walt understand the structure of a simile poem and write our own about a member of our family or someone we find inspirational
My MUM
As watchful as a hawk, always watching me.
My Mum drinks coffee like a snail, slowly.
She is as clean as soap, tidy.
As bouncy as a tramp, always fun.
Works as hard as a bee, 7 hours a day.
Growes like the boss, because she is.
Over the term 3 holidays some builders have been working on and are still working on a sensory garden. It has garden beds, pillars with a plank that has writing on it and bridges. There are wooden plank bridges, stone tile bridges and bridges made of enormous slices of wood. There will be a future garden full of edible pieces of food that I think will have an amazing smell. But my favourite part will be… an amazing water track. To work the track you use a hand pump that pumps water down a stream piece covered in small pebbles and down a plug and back to the pump again like a recycling place.
Dear Covid,
This is the second time you have locked us down.
At home I had a fabtastic time watching my Mum go "gurr" with all the extended lock downs. Sometimes Mum would work late which would give me extra time to play my favourite game Man Eater.
Man Eater is a game where you play as a bull shark and eat fish, humans and hunters to gain items to upgrade to become unstoppable. You can also battle other predators to claim dominance and level up to become a mega shark. The order of level up chain is pup, teen, adult, elder and then mega. At the moment I am at the teen level. As you level up you gain skills that can help you in combat.
It was hard to do online google meets because my WiFi kept cutting out which made it impossible to hear and impossible to learn when I was at my Mums.
It was hilarious when my dog Missy kept trying to do the hug trick I taught her. Here the my pet jumps to your side and I catch my dog and then she just stands on her hind legs.
The best thing about the staycation was spending time with family, unfortunately no contact with friends and my Xbox. Unfortunately I got SENT TO SCHOOL which is where I want to be the least.
Covid vaccine yay or nay
I think everyone should be vaccinated against Coronavirus.
Have you ever wondered how long the covid vaccine will last ?
My opinion is that Coronavirus will be with us until there is a vaccine that can control it that is available to everyone in every hospital and medical centre as soon as possible all around the world and until it is controlled then eradicated. This is why I think everyone should have the Covid vaccination when it is available to them.
The covid-19 vaccine is like a flu vaccine but has the corona virus in it instead.
The covid-19 vaccine is an amazing product that can fight covid and hopefully win for us.
Did you know? While the symptoms show your immune system is responding to the vaccine in a way that will protect against disease in the future we still may need vaccinations because the corona virus is mutating and spreading quickly
I think the Covid vaccine should be remade and tested without a rush this time. Because it was rushed and not tested first, people believe that the vaccine won’t stop covid-19.
If people get their first covid vaccine then a second, the batches may be different or Vaccine brands could get mixed up and may not work because they are different.
I think the Covid vaccine should be remade and tested twice. They should make more of one vaccine and distribute it around the world as quickly as they can.
Yesterday afternoon my dad and I played archery with my bow and arrow in the back field.
I got my bow and my arrows that I got for my 9th birthday. I headed out into the backyard, I jumped the fence and stood there. I loaded an arrow, pulled back, aimed and fired, pew. It flew through the air and landed just in front of the big pile of logs in the middle of the field, 35 metres away! Then it was dad's turn. He did the same thing but his arrow went 54 metres!! Now I had to walk through the muddy field to retrieve the arrows.
I had a great time with my dad. It was so much fun. I can’t wait to do it again. Next time I am going to try and get further than dad.
On Wednesday 28.7.2021 we watched the semifinals of the rugby sevens against Great Britain in the hall. We won and played Fiji. Fiji won.
The three little fish
Once upon a time in a coral-filled reef, there were three little snapper who were always hunted by the big bad shark.
One day the fish decided to build houses. The first fish made his house out of thick seaweed, the next fish made his house out of heavy strong rock and the last fish made his house out of an old diving suit helmet. The next day the big bad shark came along and chomped the weed down. That snapper swam into the rock house. “Urrr '' said the big bad Shark I want to eat you. So then he rammed the rock house roof with amazing force and the two snapper swam into the last fish house. But this time the shark didn’t go near the house, instead, he hid behind a huge rock and waited and waited.
After waiting for a while the fish went out to find some scrummy lunch. The shark surprised them but he didn’t realise he was over an underwater geyser and woosh and they never saw the scary shark again.
A ducks bed
Once upon a time, there was a red and blue duck who wanted to sleep in a bed just like a cat but he could not get inside a house. First, he tried making a bed out of sticks and leaves but it was too pokey. Next, he tried sneaking into a house while it was empty but didn’t realise it was full of loud, growly cats.
