Wednesday, 14 November 2012

LOST!

Have you seen this laptop?  If so, please return to my classroom. Miss Wall

Friday, 26 October 2012

Dictation


Week 4  The bear with a pear tree
A bear decided he wanted a pear.  As the bear was unable to reach the tree’s branches, the strong bear wanted to tear down the pear tree.  This bear was clever and creative.  Instead of tearing down the pear tree, the bear decided it would be better to construct steps.  In this way the bear could select a pear any day he wished.

Week 4- Hares Farewell
Bear was thrilled to be invited to Hare’s farewell party.  Bear’s parents reminded him to beware of the stairs that needed to be repaired to Hare’s house.  Bear was careful as he travelled upstairs.  But when Bear travelled downstairs, he was careless.  Bear tripped on a square step that needed to be repaired.  Bear crashed on his bottom.  Before leaving, bear reminded Hare to get his stair repaired.

Sunday, 21 October 2012

Friday, 12 October 2012

Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin

Dictation


Week 2- Keep clear
An adult male with a large beard was speeding up the road.  He did grind his gears as he went.  A small boy in the rear of the speeding car was full of fear.  This did not deter the speeding male.  He drove on until he nearly hit a dear old lady.  The small boy exited the car when it stopped.  Then he informed officers on the street to keep clear on this crazy driver.

Week 2- No cheers for the deer
A steer was employed at Cheers Bar.  It was his career to serve beer.  The steer served beer from Italy, France and America.  One day, several deer veered into Cheers Bar.  The deer requested beer from Italy.  The odd steer refused to serve them beer.  The steer was quite odd and queer, to not serve beer to the deer.

Seals


Seals

Saturday, 6 October 2012

Dictation Week 1


Week 1- Lucy’s Scratch
Lucy walked past the hutch and scratched herself on the latch.  Lucy clutched her arm.  Lucy’s arm bled.  Lucy did need to go to hospital and have her arm stitched up.  Once home, Lucy’s mum placed a patch on the scratch.  Luckily, the scratch was not deep and did not need stitches.  Later, the scratch became itchy.  Lucy did rub her scratch to stop it from being itchy.  Cleverly, Lucy did resist scratching it as this would have made it bleed.

Week 1- Rachel’s morning chores
A child named Rachel resided on a farm.  Rachel had daily chores.  Each morning Rachel would chase all of the chickens out of the chicken hutch so that during the day the chickens were free to scratch on the lawn.  Following this, Rachel would fetch eggs from the chickens’ hutch and place them in the kitchen.  Finally, Rachel would switch her chore clothes for her school uniform and race to catch the school bus.

Saturday, 15 September 2012

Dictation


A Scouting Owl
A powerful brown owl did constantly scout about for a feast.  The owl flew high above looking down on the ground for his next meal.  The owl flew over flowerbeds, over mounds of hay and around towns filled with houses.  When the owl saw a mouse, it would pounce with all its power and speed.  At times mice were lucky and were able to retreat into their underground houses.

Tuesday, 11 September 2012

Story Title

Start thinking of a great title for your story.  It should only be a few words long.  

How Aboriginals made paint

Aborigines were resourceful people who extracted a variety of colours from their natural environment. 
They obtained red, dark purple, brown and orange from grinding ochre to a powder. Ochre was found naturally in rock stained by iron, which would give it the reddish hues. 
Yellow was obtained by mixing clay, or by collecting pebbles that conatined a limonite-stained form of kaolin. White also came from the kaolin, or even white clays. Calcite, a chalky mineral, as well as ash are used to make white pigments. Calcite occurs naturally in calcrete deposits. 
Black was obtained from charcoal, and could be mixed with kaolin to make grey
Dark green was made from plant colourings. 
Tree bark, crushed shells and blood also gave variety of colour. The availability of some colours are peculiar to the area that the artist finds himself in. 
These paint bases were mixed with fluids such as saliva, blood, tree sap or yolk of various animals' eggs to help them adhere. 
Twigs, fibres, feathers and fingers were used for painting to get different strokes like a paint brush.

