Friday, 17 March 2017

Sentences

I have been learning about sentences. When we write a story, we use simple sentences, compound sentences and complex sentences.
- Simple sentences tell 1 thing eg I am a girl. A simple sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a fullstop.
- A compound sentence tells 2 things - I am a girl and I am 9 years old. In the middle of the 2 things is a joining word - and, but, so then or because. A compound sentence also starts with a capital letter and ends with a fullstop.

The Regatta

On Wednesday, we went to watch the waka races. Every year, lots of schools in Ngaruawahia send teams of students to the Waikato River by the Turangawaewae Marae, to compete in waka races.


The water sparkled like diamonds. We stood at the top of a steep bank and looked down over a carpet of purple-flowered green plants.

A speeding boat left a wake of water behind it as it sped to the red buoys - the starting point of the races. The water rippled out towards the tree-lined banks and softly touched the shores.

For most of the time i was playing in trees with some other boys like, Enzo, Gene Ahston, Porter, and possibly some other boys.

Porter had a stick that he took back to school from the tree!


When he took it out of is bag at play time, bugs started coming out of the stick!😆.

Thursday, 2 March 2017