Spelling chunk - 'ake'

This week our spelling chunk is words from the 'ake' family.
We have been learning to spell these words: make, lake, bake, take, rake, wake, snake, cake, lake, milkshake, pancake, cupcake, awake, shake, earthquake, mistake.
To practice our spelling words we drew something which has the ake word chunk, and wrote our words inside.

How many 'ake' words can you think of?

Our Waka

As part of our Investigating our Journey Inquiry, we created a waka.  On our paddles we have drawn three things that are special about our area 'Fiordland'  
We have also go some stories about the Legend of Milford Sound underneath, as well as some ripped paper art of Milford Sound.
Come and have a look in the school hall.

Planning our writing

So far this term, our focus during writing time has been to add more detail to our planning, by labelling it.
Then, when we write our stories we can include these exciting topic WOW words into our writing.
Look at our attempts to label our planning so far:

             

              

             

              

How do you plan your writing?

Do you use labels too?

'Magic e

At spelling time this week the Rulers have been learning all about 'magic' e.

We know that when two vowels go walking the first one does the talking.

For example: pin - pine*                           tim - time*

Click on the link below to listen to the song that we have been singing each day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZhl6YcrxZQ