The Friends of 1/2 LK

On Friday we read a book called "The Friends of Emily Culpepper." In the book, Emily made people small so she had little friends to talk to. She kept her friends in jars. We each made our own little person out of modelling clay and we put it in a jar. We're going to use them as our writing prompt for Writers' Notebook. 

Aren't they cute!?

My little guy has a lightsabre, and he has the force, he can jump really hight and he's a Jedi. Allister

My little person has red and blue dots with a green body. Alisha

My person is an acrobat and it can do lots of tricks. Charlotte

My character is a horse and I put in a tiny bottle of milk for him. Selvi

My little chicks are lost and they're all behind each other and following the first one. Lewis

My little person is not a person at all, it's a potato. Audrey

My person is a wrestler. His name is Cold John Ceenar. Dean

My character is a blue flying wolf. Evie

The Last Day of Term!

On the last day of term,we had an Authors' Morning Tea. Grade 1/2LK's mums and dads and aunties, brothers and sisters, uncles, cousins and grandparents came into class and we read them our writing that we'd written in Writers' Notebook sessions. They also came in for a lovely morning tea. We showed the grown ups our drafts as well as our published writing and we showed them our Writers' Notebook where we keep our amazing brainstorms and ideas. We also showed them our toys we'd made during our personal project time.

We were so proud to show our work and the grown ups loved it. "It was fabulous," said Aimee's grandparents.
Lola's dad said, "Wow!"
"It's amazing." said Leila's auntie, Suzanna, commented as she looked through the beautiful work we'd made.
Amelia's sister told her book was "Great!"
Some of the parents came especially from work to look at the writing. "This is awesome," said Mitchell's dad as he looked through the wonderful work.
Charlotte had published an Autumn poem and her mum said it was "Wonderful."

We were very brave and shared our work with other grown ups in the room. Dean read with Dan's mum who said he did a fabulous job. After we'd finished sharing our work and reading with our families we ate the delicious morning tea that everyone had brought to share. We had a lovely time and we hope that our families enjoyed it too. It was a great way to end the term!

The Visitor

The Visitor

 by 1/2K

One Friday,

In the classroom of 1/2K,

someone visited.

She came to us in her own little cage.

It had an upstairs and a downstairs and her very own bedroom.

Her little ears were pale pink and see-through.

Her eyes were the colour of a bird in the night.

She had white-as-an-arctic-wolf fur,

A black ninja hood,

And a black line across her back like a scar.

Her scaly tail, looked like metal, long and thin, like a tiny crocodile’s tail.

We learnt her cousins are bunnies, guinea pigs and mice but... she was the cutest of all.

She sat on Dan’s arm and nibbled on her food. She held it in her hands like a human eating a sandwich.

Rosemary the rat was on my shoulder and her little claws scritch-scratched.

When I held her I felt a bit fizzy fuzzy.

She was heavier than I thought.

She felt tickly.

She moved quickly.

Her nose was twitchy.

She was as funny as a clown and as sweet as a baby cupcake.

Rosemary the rat is Dan’s pet.

But I wish she was mine.

1/2K's Car Race

We had a fun time making cars with Anatole from Craftpower because we're learning about toys. We used hammers, saws, work benches, nails and wood. We tracedcut out our car shapes and then we cut out our drivers. There were lots of different drivers, we got to choose which one we used. When we were done we tested our cars outside and then we got to decorate them. What a day!

It was really fun using the saw to cut into the wood. Mine was noisy. Leila

I liked working next to Allister at my bench. Romy

I enjoyed sawing out the characters for the car, I chose a fish and gave it green and blue eyes. Sean

I liked sawing the car out. I chose a tricky design but I did it! I chose a koala driver. Dean

We used a saw and we had to hammer in some nails. My favourite bit was sawing. Mitch

I was brave when I was cutting because I was a bit scared that I would mess it up. Aimee

When I got stuck, someone helped me and then I got it out. It was very hard to put the nail in too. Jordy

I like making cars, even though my hands started hurting. Selvi

I like making a cute koala car with Anatole. Alisha

I enjoyed making a car. It was pretty hard but I did not give up. Aidan

I was a bit scared when we started cutting but it ended up a bit easier than I thought it was going to be. Amelia

I wish we could make other things and I think it was a really good thing to learn. Lola

My car worked out but it sort of broke a little bit but we fixed it. Dan

We made cars with wood and I liked the noise when the saw went "crk crk crk" through the wood. Goldie

My car broke but I'm going to take it home to fix. My character is a ninja dog! Evie

Sawing the wood was sort of hard but I got the hang of it in the end. Audrey

I enjoyed making the cars out of wood and I wish I could do it again with him. Maybe I will be able to do it again when I'm a grade two. Allister

Teddy Bear Toast!!

We made something wonderful on Friday. We made teddy bear toast! Easy! Cute! Yummy! Read on to find out what we did and what we thought...


Once there was a class, they made teddy bear toast. It tasted crunchy and warm and it was fun! Lola


The ingredients were banana and sultanas and cinnamon sugar and bread. And mine was cute. Charlotte



We did a brainstorm after. It was very yummy toast. I would be good if it was a teddy bear picnic. What a wonderful day! Amelia

Teddy Bear Toast Recipe

Ingredients

A slice of bread
Half a banana
A few sultanas
Butter
Sugar
Cinnamon

Method
* Chop the banana into neat slices.

* Mix a teaspoon of sugar with a pinch of cinnamon

* Toast your bread lightly and then butter it quickly so the       butter melts.

* Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar on the toast.

* Decorate with banana slices for the ears and the nose.

* Put sultanas on for eyes and one more on its nose!

* Draw a picture and then gobble it up!

On Friday we made teddy bear toast. It was scrumptiously yummy. Mitch


We didn't have to cook the toast, the mums and dads did it. It did not take very long to cook it.
Dan


On Friday we made toast and it was scrumptious. Clarrie

We made teddy bear toast on Friday. Romy 


We had to put cinnamon sugar on top of the bread and then we put bananas for nose and the ears. Allisha


First the parents made toast. Then we put banana for the ears and the nose and sultanas for the eyes. I didn't eat the teddy bear toast. Jamil

Today I made teddy bear toast but i had it plain. It was still yummy. Allister

We made it with bread and bananas, also cinnamon and we used a plate. Leila

We used raisins and bananas. I cut the bananas, it was cute. Selvi

We made teddy bear toast and we got to eat it and it had banana on it. Aidan

On the 8th of June we made teddy bear toast. It was spectacular. Today was the best. Goldie

It was delicious and there was so much butter that it went on the table. Aimee

I called mine Honey, she was so cute. In the end I had to eat it but I didn't want to. Audrey

Today I made teddy bear toast. We cut bananas first. Jordie

The room smelled scrumdidalliumptious! The adults mixed the sugar and the cinnamon. They toasted the toast then buttered it. Evie

Today we made teddy bear toast. We got bananas. Dean