Rain Descriptions

We are learning to write descriptions about the rain. We had to use our senses to describe the rain. Here are some examples.


RAIN

The rain sounds like a thunderstorm on top of my roof. It tastes like water and ice. It looks like lots of gumdrops falling from the sky. It smells like lots of little cakes.


By Theo


RAIN

The rain looks like tears falling from the sky! The rain makes a splash when I jump in it. The rain tastes like fresh water. The rain smells like nothing. The rain feels like goo.

By Rachel


RAIN

The rain looks like my Dads crying. The rain goes pitter-patter on my roof. The rain feels like water tipped on me. The rain tastes like frost. The rain smells like water.

By Milly


RAIN

The rain sounds like a thunderstorm! When I went in the rain it feels frozen. The rain tastes like frozen water. The rain looks like tears. It smells like smoke.

By Thomas


RAIN

The rain feels like blobs of goo. The rain makes a plump sound on my roof. The rain looks like magic fairy drops. The rain tastes like silk on my tongue. The rain smells like fresh water.

By Evie


RAIN

The rain can sound like a thunderstorm on my roof. The rain looks like tears falling from the sky. It tastes like silk on my tongue. It feels like glitter on my skin.

By Orla


RAIN

The rain looks like little jellybeans. It feels wet on my skin. The rain is blue. The rain makes the streams. The rain is wet on my skin. The rain suddenly came then we ran to class.

By Connor


RAIN

The rain feels like little jellybeans. The rain looks like the real water from the tap. It tastes likes water from the rain from the clouds up in the sky. The rain feels like fresh water.

By Pra-wa


RAIN

Rain from the sky. It tastes like fresh water. Rain is little. It feels wet. The rain is noisy up in the clouds.

By James

Tsunami drill

On Tuesday the 5th of May Muritai School did a Tsunami drill. At 10:00 Mr Skilton rang a long bell. We walked up the Mckenzie Road track. The year 7 and 8s had classroom numbers that we had to sit behind. We got up the track and in our lines in only 7 minutes! It was very well organised.

By Gina and Tessa
The blogging team

Pastel Butterflies

The Dowse Mueseum

Recounts:
W.A.L.T. (we are learning to)
Write recounts

W.I.L.F. (what I'm looking for)
Where I went
Who I went with
What I did or saw
Describing words
After
Next
Finally

The Dowse Art Museum by Rachel
We went to the Dowse. Maui tried to escape the fire but it got bigger and bigger and bigger. Next we looked at the ballet dresses. There were lots of other dresses. One of the dresses was Cinderellas. It was beautiful because it was made from white silk. Finally it was time to go back on the bus to school.

The Dowse Art Museum by Emily
On Wednesday I went to the new Dowse. When we were walking around the room I saw Maui on the T.V. Then I saw some dresses. The dresses looked beautiful. I saw Cinderella's gold dress hanging off the wall. Finally we went back to school on the bus.

The Dowse Art Museum by Renee
We went to the Dowse. I saw a ballet shoe hanging on a tree. It was Cinderella's sparkly shoe. Next I saw the witches big lollies. Finally Room 2 made kites. It was fun

The Dowse Art Museum by Thomas
We went to the Dowse and I saw a spooky dress and we saw a tutu dress and I saw Hansel and Gretal dress. We made a kite. Finally I walked back to the bus to school.

The Dowse Art Museum by George
We went to the Dowse on Wednesday. I went with the Year 1's. I saw Cinderella's glass slipper hanging from the branch of the pretend tree. The slipper was shiny.

The Dowse Art Museum by Evie
Room 2 went to the Dowse Museum on Wednesday. We went to see the ballet costumes. My favourite costume was the tutu. It was silver with sparkles. Next we looked at a slipper that was hanging on the tree. The slipper belonged to Cinderella. The slipper was shiny and sparkly. After we looked at it we made kites.

Dowse Art Museum

The Junior Syndicate visited the Dowse Art Museum to see the Enchanted Forest Exhibition. The exhibition had a range of ballet costumes on show for us to look at.
We enjoyed listening to our host Jen who told us the stories behind the costumes. The students were familiar with some of the characters and the fairy tales especially Hansel and Gretal and Cinderella.
They have started writing recounts about what they saw and we will be putting them on the blog once they are finished!

Reading.

Kowhai reading group have been reading non-fiction books. Today they used the contents page to identify what they were interested in to find facts about Kangaroos. In their own words they recorded information about Kangaroos and shared their new learning with the class.

Some facts we found out about Kangaroos were:

• A kangaroo has big strong legs. It moves by jumping.
• When a baby kangaroo is born it is as small as a little finger. It cannot see, and its back legs have not grown yet.
• The tiny baby stays in the warm dark pouch until it is 5 months old.
• A baby kangaroo is called a Joey.

NZ Post recounts

We are learning to write recounts using When? Who? Where? and What?

Here are some examples of our NZ Post writing.

I went to NZ Post on Wednesday. I went with friendly Room 2. I put my letter in a big machine. My letter was going fast in the machine. After I looked around huge NZ Post I went on the bus back to school.
By Orla

On Wednesday I went with Renee. We went to NZ Post. I saw machines. The machines were loud and I saw letters in the machine. We got on the bus back to school.
By James

On Wednesday I went to NZ Post. I went with friendly Room 2. I put my letter in the machine. I saw our letters go past. Then we went back to school.
By Emily

On Wednesday I went to NZ Post. It was very big. I saw a big machine. I put my letter in the machine. It was going fast. We went back on the bus to school.
By Thomas