On Wednesday of Week Four we went to Amherst village to see a famous children’s author. Mia
Her name is Raewyn Caisely and she has written lots of amazing picture books and small chapter books that some of us had read! Amali
We learnt lots about how to write a narrative. Megan
Raewyn Caisley told us that the best way to write a narrative is by basing it on a feeling from your life. Olivia
She showed us a lot of her books. One of Raewyn’s books was about fishing. Her son wrote the best line in this whole book! Teodoro
Raewyn taught us that when you are writing a first draft of a narrative and you make a mistake, you just keep going and can fix it later. This helps you to keep the ideas flowing! Sigrid
She also taught us that a burger can help us remember how to write a story. Shanti
It has a beginning, middle and end. It also needs a pickle (problem) in the middle! Jy
We would love to read more of Raewyn’s books! She is a fantastic children’s author. Ky
NUMERACY – Fraction Men
We have been learning about Fractions this term. As a task we had to make a man out of fractions of a whole. Lachlan
These were the steps we took to create our Fraction Men:
- We were given 5 different coloured pieces of A3 paper. Jenna
- We used 1 whole as the body of our man. Nicholas D
- We folded a whole into two halves. We made one of these the head. Gisela
- Then we folded another piece into quarters – this is 4 pieces. We used these 4 pieces for arms and legs.
- We folded another A3 piece of paper into eighths. This is 8 pieces. This became four hands and four feet. Jack
- We folded our last piece of A3 paper into 16 pieces, or sixteenths. These became fingers and toes. Luke
Our Fraction Men have taught us that we can create things out of fractions of a whole. Georgia.
We learnt that fractions can be made out of anything. Paige.
We learnt that we can fold pieces of paper to equally share a whole. Miss Corkhill
