The River/Term 1/ Week 9

Kia ora readers.

Today in literacy my class did a task called 'The River' It's about selkies and a father and son. The father and son went to visit the river. Leo just remembers when he was little, his mum, dad were splashing mud to each other, like they were little kids. Leo fell into the river as it was trying to pull him down.

A Trip Around The World

Kia Ora everyone. This is a inquiry based task. On Tuesday at 3:30 the whole of Team 5 had a practice meet aka digital noho. We did a practice digital noho in case we go back into lock down and because no one had arrived or attended the meets. The whole of team 5 went their individual home class meets. Our teacher explains what we do. Team 5's inquiry task was around the world. I picked Japan. I had to list a few things down about the Japan. 

So the next step was to research some important information about the country you picked. We have to list down, the most famous and traditional dishes, the capital city of that country and some interesting facts.

Hope you enjoy, and read some new things you may have not known about Japan. 

Imagine if / Term 1 / Week 8

Task Description: For writing in literacy today we did 'What would you do if your stranded on a island. We have to write a small paragraph about what we would do if you were stranded on a island.

The Sons of Ma'afu

Task Description: Today in literacy for reading we did a book called The Sons of Ma'afu, It's about the two boys who were punished for their actions. Our next poem was about Wednesday afternoon, about a father who was dancing to the cleaning beat while moon walking. 

Something Alive:

Task Description: Today in literacy we did reading. We all did the same reading task, we all did 'Something Alive'. It's about this main character called Gem and there grandma coming to New Zealand from Japan. Our second poem was 'My sister and I' It's about the dad gambling.

Who is Roald Dahl? -

Task Description: Today in literacy our work was about our reading groups. We have to read the story about her reading group author, and list down some facts about our author. My author was Roald Dahl, he is known to be the No. 1 storyteller in the world. He wrote and created the most famous cartoons and movies.

Mrs Jana visits Point England School

 

 

 Task Description: Today at 11:35om we had a special guest come to our school, her name was Jana. She is a special person from Attitude. She talked about, 'who am I?'. She told us all about genes, choices, personality and attitude. There were also 4 different types of personality types for animals. Those animals all had reasons to be you.

Maths: T1 W7

 

Task Description: Today in maths we learned some ways on how to work on maths questions. There are 3-4 different strategy that you could use to work out some maths questions.

He aha te Taima: What is the time?

Task Description: Today in Te Reo we learnt how to tell the time.

The Pink Umbrella

Task Description: Today in literacy we read a text called 'The Pink Umbrella' It's about Sam's grandmother Mama. It's about Sam respecting his grandmother, and giving small bits on how to say english words but in Samoan

Nouns & Adjectives

Task Description: Today in literacy for reading we did Nouns and Adjectives. We had 4 choices to pick, now 3 of them will be misspelled and 1 will be spelled right. You have to try pick the right one. Next we had to do a 5 minute test about Adjectives. 

Explanation Writing: How to be a good leader.

 Explanation Writing

Write 3 ideas here: 3 ways to be a good leader

1. A - Being responsible

2. B - Being a good role model

3. C - Showing some respect for others

How to be a good leader

Introduction: What is a leader? A leader is someone who stands up and sets a good example. 

Body P1: One way - Another way to be a good leader is to be a role model.

Topic sentence: A role model is someone who has a good example and leads a group of people.

Body P2: Another way - Being respectful

Topic sentence: Be respectful to others and the teachers and talk nicely.

Body P3: A third way - Another way is being supportive.

Topic sentence: Being supportive is cheering on someone that is doing bad, and you can encourage them. 

Conclusion: Remind the audience how to be a good leader - list the 3 ways

A good leader is being a good role model, offering respect and being supportive.

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Task Description: Today in literacy my class did a explanation writing. We did 'How to be a good leader. We had to write down 3 days that could be a good leader.