Cultures of the world

 We have been learning about cultures of the world.  I chose China to learn more about.  Here is my presentation.  I hope you like it.

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 4

Here is my handwriting sample for Term 4.

I am good at making my letters a good size.

I need to work on my finger spaces.

                                                                                                                                                                  

Pet Day Cat Art

 

Grandparents writing

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

Maori Kai

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Handwriting Term 3

Here is my sample for Term 3. I am good at keeping it tidy. I need to work on the sizes of my letters.

Creating a Game

This week to end our procedure writing topic, we have been creating our own games. I made a cool game. My theme was the sky. 

Maths grid

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

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Native bird Art

 

Procedure writing

We have been learning to write a procedure.

I know a procedure has to have a title, materials, ingredients and steps.

My steps have to be in order and start with a verb.

Cross Country

Yesterday we did do cross country we had so much fun

Addition and Subtraction Problems

We have been learning to solve addition and subtraction problems using  value .We had to complete these problems using  this strategy. I feel happy because I had fun and worked hard.

How 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

Maugaturoto art and writing

 

My speech

My speech topic is Tui

I chose this topic because we are doing it because we are about writing.

When I presented my speech I felt very nervous 

What I did well was I did my introduction

What I could have done better is my volume

Here is my speech:

Have you ever wondered why our native birds are in danger, especially our Tuis? Do you know why Tui’s are an important native bird and why we need to protect them? Tuis are a native bird that drink nectar from the flowers in peoples backyards. I believe that Tuis need to be protected. Here are my 3 reasons why.                                                                                                   

Firstly, introduced animals like stoats, weasels, and rats can eat the Tuis eggs or the chicks in the nest.  We need to protect the tui by helping tramp the pest animals by using stoat traps and bait stations. 

Secondly, Tuis are pollinators of many of our native trees.   When a Tui drinks nectar, it gets a little bit of pollen on its body.  When it goes to visit the next tree, it can transport the pollen.  This helps to grow more trees for our native forests.

Lastly, Tuis are one of New Zealand's favourite native birds.  They have a fluffy white tuft on their neck and they sing a beautiful  song. You can see them in all three islands of New Zealand.

I strongly believe that we should keep our NZ native bird safe from danger. The Tui have an important role in New Zealand so we need to look after them.

Persuasive Writing

Today we listened to a story called Rufus goes to School. WE had to decide if the Principal should let Rufus come to school with reasons.

Maths subtraction

Persuasive writing

We listened to the story and gave reasons for and against letting the pigeon drive the bus.

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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.

Part Whole Thinking

I have been learning part whole thinking. This helps me with addition and subtraction thinking. I liked making the part wholes with the materials.

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.

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Pepeha

Here is my pepeha

Play Make Create Rockets

Last week we made rockets from recycled materials.

Term 2 Handwriting

Here is a sample of my handwriting.
What I have done well: My work is tidy.
What I need to work on: Capital letters and tall letters touch both lines.

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.

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. I also created a germ.

My DNA Monster

For science we looked at DNA and we made a DNA monster.

Mother's Day writing

Mother's day card

Farmer Joe 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.

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.

Play, Make, Create - Robot Stop

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

Make, Create tasks. Here is the robot I made for it.

Maths

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.

Writing

Here is some writing I did in class.
I wrote about frogs.

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