Editing Eyes

We use these editing eyes to help us spot any missing words and punctuation. It also helps us find the spelling mistakes. 

We are learning to find facts about the planets.

Success CriteriaI can:find key words

• write sentences or phrases using my key words

• decide where the information fits

We used the website to help us find information on the different planets. We worked in groups to complete these reports.

We used the information to help us make a venn-diagram to compare Mercury and Earth. Everybody gave at least one fact. 

Writing about the floods in Clevedon

After the floods in and around the Clevedon area, we completed some amazing writing. Here are a few samples. Come and read the other samples in class. 

The Wairoa River burst its banks.

The Hunua Falls before and after the heavy rain.

Making a thinking map

We are learning to plan for our writing. We created a thinking map with all our ideas about being firewise. We completed it as a class before we started writing our own stories. Look at all our ideas.