We had a lot of fun making Reindeer Cookies and Christmas decorations this week.
WALT respond to different types of poems. We are going to use different poems to help us practice our reading strategies.
Rhyming
Rhyming words are words that sound the same at the ending like...
1. Sea, me
2. bees, fleas
3. moan, groan
4. Drains, rains
Alliteration are words that have the same letter at the beginning.
1. The Bedrooms buzz with bees
2. Spiders spin silk curtains
WALT explore different musical instruments and we are learning to give different types of music a go.
On Monday two weeks ago my class did music with Matua jade they played the guitar the drums, the piano the ukulele and heaps more. Last week we did singing. we sang songs with microphones and Matua Jade put a iPad up so we could see the words of our favourite songs.
We are learning about electricity and how to build a simple circuit.
On Friday we did science. We learnt about Electricity and circuits. We brainstormed what we think a circuit is and what Electricity is. I was working by my self I was REALLY confused but then I read the instructions and Whaea Deb told us all what to do. A special thanks to Whaea Jacky because she made sure we had everything we needed.
The children write for a total of 40 minutes. Within that timeframe they have to plan their writing (a brainstorm) write, edit and re-craft their work. They are not allowed to use dictionaries or word cards. The students completed their writing on paper but have typed it out for their blogs.
WALT write a creative narrative story!
23.11.21
Once upon a time their was a very kind ghost that liked to trick people by whispering in their ears. One day he scared a baby and whispered in his ear ' Thanks for the lollipop ' and the little baby screamed so loud that the ghost back to his cave. But nobody knew that there was a wizard lurking beneath the cave with the powerful but lazy fire breathing dragon, and the dragon did not like to be woken up. The wizard was tired of having to be lurking in the shadows, so he woke up the dragon and put a random spell on him and by the time the dragon got back the whole town was...... DESTROYED!!!
The ghost was watching the dragon and he followed the dragon back to his layer and he decided he would talk to him. So he floated in and the wizard noticed him and shouted WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? The ghost was shocked he answered I came to ask why you burned the town down sir, what do you mean? The wizard asked, come and have a look replied the ghost in two seconds he heard a low cry and the wizard said I am so sorry I will do anything to repay the damage I have caused. Soon after the ghost answered Well we could use some help rebuilding the town. Two weeks later the town was rebuilt and the wizard and the can't forget about the dragon they were all friends.
We are using water to help us understand different scientific concepts.
Last week on Friday, my class, Te Tinana and me did a science experiment with water you put water in a plastic cup than you put a plastic ice cream container lid on top of the cup make sure it covers it, than you hold the ice cream container lid tip the cup upside down and than let go of the ice cream container lid and MAGIC it holds.
WALT use our basic facts and place value to solve multiplication equations.
We are learning about the Olympic Games.
WALT skim and scan information to answer questions about the Olympics.
The Olympics began over two thousand seven hundred years ago in Olympia in ancient Greece. The Greeks took part in the Olympics to celebrate their gods Zeus and Hera. In the ancient Greek Olympic games only men and boys were allowed to compete. The Olympics take place every four years. If an athlete came second in an event they will be awarded a silver medal. Every four years the Olympic torch was lit so that the people knew about the games. The Olympic torch traveled all around ancient Greece. The symbol of the Olympic games are the five interlocking rings. The five interlocking rings represent the five continents. The paralympic games take place after the Olympic games.
We have been learning about the taonga in our school and community. We have been learning about our school. The taoanga in our school and also our community helps us to tell our stories.
We have also been learning our pepeha. A pepeha is a way to introduce yourself, and tell people where you come from. It explains how you are connected to the world and nature.
We are writing about our experience at the Mahuika Show.
He explained that if they don't hurry and find Mahuikas mum than their Nana will turn to a piece of coal.Potiki takes Sissy and Kahu to the underworld to find Potiki's mum Mahuika before Nana turns to a piece of coal. On the way Pukeko the angry giant bird kidnaps Potiki so Mahuika would stop the curse that she put on him. His beak is the only thing that ever hurt his beak always was burning red hot like flames. The girls go searching for Potiki so they can save potiki and Nan.
On the way they find a Manutukutuku, Sissy uses it to find where pukeko lives and than she finds out that she should have used it to go to the place where pukeko was right than. On the path Sissy went, she found piwakawaka. Sissy helped him and then goes on Sissy and Kahu meet once again.They meet Te Ra, Te Ra called Kahu bossy and calls Sissy Maui girl. Te Ra has two friends that serve him. Te Ra gives Sissy a riddle and he zips kahu 's mouth. Sissy has three guesses she has to get it right otherwise they won't be able to save Potiki or Nan. By surprise she got the other guesses wrong she said are you a horse but Te Ra said NO, ooh ooh said Sissy are you a road NO said Te Ra she had one more guess and she did get it right Te Ra looked actually kind of sad but Sissy crossed it anyway. Pukeko at the same time was trying to make Potiki call his mother Mahuika. Pukeko said he had two gifts for Mahuika in exchange to lift his curse. When they went back to Nan and they were very relieved that she wasn't turned to a piece of coal.
