Saturday 20 September 2014

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Charming Monday!

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Creating great introductions to our Narratives




You can use......

1. Dialogue
“ Hurry or you’ll be late!” called my mother from the bottom of the stairs. “Today of all days you want to be on time.”  If I had only know what that day would bring, I would have stayed in bed.

2. A Question
Have you ever had a day when you wished you had stayed in bed? As I rushed to catch the bus on what seemed to be a perfectly normal day I had no idea what was ahead of me.

3. A Vivid Description
The sun was warm on my back as I raced toward the waiting yellow school bus.  As I nestled into the worn leather seat I was greeted by the friendly voices of other excited children. The look on my face was one of confidence and contentment. With a jerk the bus rumbled down the road and I was on my way into one of the worst days of my life.

4. An Interesting Fact
Shock has been known to kill ten year olds. It can cause their brains to explode and their heart to stop dead still. These facts raced through my mind as I stood dumbfounded in front of my fourth grade classmates. I wish I had stayed in bed!

5. Sound Effects

“Buzzzzzz!”  The sound of my alarm clock droned in my ears as I struggled to come awake. With a start I sat straight up in my bed. This was my big day and I had to be on time.





Make a copy of the doc and start planning


Tuesday 16 September 2014

A few questions to get you thinking!



Question 1:
Becca helped her grandmother make cookies.
They wanted to make a triple batch of cookies.
One batch requires 1 ⅔ cups of sugar, so how many cups of sugar would they need in all?

ANSWER: ____________

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Question 2:
Sam was excited to watch the snowstorm on his day at home from school.
The weather forecast on TV said that it would snow 1 ½ inches per hour.
How much would it snow between 8am and 2pm  that day?

ANSWER: ____________

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Question 3:
Cam was excited to be apart of the track team - He wanted to be a high jumper and he can currently jump 4 ½ feet. If he wants to improve by ⅔ foot higher, how much does he want to jump by?

ANSWER: ____________

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Question 4:
Mara and her 3 friends ordered pizzas for their sleepover. If they ate a total of 2 ½ pizzas and they all ate the same amount, what fraction of a pizza did each girl eat?

ANSWER: ____________

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Question 5:
At a candy store, they sell gummy fish by the kilogram. Each bag weighs 1 ¾kgs and they’re 12 bags. How much does all the candy weigh?

ANSWER: ____________

A great learning time at the Science Road Show

There were so many things to see today..... so much thinking to be done to make sense of the science!




Using metaphors in our writing

A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things not using the word “like” or “as” to make the comparison. 



  1. The computer in the classroom was an old dinosaur.
  2. The clouds sailed across the sky.
  3. Words are the weapons with which we wound.
  4. The teacher planted the seeds of wisdom.
  5. The clouds sailed across the sky.



Max is a pig when he eats.
You are my sunshine.
It’s raining cats and dogs.
Even a child could carry my dog around for hours.
He is a feather.
He is the Tiger Woods of his golf team.
Mary’s hair was a fierce lion’s main; always sticking out in wild directions.
He tried to help but his legs were rubber.
Her eyes were fireflies.
I was lost in a sea of nameless faces.
My teacher is a dragon.
Their home was a prison.
Life is a rollercoaster.
America is a melting pot.
His eyes were ice.
The world is a stage.
Life is a fashion show.
My kid’s room is a disaster.
The alligator’s teeth are white daggers.
Time is money.
The wheels of justice turn slowly.
She cut him down with her words.
The teacher planted the seed of wisdom.
The clouds sailed across the sky.
Laughter is the music of the soul.
He is a chicken.
The peaceful lake was a mirror.
Your brain is a computer.
He is a night owl.
A blanket of snow covered the ground.
The park was a lake after the rain.
The lawn is a green carpet.
The kids were monkeys on the jungle gym.
The stars are sparkling diamonds.
My brother is a couch potato.
The clouds are balls of cotton.
His stomach is a black hole.
His heart is a rock.
She is fishing for more.
He was feeling blue.
She is on a rollercoaster of emotions.
He has a broken heart.
She has a bubbly personality.
She is a shining star.
The interstate was a parking lot at rush hour.
Books are the keys to your imagination.
The ballerina was a swan, gliding across the stage.
Her angry words were bullets to him.
The thunder was a lion.
The road was a ribbon stretching across the desert.

Monday 8 September 2014