DOING WORD WALL - WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?

We do WORD WALL every day in LITERACY BLOCK.

At the beginning of the year, we thought Mrs M was CRAZY as she

showed us how to learn our words by cheering, chanting and actions.
Now we are CRAZY as well. Doing WORD WALL is so much FUN!
Here's what we do.

First we TALK about a word-what are the TRICKY parts. We've learnt that we don't always SEE what we HEAR.... like in the word 'my'- we hear 'i' but we see a 'y'. We call a 'y' like this a GREAT PRETENDER'.

We have to use our BRAIN to remember!
Next we SPELL the word using one of our WORD WALL CHEERS.

Here we are doing 'OPERA'. We sing each letter like opera singers!
Some of our favourites are 'MOVIE STAR KISSES' and 'CHEERLEADER'.

Our BRAIN loves singing and actions!

Last we WRITE the word 3 times, each time using a different colour so we make a RAINBOW WORD. Our BRAIN loves colour!

Then we draw the shape around the word to help our BRAIN remember what the word looks like.

We need this for words like 'my' because what we hear is 'mi'. Can you see why the shape is important?

Then we do it ALL OVER AGAIN for each word!

WATCH OUT FOR OUR POSTS EXPLAINING SOME OF OUR FAVOURITE WORD WALL CHEERS!

BE CREATIVE, 1M. CAN YOU THINK OF SOME NEW CHEERS WE COULD DO?

LEAVE YOUR IDEAS IN A COMMENT.

MRS M :>)

MORE HAIRY BEAR!

Here are more of our 'HAIRY BEAR' stories brought to you by the letter'h'!

HAIRY BEAR, HAIRY BEAR,

I can hear BATS,

I don't care, I don't care,

I'll crim-cam- bash 'em! (Talia)


HAIRY BEAR, HAIRY BEAR,

I can hear the PLANTS!

I don't care, I don't care,

I'll pim-pam-pull 'em! (Kimi)

I'll pim-pum-pam 'em! (Naomi)

HAIRY BEAR, HAIRY BEAR,

I can hear WOMBATS!

I don't care, I don't care,

I'll sim-sam-sap 'em! (Billee-Jane)

HAIRY BEAR, HAIRY BEAR,

I can hear the WIND!

I don't care, I don't care,

I 'll bim-bam-bop 'em! (Callum)

HAIRY BEAR, HAIRY BEAR,

I can hear the POLICE!

I don't care, I don't care,

I 'll whim-wham- whosh 'em! (Courtney)

HAIRY BEAR, HAIRY BEAR,

I can hear GHOSTS!

I don't care, I don't care,

I'll bim-bam-bash 'em! (Tierney)

I 'll blim-blam-blash 'em! (Johanna)

HAIRY BEAR, HAIRY BEAR,

I can hear GHOSTS!

I don't care, I don't care,

I 'll sim-sam- smash 'em! (Emily)

HAIRY BEAR, HAIRY BEAR,

I can hear GHOSTS!

I don't care, I don't care,

I 'll slim-slam-slap 'em! (Laura)

HAIRY BEAR, HAIRY BEAR,

I can hear POSSUMS!

I don't care, I don't care,

I 'll bim-bam-bash'em! (Brooke)


WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED THESE!

BUT NOW GET THINKING.

WHAT ELSE COULD MOTHER BEAR BE SCARED OF?

WHAT WILL BE HAIRY BEAR'S REPLY?

SEND IN YOUR INNOVATIONS IN A COMMENT! :>)

IT'S BEEN A DAY (AND WEEK) OF POETRY!

We have been introduced to the world of poetry this week.
*It started with the 'poem about 5' from Elizabeth at INKLESS TALES.
*That inspired us to write a poem for Elizabeth.
*Then after lunch, a poem about '5 firemen' just popped into Bryce's head. He didn't have an ending. That came when we went to the Library because....

GUESS WHAT?
Mrs O read us some poems by Steven Herrick, an Australian children's poet.

We loved 'Lost in the Mist' but our ABSOLUTE favourite was 'Mum and Dad are in Love'.

(1M, you could borrow one of Steven Herrick's books next week - as long as the 'older classes' don't beat you to them. It would be great for Mum, Dad or an older brother or sister to read you some of his funny poems)

Then Mrs O read us 'The Cat on the Mat is Flat' by Andy Griffiths. It had lots of 'at' family words in it.
Next we listened to 'Ed and Ted and Ted's Dog Fred'. We were very clever at picking the rhyming words!
WANT TO LISTEN TO 'ED AND FRED AND TED'S DOG FRED'?

CLICK ON THE BOOK COVER!

You can download 'The Cat on the Mat is Flat' from Andy Griffiths' website. Just click on the 'cat'.
See if you can read it 'ALL BY YOURSELF!

And Bryce's poem?.... You'll have to wait until Monday for that- he wants to post it himself!

While you're waiting, check out the poems on this great site, POETRY 4 KIDS, created by American poet Ken Nesbitt. There are some really funny poems here and he even has links to Steven Herrick!

AND IF YOU ARE INSPIRED....YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO! SHARE YOUR POEMS WITH US BY LEAVING A COMMENT! :>)

HELP, HAIRY BEAR!

This week, we read HAIRY BEAR because we learnt the sound for 'h'.
We came up with 'HUNDREDS' ( well it seemed like it!) of 'h' words, but instead of putting them on the blog, we wanted to share our INNOVATIONS on HAIRY BEAR. Here are some... more will follow on a later post.


Hairy Bear, Hairy Bear,
I can hear DOGS!
I don't care, I don't care,
I'll sim-sam-sock 'em! (Lachlan)


Hairy Bear, Hairy Bear,

I can hear KANGAROOS!

I don't care, I don't care,

I'll bing-bang- bash 'em! (Jack)

Hairy Bear, Hairy Bear,

I can hear an OWLS

I don't care, I don't care

I'll sim-sam-sosh 'em! (Ben)

Hairy Bear, Hairy Bear,

I can hear MICE!

I don't care, I don't care,

I'll jim-jam-jap 'em! (Jarvis)

I'll smim-smam-smash 'em! (Max)

I'll kim-kam-kash 'em! (Bryce)

I'll sim-sam- smack 'em! (Alistair)

Hairy Bear, Hairy Bear,

I can hear GHOSTS!

I don't care, I don't care,

I'll crim-cram-crack 'em! (Patrick)
I'll trim-tram-trap 'em! (Harry)

I'll brim-gram-grab 'em! (Flynn)

I'll gim-gam-gash 'em! (Jacob)

Hairy Bear, Hairy Bear,
I can hear BATS!

I don't care, I don't care,

I'll flim-flam-flap 'em! (Matthew)

I'll bim-bam-bop 'em (Sophia)

I'll crim-cram-crash 'em (Lauren)