Cultures of the world

 We have been learning about Cultures of the world. I chose Cook Islands to find about its Cultures. Here is my slide presentation. 

Catching the Sun retold by Waiahi

 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 my capital letters. I need to work on keeping the slope of my letters the same.

Pet Day Cat Art

 

Greats and Grands poem

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

  

Handwriting Term 3

Here is handwriting sample for Term 3. I am good at making my words good. I need to work on my b and d

        

Maori Kai

 

Creating a Game

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

Maths Grid

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

   

Bird art

 

Procedural Writing

 We have been learning to write a procedure. I know a procedure has to have detailed instructions, a title, materials, ingredients and a goal. My steps have to be clear, start with a verb and be in order.   

Cross country

Here is my cross  country recount from yesterday 

 

Addition and subtraction problems

We have been learning to solve addition and subtraction problems suing place value. We had to complete these problems using this strategy. I feel happy that I can use this strategy.

 

Kiwi Reading

We read the big book How kiwi saved the Forest. Here is my kiwi before and after he lost his wings

 

 

Maunga Art and writing

 

My speech

My speech topic is kiwi. I chose this topic because kiwi are in danger. When I presented my speech I felt COOL. What I did well was I was confident. What I could have done better was use eye contact.    

My Speech:

Did you know kiwi are dying? Kiwi are birds that some say used to fly. Kiwi are brown, have a long beak, little wings and strong legs. Kiwi live in the forest or bushes. The Kiwi is used to represent NZ and it’s the names of some sports teams.

Firstly kiwi are dying because people are driving too fast around the corners and it kills the kiwi on the side of the road. SO LISTEN PEOPLE!! Slow down on the roads and around the corners. 

Secondly, kiwi are dying because of the drought. The kiwi’s to leave their burrows and travel to find water and this is dangerous. Kiwis have also needed to be rescued because of the drought.

Finally, I will tell you the last reason kiwi are dying. Kiwi are being killed by predators such as cats, dogs, stoats, rats and weasels. 

If kiwi weren't alive we wouldn't be able to be called Kiwis. I think we should look after the Kiwi in NZ.  I have a forest and I went into the forest and I saw a kiwis whole and I saw a kiwi.

By Waiahi

Persuasive Writing

Today we listened to a story  called Rufus goes to school.  We had to decide if the principal should let Rufus  go to school or not.                                                                                                                                                            

Maths

Writing

We listened to the story and decided if the pigeon shold be allowed to drive the bus. 

Maths

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Part Whole Thinking

I have been learning about part whole thinking.This helps me with my  addition and subtraction thinking. I like creating a DLO to show my thinking. I really enjoyed making the parts to make the whole with the materials.

Matariki Art

Here is my hand reaching up to the stars.

Matariki

We have been learning about Matariki. I did art for Matariki.  You can see I made it witth a box

Acrostic poem

Rocket Poem

For writing we had to write a Shape Poem about Rockets. We had to use descriptive language.

Handwriting Term 2

Here is a sample of my handwriting I need to work on Z I have done well on my 10

Pepeha

Here is my Pepeha

Pom pom germ

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. 

Bubbles Writing

This week we played with bubbles. We blew bubbles outside. Mrs Clarke had some really big bubbles. We used juicy words to write a piece of writing. Here is my work.

Multiplication Maze

For maths we have been learning our

timestables. We have created a times table

maze. You have to use your timetables to

get the chicken to her eggs.

Hand Washing Procedure.

This week we have refreshed our learning about how to wash our hand effectively. We completed a procedure to show the steps. Here is my writing. I also designed my own germ.

Life Education

Last week Mrs Henderson joined us online and we did some Life Education tasks relating
to the lockdown and our feelings. Here is a slide of the activities that I completed.

Monster DNA

Monster DNA
If a capital letter represents a dominant trait and a lowercase letter represents a recessive trait, what will your own DNA monster look like?

Mum and I drew a monster using the dominat or recessive genes. Our drawings showed that the DNA for everyone will not be the same. Mine is on the left and Mum's is on the right.

Mother's Day poem

Write a poem about your mum.

Solving maths problems

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.

Creating a way to pick up smelly things

Create a way to pick up smelly socks without touching them.

You can make it out of things or you can do it on a google draw or you can draw
it with labels.

Play, make, create A Robot Writing - An Adventure

Write about an adventure your Robot goes on. 

Pop and I had too many cows to herd so I invented a herding robot in the night. The next morning I

brought the robot that herds cattle to Pop’s house. It was a surprise for Pop.    When I came inside
Pop was so excited he wanted to see it so I said, “You can see it.” 

And when he saw it he smiled at me and we sent Whitey out to work. We watched the Robot Whitey
bring the cows down to us. 

Nature Art

I gathered some leaves and sticks from outside. I created a picture for Anzac.
In the picture there is a man holding his gun and running through the poppies in the forest.
Can you see this in the picture?    Or do you see something else?

Blueberry jelly

What am I?

                                               Task to writing to describe an object.
                                                                 What am I ?

Lockdown Acrostic Poem

Write a detailed Acrostic Poem about being in lockdown.

Make sure you use a short sentence for every letter in LOCKDOWN. Use descriptive language. 

On the Beach

 The math Problem
I can see 56 'arms' on the beach.

How many children could there be?

How many starfish could there be?

There could be 8 children and 8 starfish.

There could be 18 children and 4 starfish.

Maths

Waiahi has been working at home with her whanau to do her writing and Maths. Here is a post from her lockdown diary.




Legs in a Barn
Harley counted the number of legs he saw in the barn. He told his mum he saw 30 legs. If the animals that Harley saw were some chickens (2 legs), some calves (4 legs), and some bees (6 legs). How many of each animal could Harley have seen if he saw 30 legs.
Solve this problem using the best strategy.

Here is Waiahi's solution:

Superhero portrait