Sentence Structure

 

Jordan Najari and Taimana ANZAC Work - We Will Remember Them

 

Explanation Reconstruction

 

We had to change the paragraph to the right sentence to make it make sense

Monday Mornings

 

Today we read Monday Mornings by Marco Fazzi. It was about a teacher called Josh Millar

Active Learner

 

Today In Literacy we talked about what makes a good learner. I created This Word Art to show the qualities that I think Make an Active Learner.

Sonnet Poems Writing

 

Alphabet Brainstorm - Tonga words

 Alphabet Brainstorm

~Tonga~

(Pg101, Sheena Cameron and Louise Dempsey, The Writing Book)

For each letter of the alphabet, write a sentence about Tonga which includes 1 descriptive word which starts with that letter. A has been done for you.

A	Tonga has an ancient village which shows how the people of Tonga used to live many years ago.
B	Ha’atafu Beach is a protected beach with swimming and surfing
C	Free church of Tonga is a Good church to pray and learn about stuff in the bible
D	In tonga ducks and geese and swans and waterfowls live in tonga
E	Everyday Tongan people help people out with their medicine
F	Fafa Island Is for Snorkeling and for a trip
G	Tonga is a good Country to visit because it is good for swimming around
H	Ha'amonga A Maui is an historical Landmark
I	There are no dangerous insects in tonga
J	Butter and jam sandwich is very nice to eat in tonga
K	Tonga kiekie is very nice and their only suppose to go on women
L	Luahoko is an island in tonga
M	Monu is a Small island with tree all inside it
N	Nomuka is a small tongan island with lakes
O	Oholei Beach is a Beautiful Beach with little Huts and a destination for traditional dance shows
P	Pangaimotu has a ship in the middle of the ocean and is a nice beautiful beach to go swimming except for the fat their is a ship in the middle of the ocean
Q	Queen Elizabeth, but has remained the only Pacific nation to not give up its own government. In 1970, Tonga became independent, and in 1999 became a member of the United Nations.
R	Royal palace is a palace in tonga it is a beautiful place to visit
S	Metis Shoal is a volcano island in Tonga
T	Tonga has more or 170 islands altogether
U	Uoleva is an romantic place and kitesurfing, Beach,
V	Vavalu is an island group in tonga
W	In tonga blowholes a very popular in tonga because there are heaps of islands and water around
X	long time ago Tongan people used to exile people
Y	Tongan sand are very nice they are yellow and are very small.
Z	the tonga zoo have a beautiful animals from the zoo

Syllables 2

 Syllables

Words are made up of parts called syllables. Each syllable has a vowel sound. A fun way to count syllables is to clap as you read each word. 

Examples:

Bat	1 clap	1 syllable
monkey	2 claps	2 syllables
forever	3 claps	3 syllables

Now it’s your turn:

Words that have 2 syllables	Words that have 3 syllables	Words that have 4 syllables or more
Monkey	Understand	Hippopotamus
Donkey	Kangaroo	watermelon
Hockey	Elephant	scientific
Lava	forever	supermarket
today	Banana	ravioli
milkshake	fantastic	alphabetical
battle	library	harmonica
butter	radio	california
bottle	lemonade	february
snap	tornado	helicopter

Syllable Zoo

Look at each of the words and write the correct number of syllables for each word. 

Word	# of Syllables	Word	# of Syllables
elephant	3	kangaroo	3
zebra	2	walrus	2
lion	2	wolf	1
skunk	1	chimpanzee	3
pelican	3	hippo	2
monkey	2	bear	1
snake	1	alligator	4
ostrich	2	panda	2

Syllables Word Sounding

 Syllables

Words are made up of parts called syllables. Each syllable has a vowel sound. A fun way to count syllables is to clap as you read each word. 

Examples:

Bat	1 clap	1 syllable
monkey	2 claps	2 syllables
forever	3 claps	3 syllables

Now it’s your turn:

Word	# of Syllables	Word	# of Syllables
monster	2	candy	2
butterfly	2	understand	3
cat	1	popcorn	2
basket	2	jump	1
strawberry	2	football	2
rabbit	2	reading	2
basketball	3	math	1
sister	2	playground	2
winter	2	elephant	3
family	2 and 3	fan	1

One or Two Syllables?

Look at the words below and sort them into the correct column below

work live very sentence old

place years again picture

little only sound help move

One Syllable	Two Syllables
Old, help, place, live, sound, years, work	Little, only, very, sentence, again, picture,

Syllable Zoo

Look at each of the words and write the correct number of syllables for each word. 

Word	# of Syllables	Word	# of Syllables
elephant	3	kangaroo	3
zebra	2	walrus	2
lion	2	wolf	1
skunk	1	chimpanzee	3
pelican	3	hippo	2
monkey	2	bear	1
snake	1	alligator	4
ostrich	2	panda	2