Does anyone know who lives in this palace?

well hello 1B. as you can see, I am yet again having problems with not being able to insert photos correctly! I have tried, but as you all know, sometimes technology just doesn’t behave itself! I thought of you all when I saw this cute little fellow in a park in London. he was very cute and reminded me of a possum. do you know what he is? Can you spell his name correctly?

This week our reading focus is Comprehension and asking questions throughout the reading process.

Our big book this week is Our Whale Watching Trip and this morning we came up with all of these questions just from looking at the front cover!

What will this book be about? Chelsea)

What type of whales will be in this book? (Angus)

How many whales will there be? (Jack)

Will there be whales in the book? (Eliza)

How do whales jump out of the water? (Mac)

How many trips will the whale have? (Zali)

Will the whale do any tricks? (Harvey)

Where are they watching the whales from? (Harvey)

How big will the whales in the book be? (Max)

Will the people swim with the whales? (Ned)

We are looking forward to reading the book tomorrow and asking more questions!

In class we have been learning how to become even better writers by using the 6 +1 Traits of Writing.

Last week we wrote a class story focusing on having a BOLD BEGINNING, MIGHTY MIDDLE and EXCELLENT ENDING.

We were not allowed to use the words “and then”

We hope you enjoy reading our story:

The Huntsman

I looked under my bed and I saw a bug!

It was big and huge and I got totally freaked out. I couldn’t actually see it until I turned the light on but what happened next was really freaky. It came out from under my bed. I screamed and screamed. It was a big, huge, huntsman. It looked very hungry, I wondered what it was wanting to eat.

I kept watching it , next thing the spider had vanished! Where was it? I thought to myself I stood up and looked around, the thing that happened next made me feel scared. The spider ran back into my room, it pounced on me and bit me! I felt frightened.

After a long time, I got used to having a huntsman living in my room. I knew it wouldn’t hurt me so we became friends.