Interdependent Writing

For our writing the felts have been planing a story. This is mine.

Free Writing

W.A.L.T Use paragraphs.

One day I was in the middle of a battlefield getting shot at then boom a big bomb went of right in front of me. Ahhhh I screamed Baam Baam Baam went my AK47 then my friend got shot right in front of me. Baam Baam Baam bullets were chasing me all over the place Ahhhhh.

I was running at the speed of light trip as I fell into a ditch Ahhhh smack I hit the floor. Then a dragon appeared Baaam Baaam Baaam I shot that dragon dead. Oh no he got back up again So I pulled out my shiny silvery sword and started to fight him, shiiing I stabbed him drop he was dead. Oh no he got back up again bang stab bang bang stab stab stab bang, finely I killed him.

Word Of The Week

Alteration

Alteration is a noun.

Alteration means to change.

Synonyms for Alteration are adjustment, adaptation, modification.

Antonyms for alteration are fixation, unchanged, stabilization.

I made a modification on my M 500 intervention sniper rifle.

There was an alteration in the climate.

Writing Activity

Yesterday I was walking down binga bonga bing street. I thought to my self I wnder why they named it binga bonga bing street. As I was walking I struck a stop and I saw a stinky slimy slug. As I was walking I struck a stop and I saw a huckary hunky hound. As I was walking I struck a stop and I saw a kicking karate king.

Week 6 Reflection

WHAT: This week we had Chinese students come to our class. When they were here they taught us how to say our names in chinese. Mine in Chinese is Esaih and in Chinese letters it is 以赛亚书. They also taught us how to count to 20 in chinese. At the end they sung some songs one about the boy who cried wolf and one about a chinese cartoon about three tigers. This week I also learnt that it is easy to not be cheeky. We also went to gym and learnt that Mrs Larsen is a big squeely girl.

SO WHAT: This week I learnt how to do a forward roll at gym and then stand up in a straddle. For our habit of mind gathering data through all sences, we did an activity, we discussed what sences we use in each subject.

NOW WHAT: Next week I want to push Mrs McAvoy into the foam pit. And next week I want to be on my best behaviour.

Free Writing

W.A.L.T use correct paragraphs.

Yesterday it was my twin brothers birthday.

First our nana got here. She had brought us some wonderful sweet cram buns yummy. After that we had a drink of milk it tasted creamy.  Then the boys went yas here comes the presents, They tered the wrapping of the box, ripped open the box and there was a big toy sub machine gun that she brought at chritmas and saved till now.

Then it was dinner time. For dinner we had soup. When it got given to us my nana took the first slurp then said mm mmm mmmmmm what a yummy soup, we all laghed. After that we had ice cream sundays with chopped banana chocolate sauce an wafers it was delicious.

Finnaly it was time for nana to go we all waved to her then she left.

Reading Activity

In the felts reading group we have been learning to retell a story here is my retell of a story called the fisherman.

Reading activity

The fisherman

Waitangi day 1934

This story is about two boys that go fishing at the opua wharf then a man comes over and helps catch heaps of fish, afterward they find out he is a king.

There is a big Waitangi hui up the road.

 Mum and dad got up early to go to the hui. While the boys find their fishing tackle.

The day passes slowly and the boys don’t have any fish.

A train comes chuffing down to the railway station then stops.

There was a lot of chatter.

A man came over and asked the boys’’ have you caught any fish yet’’

The boys felt there was something about that man.

The man took of his overcoat and grabbed the line.

The man threw his line out to sea, Alert at the edge of the wharf.

Soon the bag was filled with fish.

At last the train blew its whistle, as the people boarded.

‘’Thanks for the fish’’ said the boys.

One of the boys pointed at the man.

His name is koroki said dad he is a king.

Blends

Add the blends in the circles  to the letters in the box to make words. The letters in the box and the blends will not always make new wordswhen they go together. Choose 3 words and put them into sentences.

Br- brawl, bred
Cr-crab, crew, crop
Dr-dram, drow
Fr-fray, frill,
Gr-grave, grim,
Pr-prain, prip
Tr-tred, trap, tram, tray, trim, train, trip

I had a brawl with my brothers.
I saw my aunties grave.
Their is a trap in my house.

Close reading

Beaver Cloze Fill in the blanks with the words above the paragraph. Beavers
stream	ponds			teeth		tail		dam
A beaver is an animal that has large front __teeth___________________ and a large __________tail__________ on its back.  Beavers live in ___________pond___________ that they make by building a _________________dam______ on a small river or ___stream___________________.
Beavers the Builders
sticks		twigs			trees		mud
Beavers can cut down __trees___________________ with their powerful teeth. They use the ______sticks_______________ and ___twigs__________________ from the trees to build their dams.  They also use ____________mud_________ from the ground to hold everything together and fill in the holes.
Beavers Lodges
predators	build			slaps		lodges		underwater
Beavers __build___________________ their homes in the middle of their ponds. Their homes are called _______lodges______________. The entrance to the lodge is _______________underwater______. This helps protect the beavers from ____________predators_________. When a beaver sees a dangerous predator like a wolf the beaver ____slaps_________________ its tail on the water and hides in the lodge.
The Fur Trade
fur		trappers			warm		hats
			In the past, people called _____trappers________________ hunted beavers for their valuable ___________fur__________. Beaver fur is very _______________warm______ so their fur was used to make ______hats_______________.