Paddle Steamers

Parts of a paddle steamer
Print a paddle steamer

Sunday, 9 September 2012

Redland Bay history

Fruit Farms

Pineapple Farm

Moreton Bay around 1900

Large Moreton Bay Pine Tree

Dictation Week 10


Miss Muzzle wanted to attend a dance.  She wished to dazzle on the dance floor.  Upon arriving at the dance, Miss Muzzle became puzzled.  Miss Muzzle had forgotten her purse.  Miss Muzzle would miss the dance and she became quite frazzled.  Luckily Miss Muzzle’s friend paid for her entry ticket.  She went on to dazzle on the dance floor.  Miss Muzzle was thrilled that her night was far from a fizzle.

Wednesday, 5 September 2012

Thursday Work


Reading – RAZ reading and quizzes

Spelling and Writing- Complete unit 29 assignment.  If you have already done this, complete the writing assignment.

Maths- Number of the day- 4538 à number pattern is -100
Four-Digit Minus Four-Digit (36 per page)
If you have the Jungle Coins app, play it.  (Giving correct change)

Writing- Write a description of your main character in your story.  It should be 5 sentences in length.  Each sentence should start with the following beginnings:

1st sentence begins with an adjective
2nd sentence begins with an adjective
3rd sentence begins with When
4th sentence begins with The only
5th sentence begins with a word ending in –ing

Here is an example:
Long, blond hair swings from side to side as Polly runs quickly to school to meet up with her friends.  Her sparkling blue eyes quickly notice her best friend, Jane swinging on a rope tied to the tree.  When Polly calls out to Jane, everybody from across the district can hear the excitement in her voice.  The only noise louder, is the teacher coming from the classroom ringing the school bell for children to commence their day of learning.  Leaving the playground, Polly quickly calms herself down and enters the classroom quietly ready for the school day. 

Sunday, 2 September 2012

Message Stick info

Over tens of thousands of years, message sticks were commonly used by our ancestors as one means of communicating between different Aboriginal tribes/nations. Messages were painted and inscribed on a stick, which was then transported by hand. One who carried the message stick was traditionally granted safe and protected entry to other nation's territory - a sort of visa or passport.

Those who found the messenger on their land had an obligation to safely deliver the messenger to the elders of their people. The messenger would then convey the message to the elders. These elders then had an obligation to ensure the messenger was granted safe passage across their land - either returning to his own people or moving on to another Aboriginal nation to spread the message further.

The messages inscribed on the stick (by painting, carving, burning etc) were primarily "prompts" for the messenger so that the message would be conveyed consistently to each different nation's elders. Typical messages would be announcements of ceremonies, disputes, invitations, warnings, meetings, events and happenings.

Friday, 31 August 2012

Dictation


The Blue Stew Stick
Mr Hooper came up with a prank.  His idea was to create a blue stew for a few of his close pals.  Mr Hooper knew what to do.  First, he placed non-toxic blue glue into his stewing pot.  Next, Mr Hooper threw in carrots and a few other vegetables.  Then at noon, Mr Hooper sat his pals in his dining room, blindfolded them and served up his blue stew.  He happily chewed on the blue stew.  Not one of them knew that the stew was blue.

Friday, 24 August 2012

Dictation


The Lazy Monkey
Lizzy, the monkey, was lazy and unhelpful.  She lived in a lush valley.  One day a pretty lady walked past Lizzy.  Lizzy wondered what a well-dressed lady was doing so deep in the valley.  The lady explained that she had been playing hockey and that now she was on her way to buy some honey.  Lizzy decided to help the lady locate some honey.  From that day on, Lizzy decided not to be a lazy monkey anymore.  

Sunday, 19 August 2012

Dictation


Mr Wood’s Lawn Mowing
Mrs Wood explained to Mr Wood that on Saturday he should mow the lawn.  When Saturday came around Mr Wood couldn’t be bothered.  Later Mrs Wood asked why the lawn hadn’t been mowed.  Mr Wood explained that he would have mowed the lawn if he could, but the mower needed repairs.  Luckily for Mr Wood, his wife believed his ‘would if I could’ story.

Friday, 10 August 2012

Dictation


Trifle, Apples And A Pickle
In the middle of the jungle a table stood in a puddle.  The table had some trifle, a case of apples and a pickle.  A beetle longed for the trifle, some cattle longed for the case of apples and a bumblebee longed for the pickle.  When the animals ate the food, it made them giggle, gargle, tremble and sniffle.  They were baffled and puzzled as to why the food was odd.  The animals huddled together and grumbled about their rumbling and grumbling bellies.

