Maths Week 8 - Grid References

This week for maths we learnt about grid references. We solved some problems and then we were assigned our create. For our create this week we had to choose a places, then put a grid on top, list the places there and write some questions with coordinates. I did Hammer Springs and listed some of the pools, some other key buildings and wrote some questions. 

Bear gets stuck in factory ceiling!

This week for my reading our goal was Select from a wide range of genre when reading independently.

We chose 3 articles from different category's (category's like world and sport), then had to list the

who, what, where, when and why; We also had to make a better title for the text.

My work from this week is bellow. :)

Article 1:

Prime Minster receives Covid-19 vaccination - National 

(They spelt the title wrong)

Better headline; One step closer to vaccinating the whole country

Who; Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and the chief adviser Juliet Gerrard 

What; They got their vaccination

Where; Auckland New Zealand 

When; Don’t know but the article was published on the 20th of June

Why; She got her vaccine because there is covid

Jelly effect; It was a big milestone to the country 

Shifts in formality; “It was pretty pain free” “For me it is a real big milestone to be apart of what is the biggest

vaccination event and the biggest health roll out of our history is a really important milestone for me” 

Article 2:

Bear gets stuck in factory ceiling - Interest Article 

Better title; How did the bear get up there?

Who; Bear, employees 

What; The bear gets stuck in the ceiling employers have to stay in the cafeteria 

Where; Volvo factory (car manufacturer in Virginia USA)

When; Doesn’t say but the article was published on the 14th of june

Why; Don’t know

Jelly effect; bear in the ceiling 

Shifts in formality; “a suitable site for release” 

Article 3:

Swimming NZ to send 7 swimmers to Tokyo Olympics - Sport 

Better title; The super seven swimmers 

Who; Olympic swimmers

• Lewis Clareburt 

• Zac Reid 

• Erika Fairweather

• Eve Thomas

• Hayley McIntosh 

• Ali Galyer

• Carina Doyle

What; Seven swimmers going to the Olympics for the first time 

Where; Tokyo Olympics

Why; Because the Olympics are coming up

When; 2020 but postponed to 2021 and the article was published on the 16th of June 

Jelly effect; One of the swimmers Erika Fairweather is only 17 and she is the youngest athlete to represent

New Zealand at the Olympics

Shifts in formality; “She is thrilled to be heading to her first Olympic games”

  

 

Matarki Stars - Reading Week 7 :)

For our reading this week we read; Matariki: why it should be a public holiday (Link to the text). For our creation this week we could make a paper star or a digital star. I decided to make a digital star in the corners of the star. We would write some text features such as punctuation, factual information, headings, subheadings and nouns. There is a picture of my creation below. 

Do you think matariki should have its own holiday?

Maths create Week 6 - Frog Block :)

 

This week for maths we learnt about area, perimeter and volume. We did some maths problems about them. Then our final create was to make a game for top team. We had to include the area of our game and the height of the objects involved. In my game you have to assemble the frog so it looks like the example. the team who finishes it first wins!

I wounder if hey will add one of our game to their section? 

The Fantastics & Grammaristics - Reading Week 5

breaching This week for reading we had to reading about the fantastics and grammaristics. The

image of the fantastics and grammaristics.

Mayor confident flood-prone Christchurch river will not burst its banks

Lianne Dalziel said she had not received any advice that the river was at risk of breaching its banks, even with a high tide expected at 8.30am on Monday. (Action) 

(Photo)

There was still a significant amount of capacity left in the city’s three new stormwater basins installed along the upper reaches of the Heathcote River, she said. (Noticing) 

He was relieved it was still about a foot from the house after the king tide. On Saturday he had moved ground floor furniture upstairs. (Feeling)

“We were prepared for the ground floor to be inundated.” (Dialogue)

If you need to be on the roads, please drive slowly, particularly through any surface flooding, so that you don’t push water onto people’s properties.  (Punctuation)

“I've lifted all my curtains and moved all my shoes up. [On Sunday] I might move a few other things just as a precaution,” she said. 

(Dialogue) (Punctuation)

“Also, try and avoid walking or biking through surface flooding as there is a chance it could be contaminated with wastewater,” the spokesperson said. (Dialogue) 

Wahren Hensley’s property in Clarendon Tce, Christchurch, was “completely surrounded” by water on Sunday morning. The level sat just below the raised doorsteps to the house. Hensley, whose home has been flooded three times previously, said the water was building at his property “bloody rapidly”.

(Dialogue) & (Punctuation)

 

 

 

Character Reading Web - Geronimo Stilton The Weird Book Machine

This week for reading we had to read a short story and make a character web with their name and a description of them. I read the book Geronimo Stilton The Weird Book Machine I have 5  characters my character web is below. 

The Sunny 7,640 Islands - Writing Week 3 Term 2

From Writing this week we had to write about our Tūranagawaewae, it had to be less than 100 word and it had to be a show not tell pace of writing. Tūranagawaewae means standing place, were you think you belong. Show not tell writing means you have to use more descriptive language.

My Tūranagawaewae, which is the Philippines. This place is important to me because my mum grew up here and we have lots of family members there. 

The Sunny 7,640 Islands

Just outside my window screen an array of lights is staring back at me, while herds of traffic conquer the streets. Manila is like a exotic jungle as the buildings stand tall like jungle trees. 

The colourful delight of rich juicy fruits fills me with happiness as this new and exciting treat is cold and refreshing. The deep purple ube reminds me of a delicate purple flower.

Humid and hot weather is the perfect calling for the beach, the sand is a pale shade of cream and the sea is a pale blue. This is my Tūranagawaewae.

(97 words in total)

The reason why my title is The Sunny 7,640 Islands is because there are 7,640 island in the Philippines, and on the flag there is a sun.

(Picture below)

Ube is a purple yam/sweet potato. It was only grown in the Philippines, but now it is grown in other places in Asia. It is used in desserts ice cream, cakes.

Were do you think your Tūranagawaewae is, were do you think you belong in the world the most? It could be a whole country or just a city or a lake!