Spelling

This term we have been doing spelling when the bell rings in the morning. Some of the different ways we do is staircase, fancy writing five times and putting the words into a compound and a complex sentence. For example if my word was glared and I did the staircase writing it would look like this.

g

gl

gla

glar

glare

glared

If I did it in fancy writing I would do it like this.

GLARED

GLARED

GLARED

GLARED

GLARED

If I did a complex sentence and my word was glared it will look like this. 

 I was eating dinner while my brother glared at me and made himself hungry.

If I did a compound sentence it will look like this.

I glared at someone's ice cream and I really wanted to eat it. 

What are some ways you practise your spelling words?

Problem Solving

This term our class has been doing more Problem Solving. We were learning how to solve multiplication problems by using different strategies.

On Thursday we used an app on the iPad called Explain Everything. This app is an interactive whiteboard that allows us to collaborate, write, record and share our maths thinking.

My maths mate and I decided to share how we solved the following multiplication problem. We used the strategy/strategies of multiplication and addition.

We hope you enjoy our maths tutorial.

Please comment below if you learnt something new from our video.

My camp experience

Straight after the April holidays, from Wednesday 2nd May to Friday 4th of May, I went on camp to Spencer Park with the Year 5s from my class and Room 20. Some of the things we did were orienteering, forest survivor, saving the sand dunes and we went to Adrenalin Forest. My highlight from camp was orienteering. 

Here are my two pieces of writing about my time at camp. I hope you enjoy them

Camp Challenge

I heard
The carabiners clipping onto the rope and Wally the dog barking.

I heard
My pulley getting louder and louder as I went down the zip-line.

I saw
Other people going really fast on the zip-line.

I felt
The rope hurting my hands on most of the activities.

I felt
My fingers getting numb while I was pulling myself across the rope.

I wondered
If I could start Level Two.

I wondered
If it would rain while I was in the middle of an activity.

Camp Remember When...
Remember when....I tripped up in orienteering before we even got to our first marker.

Remember when...everyone was on the bouncy pillow at the same time and pushing each other so the teacher came over and told us not too.

That was my 2018 camp to Spencer Park.

Remember when...we played human battleships although my team didn’t win the first round, I got put in a different team and we won all the games.

Remember when...we had to hunt for lollipops around the lodge so that we could all have a tiny treat.

That was my 2018 camp to Spencer Park.

Remember when...I got stuck at Adrenalin Forest in the zipline because I kept my hands on the rope.

Do you Remember when...we were on the bus while we played some games altogether.

That was my 2018 camp to Spencer park.