Five Rhymes For Research Paper

Grace, you continue to be interested in creative mahi (work), so to further extend your interest we made a laminated counting rhyme. I asked you what rhyme you would like to make, the ‘Five Little Ice Creams, Five Fat Buns, Five Little Butterflies, or Five Little Men In A Flying Saucer” rhyme. You chose to make the two rhymes. The first one we made was the “Five Little Butterfly “ rhyme and the second was the “Five Little Ice Cream rhyme. This didn’t surprise me as you love to participate both these rhymes when we regularly do them on the whiteboards. Making both these rhymes took us three days, but you never lost interest in making them. First, I gave you five rhyme pieces which you had to colour in. You had a selection of dye, crayons, and coloured pencils to use. You chose to use green, red, purple, blue and brown. You especially liked using the brown colour. I was really maere (impressed) that you coloured in all your rhyme pieces. Your ability to concentrate on a task that interests you for a long duration has really increased. The colouring in processes took you quite a while to complete. Mahi pai Grace hoki te tutonu mó te taua wá roa. (Grace, well done for concentrating for such a long time.) After you had finished colouring in your rhyme pieces you had to cut
them out. Using scissors is really tricky and complex, but you have mastered the art of cutting so this didn’t phase you. You did a really good job of cutting out all of your rhyme. Your cutting was neat and close to the lines of the shapes. When you go to school I am sure your ability will impress your teachers. Once you had all your rhyme pieces cut out, it was time to put them into the laminating sheet and place them in the laminator.
You were really excited about using the laminator, you love laminating and couldn’t wait to have your turn. “Grace, taihoa, we need to wait for the laminator to heat up first,” I reminded you. One the laminator had reached the right temperature you placed your rhyme pieces into the laminating sheet and then placed the laminating sheet into the special laminating sleeve. You then placed it into the laminator and supported it as it was pulled through the laminator. You became really excited when you saw your sheet pop out of the back of the
laminator. Finally, I removed the warm laminating pocket from the laminator, and showed you, your glossy, shiny, laminated rhyme pieces. You took it back to the art tēpu (table) so you could re- cut them out. Once you had all your rhyme pieces cut out you placed them in a special envelope with your name on them to take home.