Ah, the sprats are splashing water around me!

We are learning to critical thinking skills through the Inquiry process.
I know I can do this when I ask and answer five Inquiry questions about sprats.

How wide is the monster's feet?

We are learning to use a ruler to measure lengths.

I know I can do this when I can make accurate measurements using a ruler.

Oh no, I can see a rat roaming in my house!

We are learning to understand the features of a headline.

I know I can do this when I write a headline that grabs people's attention.

Do you know how to measure distance?

 

We are learning to understand about measurement.
I know I can do this when I write down my workings for working out the total distance that Sarah has travelled.

Eww! The smell of the hot mud pools are like rotten eggs!

We are learning to develop creative thinking skills through poetry.

I know I can do this when I describe the road to Rotorua.

No more jealousy, anger or greediness!

 

We are learning to understand Personal sin.
I know I can do this when I write four examples of Personal sin.

Could someone please peel off the shrimp skin for me?

On a cold cloudy morning, my family and I wanted to go to Hamilton to visit our cousins, aunties, uncles, grandma and grandpa. "I can't wait to go to Hamilton again!" my sister and I exclaimed excitedly.
          While we were going to Hamilton, my sister and I felt bored of listening to my mum and dad's conversation so we decided to play on our iPads. We were both playing a game called Farm heroes saga. I kept on losing the game because it was so confusing. Soon we arrived.
          First, my cousin Kylie and I exercised before we played dodge ball. "Okay, run as hastily as a cheetah to the end of the deck and back five times," I said to her. Then it was my turn. I had to do it 12 times in high speed.
          Then dinner was served. I ate some shrimps and mussels because it was one of my favourite sea foods to eat. The shrimp's skin was slimy which caused it to become hard and took a while to peel off. "Yum!" my cousin said. My grandma, grandpa, aunties, uncles, mum and dad were so busy laughing and chatting to each other so quickly that I couldn't hear a single word.
          Once my cousins, sister and I had finished eating our foods, all of us playing dodge ball. The first tagger who had the ball was R.J. "Ah, I got hit!" I called out loudly. Then it was my turn. After I had a couple of tries, I threw a big hit towards my sister. "Yes," I said. My sister was great at targeting others.
          It was an awesome time down in Hamilton because we got to eat seafood like shrimps, mussels and fish. We also got to play a lot of fun games. I hope we could go back to Hamilton again so that we could visit my cousins, aunties, uncles, grandpa and grandma again soon.

We are learning to understand and use descriptive language.
I know I can do this when I use appropriate adjectives, verbs and similes to describe events in my recount.