ABC Helpers

Room 13s buddy class is Room 4 and we have been doing a program called ABC Helpers. We help them to learn to be better readers and writers. We help them write by getting two white boards (1 for our buddy and 1 for us). We help them read by getting him/her a book from their book box. We also bring a book up every day to read with them. One of Room 13s reading groups goes up to Room 4s class and we pick a buddy to read and write with. It is a lot of fun when we read to them, when they read to us and when we read to them. Normally the book we will bring is our journal that we are reading or otherwise a Dr. Seuss book

Here are some photos of my ABC buddy and my friend Jacks ABC buddy. My buddy was called hugo when I last went.

By Matthew

The Rat Cheeko

There is a new member to our classroom and he is Uala's pet rat. His name is Cheeko he used to have a brother named Sanchez but he past away. Cheeko has a tail that feels like leather. Cheeko is very special to us because he is our class pet and Ualas pet. Uala loves Cheeko more than anything. Cheeko likes to eat popcorn, ice cream cones,peas and corn. Cheeko does not like people to crowd around him or to much noise around him. He has very sharp teeth so fingers away otherwise they get bitten off. Cheeko loves to sleep and everyone wants to hold him because his fur is so soft it  feels like silk or cotton wool. Every week there are two new rat monitors that refill his water bottle and food bowl. At the moment the rat monitors are Georgia and Harry at first it was Uala because he is Cheeko's owner. Cheeko is a very very funny rat. Cheeko likes to hide in hoodies, jumpers ,pockets and in armpits.

Here is a video of me holding Cheeko...





By Matthew