I am Learning to Find and Summarise Information in texts by Skimming and Scanning.

I am in Pascal group for reading. We have been learning about skimming and scanning texts in order to find information. If you need to find certain information, it is easier and faster to skim and scan the text instead of reading the whole story.

Reading Response.

Book: Picnic Weather

Name 2 Main Characters:

1. Nick

2. Mum

What was the problem?

Anna's mum says the weather will be sunny and Nick's dad said that it will be cold and Preeta's Grandad said it will rain. Anna doesn't know what to wear to the picnic.

What was the solution?

They watched the weather forecast.

My Reflection

It is easier to read the story fast to find the information than to read it all properly.

Sometimes I can make mistakes when I am skimming and scanning because I am looking so fast.

I am Learning to Work in a Team.

I participated in the EPS Junior Maths Olympiad. We had lots of fun working as a team to solve the problems!

I am Learning to Identify 2D and 3D Shapes.

In Room 8 we have been learning about Geometry. We have looked at different 2D and 3D shapes and their different parts. We learned that shapes have different numbers of sides, faces, edges and corners of vertices.

We had a lot of fun making monsters out of different shapes!

My monster's name is Spongebob. He is a triangle. If he was 3D he would be called a pyramid.

My Reflection
I like my shape monster because he has one tooth and he is blind.
Geometry was okay, there were some easy and some hard bits. Naming and counting was easier on 2D shapes than on 3D shapes.

I am Learning to Write a CInquain Poem.

In Room 8 we have been learning how to write a cinquain poem. These poems have a special order that the words have to be put in. We have practiced writing cinquains in our writing books and published our most recent poems on Spring.

Success Criteria:

- All words must relate to the topic.

- The second line must contain two adjectives.

- The third line must contain three verbs with an -ing ending.

- The fourth line must be a four word sentence about Spring.

Spring

New, red

Jumping, growing, rolling

Spring is the best

Beautiful

My Reflection

I found it easy to write cinquain poems because you only had to write a few words.

I had already learned about adjectives in class, but verbs were new for me.

I feel okay and I am proud of it because I like Spring.