Going to the Laundromat can be a bit boring!

During the weekends, my mum, older sisters and I went to the Laundromat to wash some clothes and our school uniforms for school. Before we left the house, I had to help my older sister to put all the dirty clothes into the bag. Then we had to wait for my mum to finish getting changed. After that, we left in our dad’s small and grey car.

I felt very excited about going there,because I like wearing clean clothes there. When we got there, my sister parked the car and we took the clothes inside the Laundromat. My mum and I put two bags of clothes into one of the machine, then we put the last bag in another washing machine because they didn’t all fit in the one machine. Then my mum went to go and get some coins to put into the coin slots for the machines to operate. We put in four dollars each into the machines. Then I pressed the start button and then we waited.

While we were waiting, my mum gave my sister and I some money each to go and buy some food from the shops to eat. My sister didn’t know what to buy so she bought a bag of chips instead. I bought two pies for my mum and I to enjoy. I also bought a big bottle of water just in case my sister or my mum got thirsty.

A little while later, the washing was finished. We put the wet clothes back into the bags and took it to the dryer. Then my mum told my sister to put the school uniforms in one machine and all the other clothes go together in another machine. After that, my mum put another four dollars each into the machine, then I pressed the start button again. After that, we had to wait again.

While we were waiting my, older sister and I went and listened to music in the car because we were bored, and my mum waited in the Laundromat for the clothes to dry. Some of the songs that were playing  on the radio were my sister’s favourite songs. After we listened to music for a little while, we went back inside to check how much longer to go.

We looked and it’s was five more minutes left, so we went back to the car to listen to some more music.

After we listened to more music, we went back inside to check to see if the clothes were ready and they were. So I went to grab the bag and we quickly put the clothes in. After that, we went back home.

I had a great and happy time going to the Laundromat with my mum and older  sister. Next time I hope we bring more clothes to wash because my sister and I listened to our favourite songs together.

Learning intention: We are learning to write a recount.Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use appropriate verbs to describe my recount of going to the Laundromat with my mum and my older sister.

Do you know how to wash your own clothes?

During the weekends my parents, sister and I went to the laundromat to wash all of our dirty clothes. Before we left, we had to put our dirty clothes in a big bag. Then I took the bags to my dad’s big, grey van. After that, we took off.

It took us 12 minutes to get there. When we got there, my sister and I took the bags inside the laundromat. Then we put the clothes in three of the machines because our clothes couldn’t all fit in one.

Then my mum put some soap powder into the washing machine. In Tongan we call the soap powder ‘omo.’ My mum put four dollars into the machine to wash the clothes for 30 minutes.

While the clothes were being washed, my mum, sister and I went to the shops to buy something to eat, while my dad waited in the van. We bought some hot chips, a feijoa flavoured drink and a caramel flavoured popcorn.

After we bought the food, we went back to the laundromat to eat the food that we have bought. I ate the popcorn because it had a lot of flavour. When I was eating the popcorn, I gave some to my sister because she wanted to eat some as well. After that, I drank some of the feijoa flavoured drink and it tasted very fizzy.

Soon my mum went to check to see if the clothes were ready  and it was so we put the clothes into the big plastic bag to put in the van. Once we placed the bag in the van, we drove off back home.

My favourite part of the day was when my sister and I ate the caramel popcorn because it tasted delicious and sweet.

Learning Intention: We are learning to use appropriate descriptive language in our writing.

Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use action verbs to describe what I did at the laundromat with my parents and my sister.

Mum! Did you know that it takes a long time to wash your clothes in the washing machine?

During the weekends, my parents, sister and I went to the laundromat to wash our school clothes.

 

Before we left, we had to put our school uniforms in a bag so that we could carry them to the laundromat. After we have done that, we left the house. We went in our dad's small and grey car. I was very happy and excited.

It took us 13 minutes to get there. When we got there, we quickly rushed out of the car and took the bag with our sticky clothes into the laundromat.

After that, we put all the clothes into one of the washing machines. My mum put some washing powder into the machine and then she out $5.00 dollars into the machine. Next she pushed the start button.

While the clothes were being washed, my sister and I went to play outside the laundromat. My sister and I played tag. My sister gave me 10 seconds to run away away from her. When my sister had finished counting down, she ran towards me and tried to tag me. My sister and I stopped after a while because we felt tired.

We both walked slowly to the car to get a drink of water. My sister loved the refreshing water so she drank a lot of it. I was very impressed of how much she was able to drink.

After a while, my mum, dad sister and I went to check to see if our washing was done. When we checked it was one more minute to go so my dad told my sister to get the bag from the car for us to put the wet clothes in.

When the washing cycle was complete, we quickly put our clothes in the car and took them home. We hung our clothes on the fence to dry.

I had a great time going to the laundromat. Next time I hope we wash our clothes at home instead of the laundromat so that we can save some money.

Learning intention: We are learning to understand and use descriptive language in our recount.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use adjectives to describe my trip going to the laundromat in the weekend.

Going to the laundromat can be a lot of fun!

During the weekends, my dad and I went to the laundromat to wash our stinky clothes. Before we went, we had to put the clothes into a bag. After that, we left. I was very excited and happy.

It took us 10 minutes to get there. When we got there, we hopped out of the car and took the clothes into the laundromat. We put the clothes in one of the machines. Then we put three dollars into the machine and my dad pressed start.

While the clothes were being washed, my dad and I walked around the shops. We went past the dairy, my dad went inside to buy some pears and bananas. My dad paid for it while I waited outside for him. When he came out, we started walking again.

After that, we went back to the laundromat to see if our washing was done. However it wasn't ready, so we sat down on the bench and waited for a very long time. We waited and waited until the washing cycle had finished.

I went and grabbed the bag from the car so that we could put our wet clothes into take home to hang out to dry.

I had a great time going to the laundromat with my dad. Next time I hope that we can bring all of our stinky clothes so that they could all be clean.
Learning intention: We are learning to write a recount.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I follow the structure of a recount to write about my trip to the laundromat: introduction, events, conclusion.

Going to the Laundromat!

During the weekends my sister, dad and I went to the laundromat. We went in my dads car and I was very excited. When we got there, I took the bag that had our our dirity clothes in and took it inside the laundromat. My sister and I helped my dad put the clothes in the washing machine. After we put the clothes in, my dad went to go and pay for it. It cost him $5.00 to pay for it.

Then we went for a walk around the shops. While we were walking my dad went in one of the shops to buy some banannas and pie for us to eat. It took a long time so we waited and waited and waited until it was ready. When it was ready, my dad went to get the bag from the car so we can put our clean clothes in it.

After we put the clothes in the bag, we put the bag in the car and then we went back home.
I had a great time going to the Laundromat. Next time I hope we can go to a different one next time because we always go to the same one.

WALT: organise the ideas in my recount.
I know I can do this when I write 7 paragraghs  about my weekend in order.