In Term 3 Writing, Kinder are learning to extend their writing by including two ideas. To do this they need to use a conjunction (and, but, because, so, or) to join their ideas. This is why we call conjunctions ‘joining words’. We have a visual to help us choose the correct conjunction for our sentences. We also have a visual to remind us to check our writing to make sure we have achieved our writing goals.

In Week 2 we wrote a sentence using the conjunction ‘and’. We are becoming more independent with our writing. Check out our writing samples.

We've had a busy start to Writing in Term 3! In our 'Fractured Fairy Tale' unit, we've been discussing changes within characters, and soon will be comparing characters from different stories. Last week we wrote about the changes in physical appearance between Cinderella before she went to the ball, and then at the ball. We also wrote about the changes in her feelings...from disappointed and lonely, to happy and excited. 

In English groups, we've introduced a couple of new activities this term. One of the new activities is sentence building with magnetic boards and magnetic words. We create our own sentences with the magnetic words, with a focus on correct sentence structure, and then rewrite the sentences underneath with our whiteboard markers. The Yr 1 children are really motivated by the new activities that we've introduced. Well done, Year 1! 

Year 2 English 

This term Year 2 are looking at characters. We have read a story called Once Upon a Time which is about a writing competition. One of the main characters is Bear. This story has no pictures, so the aim of the task below was for the children to draw Bear and use descriptive words to describe the character. We found out that some of our ideas are inferred because the actual story did not tell us in words that the character was feeling this way it was our impression. 

Year 3 has been reading the narrative ‘Possum Magic’ by Mem Fox.  We analysed this narrative by finding and discussing important details that the author used to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings. We also looked for transition words, and how the author provided a sense of closure.

Other tasks we have completed that have related to Possum Magic are writing our own narrative with Australian animals as characters; completing a report on possums; writing an acrostic with the word P-O-S-S-U-M.

Attached are samples of the children’s work.

Year 4 have worked on improving the start of our Narratives to use more descriptive language. We discussed a picture and talked about how we could add interesting detail.

We used the stimulus picture below of a house in the country.

Here are some samples of our efforts.