Friday, August 26, 2011

COOL CREATIVE CATERPILLARS

Experimenting with puppets is fun, but it's also part of deciding what sort of puppets we might choose for our puppet plays.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

BOOK WEEK 2011

This term, we've been going for our "black belts" in reading...fifty tales, legends, fables or dreaming stories = a black belt in reading. Some readers have almost reached 100 stories!!! So...
HOW DOES READING STORIES HELP US WITH OUR LEARNING?



Tuesday, August 2, 2011

WRITE ON!

It's time to practise descriptive language for our narrative writing. Can you add to today's brainstorm? We began with a NOUN,then added the ADJECTIVE and finally the VERB!

Class collaboration
...sharp claws swiping
...powerful wings beat
...blistering fire roars
...mysterious cave echoes
Chloe-violent dragon rears
Siobhon-old totem glares
Ivan-flaming eyes glaring
Sam-sharp pincers snapping
Fintan-scaly skin reflecting
Mairead-nurturing cave guarding