Later after catching his breath a boy in a brand new T-shirt came over and asked if the duck wanted to be his pet. So the duck flew onto his shoulder and they lived happily forever. And best of all, the duck got to sleep in a real bed. He thought it was so soft and fluffy. The duck loved his new owner.
Today I drew a spiral staircase with special drawing utensils.
Also today I made play dough that you don't have to cook.
lastly today I created some snicker-doodle cookies made like this
Walt: We are learning to find out what is happening in our oceans.
On Tuesday our class took part in the Sir Peter Blake VR programme. Alice and Grace showed us the difference between marine reserves and polluted waters.
They showed us about ten videos which were so so so amazing. In the videos, there were stingrays, enormous snappers, and the beautiful Three Kings Islands. Next, they showed a tyre an anchor, and a hydraulic piston all under the same wharf. It looked gross and murky with only small baitfish swimming around.
Compared to a marine reserve with huge snapper and kelp and a normal amount of kina the space under the wharf is a problem.
WALT take information from a non fiction text to complete a bio poem
TOROA
endangered, taonga, majestic, docile
Lover of their nutritious diet of squid,salps,octopus and fish.
Who feels upset because of the scary tori lines to keep them away from an easy snack.
Who needs lots of really quiet neighbours that don't clack and clapper.
Who gives warmth and love to their chicks,siblings and friends.
Who fears the long lining fishing boats that set thousands of hooks that can drown them.
Who would like to stay on the only breeding colony at Tairoa Heads south of Dunedin.
Who comes from a common ancestor of the penguins 65 million years ago.
ALBATROSS
I am somewhere in the pool with my friends playing. Another great water fun activity.
It was a sunny day outside an old abandoned warehouse on an island near the shore. Lumpy the small man was wearing a lab jacket staring at where the moon would be, next to Red a huge red robot looking at the shore.
This is my introduction to the narrative writing the red robot introduction.
Recount with a difference- WALT sequence ideas and avoid repetition
Eyes to wall,
clothes to body,
hands to remote,
ears to cartoons ( only Looney Toons ),
feet to kitchen,
eggs to pan,
breakfast to mouth,
food to lunch box,
lunch to bag,
shoes to feet ( no socks ),
feet to bus,
transport to school ( not always fun ).
The past week I have been focusing on making ten in Addition.
Addition - Making to 10 Strategy.
We are learning to Add using the Making to 10 strategy.
Learn
Peter had 139 goldfish in his fish tank.
He bought another 53 fish.
How many goldfish were there altogether?
139+1 = 140; 140+50 = 190; 190+2 = 192.
Create
Complete the number problems by using the ‘Making to 10 Strategy’.
Show your working.
Choose one of the activities and present your learning on a Screencastify presentation.
Activities
Emmy wanted to row out to see the seals.
She hired a small boat for $39 and a lifejacket for $25.
How much did this cost altogether?
30+20=50 5+9=14 50+14=64
$64
Emmy rowed 56m to one rock and then 19m to the next rock.
How far did she row altogether?
50+10=60 6+9=15 50+15=75
75m
Emmy counted 33 seals on one rock and 18 on another.
How many seals are there altogether?
30+10=40 3+8=11 40+11=51
51
The next day Emmy went diving.
She hired a snorkel set for $24 and flippers for $19.
How much did it cost her to hire the equipment?
20+10=30 4+9=13 30+13=43
43
Kia ora my name is Edward. I am going to change your mind about online learning. It’s not magic but common sense!
Card 1
Attention Grabber
Firstly I will share with you an interesting fact.
86.2 percent of my class prefer online learning than face to face learning, and that's not including me. That means that 3 people out of 30 don’t like online learning.
Card 2
Introduction-state your opinion
From my learning survey I can prove students prefer online learning to face to face in my class.
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The body-3 reasons
Reason 1.
I can get more help if I get stuck when I am learning online. Explanation - My teacher is on line for a specific amount of time and my parents are nearby if I need to talk to them, I don’t have to wait in a line to get my turn for help.
example- I did email the teacher for help because I was stuck
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Reason 2.
I can work independently without many interruptions.
Explanation - There are no people who will distract me by talking to me. If I am on line I can ignore people who are not doing the right thing or push the mute button on my computer .
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Reason 3.
My dad thinks I use a device too much so I'm only allowed the first half of the day online.
Explanation. I use my device more when I am learning online because at home I barely use my computer at all because my dad says I will get square eyes which is just a saying to keep people off devices.
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Conclusion-restate your opinions
I really do believe that online learning is better than face to face learning and I think it's the best way to learn for me.
Thank you.
