cultures of the world

 We have been learning about cultures of the world. I chose Brazil to find out about its culture. here is my slide presentation.

 

Catching the sun

We have been learning about narrative writing. We rewrote a story called Catching the Sun. Here is my story.

Handwriting sample term four

Here is my Handwriting sample for term four. I am good at keeping my letters on the line and forming them correctly. I need to work on my size of my letters.

Pet Day Cat Art

 

Greats and Grands writing

 We have been learning to use descriptive language in our writing. We wrote about our grandparents for Greats and Grands.

Maths grid

 For maths we have been working on our basic facts. Everyday we do a maths grid of basic facts.

Native bird art

 

Procedure writing

 We have been learning to write a Procedure. I know a procedure has to have steps. My steps have to be in order or else the reader will not know what to do.

 Here is a recount about cross country.

Addition and Subtraction Problems

We have been learning to solve addition and subtraction problems using place value. We had to complete these problems using this strategy. I feel proud that I can use this strategy.

Kiwi Information Report

 We have been learning how to write an information report. Here is mine.

Kiwi

A kiwi is a small bird that is only found in NZ. There are five species of kiwi and they are all native to NZ. 

Appearance

The female kiwi is slightly bigger than the male kiwi. The kiwi has wings that are 5 cm long but they do not help them fly at all. The kiwi has brown, soft feathers. The kiwi is the size of a chicken. The kiwi has a long beak to eat the insects out of the ground. The kiwi is one of the only birds that have two nostrils at the end of their beak.

Diet

Kiwi usually eat worms, insects, spiders, berries and seeds.

Habitat

Kiwi are nocturnal animals that live on the forest floor in small burrows that are hollow.

Threats 

Kiwi are killed by dogs, stoats, cats, rats and weasels. Dogs and cats think the kiwis are toys so they play 

Reproduction

Kiwi only lay one egg per year. The kiwi has one of the biggest eggs in the world compared to their body size. The kiwi egg takes 80 days to hatch.

There used to be 5 million kiwi in New Zealand and now we have dropped down to about 60,000 kiwi.

How the kiwi saved the forest

 We read the big book How Kiwi saved the Forest . Here is my kiwi before and after he lost his wings.

Maunga Art and Writing

 

My Speech

 My speech topic is sport. I chose this topic because it is different to everybody else. I used expression. I could work on eye contact.

Here is my speech.

Speech Topic: Sports

Why is sport important? Sport can be fun, it keeps you fit and you let out all of your energy. Imagine what life would be like without sport?  Everyone would be lazy and wouldn't have activities to do in their free time. I believe that sport is important because it keeps you fit. Sport is fun because you get muddy. Sport is a time when you can let out all of your energy. 

Firstly sport keeps you fit and healthy. You get fit with sport because you run, kick and pass balls. You go to practises. Practises can encourage you to never stop trying. Practises help you get ready for big games. Sport practises and games get your heart rate going and pumping which keeps you fit and healthy.

Secondly sport can be fun because you can meet new people and you get to hangout with your friends. Sport such as hunting is fun because you get to shoot cool guns like shotguns and 22s. Sport liking BMX and motocross is fun because you can do jumps and wheelies on your BMX or motorbike. 

Finally sport helps you to not be lazy. Sport helps you to not be lazy because you getout of your house and do incredible things like play games and do backflips. Sport stops you from being lazy.  

I strongly believe that sport is incredible because it keeps you fit and healthy, it is fun and it stops you from being lazy.

 

Persuasive writing

Today we listed to a story called Rufus goes to school. We had to decided if the principal should let Rufus come to school with three reasons.

Place Value Subtraction

Persuasive writing

We listen to the story and gave our reasons for or against letting the pigeon drive the bus.

Maths

Matariki

For the last 2 weeks we have been learning about Matariki. I made a DLO to show what I have learnt about Matariki.

Diamante Matariki poem

For our learning about Matariki we had to write a diamante poem. We have to use nouns, adjectives and verbs to make our poem.

Telling the time

We have been learning to tell the time in class. I have made a DLO to show how to tell the time.

Matariki Art

We have been doing some Matariki Art. We had to choose an activity. I chose reaching for the stars.

Matariki

We read different legends about the Matariki Stars. We had to use a venn Diagram to compare two legends we chose.

Fractions

This term we have been learning about fractions. Here is what I have learnt.

Play make create rockets

Last week we made rockets from recycled materials.

Term 2 Handwriting sample

Here is a sample of my handwriting.
What I have done well: I have shaped my letters correctly.
What I need to work on: I need to get my letters sitting on the line and forming my k correctly.

Pepeha

Here is my pepeha.

Rocket poems

For writing we had to write an acrostic poem and a shape poem about rockets. We had to use descriptive language.

Germ pom pom

For  art we made pom pom germs using wool. We gave our germs names and decided whether they were a good germ or a bad germ.

Multiplication grid

For maths we have been learning our times tables. We have  created a times table maze. You have to use your times tables to get the chicken to her eggs.

Bubble writing

This week we played with bubbles. We  blew bubbles outside. Mrs Clarke had some really big bubbles. We used juicy words to write a piece of  writing. Here is my word.

Hand Washing Procedure

This week we have refreshed our learning about how to wash our hands effectively.we completed a procedure to show the steps. Here is my writing.

my DNA monster

Farmer Joe

For maths we have been solving problems. We have to use facts we know to

help us. Here is one of my problems I have solved.

Play make create - Robot Stop

On Wednesday we used the story Robot Stop as inspiration for our

Play, Make, Create tasks. Here is my tasks I completed for it.

Crystals

Yesterday with Miss Fletcher we made crystals using hot water and sugar/salt.

We had to dissolve the sugar/salt in the water until it was saturated - would not dissolve
anymore. We added food colouring then put our shaped pipe cleaner or string into the
solution. We have to be patient until crystals form.

Writing

Here is my writing about Autumn leaves. 

Maths

For maths we have been solving problems. We have to use facts we know to help us. Here is one of my problems I have solved.

Legs in the barn

This week we began our online learning. For maths we have been solving problems. We have had to use facts we know to help us. Here is one of my problems I have solved.

Legs on a walk

This week we began our online learning. For maths we have been solving problems. We have had to use facts we know to help us. Here is one of my problems I have solved.

My Ultimate Easter Treat

Writing

Here is some writing I did in class.
I wrote a this is just to say poem.

Superhero Portrait

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