Literacy+and+Communication


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My goal is to stand still and to speak louder and clearer
Term 3 __ My speech __ I am really proud of my conclusion. Judge's comments: You understood the subject really well Derek. Try and connect a bit more with the audience by looking up every now and then. media type="file" key="2013 Derek speech.flv" width="360" height="270" My Poetry Recital media type="custom" key="26269792"

2013 10/7/2013 My friend from new pig mouth, hunting with me and bougnt. Him a gun to hunt with me too. We are going to hunt on my place. We want to shoot a pig and a goat.
 * __ Handwriting __

I am good at...m y size of my letters. And my handwriting is easy to read.

My goal is to make it neater. || ||


 * ** My animal is a **
 * Monster **


 * It has the body of a cow **
 * With a glowing face **
 * And a dragon tail **
 * And human minecraft legs **


 * Its body is soft and furry **
 * And kind of little for a bull **


 * His tail is so he can whip things around him **
 * It’s long **
 * So people can hop on in **
 * And even slide down it! **
 * Maybe **


 * He has a small tail too **
 * To swish the flies away **


 * He can close the glowing bit up **
 * With an eye and mouth bit **
 * That he can still look out of **

2012 Term 4 My Holiday In the holidays the brick layers came. They are finished. We went pig hunting and we killed 2 pigs. Today the bath is gettng putting in. Dad had to bring the bath up on the tractor trailer. The bath is white. 23.10.2012 We got a baby possum. It ate my strawberry plant.
 * He is Monster Rock ** || [[image:SAM_1537.JPG width="400" height="300"]] ||

Term 3

We are building a new house. First they put the concrete down. Then the builders put down the frames. Then they put the roof on the house. We went up to the new house. I brought my calf up and the builders were playing in the snow. We went to the new house and I bought a nerf gun. We shot the builders. Today the builders are putting the roof on the house.

A Zombie vampire was eating a dogs bone. He cut down a tree because the bone made him fuzzy. The bird got cross. Zombie shot the bird. That was the end of the bird.

I am using my imagination

6.08.2012 In the weekend I went to Stanleys house.I drove his Stock car round the garden. In the holidays we went to Grand-dads. We went to the dirt place. We had the pig dogs and we chased the pig. We caught the pig. Then we went home.

Term 2 I am using my imagination Jot went to see Keekin. Keekin was at home and he was asleep. He stayed the night. Then the next day they went on a boat. They caught 10 monster fish. They cooked them for dinner at their monster fish motel. Listen to my speech media type="custom" key="19128610" My holiday Story  We went to the party and I played with a rugby boy. We went home and we looked at a deer. My Camp Story Waimarie Paddle Steamer I went on the paddle steamer. I liked the men who put the coal in because they made the paddle steamer go. They put the coal in the furnace so the steam gets hot and the steam makes the paddles go round. The old one was stuck in the mud. They had to pull it out. They fixed it up so it will go. It has a café on it. The paddle steamer goes up the river. Mum and Dad might go on it too.

RABBITS POEM Rabbits are soft and furry Rabbits are fast Rabbits are scared of hawks Hawks kill rabbits Rabbits dig burrows Rabbits go fast into their burrow To hide from hawks.

My poem came 4th at the show, it was good because I used good words 7.2 We went to Livie's house and we went to the wooIshed. We chased a IittIe cat. We went and got a bird and now it is our pet. We went on our motorbikes down the hill.

2011 Term 4 Lamb and Calf Day Term 3 October 3rd We went to our yards to get a cow in and the cow broke the gate and the cow ran away. When I got down to the bottom of the slope I turned my skis and got into the line. I held onto the rope and it pulled me to the top of the slope it was the pommel. I zoomed along on my skis. I am doing a pizza to stop to get a photo. I skied down the hill. || || 20.9.2011
 * Skiing  I hit the snow when we got out of the car. We put on our skis boots and got our skis on.   We ran in to the snow to get started. I learnt how to go fast down the hill. I had to push my poles back to make me go fast.This year I went faster than when I did it last year.

