out but the krill stays in. The blue whale breathes out of his two blowholes. It breathes air. It can stay under water for a long time.
BY KEEGAN
The big Blue Whale is 30 metres long and it is heavier than 25 elephants. The whale eats krill with baleen plates. The krill make the water pink. It blows water out of the blow hole and it breathes air.
BY BRODI
The Blue Whale glides through the water very fast. It is one of the fastest swimmer in the ocean. The big Blue Whale is the heaviest creature living in the ocean. It is heavier than 25 elephants.
BY ANGELINA
The big Blue Whale is the biggest animal in the world. It is thirty metres long and it is heavier than 115 giraffes. It blows air out of its blowhole.
By DELILAH
Friday 28 October 2011
Wednesday 26 October 2011
Drama and Inquiry
As part of our reading programme we have been doing some drama this week. As you probably have heard Room 3 have planted seeds. We are eagerly awaiting the day when we arrive at school to find they have sprouted. In these clips Room 3 act out a poem about a little brown seed. The children (and Miss Groome) are learning about how to use a bloggie to capture this. While the finer points of this are still a bit of a mystery, we are learning together.
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