Leaf Gif

This week, we have been learning about verbs, nouns, and adverbs. Our teacher made us create a leaf and add verbs around it about saying what it was doing. After that we had to add adverbs. After that we were allowed to make a gif about a leaf falling from a tree. Here is my work.

Making equations with compatible numbers

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We have been learning about how to use Compatible Numbers. Compatible Numbers are any two numbers which add together to make a Tidy Number 

(a  number which ends in zero).  We had to choose two Compatible Numbers and another number. Then we had to think of a word problem which used our numbers and give the problem to a buddy to solve. Mrs Ogle, our maths facilitator, said this is called 'posing problems'.

Ski Trip 2020

Last week we went on a trip called, the ski trip. This photo is from the 1st day we went skiing which was Tuesday. Tuesday was also the day we got ski lessons. we also did rock climbing and went to a National Museum at New Zealand. My favourite time at the ski trip was when we were skiing at Mt Ruapehu.

Mt Ruapehu Safety Knowledge

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Today we built Mt Ruapehu in the sandpit. We also made the Whangaehu River valley, the plain below the mountain and the railway bridge at Tangiwai. We wanted to learn how the lahar destroyed the bridge in 1953 causing the Tangiwai Disaster. Kora and Ariana poured lots of water into the crater we had made on top of our mountain. It whoosed down the side of the mountain and into the river valley. The bridge collapsed and bits of our train fell into the river. After that, we watched a short video about what do do if you are on Mt Ruapehu when the lahar siren sounds.  Now I know how to keep safe from a lahar if one happens when I am on a mountain.  Here is my Hazard Notice with the most important information. 

Meaning of Words

Today, I have started a quick google draw about meanings of these selected words that somehow relate to bird flu. Also while me and a small group were on the mat we were shown a video of the horrors of Wuhan in china. There were dead animals like dogs, cats, snakes, pigs, rodents and many others. I found it hard putting the meanings into my own words. I found it easy to search up and find the meanings.

Matariki Myth

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Today I am going to be blogging my own story of the Matariki stars. It is about a man who was annoyed by his 3 brothers and 3 sisters so he decided to go up into the sky and pull people up everyday. Since he was annoyed by his 3 brothers and 3 sisters he turned them into ugly monsters before he would pull them up. Here is my story.

Launching Off Into Space Writing

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Today I have started my rocket writing that I wrote in my book to start off with. Then I copied it onto my Chromebook. Heres my work.

Rhyming Couplets

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Today I am going to put my rhyming couplets together. I have finished my Rocket couplet poem and my Matariki couplet poem. So now I'm going to blog both of them in the same blog post. I enjoyed illustrating the pictures. I didn't like thinking of the rhymes cause I'm not that good at rhyming. 

Rocket Couplet Poem 2020

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This is my couplet poem about space and rockets. A couplet is a rhyming poem that has 2 lines. For example here is my couplet.

Multiplication Wheel

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Today we have been working on our multiplication wheels. We went from to 2x tables to 7x tables. I need to work on my 7x tables and 6x tables. I know my 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10 times tables.

My DNA Monster

Today we learned about the molecule DNA, Deoxyribonucleic Acid, our unique recipe that makes us look like we do!.

We used our knowledge of DNA and recessive and dominant traits to create our own unique DNA monsters.

Here is my DNA table of traits and a picture of my DNA monster.

What I like best about my monster is the colour.

Days of the Week and Months of the Year

Today I wrote down the days of the week and the months of year and then I translated them into Maori. Here is my work.....

Fake whitebait fritters

This term for our novel study, Mrs A read us Whitebait Fritters which is a novel written by a Kiwi author Kingi McKinnon.  My favourite part in Whitebait Fritters was when: Wiremu fell into the water and got caught up in the net.

To wind up our learning we decided to make some fake whitebait fritters because we can’t afford to buy real whitebait. We used grated potato to take the place of whitebait and mixed it with eggs and onions. They were really tasty. Then we had to write out the recipe, put it on a Google Drawing and add some images. You can see my work below.

Science: Me and my DNA

 This term for science we are learning all about how the human body works and how special we all are. We are also trying to learn how to think and act more like a scientist. So, Miss Fletcher asked us to look at our faces in the mirror and write down notes about what we look like. The information had to be precise and clear so that when someone read it, it would help them find the person it described quickly. It was a bit like being a detective. You had to look and notice things carefully.

Miss Fletcher said that what we look like depends on our mother and father. Making a new human is a bit like making a cake.  You get some ingredients from your mum and some from your dad. The ingredients are called DNA. Everybody’s cake is different to everyone else’s. 

Miss Fletcher said the person with the most efficient description was Andrew J as he wrote: My hair is 1cm long all over. He is the only student in Team Moana with a haircut like that so he was able to be identified very easily. You can read my description below. The sentences highlighted in blue are the ones that Miss Fletcher said were not precise and clear enough.  Twentyfour people said they could recognise me from my description.
Here is my Google Drawing talking about my appearance/body features.