Making of The Book of Sunflowers

Before the earthquake we were learning about similes.  Then Elizabeth brought her sunflowers to school and said that we should get ideas from them, and write similes about them. Once they were finished we had to wait until the dye was dry. Elizabeth took pictures of them and we recorded our voices and we put it on to YouTube. These are photos of us making our similes.    

Making the title page

Buddy Writing

Today we went to buddy writing. We got new buddies to write with.  My buddy was James and Glen had Mason.  It is fun reading out the stories at the end because they can come up with some good stories.

Buddy writing

On Wednesday I go to buddy writing and this is what we do:

1. Sit on the mat and listen to see what they have to do
2. Get your buddy
3. Get their writing book and pencil
4. Go find a seat and let your buddy sit on it
5. Start writing

I learnt some things from the five year olds, like how to write more neatly and learnt how to spell more.  Today I got a new buddy and Anne gave us something to write about. Today it was about a hot air balloon.  What do you see?  What colour is it? How do you feel?

Buddy writing with the new entrance class

Every Wednesday we go to Room 17 (the new entrants class), for writing . The little kids usually make up the story, like a trip to the park or QEII.  My buddy is Lara and some days Anne gets photos out of the paper and the kids describe the photo.  The kids chose if they want to do the picture first or, last but they usually do the picture first or don't do a picture at all. We write what the little kids say.  Most of the girls write about pixies, fairies and more.  The boys write about Batman, Superman, spiderman and more.  :)

Buddy Writing in room 17

Today part of Room 5 went to room 17 for buddy writing. I was lucky to have one of 17 little kids.  I got Izak. All the kids are fun to work with and they have cool stories.

Buddy Writing

Every Wednesday, most of the people in Room 5 give up there learning time to go do writing with the new entrants in Room 17. We have our own little buddies to work with. They are supposed to tell us big buddies their story and we write them in their book. It sure is amazing that such little kids have such big imaginations. They think of stuff like a king dying because of  his castle blowing up and fairy princesses shopping at a magic mall. To make it better, we go back every week.

Buddy Writing

Today it is wedensday which is good because we get to do buddy writing! We do it with the  new entrants in room 17. We help the children write when they have a good idea, and sometimes we have to do it about a picture. Like today, we did a picture of a hot air balloon. Each of us has a different buddy. We have lots of fun. At the end we share our stories with the rest of the class. Here are some pictures.