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SPILT MILK - EXPLANATION

Today in Mrs Lunn's Literacy Group, we continued learning to write explanations.  We had to look carefully at the picture and then explain what we think was happening.

 

When the milkman delivered the family milk, a strange cat came out of nowhere and sadly knocked over the milk on the deck.
By Alyssa

I think the milkman got one hundred bottles of milk delivered to a family in Auckland.  The cat came to the doorstep and knocked a bottle over.  The cat drank the milk from the bottle.  Now the family had ninety nine bottles.
By Mason P

When the milkman delivered the family's milk, suddenly the cat scrapped his face on the side of the bottle.  Crash!  The milk dripped.  Then he lapped up the creamy milk.  When he finished the milk, he did it to every other one.  Mum said ... "You are in big trouble.  You are supposed to tell us if we have milk.  You are grounded!"
By Ava

One day the milkman delivered the milk and left it on the front doorstep.  Boof!  The kitten knocked over a milk bottle on the step.   Crash! Crash! Crash!  went the milk.  Then there was only five left in the tray of milk.  When the owner came out of the house, the owner said, "Naughty, naughty little kitten.  Stay in the house!"
By Amelia

One day I was going up to my door step.  When I got there I saw some white stuff on the ground.  My brother left the door open and my cat came out and spilt all the milk bottles.  Splash!  The milk went flying everywhere.  It went all over me!
By Reuben

When the milkman delivered the milk, a random cat jumped up on to the door step and tipped over one bottle of milk.
By Samuel

One day the milkman delivered some milk for the family.  A strange cat didn't look where he was going.  Crash went the milk bottle!  The cat was disappointed because he knocked over the milk on the deck.  The cat was hungry.  Then he began to lap up the creamy milk.
By Coltyn

I think the wind spilt the mile over.  and the cat licked the milk.  The milk dripped off the steps and onto the stones.
By Tryton

One day a cat found spilt milk on the door step and he drank up the milk.
By Jed

When a strange cat came along the milkman had no space to put one bottle.  So he carried the six bottles and put them at the front door.  The cat knocked over the milk.  "Oh no!"
By Jacob N

One sunny day the milk man delivered the milk to the family's house but a kitten knocked the milk down on to the concrete.  Then she got told off for knocking the milk down.
By Jacob P

EXPLANATIONS

In Mrs Lunn's Literacy Group we have just started learning about how to write explanations.  Come and have a read of our first attempts trying to explain this picture...

One day I was in mu car and I saw a motorbike.  It was making a skid.  Ducks saw the skid.  One duck sat at the end of the skid.
By April

I think that the duck turned into a motorbike and he had left a black rubbery skid mark.  Then he turned back in to a duck at the back of the skid.
By Geordie

I think a duck flew on a unicycle.  It flipped on a skid mark and at the end of the mark, one duck came.
By Mason P

I think the duck is a motorcycle.  Maybe the duck is a robot instead of a motorbike.  Or a man made a duck robot or maybe a real duck made the skid made.
By Jacob P

The motorbike went to the park and left a black mark.  The duck ran to the end of the black mark.  Then the geese came along to have a little laugh. Another duck came over to have a little laugh too.
By Jacob N

One day a motorbike did a big skid.  The duck sat down on the end of the skid.  Then two ducks came and another duck came too.  Then there were four ducks.
By Bonnie

One day a duck was sitting on the concrete.  The duck was sitting next to a black skid mark.  There were some geese.  The geese were just sitting there.  The skid mark came from a motorbike.
By Coltyn

One day there was a robot duck that had wheels.  Then he skidded.  In the background, there are two geese and another duck.  There are white lines/carparks.
By Jack

One day the Mum duck and the Dad duck took the baby ducks to the car park.  One of the baby ducks did a skid mark in the car park.
By Elliot

GORILLAS - PUBLISHED WRITING

Today Mrs White came to work in Piako Rua while Mrs Ruawai was away sick.  She read us a cool book all about Gorillas.  We wrote about gorillas today.  Have a read of our reports...

Apes are herbivores.  Gorillas are clever because they leave their family when they are 11 years old.  Then they build houses and they live in them.

