Literacy...

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We have been working on writing our own success criteria to use when writing a procedure. Stay tuned to see some great examples.......

Remember to check out the class pages, as we have some great examples of descriptive writing.........

= Read some great writing!!!!!! = Here are the three pieces of writing that we shared at our arts extravaganza........

Bacon
==== I picked up the fork and stabbed it into the juicy delicious scrumptious bacon. I had a shiver down my spine, my mouth began to water, my tummy began to rumble as I sank my teeth into the delightful glorious bacon. It smelt amazing and extraordinary. I felt like I was at nanas, the best place ever. I continued rapidly scoffing down the awesomely yummy bacon. Finally gone…. By Rachel ====

Hamburger One day I held a spectacular hamburger with green lettuce crunching, calling me, saying “eat me, eat me”. As I looked at the runny sauce leaking down my sweating hand, I licked my lips and got ready to dive in!! Before I dove in, I took the crunchy gerkins out and then ate the hamburger! “Yum!!!!”, I said with a dribble running down my saucy mouth. I needed a bucket so my dribble would not go everywhere. As I smelt it, it made me feel lucky, it smelt like Dad was cooking a barbeque. I ordered another juicy hamburger and without waiting I took a huge gulp. It was gone in two seconds! And that was that! By Brianna

Blue Sea As the blue sea sparkles in the water, I blink. As I touch the water it feels like a spa pool as the warmness make me feel great. I see the sunshine in my eyes. I look at the beautiful island that I see. The boat floats. I see the crabs crawling away. The beautiful wave comes. The birds chirp and the clouds go away. The wrinkly blue wave splashes as I watch the birds come on the boat. The deep sea sparkles in my eyes. By Thea

Here is a slide show of us working with our learning buddies - we are working on writing procedures.....
media type="custom" key="20780896" = Descriptive Writing = The focus for this term is descriptive writing. We are going to be looking at making connections between text we read and the wonderful things we write.

Descriptive writing describes an object, place, or person in a way that creates a vivid impression in the reader's mind, enabling the reader to visualize what is being described, and to feel that he/she is very much part of the writer's experience. media type="custom" key="20369136" Listen to this story - do you think this story can be called a descriptive piece of writing and why do you think that? Leave your name and comment below media type="custom" key="20369102" = Term One!!! = This term the writing focus is to write explanations. Here is a sample of the wonderful explanations that we wrote...... = Term Two!!! =

This term the focus is to write reports.
 * We are learning how to write a report
 * We are learning how to self assess our work
 * We are learning how to peer assess each others work

We will be setting up systems to self assess our work, looking at how we find aspects of our own writing that are great and how to recognize our next learning steps. To help us identify what 'good writing' looks like we will be searching through exemplars of quality writing and finding aspects of quality writing in our peers work. This can be quite a challenge, but I have been very impressed with the support the children are giving each other in the early stages of this process. Please check individuals pages for examples of and reflections upon our awesome writing that happens in our learning space!!!