Punctuation+and+Grammar

Today we started learning about Onomatopoeia - What do you think Onomatopoeia is? Maybe we can help you ..... Watch this space ......
 * __Tuesday 9th October__ **

**__Tuesday 8th May__** Today for Grammar we learnt all about __**Similes**__ so we can make our writing more entertaining for an audience. A simile is (in our own words): "describing something by comparing it to something else using the words __like__ or __as__". Today we also created our own Simile sentence to compare something using like or as - have a look at the photographs of what we created below. Leave us some feedback as these are our first goes and we would love to know what we did well and what we can work on ..... __**Toby**__ - I am as fast as a lightning bolt! __**Tara**__ - The tornado crashed into the town like a beast hunting for a meal. __**Shea**__ - The dog howled at the moon like a sad dingo. __**Sami**__ - Harri is as fast as a lightning bolt! __**Ryan**__ - I have as much age and wisdom as a grand turtle. __**Oliver**__ - The camel's hump was as fast as a pig. __**Nick**__ - I am as crazy as a monkey with a shirt on saying "punch me if you DARE!". __**Mia**__ - The fireworks were as bright as the sun. __**Lucy**__ - My great, great, great grandfather is as dead as a doorknob __**AND**__ I am as strong as superman. __**Lara**__ - The dark night was as black as a wolf. __**Lachlan**__ - The children were as loud as a lion. __**Jahanvi**__ - The fireworks are as bright as a shooting star. __**Jack**__ - I am as strong as a super hero. __**Isabella**__ - My sisters scream was as loud as a speeding car! __**Harry**__ - I'm as strong as an attacking lion. __**Felicity**__ - The scissors are as sharp as a sting-ray's tail. __**Eleanor**__ - Felicity and I are like two peas in a pod. __**Claire**__ - Felicity is as small as an ant. __**Brooklyn**__ - The waterfall was as beautiful as a blooming rose. __**Arthur**__ - The cheetah ran as fast as lightning. __**Angus**__ - The monster truck struck a car, the noise was as loud as a gunshot. __**Alethea**__ - Colourful flowers and train engines are like fireworks

**__Friday 4th May__** This week for Punctuation we were focussing on Apostrophes and learning about Possession Apostrophes and Contraction Apostrophes. We use an apostrophe to show possession if someone or something owns it. For example "Max's dog was running around the field". Whose dog was running around the field? Max's - so we need to put an apostrophe between Max and the s! We also use an apostrophe when we contract words (which means we shorten them). For example "I don't think we should go there". The word don't is short for do not. We have shortened the word don't so the apostrophe goes in the place of the letter or letters that are missing. In this case it is the 'o'. Have fun using these in your writing :)

**__Friday 20th April__** This week our grammar focus has been on conjunctions. We have been learning all about them and what they are. Conunctions help us to join phrases and sentences. We have completed a variety of activities this week and today we watched this you tube clip - share this with someone who you think might need to learn about conjunctions. The next test is to see if we can use and identify them correctly in our writing. media type="youtube" key="4AyjKgz9tKg" height="315" width="420" We have been discussing punctuation in 4K and how it is important. We know it helps us to ensure our stories make sense so we are going to work hard to improve it this year. This is the punctuation pyramid we use to self assess our punctuation. 

This year in 4K we will be learning Kung Fu Punctuation to help us to remember to use GREAT punctuation all of the time in our writing - check out this Powerpoint and try it out at home this was made by Room 1 in Dunedin, NZ from Grant's Braes School -

Here are some punctuation games you can play to help get better at using punctuation. Grammar and Punctuation activities - [] [] []

Sentence Clubhouse game - []

Grammar Blast Games - []

Sentences Quiz - []

Grammar Gorilla - []

Penguins on ice game - []

Grammar Ninja game - []

Sentence helper - Full Stops - []

Capital Letters and Full Stops - [] [] - Good for practising fullstops, capitals, question marks and exclamation marks!

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Proofreading - []