Monday, 6 August 2012

Chapter 1- Introduction
Does your story start at school or at home?
           This is where you start the story.  (Start with either a conversation, description of setting, an action of a character or description of character)
          Who tells the main character about the trip on the SS Kate?  (teacher/parent)
    What is the reaction? How do you know this?
     You need to have a conversation between the main character and his/her friend about the trip.
           Make sure by the end of this chapter the reader knows what your character is like (appearance and personality) and where the story starts. (school classroom or home)
Chapter 2- Planning for the trip
     Who else are you going to tell about the trip? (family/parents)
           Here you need to describe the other setting. (home/school)
    What plans are made to prepare for the trip (food/fundraising event/clothes)
     There must be at least one conversation in this chapter.
    Will the wooden box with shells be in your story and if so, what makes your main character take the box on the trip? Will this wooden box be a really important part of your story?
Chapter 3- The Trip
          How did the main character get to the river?
          How was everybody feeling?
    Describe the paddle steamer.  Use your senses to describe the experience.
         There must be at least one conversation here with the main character and the friend.
Chapter 4- Oh no…
    Does the big problem in your story happen while the main character is on the boat or when he/she is at Redland Bay?
          How are the characters feeling?
          How does the teacher or friend help or not help?
Chapter 5- The Solution
          What does the main character do to solve the problem?  Does the friend help or not? 
           How does the problem being solved change the attitudes of everyone?
     Is the wooden box with shells important here?
Chapter 6- The ending
          How does the story finish?  What happens to the characters? How do they feel by the end of the trip?
           If you used the wooden box in your story, how/why does it get lost/hidden.

Sounds


Friday, 3 August 2012

Justin Ate More


Justin wanted to explore a store.  But before he did, start his exploring Justin ate some apple pie.  He tore off the pastry lid and chewed his way into the core of the pie.  Justin did ignore his sore tummy.  Justin just ate more and more pie.  Justin had a very sore tummy.  He had to lie down.  Justin will not get to explore the store.

Monday, 30 July 2012

Writing a recount using complex sentences!


Yesterday,
First,
Then,
Next,
After,
Finally,
During the talk,
Interestingly,
I couldn’t believe it when,
On the bus,
At the school room,
During the scavenger hunt,
Returning to school,
Inside the olden day house,
As I washed and dried the clothes,
While I sawed the tree trunk,
As I climbed onto the old fire truck…
As the ducks…
As I posed for the camera…

Friday, 27 July 2012

The Beetles’ Battle


There were three little beetles in the middle of a battle.  The battle was over a golden kettle.  The battle among the beetles sounded like a herd of cattle.  One little beetle in the battle suggested that the battle would be better settled with a race.  The first speedy beetle to cross the finish line would be awarded the golden kettle.  What a great idea!

Wednesday, 25 July 2012

Our Discovery


The Kate was a paddle steamer. She was built in England in 1864. Although she had a steam engine, she was rigged with sails for the seven-month trip to Australia. After her arrival, Kate was used mainly on the rivers between Brisbane and Ipswich and around Moreton Bay. The ship was 145 feet
long (about 45 metres).  Kate was built at Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Follow the journey out to Australia via London, Portsmouth (where the sails were rigged up), Madeira, Canary Islands, then to the Cape of Good Hope, across to Tasmania, then up to Brisbane.
Although the Kate was small to sail the ocean, she seemed big in the Logan River.  Many other ships and small boats operated on the Logan River. 

There, their and they're


Four ways to start a great story

1. A great character description
2. A setting that paints a picture in the reader's mind
3. Action
4. Talking between characters

Monday, 23 July 2012

Olympic Games Story Guiding Questions

Orientation
Who is your main character? 
What country is he or she from?
What sport?
 What are they like?
Who is the sidekick character? other athlete, coach, opponent
Why is the story happening?
Is he or she likely to make the Olympics?

Development
How does your athlete get to the Games.
Are there any pre games or races?
What happens in these?
What is the sidekick saying, thinking?
Arrive at Olympic Games.
What does your character see, hear?
How does he or she feel?
Compete in first round or heat.  What happens?  
What is going to the problem that comes up?

Complication
The finals are about to start.
What is the big, big problem?
Who caused it? Was it the sidekick character?
What is your character going to do about it?
Who will help? Will it be the sidekick character?
Solve the problem here.

Resolution
Now that the problem is solved, what happens?
What happens to the main charcter?
What happens to the person that caused the problem?
How will the story end?