By Mason P

They are in the ape family.  Gorillas are just like us.  Males are called Silverbacks.  They live in Africa.
By Jed

Gorillas are clever because they can build shelters fast when it is raining heavily and they are strong.
By Lukas

Gorillas have long arms and short legs.  Gorillas are apes.  They can pick food from trees and from the ground.  They are good at camouflaging into the trees.  Gorillas are clever.  Males are called Silverbacks. They are very strong.  Silverbacks are bigger.  They can climb from tree to tree.
By Geordie

Gorillas are strong.  Gorillas can climb.  Gorillas are clever.  Gorillas have hands.  Gorillas can pick up things.
By April

Gorillas have fingers and toes.  They also are very strong.  They are herbivores.  Gorillas live in the jungle.  They bang their chest.
By Reuben

Gorillas are strong.  They fight their predators.  They can break logs.  They are herbivores.
By Liam

Gorillas are strong.  Apes have no tails.  Apes do not eat meat. They live in Africa.  When the predators try and get the baby gorillas, the Mummy gorillas roar and hit their chest.
By Jacob N

Gorillas are apes.  They are just like humans.   They don't eat meat because they are herbivores.  Gorillas live with their mums for a long time, until they are mums.  They go in the trees to camouflage.  They live in the jungle.
By Ruby

Gorillas are herbivores.  They don't eat meat.  They males are called Silverbacks. 
By Jack

Gorillas don't have tails because they are apes.  Gorillas are black so they can camouflage.  Gorilla mums have one baby at a time.  Gorillas eat berries so they can be healthy.  Male gorillas are called Silverbacks.
By Ava

Gorillas are clever.  They also have a lot of things in common with humans.  Gorillas have long arms to hang from tree branches.
By Maelee

Gorillas are extra special because other animals don't have toes and fingers.  Gorillas are super heavy and when they hide behind the trees they look like the forest.  Their fur is black.
By Alyssa

Gorillas are apes.  They are strong and they are heavy.
By Tryton

Gorillas love to eat bananas.  They fur keeps them warm.  Gorillas are like humans. They like berries too.
By Neva

They are strong.  They don't have tails.  Gorillas are part of the ape family.  Gorillas are clever because they can build huts really fast.
By Kruz

A gorilla is part of the ape family.  Gorillas are just like us.  Males are called Silverbacks.  They live in Africa.
By Oliver S

Gorillas live in the jungle.  They are strong. They don't eat meat.  They are called apes.  They don't have a tail. Gorillas are black.
By Brooke

Gorillas have fur to keep them warm.  They don't need umbrellas.  Some are black so they camouflage.
By Bonnie

Gorillas are apes.  They live in the jungle and they live in Africa too.  They are like humans. Gorillas are clever and strong.  Gorillas are humongous and make their own homes.  Gorillas eat leaves.
By Elliot

Gorillas are apes.  They are just like humans and people.  They walk, run and swim.  The baby gorilla lives with its mum and dad.  Sometimes the babies go on it's mum or dad's back.  They don't eat meat because they eat leaves.
By Amelia

They don't eat meat.  The males are called Silverbacks.
By Oliver W

CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS - PUBLISHED WRITING

 

One day, a young Captain Underpants built his house.  Suddenly a villain was on his roof. The he broke the wall.  Captain Underpants punched the villain.  He was dead.  "Three cheers for Captain Underpants!"

By Jed

Captain underpants just saved the World from a taco.  A walking taco!  It had arms.  Captain Underpants loved saving the World.  He ate the taco.  The taco was never seen again.  Everyone cheered for Captain Underpants... still saving the World.
By Kate

One day a villain broke out of jail.  Then... Captain Underpants came to the rescue.  Everyone clapped but the villain had powers.  "Nooo!" said Captain Underpants. "Stop!" he said.  Suddenly the villain stopped.  Captain Underpants said, "Tra-la-la!"
By Brooke

There was a kid in his underpants.  He just defeated a villain's lazar beam.  He found his lab and destroyed everything.  He saved the day.
By Liam

LOST TEDDY - PUBLISHED WRITING

 

Once my family went to Wellington on a train.  My little sister loved her stuffed bear.  She looked out of the window, with her favourite bear but she suddenly dropped it.  She said, "nooooooo!!!"  She cried for hours and hours.  When we got there, she said "Dad, please can you get it for me,"

Me and my Dad and my sister searched.  After a while, we found it on the train track.  She said, "yay!"
By Bower

Annabell was looking out the window.  Suddenly the teddy fell out the window.  Then she shouted, "nooooo!"  She... told Dad.  He said, "We can get it when we get there."
Annabell and her Dad eventually got to the station and went back to find it.  She was happy.  She cuddled the ted.
by Sophia

THE LOCH NESS MONSTER - PUBLISHED WRITING

Hooray! I got a snorkel.  I am going to go and pretend to be a dinosaur.  Everyone was scared of him.  He was sad but someone thought that it was an elephant.  It was an elephant.  Everyone found out.  They laughed and laughed and laughed.

