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. 

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.

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.

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.

Problem Solving

Sentence Starters

Kia ora.

I'm not in Mrs Tele'a literacy class, but for week 3  I am because we have to stay in our classes for level 2. Today we had to do some slides for Sentence Starters. The main focus is to use an interesting beginning, to try and write complex sentences. In the yellow box there would already be a word there like 'carefully' now every yellow box with the words in it, always starts with a 'ly, ed. When we are done we have to share it on our blog.

Alberto Giacometti: Create Figure.

 

Task Description: Today in art, we did a art EXPO. My class Room 2 created a figure about Alberto Giacometti. We had to create our own figures, by using bandages and a base for the bottom to stand. After we did that all we had to paint it.

Climate Change: Create Task

 

Figurative Language

Task Description: For literacy we did Figurative Language. Figurative Language is about personification and metaphors. First we had to use onomatopoeia It's like "Pow!" "Boom!" those words. We had to use them and make 5 of our own ones.

Balancing Act.

Task Description: For literacy my group "Mussels" did a reading task for balancing act. We have to get some objects and make them balance. We have to record a video on how our objects balance.

Art Rotations: Georges Seurat.

Task Description: Today for Art Rotations we were learning about a famous artist named Georges Seurat. We have to create a google drawing and write down some information we learned about him. The painting we learned about was 'A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.' It's a famous painting of his. We found out different kinds of things about him, like his style of paintings, his DOB (date of birth) how many years it took him to finish the famous painting and the size of the painting.

 

Kiwi Kids News: Saharan Silver Ants.

Task Description: Today for Kiwi Kids News in literacy I read about Saharan Silver ants. I read information about the Saharan Silver Ants.

Kiwi Kids News: Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Task Description: Today in literacy for Kiwi Kids News I learned about Tyrannosaurus Rex. I wrote down some answers of questions and information of what I learnt from the article. 

Kiwi Kids News: Donald Trump & Joe Biden's presidential race.

Task Description: Today in literacy for reading we did Kiwi Kids news. We have to pick a article to read then we have to write down our answers to the recall questions. 

Roll of the Dice

Task Description: Today in maths we did 'Roll of the Dice' It's where we roll a dice and we write down our selected dice numbers. We roll the dice and see which number will be most used and most rarely that would happen and which would not be most used.

Climate Change: Literacy

 

Task Description: Today in literacy we did Climate Change. We watched a video and we had to list down Important information. We had to list down what we remember from the video, and what we know about Climate Change. 

He Aha Te Taima? What is the time?

Task Description: Today in rotations for Te Reo we did "He aha te Taima" It's what is the time? We had to write down the times that are shown but in Te Reo.

Sustainability Water: Paragraph

 

If we waste water more animals, humans and plant will not live. If we save water and stop wasting it, more of the plants will live.

97% of our water is salt water, and salt water is NOT drinkable.  3% of our water is drinkable. Extra: 97% of our water is salt water. 2% of our water is locked up in glaciers, 1% of our water is drinkable.

Saving our water will save our plants and animals. Make sure not to waste to many water on plants. 

Climate change and pollution makes our water taste not so good. All the rubbish that has gotten into the water that’s causing a bad taste. 

Our water should not be for waste, and our water should not be polluted.  You shouldn’t just waste water, water is in need, only use water when needed. It keeps us healthy and it keeps the animals live and makes them healthy to.

We should stop polluting the Ocean, and use less water. We should only use water when needed. We should keep our environment clean.  

Farmers were asked to take care of there farm and animals, and keep an eye on the animals, incase they pollute the ocean.

Some animals pollute the water, not just farm animals, other animals pollute the ocean to but People think the problem is that dairy farming that the farm is near the rivers, and lakes and that the mud and dirt is getting into the water.

Farmers need to take care of there animals, and make sure  there animals are not polluting the ocean.

Renewable Energy

Task Description: Today's blog post is 'Renewable Energy'. We learned about energy, and we had to highlight important texts and descriptions that are important about energy.