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Word Of The Week

Worthless

Worthless is an adjective

Worthless means something has no value.

Synonyms for worthless are abandoned, abject, barren and unprofitable.

Antonyms for worthless are valuable, worthwhile and worthy.

I will not pay you as this piece of meat is worthless.

This computer is unprofitable.

Week 5 Reflection

WHAT: This week we made poi's at Kapa Haka. When we were making them we found out that four plat is very hard to do. So the boys tried there best but me and my buddy didn't make the most beautiful poi. This week we also had our buddy class come to our class. When they were here we went to a program called build my wild self. We had to make a picture of our wild self's. We could include crab hands, lion tails and every thing in between.

SO WHAT: This week I learnt about finding equivalent fractions, I learnt that you have to make them their smallest form to be able to find out if they are equivalent. This week I also learnt that I can keep my cheeky comments to my self. That would cover my behavioral goal not to be cheeky.

NOW WHAT:  This week or while I have been writing this I have gathered data through all senses. Next week I want to not be cheeky all week instead of half the week.    

Short And Long u Vowel Sound

Short And Long u vowel Sound

Next to each word identify if the word has a short or long u vowel sound.

Punch-short   fruit-short      threw-long
you-short       through-long  who-long
blue-long        rude-long
duck-short      rub-short
bug-long        dull-long
us-short        stew-long

W.A.L.T Use Detailed Paragraphs

Submarines

Submarines are underwater crafts that revolutionized sea exploring. Submarines enabled people to explore the deepest parts of the ocean below the waters surface. Nowadays there are really high tech submarines called Submersibles. They are connected to ships and do not have to have people in them.

Most Submarines contain very high tech machinery for example radars which can detect in coming objects from a distance. Submarines also have a machine called a periscope which comes out of the top of the submarine and can come out of the water to see what is above the water.

Submarines where world famous in the second world war. They were used to silently sneak attack aircraft carriers.

Word Of The Week

Variety

Variety is a noun.

Variety means difference.

Synonyms for Variety are array, assortment,change and collection.

Antonyms for Variety are uniformity.

I have a variety of fruits.

I have an array of weapons.

Close Reading

Nocturnal Animals       Most owls are ____nocturnal______________ animals, which means they are mostly active at ____      _    night_______. Because they are active in the dark, they need keen ____eyesight__________ and ______hearing_____________.    Birds of Prey     Owls are birds of __________prey_________ like  ____hawks_______________               and  __________falcons_________. That means they _____________hunt_____ small animals such as ______mice_____________, ____birds_____________, and other ____insects_______________.           Some owls even catch ___________fish________ in water. Often, an owl will _____________swallow______ an animal whole. But since it can’t digest the bones, it will ________regurgitate___________ them. These regurgitated bits of food are called ____________pellets_______. Owl Feathers Owls are ______________stealthy_____ hunters. They have special

_________feathers__________ that help to keep them quiet when they _____flap______________ their wings. Owl feathers are usually brown and grey, which helps to  ___camouflage________________ them in the forest. Because owls are so silent and hidden, their prey doesn’t know the owls are coming   until it’s too ____late_______________.

Week 4 Reflection.

WHAT: This week we had a guest speaker come to our class. His name was Mr O'Connor. He came and talked to us about his job in the SIA, first he talked about what he does in the SIA then he showed us some videos about road side bombings. The first video was when the army was driving along in an armored vehicle and then... BAAM a big bomb went of and the camera went blank. We also had a man come and talk to us about financial literacy. He talked to us about how to make money and how to save it safely.

SO WHAT: This week I learnt that it is better to keep your money in a bank so that you can get interest and because if your money tin gets robbed you can't get the money back, If you save it in the bank and the bank gets robbed it has insurance so all of your money will be saved.

NOW WHAT: My all year goal is to not get cheeky... I am failing Drastically. For our habit of mind Gathering data through all senses I think I did Ok I listened and watched carefully when we had Mr O"Connor.

My Reading activity

In class we have been learning to retell a story in main ideas.

Isaiah’s Reading Activity

Beans!

By Patricia Grace.

Illustration’s by Andrew Burden.

Every Saturday in the winter term he bikes to town to play rugby.

On the way he doesn't get much time to look around because he is pedalling too hard.

By the time he gets to the grounds he is really puffed.

Sometimes it is cold and muddy.

After the game he has a shower.

He gets a drink from the dairy after the game.

Going home is the best part of all, getting to see all of the plants growing.

You see all sorts of people gardening.

Past all of the gardens which are about 2 kilometres from his house.

Just as he starts picking up speed he sees all of the pigs.

It is not far from his place once he has gone past the pigs.

