Ollie's Book Review

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Matthew's Book Review

Click Here to read my book review, Billionaire Boy

Freedom's Book Review

Click Here to read my book review, Pyramid Puzzle

Skye's Book Review

Click Here to read my book review, The Witches

Shari's Book Review

Click Here to read my book review, Wild Horse Country.

Matthew's Book Review

Click Here to read my book review, Christmas Chaos for the Hundred Mile an Hour Dog.

Literature Circles

We have started Literature Circles in Room 39.  Check out our very first discussion about the short story, 'Waiting in the Wings' by Hannah Cramp.

Writing Story Starters

We have made some story starters using Puppet Pals on the iPADs.  These are to be used as motivational hooks for sustained silent writing.   Students will finish writing the stories.  Maybe you would like to write a story using one of our story starters and share your story with our class.

Oprah's Christmas Special

by Mrs Mills and Mrs Hulbert

Cinderella and Pinky Pork

by Ayla and Shari

The Dungeon, The Pig and The Evil Wizard

by Nelly and Tiana

Zombie Attack

by Tye and Keesey

The Mystery Package

by Jahz and Shirece

The Pig and The Alien

by Skye and Freedom

Fat Albert and Bob Jones

By Jhai and Zavier

President Capture

by Matthew and Ollie

The Box- By Ayla.

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Ayla Book Review

Click Here to read my book review, A Bug's Life

Teacher Reading

At the moment Mrs Hulbert is reading us a book about an Olympic swimmer and how her and her best friend, Sarah, are determined to compete in the national swimming team for the 1936 Olympics. Unfortunately when Sarah finds out that the host city is Hitler's Berlin, she knows she can't compete because she is Jewish. On the back of the book it says that Eleanor witnesses the Nazi's hostility to Jews and hears the distant murmurings that will erupt into WWII. I wonder what that means? I am enjoying this book because its written as a diary and the girls always find a way to fix their problems. 

The girls go to school at CCS Camden Collegiate School which is a private school. They catch a train to school every morning and they love swimming 

By Eden 

Shari's Book Review

Click Here to read my book review, A Loving Spirit.

Ayla's Book Review

Click here to read my book review of, The Boy Who Talked To Animals

Freedom's Book Reveiw

Click here to read Freedon's book review on, Pyramid Puzzle by Susanah McFarlane

Thunder and Lightning Poem - Sensory Language

In Room 39 we have been lea rning how to use sensory language to help create images in the readers mind.  

Thunder and Lightning

Rain crashes in gigantic mud puddles,

Winds sweep away smashed garden ornaments,

Gurgling water whooshes down overflowing drains,

Claps of thunder rattled the backyard, 

The piercing of thunder cracks open windows,

"Thud", bricks hit the ground,

"Snap", branches fall into a rumbling stream,

Doors slam back into place,

A dog whimpers, jumping into it's kennel,

Children screech as they run for the house, 

While roof tiles fly off the roof and smash into a million pieces.

By Caitlin Moore

Senses Poetry

In class this term, Room 39 have been learning how to describe senses using the rule, 'show not tell'.
Below I have described being in a restaurant with the sense of sound.
Can you visualize the sounds and action of the restaurant from what I have written?

Sounds of a Restaurant

The soft clinking of cutlery hitting plates,

The quiet chatter of people around the room.

The occasional cackle of laughter arising from table 12.

The screeching of chairs sliding across the linoleum floor,

As someone gets up for seconds.

The slurping of straws as children reach the bottom of their drinks.

The near silent chewing of food.

Then, finally, the low rumble of my stomach,

Telling me to eat no more.

Stevie-Lee

Descriptive Writing - My Room

In our class we have been learning how to describe places.  The writing below is a description of Brodie's room.  I wonder if he lives in the country?  Do you think his room is tidy?  Tell us what you think.

Fairy Tales

       Learning Intention:  

• I am learning how to ask questions in order to find out more information about a story character.

       Success Criteria:

• I ask questions using key words and phrases from the text as well as the seven servants.
• My questions are relevant to the text and probe for more information.

Room 39 wrote questions to ask fairy tale characters and then asked the characters their questions to find out more about their chosen fairy tale character.  Here is one of the interviews! 

In this video Logan is interviewing Jasmine as Grandma from 'Little Red Riding Hood'.

Reading in Room 39