End of Term 4 Recount Test

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This is a screenshot of my results in our end of Term 4 recount writing test.

My teachers have worked out my average score for writing and I am at 4B.

This is above the National Standard for my year level.

I am doing great at my idea's, structure, vocabulary, spelling, sentence and punctuation.

I  need to work harder at organisation next year.

Here is my recount. :)

Tauranga beach walk

“Ploosh” The car door gently shut as I hopped out of the car.If the spiky weeds and grainy sand weren’t there, I would’ve never known we were at the beach.
Uncle Craig let their fluffy dog gus out of the back seat. I was in the car with Jack (My cousin) and Sarah-Jane (My aunt). Gus, being a small dog got to ride in the front seat. While I sat in the back.
We started down the small sandy path. The sky was extremely gray and the whole beach was foggy.When we hit the soft sand, Gus took off.  Now, you may think that Gus, being a small dog would not be fast. But, those tiny legs could run!I had to take off after him, of course. It was not like Mum, Uncle Craig or Sarah would take off after him.
After catching up with the doggie speed racer, we started collecting shells and cool looking pieces of driftwood. After walking for awhile I saw what I thought was a lion. Of course it wasn’t an actual lion, there just was a lot of fog and I mistook it for a lion. I played around on the lion-driftwood for a few minutes and Gus jumped on as well.Jack, after being silent the entire time, put gus on the lead and he and Gus headed back. It was about five minutes later when the storm came. Whistling wind Mums jacket flaps around. Rain poured down on Uncle Craig's emergency poncho that he had handed me. Thunder started and soon there was lightning. The waves started getting bigger and bigger. But, by the time they were big enough for them to do any damage we were gone.   I think getting home was harder than running from the rain. The car, slipping and sliding on the road and hopping the house doesn't get struck by lightning.That went well didn’t it?

Learning how to write reports about a scientific experiment.

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We are having a science fair this term so we needed to learn how to write a report about a scientific experiment. Our teachers chopped a piece of scientific writing into bits and we had to sort them out into the right order. We had to match the structure clues with the correct sentences and paragraphs. It was tricky. When we were finished we used the report to carry out a floating and sinking experiment using Blutack.The Blutack wouldn’t float unless we squeezed  it into the shape of a boat. My group said it was fun but I missed out because I was at the doctors. Here is a picture.

Zoofari

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This week we went on a Zoofari at Auckland zoo. We stayed the night in the old elephant house that the elephants Burma and Kashin used to live in. This is a photo of our group eating our delicious sausages and salads that the zoo keepers made for us.

 I'm working on an animal report about spider monkeys. When we saw one it was smaller than I expected and the greeny-yellow fur was much brighter. I absolutely loved the Zoo and would love to go again.

Ka kite ano!

Writing Tm2 Wk3

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This week we have been working on metaphors and similes.
Just yesterday we had to make a short story using one simile and one metaphor.
I hope you enjoy!