Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Calligrams

This week in Literacy, we have been looking at calligrams.

Here are some definitions of a calligram:

A calligram is something that describes a word and it has shape and colour.  By Julia

A calligram is a word that describes the meaning of something and it's sometimes adjectives.  It uses shape and colour.  By Alice

A calligram is made of it's meaning.  It has shape and colour.  The word looks like its' meaning.  By Orion

A calligram is a word that describes its' meaning and uses shape and colour.  By Toby

Calligrams on PhotoPeach



We will be adding more to this over the next 2 weeks.
Let us know what you think.

Friday, August 26, 2011

All about us.

We made a mind map about ourselves using http://www.text2mindmap.com/
Not all of them are finished yet though.
See what you think...




















Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Adjective Name Game

Today we were thinking of adjectives that could describe our name.  The adjective had to start with the same letter or sound as our name.  See what we came up with...

  • Jumping JiHyun
  • Running Rion
  • Extraordinary Ethan
  • Cricketer Krish
  • Kind Katelyn
  • Lucky Leonna
  • Electronic Elliott
  • Wise Wen Ting
  • Terrific Toby
  • Brave Bryan
  • Journeying Julia
  • Big Ben
  • Cute Connie
  • Gorgeous Grace
  • Polite Poppy
  • Jaw-breaker Jeremy
  • Exploring Emma
  • Adventurous Alice
  • Junior John
  • Talented Takeru
  • Jumbo Jeremy

We are struggling with something to go with Orion that he likes.  If you have great any ideas, please let us know!

Thank you.