Look how pink that moon is!

Learning intention: We are learning to develop critical thinking skills.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I express my opinion about why some cities have different daylight hours from each other.

Let the cat get out of the box!

Learning intention: We are learning to understand non literal meaning.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I explain and give four examples of non literal meanings.

Ahh, it's a paper snake!

How to Make A Cobra-like Paper Snake!

You will need:

• A4 paper
• Pencil

Method:

1. Fold your paper in half vertically and equally.

2. On the sides. Fold the bottom flap diagonally until it reaches the top part of the paper that was folded in half. Do the same with the other flaps.

3. Unfold the vertical half and fold the one half of the two flaps until they reach the middle like making a paper airplane. Keep the tip in the middle.

4. Fold that side of the paper to the vertical fold like making a paper plane.

5. With the other side of the edge, horizontally fold it until it covers the triangular space. Tip: It doesn't matter if it goes over some of the paper fold.

6. Open up the fold and it should stand up or have a slightly bent stand.

7. At the tip of the standing part, push it down, so it’ll make a head.
8. Close the back of the head leaving no gap, then let go.

9. Use a pencil and draw some eyes and any design you like.

Note: Sometimes its top is heavy so you’ll have to hold the back to make it stand up.

Now you have made a cobra-like snake!

Learning intention: We are learning to follow the structure of a procedure.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write what you need and the steps for making a cobra-like snake in order.

Is the word 'knight' a homophone?

Learning intention: We are learning to understand homonyms.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that a fly is a noun and a verb.

You can have that sweet doughnut!

The Sweetest Doughnut!

On Sunday 19th of June, I had the sweetest doughnut I’ve ever tasted from Dunkin doughnuts!

First, my mum went to The Warehouse to swap Cesar’s clothing because it was too small. I had to wait in the car for two minutes since Cesar wasn’t allowed inside the store. He was brave and he didn’t whine even though I knew that he was feeling cold since we had just cut his hair. My mum was only gone for two minutes but it seemed like a very long time. So I just kept my imagination busy by thinking about those dogs who were attacked by epic buns and turned them into running hot dogs of tastiness.

When my mum came out from the Warehouse, we proceeded to Bunning’s Warehouse to buy nuts and bolts because she plans to hang some things onto the wall. This trip to Bunnings also took a very, very long time. Cesar and I played a game of touching each other in the hand and paw quickly but softly. He was very excited because there were many people passing by. It took nearly ten minutes for mum to come outside from the shop and she returned with nothing because according to her, they were too expensive.

Finally, I asked my mum if we could go to Dunkin Doughnuts because it had been five years since the last time we ate some. There were trays and trays of different flavoured doughnuts which stunned me with excitement. It took me a long time to pick which doughnut must I choose. I chose the doughnut of the month! It was colored orange, shiny and crumbly. I also picked a type of custard bavarian doughnut. My mum bought a hot chocolate which was delicious and sweet.

I ate my doughnut of the month in the car on our way home. My eyes became teary as I took a bite of the taunting doughnut. I cried, “Why is this doughnut so sweet!”. My tears fell on Cesar’s mouth and he licked it. It was the sweetest doughnut I’d ever tasted. It was like a torture to me! It felt like I nearly tasted metal (I have a metallic taste when I eat something too sweet). I drank most of the hot chocolate and ate the doughnut quickly so I won’t get the torturous after taste. We went home with the dog clothing we needed to give to Cesar and he looked happy looking at me eating that doughnut.

Eating the doughnut of the month at Dunkin Doughnuts was not a very pleasurable moment for me. I wish the next doughnut I eat there wouldn't be so sweet like the last one I had eaten.

Learning intention: We are learning to understand and use descriptive language.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use appropriate verbs and adverbs to describe my trip to Dunkin Doughnuts.

Would you like a creamy doughnut?

Learning intention: We are learning to develop critical thinking skills.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I express my opinion about the type of doughnut that I would like to try.

Can you draw a picture of a pony?

Pony drawings

On the 26th of March, I drew one of my best pony drawings!

First, I had to think very hard about the features of my pony. I had to think about the gender, hairstyle and colours of my pony. I made the decision, I was going to draw a colt (which is a young pony. However, as I drew and improved my pony’s hair, he changed into a filly! Later on, I decided to create a musician pony as it reminded of the DJ pony called Vinyl Scratch in ‘My Little pony’.

Soon I began shading and darkening my filly’s hair with a blunt pencil. I called her Windy Storm because she had wind trails with a lightning strike as her cutie mark. I drew Windy a pair of pegasus wings, making her a weather pony! Her legs were slender and her proud eyes looked at me from the paper. She had a nervous smile, but wonderful hair behind her small ears.

Next, I moved onto her first flying picture. She had a neutral smile which had a small blush on her nose. She had a face that reminded me of Octavia Melody.

Her hair was slightly longer than my first drawing.

