LITERACY

__//**LITERACY**....//__


 * We know that ** READING - WRITING - SPEAKING ** are very important.
 * Our teachers remind us that we should **read** at home every day. We have bookbags to put our school readers in. It is fun to share our books at home.
 * We **write** at school every day. At home it is good to do some writing. Maybe make a shopping list with Mum, or copy a recipe for making pikelets. It is fun to design a //Thank You, Get Well// or //Birthday// card.
 * We are focussing on **speaking** in our school this year. It is not easy speaking in front of people - we need lots of practice!

Here is a poem to read:

**JUMP or JIGGLE** **Frogs jump - caterpillars hump** **Worms wiggle - bugs jiggle** **Rabbits hop - horses clop** **Snakes slide - seagulls glide** **Mice creep - deer leap** **Puppies bounce - kittens pounce** **Lions stalk ....** **But - //I WALK//**


 * There are some good Reading websites: Try **[|www.starfall.com]  [|www.earobics.com/gamegoo] [|www.ictgames.com]

In Room 8 we really like... ~ reading library books ~ being read to by Mrs Blenkhorn and Mr Beggs <span style="color: #5300ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">~ listening to, and reading funny poems <span style="color: #5300ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">~ looking at books and websites to help our Inquiry //**<span style="color: #5300ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">WE GET BETTER AT READING AND WRITING **//**//<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">BY - //<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">PRACTISING ****<span style="color: #5300ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">!! **
 * <span style="color: #5300ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">The Reading Wheel helps our teachers choose just the right books for our reading level. **



<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The computer is very good for writing a story. With the //KidPix// programme we can illustrate our stories too. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Here are some of our <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">A <span style="color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">U <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">T <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">U <span style="color: #5300ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">M <span style="color: #ff9700; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">N poems and pictures:** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">

** THE AUGUST SNOW FALL ..... ** We have more photos on our //INTERESTING STUFF// page. Making snowflakes was really fun. Of course they are nothing like the real snow crystals which are so perfect. Did you know that every snow crystal is different. The star shaped ones are all 6-pointed hexagons. God must be an expert mathematician! There are up to 200 snow crystals in each snowflake. They are all made from water particles that freeze quickly at very low temperatures.

<span style="color: #0c00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">OCTOBER - Term 4

Look at our scary MONSTER pictures and stories. They are really quite harmless!