Charlotte Anne

This week we have been learning about Charlotte Anne. We watched a poem about Charlotte and wrote about her. She was the one who gave the rights to woman to do anything they want. She did that by taking a lot of risks like wearing trousers and hobnail boots. Example - by making the woman have the rights to vote. I have enjoyed poem.

Raurimu Spiral

Today for reading our task was to find information Raurimu Spiral. I found some interesting facts about the Raurimu Spiral. I used my smart searching skills to find information about the Raurimu Spiral. I found out that It was constructed in 1905 and finished in 1908.

Kiwi Sport Reflection

Today for kiwi sport we have rippa rugby with our coach Haymish. We then played a game of bullrush. We had to avoid the person in the middle and make sure that they do not take you rippa. We practiced passing the ball sideways and played a game of reppa rugby. There are blue teams and green teams. It was fun playing rippa rugby 

Samoan Language Translating

This week is Samoan language week. We created a google slide about how to understand the days of the week in Samoan. We found this language kind of hard but we still tried to get the understanding of pronouncing it properly. The google slides that my partner and I created was to tell you what the days of the week mean. Samoan language week is important to celebrate because all the other languages that we celebrate must be all celebrated. All the languages mean something like if they are from the same country they celebrate it in a different way from anyone else.

Samoan Language Week

Today for Samoan language week my partner John collaborated with me to learn about Samoan language week. We created this google presentation to show you about the culture of Samoa and to talk about the Ava ceremony. The saying of Samoan language week is called Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa. We talked about the what is an Ava ceremony and the ceremony begins with a welcome by crossing their legs in a circle or a semicircle. Then how is the Ava drink is made.

Leap of Faith

Leap Of Faith

The sun had gone low and the moon started to shine slowly. Tonight I knew the night was my night. I secretly told my friends the news as I stood on the branch ready to launch.

I felt the strong gust grabbing me from behind. I flapped my wings as fast as I could to stay steady and I was lucky that my talons were wrapped tightly  around the branch. I held my breath and lifted up my other foot. My talons were shaking as I spread my wings. I felt scared and excited at the same. With my wings open wide I leapt into the wind. It carried me up higher and higher. From the safety of my branch I glided away focused and hungry.

I could see the worms in the night clearly. I felt the strong wind that could carry me away. It was intense, but I manage to used the momentum of the wind and swooped down and stretched out my razor sharp talons. That worm had no chance. I grab the worm then returned to my nest ready to share the delicate worms with my friends.

Today for writing we have been learning how to write narratives. To complete this task I wrote a narrative about a story called Leap of Faith. In my narrative I used a lot of powerful words to make my narrative sound interesting. We used to word clines to help us write our narratives. We used a synonym site called thesaurus to find similar words to our word clines to make it more powerful.

Art Tech - Reflection

Today for tech we were finishing our personal treasure box. We drew the Waka huia and the traditional mania patterns. I learnt that there were differences between contemporary and traditional. This photo shows you my art it is interesting because it is really hard to copy the pattern. Ms Telefoni gave us instructions about what we do when we are finished. I enjoyed art with Ms Telefoni.

This Is Why We Need a Skeletal System

Today for inquiry we created a Gif about the skeletal systems. We used EzGif to to create this Gif. We used Play-Doh and toothpick to create a human figure to show you what it looks like without bones and with bones. The toothpick stands for the "skeleton" on the human clay. We learnt that there are 300 bones for new born and 206 for adults. The  reason why we created this Gif was to show you why we need the skeletal system and how important they are. 

Read Theory Progress

This read theory results shows you my Read Theory progress for the month. I have worked my way through to level level 6 and it is my highest level currently. I am trying to reach grade 7 - 8 and I will do my best to be in that grade. I will practice my reading to achieve my goals of reaching level 7 - 8.

9 Times Table - Strategy

Today for maths Joshua and I created a DLO about 9 times table and how to solve it easier by using the 10 times table. This DLO has a video of me explaining the solving the equation and how it works.  

Example:    9 x 7 = 63

                   7 x 10 = 70 

                   70 - 7 = 63 

New Zealand Naval Flag

For reading we read a story about a man that puts up a flag every morning, we then searched the New Zealand naval flag. I have searched 3 different navel flags and finding the differents  between 3 of them. 

