I am learning to sound out 3 letter words.

I am learning to say the first, middle and last sound in a word and then blend the sounds together to write the word.  This can help me in my reading and my writing.

"I can miss the words out if I do not know them.  I can look at the picture to give me a clue. " said Senuja

I am learning to write a recount.

Fathers Day gift making

"I can robot the words, if I don't know them, so I can get them correct." said Senuja

I am learning to write number sentences to 10

I am learning to write number sentences to 10 and use this knowledge, when I play games, to solve problems in my head.

"I can add numbers together.  I can take away numbers too." said Senuja

I am sharing my learning.

Mrs Worsfold said," You did an amazing job as the teacher. Your family looks like they really enjoyed playing Mr Potato Head with each other."

We are learning to write for an audience and publish quality work to share.

" I read stories with my buddy."

I am learning to make the beginning and end sounds

I am learning to make the beginning and end sounds in unknown words.  I need to get my mouth ready to make the sound and this activity helps me remember.

"I can make more words and I can read them" said Senuja

I am learning to make patterns to 5

Senuja, you are able to recognise patterns to 5 using concrete materials.  We are now going to work on instantly recalling these patterns to 5.

"I can make the pattern to 5 and now we are learning to count to 100 on our whiteboards."said Senuja

Elm park 50th Birthday Party.

We launched our Celebration Inquiry with a huge party for Elm Park School. This year our school will turn 50! We had a great day with our school friends and our whanau.

Senuja said," My mum came to the party and made the cookies and she bought big marshmallows for the party."

I am learning to form the numerals correctly.

I am learning to write my numbers around the right way.  I am able to write up to 43 correctly but I am learning to write the number 7 correctly.

Senuja said," I am trying to write the numbers and I don't need to look."

I am learning to make the first sound in new words.

I am learning to get my mouth ready for the first sound. I can make the sound now that I know my alphabet sounds.

Senuja said," I can read. I can point to the words and then read."

I am learning about water safety

I am learning to enter and exit the pool safely.

I am learning to blow bubbles and get my head wet.

I am learning to manage myself and get changed independently.

The whole class got a lot quicker at getting ready!

I am learning to write a story

I am learning to write a story remembering to use finger spaces all the time.

I am learning to draw a picture that matches my story.

I am learning to write the beginning and end sounds in words.

Senuja said," I can good at finger spaces and pictures."

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