Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Sharing fairly




We have been looking at fractions like halves and quarters and I have been learning to share one whole object fairly between 2 and 4 friends. 

This can be tricky sometimes when I have to share one object with 4 people, 
so we practised how we could do this by cutting our dough ball and pizza's into 4 equal pieces.

"I can cut my dough into halves and quarters."

My jellybean...




I am learning to use desribing words and add detail to my story writing.

"I can add detail by writing lots of words."

Monday, August 3, 2015

Identifying contractions





We are learning about contractions. This is when you take two words and shorten them or make them into one word.

"A contraction is when you take some letters away to make a new word."