Our Sponge Capsule Stories

Last Monday as part of Language Experience we put sponge capsules into warm water and observed the capsule dissolve and turn into a sponge.  First we made a prediction about what might be inside the capsule and then we put it in the water and corrected our predictions.  Some of us were correct but it turns out the packet wasn't correct for most of the shapes and we got a mixture. 

We were learning about the letters Cc and Kk and that is why we did capsule experiments.  

Here is a photo of the capsules.  Miss Collins got them from the $2 Shop at Riccarton.  

During the week we wrote about our Language Experience.  

We are learning to write the sounds that we can hear.  Here are our stories... 

It was a monkey.  By Dupree

It was a person.  By Ferishta

It was a dolphin.  By Izzan

It was a goat.  By Micheal

My capsule turned into a goat.  By Zivan

My capsule turned into a person.  By Mitchell

I put a capsule in water.  By Mualijcia

My capsule turned into a cow.  By Lupe

My capsule turned into a monkey. By Aurora

My capsule went in hot water.  By Jaedyn

Steam came out of my pot.  By Justine

One Of Our Favourite Things At School Is...Make And Do

One of our favourite things at school is Make and Do.  Make and Do is something that we usually do on  a Wednesday.  Each week Miss Collins writes Room One a set of instructions on how to make something.   Usually it is something to do with the alphabet letter that we are learning that week.  We read through the instructions together and Miss Collins puts pictures to help us.  

We follow the instructions to make something.  When we are following the instructions we are also practising skills we need for school and life like cutting out tricky shapes, following instructions and making sure that we can comprehend or understand what we have read.   So far we have made snakes, alligators, turtles, pigs,  nests and cute cats.  We look forward to each weeks Make and Do.  Afterwards the children take them home as they want to show their families how clever they are and how their cutting skills are improving!    

Hers are some of the Room One Super Stars...

P is for Pirate Arrrrrrrrrr

Today Room One and Two had a treasure hunt as part of Language Experience.  First we made pirate hats and either made eye patches or borrowed the teachers.  We were a fearsome bunch of pirates with a scary arrrrrrrrr.  

As we went around, we wondered what the treasure was.  Mrs Tizzard thought maybe it was jewels and Miss Collins thought she like the sound of that.  It was  a windy day to be a pirate!

Then we had to follow clues around the school.  Eventually we found our treasure and it was hidden in the school garden!  It was gold chocolate money!  

This week we will write about our treasure hunting.  Watch this space for our stories!

Getting ready to go treasure hunting and practising our best arrrrrrrrrrr.

Our pirate hats we made.

Getting a clue from Mr Woods

Digging for treasure

Our loot!  Arrrrrrrrrr!