Room 14's quest to learn to juggle.  

We didn't have very good juggling balls so we came up with some ideas on how to get them.
We wrote a letter to the principal.  Ma TeHira came to visit us.

 We asked some questions.

 We watched her juggle 2 balls.
We liked the juggling balls and we watched Ma TeHira juggle the balls. Santino
It was nice of Ma TeHira to bring the juggling balls. Tevana
Ma TeHira is pretty. Seth

She is very cleaver.

 Doesn't that look fun.

Ma TeHira juggling 2 balls
Ma Te Hira was cool juggling the balls. Tina Roe
Ma TeHira was awesome juggling. Teneal
Ma TeHira was awesome juggling.  Eruera
Ma TeHira was good at juggling, but she dropped one. Seth
It was amazing to watch Ma TeHira. Tevana
Ma TeHira was juggling with 2 balls. Santino
Ma TeHira was juggling with 3 juggling balls. Jordan

 She showed us the new balls she bought.

 There are three in a packet.

Ma TeHira juggling 3 balls

Santino liked the new balls.

We all tried catching 1 ball, a great way to start to learn to juggle.
I like juggling. Tevana
I like Ma TeHira when she was juggling with one hand. Santino

The Pirate Feast

We have been reading the story 'The Pirate Feast.'  It is a favorite of our teacher aid Whaea Erin.

I liked when we the part with the blue ice cream.  Tevana
I like the part where he was singing about the thunder in the air. Holden
I liked it when we said 'YUCK.'
We liked reading the story, signing and saying arrrh, just like a pirate.

We made invitations to send to our family members (and Whaea Erin) inviting them to a pirate feast on friday.
It was fun making invitations. Tevana

Arrrh go the pirates.
We made eye patches and newspaper hats.
It fun making the pirate hats and eye patches. Tevana

We had a yummy feast of 'blue ice cream' (goody goody gum drops) and hokey pokey ice cream, popcorn and Alfonze's mum made some muffins and joined in our feast.
The feast was cool. Tevana
I liked the finding the treasure. Teneal
I liked the ice cream, it had little squares/oval in it. Santino
I ate 5 muffins. Jahzaay
I liked the popcorn. Eruera
I liked the popcorn and the muffins. Holden
I liked the muffins and the ice cream and the lollies. James

 Payton's mum joined our feast as well.

 Jahzaay found some treasure. (chocolate fish) "I like choclate fish," said Jahzaay.

 Tevana found some treasure. "I liked the chocolate fish," said Tevana

 James found some treasure.

 James enjoyed eating his treasure. "It was YUM," said James

 Whaea Erin came to our feast, she enjoyed finding treasure as well.

 Alfonze found some treasure.

 Whaea Erin bought some lemonade to the feast, yum.

 

Mrs Henwood dressed up as a pirate for the day, doesn't she look mean?

You look like a pirate Mrs Henwood. Tevana

You look like a kid pirate. Teneal

Room 14 Rain Verb stories 2014

When the rain falls it drops on the grass, it falls on the mud and drops on the ants.  Tina Rose

When the rain falls it drops, it falls and it dances.  Seth

Santino's rain verb story

When the rain falls it drops out of the sky.  It falls on the ground and taps on the window.  Santino

When the rain falls it gurgles, it falls and drips on the ground.  Kireesha

Eruera's rain verb story

When the rain falls it gurgles, it drops on the ground and drips.  Eruera

When the rain falls it drops water on the house.  It drops water on the trees and floods the ground. James

Payton's rain verb story

When the rain falls it bounces, it wets my car and it wets my clothes.  Payton

When the rain falls it gargles, it drips and it rains.  Holden

Shawnee Ann's rain verb story

When the rain falls it drops, it falls down and wets you.  Shawnee Ann

When the rain falls it taps, it drops out of the sky and it giggles.  Lincoln

Jahzaay's rain verb story

When the rain falls it spits, it drips and it drops on the ground.  Jahzaay

When the rain falls it splashes, it drops on the ground and giggles. Terence

Alfonze's rain verb story

When the rain falls it falls on the trees.  It gargles and giggles.  Alfonze

When the rain falls it gargles, it sounds like popcorn and it spits.  Jade

Sun verb stories September 2014

What Are We Learning: To use verbs to describe

When the sun shines it melts, it explodes and it roars in space.  Alfonze

When the sun shines it explodes, it is bright and the fire pops out.  Jahzaay

When the sun shines it bursts, it blows up and it shakes.  Shawnee Ann

When the sun shines it shouts, it screams and it boils the water in the puddles.  Tevana

When the sun shines it shines so good, it is light and it is like a volcano.  Payton

When the sun shines it explodes, and it is bursting.  James

When the sun shines it explodes, it is like a volcano and it burns. Eruera

When the sun shines it bursts, it sucks in and explodes like a moustache.  Kireesha

When the sun shines it shouts, it screams and it shines in the sky.  Santino

When the sun shines it melts, it explodes and it comes out and blows up.  Terence

When the sun shines it explodes, it smokes and burns my skin.  Seth

When the sun shines it smokes, it screams and shouts.  Tina Rose

When the sun shines it lights up, it screams and throws out lava.  Jade