Summer and Winter - Poem

Summer In summer I wake up in the morning, scattered with sunlight. I hear the robins chirping away as the trees grow day by day. Enjoying the last summer breeze upon the road, filled with leaves.

Winter In winter I wake up in the morning with cold breeze no sun or light, windows starting to freeze. As I walk to school I can hear the wind rushing past me with a strong gust of force. Definitely not enjoying the rain hitting me before it hits the road.

Today we made a poem about Summer and Winter. We did the differences 
between summer and winter and describe it. We chose powerful words because 
it makes the poem more better and It helps with our vocabulary in our writing.  

Art - Tech

Today for the last second session of art tech we were learning about Waka Huia with Ms Telefone. We then answered some questions about the Waka Huia. I have learnt that Waka Huia is a personal treasure box ,the different about the traditional box and contemporary and Waka Hui was carved with feathers. We then draw a Manaia patterns. I enjoyed doing art with Ms Telefone.

Kiwi Sport - Rippa Rugby

Today for kiwi sport we have rippa rugby and our coach is Haymitch, we then go over the rules and get into teams and played rugby netball, we have to pass the ball to each other and try not make the other team steal the ball of you while passing the ball. You will have to communicate to each other and passing it to get a score. We then practiced our passing by passing it to each other in a line.

Kiwi can

The theme for kiwi can session is Integrity and our topic is making good choices and bad choices, making good choices is when you choose to do good choices to make others feel good about them self and not be harmed/get into trouble. Making bad choices can harm people or making people feel bad about them self. Example - drinking while driving, can making you crash and kill/injured innocent people that did no harm to you. Today for kiwi can we talked about making good choices and bad choices and what can happen if you do any of these stuff. For our energizers Miss Lily we played a game when you have to clap when Miss Lily 2 hands meet together we clap. For our real game we played hand soccer. I learnt how to make good choice.

Kiwi Can

This week for Kiwi can we were learning to work as a team. Our topic for this this term our topic is integrity. We played the energizer and it was called captain ball. The main thing about this game is about getting the ball and passing it to the captin. 

homonym

Some people say that you’re a dear,

yet dear is far from cheap.

A jumper is a thing you wear.

yet a jumper has to leap.

It’s very clear it’s very queer,

and pray who’s to blame

for different meanings to some words

pronounced and spelt the same?

A little journey is a trip,

a trip is when you fall.

It doesn’t mean you have to dance

whene’er you hold a ball.

Now here’s a thing that puzzles me:

musicians of good taste

will very often form a band -

I’ve got one round my waist!

Harry Helmsley

Words that look the same but have different meanings are called?

homonym

Write out three pairs from the poem.

-dear/dear

-trip/trip

-jumper/jumper

The words at the end of some lines rhyme, this is called?

Write out three pairs from the poem.

-dear/wear

-fall/ball

-taste/waste

Write another 2 lines that could be included in this poem.

Illustrate your verse.

Crane/Crane

The crane flew went passing by  the construction crane

Homonym

This week for Poetry I have created a DLO that explains what homonyms means and an example of an homonyms that will help others strengthen their connection to this learning. The meaning of homonym is 2 words that spelt the same and a different meaning.

How To Survive A Cow Attack

Today for reading I created a DLO to show how to survive a cow attack. To get the information I need, I read an article called A Shortcut. Link.  

Hineheauone

The Maori legend, it is the story about how the first women made and was named
Hineheauone. We made this in story board that. Carl and I work hard and 
we use teamwork to do this. The story is really interesting to 
know a story about  the first women to live in earth. 

Unfinished Drink

Unfinished Drink, it is about La tour Mollet who was drinking with his friends and before the he drinks his beer he had to leave so he said  "“Don’t drink it, Dont sell it I will comeback and drink it"

but he died in the war. I felt sad because he never came back from war and 

happy because they kept his promise by not drinking it or selling it.

Memorial By Shaun Tan

For reading our class read memories by Shaun Tan. It started of with a kid telling a story about their family memories, memorials and remembrance about the unknown soldier. He talks about his Grandad planting a tree when he comes back home from war at WW2, his Dad at vietnam and world war 2 - 1918. It also talks about the kid defending the tree because people are complaining about it and the statue is tilted. Full presentation