Narrative Writing

 

click on the link below to create your own stories...

 http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/

We are learning to write narratives. A narrative is a story which creates a picture in the readers mind of the events / situations that characters are experiencing. Narratives always have characters - good and bad, a setting -where the story takes place, a plot - a structure / story line as to what happens, a problem that the character experiences and a resolution-how the problem is resolved / sorted out. 

Preparation before you start writing your narratives

Before you start writing your narratives, you are to identify these features of a narrative.

Characters - who, what, where, why.

Setting - place where the story took place

Problem - the characters faced and experienced

Resolution - how the problem

Swimming Togs Reminder Week 6

Don't forget you are swimming Wednesday 9.40am and Friday 12.10 pm week 6.  That's two days of swimming this week.  Don't forget your togs and towel.  Please ensure children bring their togs on their swimming days.  All children are expected to swim unless they have written permission from their caregivers.  Thank to you to all the parents/caregivers who have already forwarded the payment of $10 for the term.

  Week 6

Wednesday 9.40am,  Friday 12.10pm.

Week 7

Wednesday 9.40am,  Friday 12.10pm.



Year 5/6 Speech Finals

Yhazmne's Speech video

Alia's Speech Video

My Marble Run

Caleb

My marble run is made using plywood for the back to support the holders.  My mum gave me all the stuff from our kitchen.  I used all reusable materials from home.  It took me two weeks of planning and Mrs Singh nagging me.  My dad brought the wood from his work and helped me glue the materials on.    I followed the rule of having marble released from the left corner and exit from the right.  Once i dropped the marble in it continued to moving and didn't stop till it exited.

Mrs Singh:  How do you feel that you have completed your tasks as I remember it took a while for you to get started?
Caleb:        I feel proud that i got my marble run course finished and it looks good.

Reminder for Week 5

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Don't forget you are swimming Tuesday 2pm and Wednesday 9am Week 5.  That's two days of swimming this week.  Don't forget your togs and towel.  Please ensure children bring their togs on their swimming days.  All children are expected to swim unless they have written permission from their caregivers.  Thank to you to all the parents/caregivers who have already forwarded the payment of $10 for the term. If you have not already done this, please would you kindly forward this to me with the permission slip.

Parent teacher interviews  will be held on Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 August.  I hope that all parents will come along to talk to Mrs Stanley and I about your child's learning.  Don't forgot to go to http://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz  and type in Rosebank School's code which is YTMRV.  Follow the prompts on the screen to book your appointment with us.  If you don't have access to the internet you can phone Christina in the office and she will book it for you.

Swimming Togs Reminder 

Week 5

Tuesday 2pm,   Wednesday 9am

Week 6

Wednesday 9.40am,  Friday 12.10pm.

Week 7

Wednesday 9.40am,  Friday 12.10pm.



What a day it was rain rain all day long. Today I taught my class how to use Google Drive. I had a professional development meeting with Angie Simmons today. I was all excited about Google Drive that everyone in Room 28 had to try it.  Our question was Why Blog?  We used Google Presentation to create this.
 

 

We now believe using Google Drive is like having a paperless classroom.  What the students really enjoyed watching somebody typing away on one computer station and watching another computer screen with text just popping up.  What we learnt was:

• How to create folders
• How to create presentation and documents
• How to share a document with  specific people
• How to create and use templates.

The hardest part was having our slide posted on our blog.  That took a while for some students. 

Class Speeches

We had our class speech competition today and it was great to see students overcome their nerves to speak in front of an audience! We are looking forward to some great speeches! Keep an eye on our blog over the next couple of days for videos of the students' speeches to be posted.

 

Tresardi speaks about child abuse, What do you think? Tyren's speech is about Why Do people choose to drink and drive? Is There A Reason Why People Want To Drink And Drive... They don't care about the dangers of drinking and driving.

Tyren

  

Amy speaks out about standing up for yourself

 

Nathan

Alia's speech is about cyberbullying

 

Dariuz

 

 Tresardi

Max