That was a long drive!

On Sunday the 19th of November, my aunts, uncle and I went to Spring Hill Corrections Facility at Hampton Down rd, Te kauwhata to see my uncle Sam.

It was a very long drive because it took us three hours to get there.

When we got there, I saw two security guards guarding the door and another two security guards standing on the road leading us to the car parking. All the security guards were armed and wearing protection. They told us to stop because they needed to check us and the car in case we were hiding weapons.

Soon, they told us that we were in the clear so we quickly moved and parked the car. Soon we went inside the building but we had to wait until four o'clock because that was our meeting time.

Soon after four o'clock, a woman came and announced on the microphone, "The four o'clock people, can you please follow this woman to the scanner." So we followed the woman to the scanner and the security guards scanned us to see if we had weapons.

Once the scan had finished, we all walked to another building and sat down at a table. Once we sat down, I saw my uncle walking towards us from another room. I ran to him and gave him a big hug.

Then we sat down and chatted with my uncle. My uncle asked us if we could go to the kids room so that he could have a private conversation with my aunty. When we joined them again, it was time for us to go so we all gave him a big hug.

My favourite part is when giving my uncle hugs a great big hug.

Learning Intention: We are learning to use descriptive language in our recount.

Success Criteria: I know I can do when I use action verbs to describe my visit.  

Do you know how to say plane in Te Reo Maori?

Learning Intention: We are learning Te Reo Maori.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this I recite eight vocabulary that are related to flight in Te Reo Maori using blabberize.

What's the antonym for 'up'?

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of descriptive language.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that an antonym is a word that is opposite in its meaning to another word.

Did you know that a proper fraction can also be called mixed numbers?

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand mixed fractions.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that a mixed fraction is a whole number together with a proper fraction.

Learning the Tigress duo routine is fun!

Learning Intention: We are learning Kung Fu.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use WeVideo to record all the steps of the Tigress duo routine that I have learnt from our third Kung Fu lesson.

Do you know the waiata 'He honore'?

Learning Intention: We are learning Te Reo Maori.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record the waiata 'He Honore' using Blabberize.

Wow! 236 dollars is a lot of money!

On Saturday the 5th of November my mum, dad, sister, brother and I drove to Sylvia Park. My mum, brother, dad, sister and I went to the Footlocker shop.

It was very crowded in the store because there were a lot of people there. First my mum told my brother to pick out a pair of shoes. my brother picked a red, black and white Adidas zx flux shoes. After that my brother tried on the shoes that he had had out to make sure that it fitted him.

When my brother has decided the pair of shoes that he would like, my mum, brother and I tried to look for the counter but we couldn't find it so we asked the lady that worked there, "Where is the counter?" and she told us to follow her. When we got to the counter my mum, brother, dad, sister and I brought the shoes and it cost 236 dollars.

After that my mum, brother, dad, sister and I went to get some food to eat because we were feeling hungry. We went to McDonald's and ordered four big macs.The burger that I had was very tasty and yummy. Soon after we went back home. My brother was very excited and he couldn't wait to show his new shoes to my other siblings.

My favourite part was when my brother went to Footlocker and we found a pair of shoes that he liked.

Learning Intention: We are learning to use descriptive language.

Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use verbs to describe my recount.

Have you read the story of Horeta and the waka?

Learning intention: We are learning to identify the main ideas from a story.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I illustrate the main ideas of the story 'Horeta and the waka'.

3/9 is a proper fraction?

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand proper fractions.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that a proper fraction has a numerator that is smaller than the denominator.

Learning the tigress routine is fun!

Learning intention: We are developing our fitness levels through Physical Education.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use WeVideo to record all the steps of the Tigress routine that I have learnt from our second Kung Fu lesson.

You can use Kung Fu to protect yourself!

Learning intention: We are learning Kung Fu.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use WeVideo to record all the steps of the Tigress routine that I have learnt from our third Kung Fu lesson.

Let's eat, Grandpa!

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of the English grammar.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that Commas are used to separate three or more items in a list.

Hey, I won!

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of the English grammar.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that an interjection is a part of speech that usually expresses emotion or strong feelings.

Kung Fu is fun!

Learning intention: We are developing our fitness levels through Physical Education.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use WeVideo to record all the steps of the Kung Fu panda routine that I have learnt from our first Kung Fu lesson.

Do you know an onomatopoeia for water?

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of the English grammar.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that onomatopoeia refers to words that sound like the thing that they represent.

I was very tired after I played basketball!

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of the English grammar.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that a conjunction is a word that joins other words, phrases or clauses together.