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Friday the 16th of May

There, pinned in the beam of my flashlight, I finally saw it. The haunting, foul smelling, beast of Odrin. An old, bedraggled teddy bear? I laughed. My deep, bellowing laugh echoed around, down and back up the slimy cave. I suddenly stopped. A sub-zero, skin biting wind started to swirl around me. I'm glad you've arrived, Johan. A high pitched voice screeched through my mind.

Friday the 23rd of May

I cringed as the screeching got louder. Nevertheless, I heaved the towering doors open and soldiered on. Mangee's howling and wailing faded into the background. Despite the fact I was sweating like crazy, my teeth couldn't stop their dreadful chattering. "You have no chance against me, Jake." A moaning voice echoed through my mind. "Yeah right." I muttered under my breath. Gritting my teeth, I plunged into the darkness...

my school goals

my school goals.

Reading goal

At school I will improve my comprehension. This will show in my probe test.

At school I will practice using probe sheets and AVAILL.

At home I will read a wider spread of books.

My family will help me by giving me one good question about the book I'm reading

and listening to me read to practice my fluency.

writing goal

At school I will paragraph my work and use more challenging sentence starters.

At school I will write more stories and keep a book of ideas on how to start my stories.

At home I will get my blog (s) up and running.

My family will help me by giving me help and advice for my blogs.

maths goal

At school I will use Khan Acadamy to practice my wider range of weaknesses in my maths.

At school I will have 30+ minutes on Khan a day.

At home I will do 2 columns of basic facts a night.

My family will help me by making sure I have done my columns. 

our class website:

www.rimu-yaldhurst.school.nz