Final Draft - Descriptive Writing - My Mum

WALT to write a description of our mum using precise words to create an image in our readers minds.

I am going to introduce you to someone special…

My Mum’s name is Erina she is kind , supportive and a loyal role model. 

She wears red and purplish glasses, she has night sky brown hair , freckles like me , brown glittering eyes and she always wears black pants and a tidy bun on top of her head when she goes to work. Whenever she is going to a party she always wears her pretty dresses.

This is what she does and does not do ...

She likes doing exercise , drinking smoothies , doing jobs and cooking dinner. My mum loves plants she has them all over the house because she is a crazy plant lady. She loves to watch New Amsterdam on Netflix. My Mum works at blessings for life so she looks after kids all day and night.

What we like to do together, why my mum is the best mum ever

I like it when we have ice cream together even milo's too. I love it when we have biscuits do baking, and fold the clothes. I love it when she makes stuff for us like our silver money boxes. My mum is always there for us that is why she is the BEST MUM EVER.

Ngāti Kurī Proud by Tim Tipene

WALT explore the various stories about why the iwi is named Ngāti Kurī . 

I learnt the five tribes of muriwhenua they are Ngati Kuri, Te Aupouri, Ngati Kahu, Ngaita koto and Te Rarawa. 

 A pa is the maori word for village

Tutted means it is making a noise in disagreement 

Sacrifice means giving up something for somebody else

 Ngati Kuri is the most northern iwi

 Mana means pride and respect

ANZAC Day

 On ANZAC Day we celebrate to honour the soldiers that fought for us in the war. Some celebrate by having a dawn parade . We call it a dawn parade because that is when the soldiers landed on Gallipoli on the 25th of April 1915. We wear poppies and some people might wear their whanaus medals that they won when they were fighting. Poppies are special because they were the first flowers to grow on Gallipoli after the war. We go to memorials and sing , say prayers, say the ode and listen to the last post. At the memorials we lay wreaths on the stones and everybody lays their poppies on them. Veterans are old soldiers that fought in the war and survived. Veterans wear their medals proudly. They celebrate by marching at dawn parades. Some people might cry becuase of all the soldiers that died for us. There might even be whanau who died.

                                          Lest We Forget 

                                                     

Statistics

We are learning to (WALT) ask a question for data collection, create a survey to carry out a simple investigation, make a tally chart and create a bar graph. 

We learnt to understand and create tally charts we know to make 4 marks then cross the lines ( horizontal or diagonal ) to make the 5th mark. We have to ask a question to find out information ( data ) we show the data on a graph. We have been creating bar graphs.

America's Cup A-Z and Dear Future Me

We have been learning about the America's Cup Yacht Race.

WALT set goals for our future self.

Peter Burling was the youngest helmsman NZ has ever had. He set a goal when he was 11 to race in the America's Cup when he grew up. I am setting myself a goal for 'My Future Self'. 

Weta parts of Weta

     We have been learning about weta

The Great Reading Adventure

 We are learning to write a moment in time about our class assembly, 'The Great Reading Adventure'.

The great reading adventure

I think my tummy is going to explode. This is the day it has finally arrived the great reading adventure. I had heaps of parts being Scruffy I didn’t think I’d remember my parts. I was a bit shy when the parents were coming in.  When it was my turn I was a bit shy but I did it anyway. I didn’t think I was brave enough. When I saw my mum I actually wanted to go hug her  because that night I was going to cry because my sister didn’t want to watch my assembly. So I was actually going to burst out with tears.  My brother is duffy[Kylan in the assembly most of my parts are in the first scene my first part is this ‘Duffy! Duffy! Duffy! Duffy!!!’ While walking up the walkway I have sixteen parts and the assembly is  too long. Scene 1. scene 2. is the wonkey donkey 3. Bfg 4.Non-fiction5. Maui and the sun. My next part is ‘why are you reading’ then‘I don't want to read reading is soooooooooooooooooooooooo boring’.  Then Friend 1 [Tame says what what what??? Boring!!!! It's not boring!!! Scruffy[Me Oh I think it is!!’ Then Levi friend 2 says Duffy sort your sister out.  Alaris friend 3 you just need to find a book you love. Come on, well help you. Duffy[Kylan Scruffy we have heaps of books at school. There are all sorts of books to choose from one of them will be just right for you!! Scruffy[Me immmmm okay if you say so.Duffy[Kylan okay Scruffy I am going to take you on the reading adventure!!!