We went to see a cow and a cow is having a baby calf.

I am writing lots of things that happened like Dad and mum went to town and bought Travis and me a book. On a school day I had friends that came and went on the sled. In the holidays we went to Grandads for my birthday. I am seven. I shot a goat three metres away. We went and got the goat and took it home and gave the Iegs to the dogs. Granddad and Mum cooked the best meat. I went to Keanu’s but the best part was I went hunting.
 * what happened
 * who was in my story.
 * when did it happen

Term 2 Listen to my speech. I am learning to look at the camera and audience when I say my speech.


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2.5.2011  I went to Grandad and Nana's. We shot a deer before night time. We brought it home. We went hunting with Grandad's friend too. We shot a pig. I helped to carry the pig home. It was big and fat. We went bike riding up Grandads farm. We saw pigs. Term 1 I wrote a recount I wrote about everything at the Duck tour. Duck Tour We went to the Information Centre to meet the bus. It had duck photos and pictures on the side. It was a bus and a boat. The man helped us up the ladder. He told us to sit down on the bus. We drove around the town. We went past lots of houses, old trees and shops. Then we went to the sea. The bus turned into a boat and we went down the ramp into the water. I heard the motor start it was loud. The man said that the life jackets were under our seats and we could walk around. The boat went slowly round to the ramp. We went past the big rocks and the boats. Then we had to go up the ramp but it stopped. The man said we would have to push but then the bus started and we went out of the water. We went back to the start. Then we went to the aquarium. I had fun at Laser Force I felt like an army man.

To write a thank you letter which includes what 15.3 Dear Farady Centre, I liked coming to see all the machines. My favourite thing was the long bike. I tried the Maori cord drill, and I made it go well. It went better than the yo-yo. It was interesting to learn about wheels. The people let me try the Vacuum cleaner. It went up and down when I pumped it. That was hard work.. Thank you for showing me everything. I liked the games upstairs too.
 * you are thanking them for
 * what you saw
 * what you learnt

From Derek

7.3.2011 I went to the swimming sports. I had fun. // I wrote a letter for the Apiti Show about living in the olden days. See the home page for the criteria. // //Table Flat Post Office,// //4th February 1909//

//Dear Bill// //I live in Apiti. I have got 50 sheep and 12 cows. Apiti is a good place to live.// //Every morning I have to find the cows, because there are no fences, sometimes I tie them up to a tree. Everyday I milk the cows. I have to get a stool and a bucket. I pull the teats and the milk comes out. Then I make some into butter and I drink some, and I sell some to get money to buy some posts to make a fence.// //I have got lots of friends in Apiti and I want to stay here for ever.//

//From// //Ted//

2010 Term 4 media type="custom" key="7751057" Click on my Rug Rat story

I like reading my Rug Rat story I like buddy reading. Term 3

Look at my stories. I can start my stories in different ways and write about lots of things.

My next step is... I am going to write more.

27.8.

I made a cake and it is for Daffodil Day.

26.8.

I drew a truck and a fish.

25.8

I am fishing and I caught a fish.

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My holiday story Tyler and I went in the go-cart. Tyler and me made a new tramp. I went to town. I bought a rat with red and black eyes. After school I put a rat up Dad’s back.

I can write and find some words by myself

Derek’s Trip Story

I am at the maori place. The taiaha man was cool. On the trip I liked the Maori songs and I liked the Maori shop. I liked the Maori house. I liked the Maori bird trap. I went to Waio-tapu. I saw the Devil's bath. The Devil's bath was hot. It was green. It was smelly.

I am writing my own stories. I can find the letter that the word starts with, in my dictionary.

2009

__Printing__

My goal is tall letters to the top. On the line

__Writing__ I am learning to leave spaces between my words.

I can write my name and I am learning to write other words too.

__Reading__
 * I am learning to read these words.

Words I know am mother a Father to Derek is here I

I went skiing. I went down the hill. I went fast. I went down backwards. I went down sidewards. I had fun skiing. ||
 * My skiing story ||
 * I went to the snow.