By Kate

Dumbo found a Brachiosaurus neck.  Dumbo used his feet to make a snorkel.  He ran to the lake.  He was the Loch Ness Monster.

By Liam

For Christmas, Dumbo's family was wrapping up presents for Dumbo.  He was so excited to open his presents and guess what he got .. a diving present.  Do you know which one it is?  The Loch Ness Monster!

By Alyssa

The elephant wanted to scare the people in Scotland.  When he comes back to his family he is going to say ... "I scared a lot of people.  Hundreds of people.  Then the family said to the elephant, "did you see any fish" . "Yes I did.  I saw clown fish."  His snorkel likes the Loch Ness Monster.  The elephant put his trunk in this snorkel.  The sea is close to the forest.  The elephant is stepping on rocks.

By Jacob N

"It is just what I wanted!" said Dumbo, unwrapping his new snorkel.  "Thank you Mum and Dad. Please can I test my present."  

"Ok," said Mum.  He ran fast.  Suddenly, Splash! Everyone thought it's a scary monster!

By Jacob P

Dumbo always wanted a snorkel.  It was his birthday.  He got a snorkel.  "Thank you Mum and Dad.  You know what I always wanted."  Dumbo raced outside and through the woods and the mud.  He just realised it had his favourite dinosaur.  It was a Brachiosaurus.  He didn't want to take it off.

By Brooke

THE DOG AND THE DOLPHINS - PUBLISHED WRITING

 

Skye the little dog was on the boat.  Skye jumped off the boat and had fun with the dolphins.  He leapt with the dolphins.  The dolphins helped the dog.  I was happy that Skye was having fun with the dolphins.  I wanted to jump in but my Mum said "no."  When we got to the house.  We gave Skye a bath.
By Braxton

The dog wanted a drink of water but the dog fell in the water.  Then the dog saw two dolphins.  Then the dog started to copy the dolphins.  The dolphins have short fins and a long mouth.  The dolphins are diving.
By Jacob N

Ruby was a small, white, furry dog.  Suddenly she fell into the sea.  She jumped of his owner's boat.  Suddenly the dolphins saw the dog from falling in the sea.  The dolphins gave the dog back to the owners on the boat.
By Ruby

I went to a boat chase the stunt dog was driving a car by himself.  Suddenly the dog did a flip because everyone clapped hard and hard.  The dog won the prize.  Inside the prize, was a bone.  It was a golden bone!
By Jacob P

Skye is a white dog.  She is small.  Her family went on a holiday to the beach.   Skye saw a pod of dolphins and she ran into the sea.  The she started to jump with the dolphins.  The owner saw Skye.  He smiled.
By Neva

Max my stunt dog is out of a movie.  Max my little dog, had lots of fun with the dolphins and the dog was jumping with the dolphins.
By Kruz

PARTNERS IN CRIME - PUBLISHED WRITING

 

Mum made hamburgers but Mum forgot the mustard.  Mum went to the shop to buy some.  Some time later, the dogs came and stole them.  Chihuahua climbed up the big dog escalator to the bench.  Just then the car came into the shed.  Mum came up the stair.  Just the Mum opened the door. "Get out!" she shouted.

By Mason

The Chihuahua jumped up on to the big dog's butt because the dogs wanted food.  So the chihuahua jumped up on the bench.  Just then Mum came in.  She told the dogs off.  "Go Out!" said Mum.By Bonnie
"Hee, hee, hee" said the chihuahua.  The big dog said to the chihuahua "Gosh... hamburgers! Look!"  "Good! Can you help me said the little dog.  "Yes, I would like to have some too," said the big dog.Mum came in... "Get out!" By Liam
The dog sat down and the chihuahua jumped up on the dog's back.  The kids wanted Mum, so Mum went to them.  When Mum opened the door, she shouted, "Get out!"  So the chihuahua ran for the cat flap.  The other dog tried to go through too but he got stuck.  So the Mum smacked his butt so the dog got out.  His butt was still sore!By Neva

I CAN SEE YOU - WRITING PROMPT

We have to share our amazing writing with you!

