Today AJ decided to learn some of the words at his level. They will be useful when he writes his stories because he won't have to stop writing to look them up. They will already be in his brain ready to write down. Good thinking ahead AJ.
AJ had fun making dinosaurs. He made one called James and then he made some origami friends for James to play in the mud with. He gave them some plants to eat. I like your story about your dinosaurs AJ and the fact that you made him some friends. We all need friends and I guess even dinosaurs might have liked to have friends to be with too.
The days have been getting warmer in Auckland and AJ went for his first swim this summer. What a nice way to cool off AJ. You look so happy at your favourite place in your neighbourhood.
One of the groups the children belong to is a "class family". Here is AJ answering questions from the book "Our Class is a Family" and AJ will explain what a "class family" is. Great work AJ.
For writing today AJ thought about something he would like to do when he goes back to school. His best friend is Benji and AJ thought he and Benji might like to climb the big tree outside our classroom. I think you would both enjoy climbing the tree. You would be able to see all of the playground from so high up.
Our Team Challenge this week was to draw a self portrait and bring it to our team meet on Friday. AJ took up the challenge and made a life size AJ complete with his favourite clothes. What a fantastic replica AJ. That must have taken you sometime to draw, cut out and paint. What a great idea of making something so original.
AJ is an author and illustrator of a lovely book about his family. He put a lot of thought and effort into his book so he was awarded a Duffy Certificate at assembly this week.
Today's learning was based on the fairy story The Elves and the Shoemaker. AJ was able to answer all the reading questions and the maths. He even counting in 2s to find out how many shoes in 8 pairs. What good maths thinking on how to quickly count the shoes you had drawn AJ and get the right answer!
AJ has written and illustrated a book about his family. He has thought about what each member of his family likes to do, drawn a picture then written his sentence. You have done so much work AJ and made a lovely book.
AJ has learnt how to count in 10s up to 200 and today he was able to use all his practise to solve a maths problem. Good work,
AJ was able to use the dinosaur he had made to get dressed up for Halloween last night. Good thinking AJ. With all those teeth your mask did look quite scary. AJ was also busy cleaning all his monster trucks. Sometimes monster trucks do need a bit of a clean because dirt can get stuck on their tyres so you did a great cleaning job AJ.
AJ is keeping up with his Maths, thinking carefully what he needs to do and drawing diagrams to be able to explain his solutions. Some of the questions were a bit tricky and needed you to think very carefully so well done AJ for getting them right.
AJ likes the challenge of Maths and solving problems. He has chosen to do the tricky maths and got it all right. No wonder you are smiling . Well done AJ.
What a great job you are doing with your maths AJ by "adding on" from the biggest number which you hold in your head.
AJ has now learnt to count in 5s up to 200. Mr Ryan challenged him to learn to count in 5s higher than 100 so AJ set himself a goal to count to 200. What a great goal to set yourself AJ and to achieve it so quickly.
AJ made a delightful minion bucket for our Friday fun day. He sent photos of how he made his beautiful bucket.
I hope you enjoyed the story of "Mouse Paint" AJ. What a good idea to video the answers to the comprehension questions. You got them all correct and showed how you had watched the video and understood the story.