When he gets home he leans his bike up against the tree and kicks back by the lemon tree.

The old Lady across the road says he is full of beans.

                                                                                          

                           

                                                                                     

By Isaiah

My Close Reading Activity.

For reading we do an activity called close reading. You have to fill in the gaps with the correct words. There is a link at the bottom. Fall Fall, which is also called ___autumn__________, is the ____season________ when the leaves ___change__________ color and fall to the _ground______________. In North America, it is also the season when kids head _______back_______ to school. The Weather Fall begins with warm weather in _November_____________, but as the season continues into ____October__________ and __September______________, the sun ____sets_________ earlier and earlier everyday and the weather becomes ________chilly_______. And so, people put away their shorts and t-shirts and take out their ______sweaters________ and __coats___________. The Harvest In fall, ____farmers_________ are busy working in their fields. They have to ___________harvest___ their crops before the cold of winter comes. _______pumpkins_____, now big and orange, are ready for making pies. _____corn_________ quickly ripens on the cob. Wine makers pick their plump, juicy, purple _grapes______________ from the vine. _______scarecrows________ stand guard in the fields to keep the ____________crows__ from stealing the crops _____before_________ the farmers can gather them.

The Country If you are fortunate, you can visit the ___country_________ in the fall and see the spectacular ___foliage___________ on the trees as the leaves change to ____red_________, _____orange_______, brown, and _____yellow_________.  Overhead, birds are ____migrating___________, heading south to their winter homes.

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Spelling Rules

Short and long O vowel sound.

Next to each word identify if the word has a short or long o vowel sound.

Bottle-short
post-long
dog-long      
toast-long
hot-short    
knock-long
gone-short
soap-short
gold-short
cross-long
not-long
fog-short
slow-long
go-long
both-short
rot-short
toe-long

Word Of The Week

Crook

Crook is a noun.

A Crook is a criminal or a thief.

Synonyms for crook are... Villain, Scoundrel, cheat and Robber.

Antonyms for Crook are law, Police.

Sentences for crook are

That crook stole that ladies wallet.

Those scoundrels robbed the bank.

My story for writing activity

Baam POW sew a bullet goes flying through a window at the speed of light.Suddenly a siren goes of like a girl screaming. Smash as another flies through the window, this time a bit slower. Some one says to one of the soldiers ive got butterflies in my tummy. Then bam boom bosh baam baam baam  foooo one bullet zooms past someone as they dodge it like the matrix.

Suddenly Tarron goes flying into the building SMACK! scatter scatter scatter. He lands  on the hard floor as it cracks on impact. ‘’ Don’t worry Tarron man is here’’ . So he picks them up, kicks the floor and he is gone.

Zoom as he flies threw the clouds as fast as the speed of light then tink he shoots through Dan Carters stinky undies on a billboard.

Shew a can of red bull comes and hits Tarron in the head smash awww, So he grabs it and drinks it ogogogogo. Theeeeen His eyes go red and he starts to dance.

So some storm troopers start to dance with him,bi dindindindinbadin din din di. There goes one moonwalking, Then they start to sing like they had never sang before ‘’ round round baby round round spinning out on me I dont need no man got my kicks for free.....

A sewer side bomber runs in and Baaaaam end of. story.  

Week 3 Reflection

WHAT: This week we did finger print art. For my piece of art I did two little people boxing. This week we also got a new teacher aide in our classroom. His name is Mr O'Donell. This week we also went to the hall and watched the double scull rowing, New Zealand won gold. My goal was to listen to teachers instructions and I didn't.

SO WHAT: This week I learnt that your fingers are just as useful as a paintbrush in art. I also learnt about how to equivalent fractions.

NOW WHAT: Next week I want to be better with my behavior, and listening to the teacher. For the habit of mind, listening and communicating with clarity and precision and I failed again.

Giraffes Reading Activity

In class we have been reading the rainy season. We have been learning how to correctly retell a story. Here is my retell.

1: Maliᾱ says to nana and aunty ‘’ special air fares to Samoa’’ But Aunty Sina sharply says of course it’s the rainy season.

2: Nana is talking about what it is like in Samoa. And that in the rainy season the rain gets heavier and heavier throughout the day and that at night it beats on the roof like drums.

3: Maliᾱ walks into the airport shop and asks the flight agent that she wants a flight to Samoa.

4: Maliᾱ getting in Samoa and Her Aunty putting fresh flowers on her neck, as nana says thank you for taking me back.

Free Writing

W.A.L.T Use correct paragraphs.

Jupiter facts.

Jupiter is located between Saturn and Mars. It is also the biggest planet. Jupiter travels around the sun once every 12 Earth years. This journey is called its Orbit The time it takes for the planet to travel round the sun is  
   is called a year.Jupiter has a rocky center, but the rest of the planet is made of hydrogen gas.

Jupiter's moons are Io, Europa, Callisto, Ganymede. Jupiter's moons are bigger than Earths moon. The most interesting moon is IO it is covered with volcanoes . It has more volcanoes than any other planet in the solar system. The surface of Io is always changing.