Whiskers saw the fish bowl and jumped up on to the bench.  He quietly said, "I can see you!"  Then Mum came in.  Whiskers carefully put the fish in his mouth.  Mum shouted "put it down!"  Whiskers put it down.  So Whiskers put it back into the fish bowl.

By Neva

Whiskers was in the kitchen but then Whiskers spotted a goldfish.  So he jumped on to a stool and for a whole hour, he looked at him.  Then Mum came in and said "Get off! Naughty Cat!" As she pushed him off.  She saved the goldfish.

By Reuben

Lily jumped up on the kitchen bench to get the goldfish.  The bowl was glass.  I went to go to the kitchen bench and I saw Lily on the bench.  I called to Mum and she came and she told Lily off.  Mum pushed Lily off the bench.

By Ruby

Whiskers the cat jumped up on the bench and stared at the fish.  "Meow, meow!" said the cat.  He was while and the fish is orange.  Suddenly the cat put paws on the glass.  "Yummy" said the cat and then the cat ate the fish.  The fish was gone!  Mum came in a the fish was gone.  It was in the cat's tummy.  Rumble, rumble!

By Jacob P

PIGGY BACK BUDDIES

  

Yesterday Mrs Lunn's Writing Group wrote some stories using this picture prompt.  Here are a few of our stories...

Hamish is in the kitchen.  A cat jumped on to Hamish's back.  Hamish dropped a coin that is sparkly.  Hamish picked up the coin.  The coin jumped off Hamish.
By Jack

Charlie and Max look cute.  Charlie dropped a golden nugget there in half of the kitchen and half of the lounge.  Max is fluffy.  Charlie looks like a T.  The cat has cute eyes the cats is blacks and white.  It is winter their city.
By Jacob N

Max was walking into the kitchen and suddenly... Max dropped his shiny Palmy Rocks and Rosie jumped onto Max.  Back Mum came the to the rescue.  Mum carefully lifted Rosie off Max's back and Mum said "Yay are a naughty cat Rosie."
By Ava W

In this picture there is a toddler.  The toddler's name was Charlie.  The cat jumped upon Charlie back but... Charlie was trying to get a rock  from the floor.  The cats name was Max and Mum was trying to get Max off and Mum was lift Max off.
By Ruby

STEEP RIDE

We used this picture as a prompt for our writing today.  We talked a lot before we started writing, about what we noticed in the picture, what we wondered and what we though might happen.  Here's what we came up with....

I saw a boy riding on his skateboard.  He fell off it.  He cried and cried.  His Mum came running to help him.  He had a big graze on his head.  His Mum carried him home.
By Amelia


On a massive hill, I think he will brake his head before he goes for his long swim.
By Liam

I see my brother on my friend's skateboard with no helmet, at our friend's house.  My Mum did not know, so I called out to Mum and she came out.  She called him to come inside and he did come inside and he got grounded.
By Sophie

I see a boy on a skateboard . He is riding on the steep hill.
By Bana

I noticed that he might fall off.  I noticed that there is a drain.  I can see that there is a ramp.
By Kruz

I see a boy riding down a hill.  It is a steep hill.  I think that he might crash into the water.  There is a brown drain.  All of the houses have orange roofs.  There is a white fence.  The hill is ginormous.  The water looks very cold.  I think he should put a helmet on.
By Madison

CROSS COUNTRY WRITING - BY BOWER

Yesterday was the Cross Country . I came 7th place.  My blood pressure was going to my mouth.  I could taste my blood pressure.  It's yuck.  I wish I was first place, but my my friend came first.  His name was Eden because at the start Eden and Angus were tie-ing but Eden was lucky.  Angus slipped over but Angus still came second.  Eden was lucky.