Then, I drew her final drawing of her in the sky. The picture of Windy storm was blurry. She held onto a necklace with gems inside it shaped like swords. She looked like she was flying. I tried to darken her cutie mark because I am thinking of showing it to my teacher.

Finally, I turned the paper around and drew a colt. He had a similar glasses that Vinyl has. I named him Crotchet Disc because he was going to be a DJ. He was a Unicorn who had a personal crush on Wind. I didn’t want to colour them in because I didn’t want my hands to get sore. I drew different outfits to on them to show to my teacher.

Drawing pony drawings was very hard! Next time, I’m going to improve Windy and Crotchet’s outfits because I want be an artist one day.

Learning intention: We are learning to understand and use descriptive language in our recount.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use appropriate adjectives to describe my weekend.

What is the GCF of 12 and 24?

Learning intention: We are learning to understand Factors and Greatest Common Factor.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write down the greatest common Factor of 30 and 40.

Oh no, my apple crumble has now transformed into an apple pie!

Making apple crumble!

On Friday 3rd of June, I had a great time making some apple crumble (well sort of an apple crumble).

My mum was supervising me in using the knife that I used in cutting the three apples for my crumble. I was pretty scared  at first that I might cut my fingers because it was a bit sharp.  I carefully cut and cored the royal gala apples. Then I chopped them up into various shapes. I discarded the core because I did not like seeds in my crumble. My mother thought that I wasted the apples because of the way I peeled them.

After that, I threw the cut up apples in a heavy saucepan and put it on medium heat. I used a small stick to prod the apples to see if they’re mushy. I almost forgot to add water and sugar! The stewed apples created a pleasant aroma that taunted us and made us all hungry already. I mixed sugar, flour and some butter (that I softened in the microwave) and started to mix them together. The dough was challenging because it was as hard as a clay.  It was my mistake because I prepared it before stewing the apples which made the butter hard again so I decided to break it into pieces of different shapes and sizes.

Next I asked my mum where to find an ovenproof tray to put my apple crumble mixture in then I placed it in the oven to bake.  We couldn’t find the right tray so we just used our pizza tray with some tin foil on it. We timed it for 30 minutes to bake. It wasn’t my idea to place the dish into our compact oven. My mum decided to bake it there  because she said that it will give the same result. It turned out to be wrong.

As I was washing the dishes, I kept looking at the crumble to see if it was baking well. Then I realised that I actually forgot to add the rest of the sugar so I sprinkled it on top of my crumble. Slowly, my crumble started to look odd because it did not look crumbly  now, it looked like an apple pie using shortbread dough that were stuck together. The timer beeped so I took it out. It wasn’t that hot or cold, it was just right. My mum and I both took a spoon and scooped the apple crumble. It was the 'best' dessert with apples I’ve ever tasted! Except it was a bit burnt! But we just I truly enjoyed baking my  apple crumble that turned into an apple pie but I did not mind because it was still scrumptious and deliciously yummy.

Making apple crumble was wonderful! I wish that I did not over baked it that’s why it got burnt. My favorite part was eating it because it really did taste like an apple pie! :D

Learning intention: We are learning to understand and use descriptive language in my weekend recount.

 Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use metaphors and similes in my writing.

Can you draw dainty cats?

On Saturday 28th of May, I had a hard time drawing to improve my skills and to prepare myself for any upcoming events!

First, I started to draw a person. It’s gender was a girl because the hair was always the easiest to draw. The eyes were the ones I used for drawing cats. Cesar rushed into my mother’s room upstairs (where I was drawing) and started to gaze at me with his kawaii eyes that nearly made him look like a puppy except with a mustache. The face was finished after Cesar started running around uncontrollably for no reason at all.

Next I started draw the body including the legs and the arms. Having to draw long hair, I was able to draw a bit of shading to the body. I almost forgot if my character needed cat ears, the hair averted me from drawing them so I just moved on. The arms were quite easy as I didn’t need to put a lot of effort for them except the sleeves.

After that I drew the legs which was not difficult to draw. The person’s legs were slender, yet a bit detailed. I added small socks. This drawing was nearly done when I added a magical katana which reminded me of Blake Belladonna from RWBY (A movie by Rooster teeth).

Finally, I drew some cute cats as cats as pets that could attack. One of them was a ghostly cat which made it look slightly spooky when in battle with others. After finishing my drawing, I left my paper and pencil on the table so I can play with Cesar for the whole morning.

Drawing cats to practice my skills was wonderful! I wish that my artistic ability will will improve nextime. I must endeavour to keep drawing every time I got free time at home.

Learning intention: We are learning to understand descriptive language.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use appropriate adjectives to describe my weekend of drawing cats.

Hey, it's the fake Geronimo!

Learning intention: We are learning to understand the text that I read.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write a summary of the story Geronimo Stilton, Paws off, cheddarface.