Who am I?

See if you can guess which New Zealand creature the children are writing about....


I have a long beak with nostrils at the end. 
I do not fly. I am scared of people. 
I have two legs. 
What am I? 
By Ryan 

I am endangered. 
Dogs attack and kill me. 
I can not fly. 
I have a long beak with nostrils at the end. 
I have sharp claws. 
What am I? 
By Dallin. 

I am a creature that does not fly. 
I am an endangered bird. 
I have brown feathers. 
I have sharp claws. 
What am I? 
By Lewis

Adding WOW words!

Today Mrs McLeary wrote a REALLY boring sentence for writing.

The cat sat on the mat.

The children helped to brainstorm describing words that we could add to make the sentence more interesting.  Check out the creative sentences that Room 3 children wrote.

The black cat sat on the rainbow mat.
By Taidrew

The fluffy ginger cat sat on the black mat.
By Tipene

The skinny tabby cat sat on the pink mat by my bed.
By Persephone

The fluffy tabby cat sat on the cat mat.
By Samara

The smooth and skinny, black and gray cat sat on the mat by the fire.
By Kayshana

The ginger and white cat sat on the turtle shaped mat.
 By Libby

The cute white and gray cat sat on the mat.  The mat is by the fire.
By Maddison

The baby brown cat sat on the blue mat.
By Dallin

The baby brown cat sat on the red mat.
By Alexis

The warm black and yellow cat sat on the mat by the fire.
By Lewis

The smooth ginger cat sat on the tiger skin mat.
By Nathan

The baby black cat sat on the horses mat.
By Nate

The black and white cat sat on the brown mat.
By Jarred

The baby black cat sat on the cat mat.
By Ataahua

The baby brown cat sat on the fluffy mat.
By Tessa

The fluffy baby cat sat on the pink mat.
By Lizzy