CROSS COUNTRY STORIES FROM THE JUNGLE

 I went to cross country and came second and my mum said if I came second I could go to Breakers for dinner tonight.
By Courtney

 I came 4th place and I ran so fast I almost fell over. Courtney came second place and I was very happy.
By Estela

 I went to cross country and I nearly passed Eden. I came 2nd place. I got a certificate.
By Angus





















I went to cross country and I saw Angus and he came 2nd place .  I don't like running it gave me a head ache.
By Joseph

STARRY NIGHT - VINCENT VAN GOGH 1889

Today our writing was inspired by Van Gogh's painting, the Starry Night.  Have a read of these amazing stories!  Feel free to post a comment if you enjoy them too.  Thanks!

Starry Night - By Ruby

In 1889 there was a painting.  It was called Starry night and it was a happy night.  It was a windy night.  There was a tree and there is the stars were twinkling.

Starry Night - By Brooklyn

I saw a cool village and the stars were twinkling through the sky.  The moon was shining though the beautiful sky.

Starry Night - By Layla

I see a church in the middle.  Van Gogh's painting looks so calm.  I'm going to fall asleep.  I see long grass.

Starry Night - By Lucas

One windy night the moon was shining and the stars were shining and the moon was full.  The people were asleep in their beds.

Starry Night - By Ava

I was coming home when I heard a strange noise from the church.  When I got to the church I heard the Maori people were singing Maori songs.

Starry Night - By Jed

In a picture there was a lot of stars and there were a lot of house and there was an upside down tree.  There was a church.  The moon was shining and the stars were shining.  The people were at the church.

Starry Night - By Bower

One starry night at a small village, the moon was shining in the dark sky.   The stars were shining too.  Some people were sleeping in their houses and some people were just watching TV or Netflix, or just resting at their homes.  People's lights were on.  Then I went outside and lay down.  I saw many stars and the moon.  The moon was a half moon.  It was cool.  Then I went home and slept. The next night, I saw the same thing.


Starry Night - By Madison

I like this picture because it looks cool.  There are bright stars and the moon is very bright.  The town is dark and there is a tree.   There is a black tree beside the town ... the wind looks pretty.  The stars are twinkling in the dark sky and the people are at home.

Starry Night - By Phoebe

It was windy at the village.  The starts were shining and the moon was shining.  The church was closed.  The people were not all asleep.  Some were awake and the children were asleep.

PUBLISHED WRITING - THE STORM ON THE SEA OF GALILEE

Yesterday our writing was inspired by Rembrandt's painting The Storm on the Sea of Galilee.  

Have a read of our wonderful work...

One stormy night, we went sailing out in the sea.  Then then boat tipped over. Everyone ran to the other side and they stabilised the boat.

By Geordie

One stormy night a ship got hit by lightning.  The sea crashed over the bow.
By Liam

One stormy night there were black clouds zooming across the sky.  A boat came along and was tipping over in the waves.
By Anahera

The waves carefully crept over to the boat.  The boat started to tip.  The sailors started to hikoi (walk) over to the other side of the boat.
By Ava

The man was sailing the boat and there were some people and there was some people were upside down.  They got hurt.  The boat was sinking.
By Noah

One day there was a stormy sea.  There was a ship and there were sailors and a wave came in and the ship split apart.
By Jed

PUBLISHED WRITING - THE STONEY BRIDGE

Today's writing motivation was from this painting called The Stoney Bridge by Rembrandt.  

I was in my boat when a drop of rain came down.
Black clouds touched my cheek. 
A storm was coming.
By Amelia

PUBLISHED WRITING - THE GIRL WITH THE DOVE

Today our writing was inspired by the painting The Girl with a Dove by Pablo Picasso.

Whack!  A dove flew into my our windows when my Mum was cleaning them.  So I came running out to see if I was allowed to pick it up and hold it up to my warm heart in my bed.

By Sophie

A dove hurt it's foot.  I will take it inside.  I will look after it.

By Liam

Whack! I looked up and saw a white dove.  I came running outside to save the dove by carefully holding it on my heart.

By Ava

I saw something flash onto the ground.  I ran outside to see what it was.  It was a dove.  I carefully scooped it up and put it to my heart.

By Geordie

MAKE IT MONDAY - BY ASHA

Yay! It is Make it Monday.

We made puppets with socks and we had strings too, and cardboard boxes and fabric too.  We made a room for it and the room had a bed, a teddy and a dresser too. 

We love Make it Monday!