Term 4 Camp

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Welcome back to my blog. Hope you had a wonderful holiday. Well, next week Ruru will be going to camp to Living Springs! We will have concerts,  swimming, movies, and much more. Have you ever went there before? Tell in the comments below! So, for this week for reading, the teachers decided that we should learn more about what we will be doing at camp. 

For create task one, we had to complete a mapping sheet that included questions about directions to put certain things. Since the sheet was on paper I will not be able to blog it. But it was very fun to do, and I enjoyed it very much!

For create task two, we had to create a bunk label. A bunk lable is a lable that you put on your bunk when you get to camp. Then, when we have finished camp, we can use it for anything at home! I would love to show it to you all, but I didn't have time to take a picture of it for all of you.

For create task three, we had to read a website and choose a topic to make a piktochart about it. I chose to learn more about native birds to New Zealand. Scroll down to see it! 

 

Kupe And The Giant Wheke

 Kia Ora Bloggers!                                                                                               

Last week was Maori Language Week so we are just continuing on from that week.                                  WALT: Analyse and evaluate the actions and storylines of Maori myths and legends. Last week I chose to read How Maui Discovered Fire so this week I chose to read about Kupe And The Giant Wheke. It is a story about a magic man named Mutururangi who wanted to plot revenge on the villagers. Read the text to find out more about the story! 

For create task one, we had to fill out a sheet about where the story was set, who were the main characters, and what the problem of the story was and how they resolved the problem. Sadly, it is very hard to try and take pictures of things on our computer and since the sheet was paper I can not take a picture of it. 

So, for the Second Create Task we had to fill out another sheet but it was on our Chromenooks. So, for this sheet we had to write if we agree or disagree about the story's statement. I disagreed and agreed with the story's statement so I wrote 3 reasons why I agreed and 1 reason why I disagreed. Scoll down to see it!

 

For Create Task Three, we had to make a glossary of all the words in our text/story. I found 6 maori words in my story. Wheke, Waka, Rangatira, Tohunga, Taiaha and Pou. See my animation to see what all those words mean! 

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Reading - How Maui Discovered Fire

 Kia Ora Koutou!

This week you as may know it is Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori. So for reading we are going to be reading about Maori Lengends. There were four Maori lengends to choose from, The creation of night and day, Kupe and the giant Wheke, Rata and the Totara tree and How maui discovered fire. I chose to read about How Maui discovered fire. The reason is because I already know some of mauis lengends like, How maui slowed the Sun.  The story is about how maui wanted to learn how fire was made. So, he went on a journey to a cave to retreive fire from the fire goddess, Mahuika. Find out more when you read the book!

Create task one had Two Parts. Firstly, we had to fill out an analysing sheet and fill it out with information about where the Legend was set, who the main characters were, and what the main characters actions were. For the second part of Create Task we had to copy a Evalution sheet and see if we disagrree or agree with our story's statement. Scroll down to see the rest of my post!

By the way, I will not be able to show the picture of the first part of Create Task One because of how hard it is taking pictures on chromebooks.

Our first olympians-Reading

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WALT: Locate and summarise important informtion from a range of related texts.

As the same as last week, this week we are looking at the olympics. We had to choose a different book from last week so this week I chose to read ¨Our First Olympians.¨ It is all about all of our first olympians who were in the the olympics. Before, in the 1920s, they only sent four people from New Zealand to compete in the olympics games. Now, we send over 100 people to the olympics!

For create task one, we had to choose a olympian from New Zealand or a favourite olympian. Then, we had to fill out this sheet and write some facts about the chosen olympian. I chose to learn about Eliza McCartney who won bronze in pole vault. After filling out the sheet, we had to create a poster that included all the information on the sheet.

For the second create task, we had to choose a country that is competing in the olympic games. I chose to learn about Italy. Then we had to find 20 facts about our chosen country and what the games they are entering. I was only able to find 18 facts about Italy because we didn't have enough time. After that, we had to create a DLO/digital learning option. I created a poster on a google drawing.  I chose to learn about them because for the production we are doing a dance about Italy and I have learnt a lot about it already and I wanted to learn even more.

By ぽリい/Polly

The Ancient Romans Race Again (Reading)

 Hey there bloggers!                                                                                                                                           Have you been watching the Tokyo olympics? Well, This week for reading we have been learning about the olympics and athletes who are in the olympics. The book I chose to read was called, The Ancient Romans Race Again. It is about the ancient olympic sport played in Greek, chariot racing. It used to be a sport that hurt many horses and their riders sometimes even causing death. But now, over a century later, Pam Sheperd races in the chariot racing but her chariot is made from fibreglass and the racers survive the race. 

For create task one, we had to choose a olympian from New Zealand or a favourite olympian. Then, we had to fill out this sheet and write some facts about the chosen olympian. I chose to learn about valerie Adams. After filling out the sheet, we had to create a poster that included all the information on the sheet. 

For the second create task, we had to choose a country that is competing in the olympic games. I chose to learn about China who is currently first place in the Olympics. Then we had to find 20 facts about our chosen country and what the games they are entering. I was only able to find 15 facts about China because we didn't have enough time. I chose to learn about China because they are currently in first place in the olympics. After that, we had to create a DLO/digital learning option. I created a poster on a google drawing.

Boring! (reading)

 Hi Bloggers!  

Walt:Recognise how texts are constructed for different purposes, audiences and situations.                          In week nine of term 3 we will be having a school production/play! So this week, we were working on performing  plays. The whole school will be part of the school play but the people who wanted to audition for the main roles, had to memorise their lines and perform the play they were doing, and that would be their audition. The play I chose to do was called, BORING! It's about a boy named Alex who is really bored but doesn't realise there actually a whole lot going on behind him. See create task one to find more about the play. The role I played in the play was one of the pirates. I memorised my lines so I could audition in the play. The others who were in the play were, Karaitiana (second pirate), Jf (Alex),      Hannaneh (alien),  Victoria (princess), Renae (knight) and Lottie (dragon). Victoria was away for the last couple of days so we made Karaitiana her understudy if she was away on the performing day. Renae  had to go home during the performing day, so I memorised her lines last minute so I could do her role. Jf made some props for the play so when we performed our play it looked really cool and fun.                                

For our first create task we had to create a poster about what our play was about and what the role we were playing in it. I found this part very easy and finshed it by Tuesday. For the second part of the create task we had to create a costume of the role we were acting and add it to our poster.  

Anne Frank (Reading Create)

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WALT: Locate and summarise important information from a range of related texts. 

If you have looked at my previous post, you will see that this post is exactly the same as that but I´m talking about a different person. If you  haven´t, this week we were learning all about inspirational people.  I chose to read Anne Frank. Hannaneh told me that Anne Frank is a person who kept a diary during world war two, and thought that would be very cool book to read about, so I chose it.

For our first create task we had to watch our complementary texts and our challenge texts. Then we had to think about how they connect with the main text and write it down on a google drawing.  I actually found this quite easy because since Anne Frank had to live a terrible life during the war, both the challenge texts and complementary texts were about the world wars.

For our second create task we had to create a fact file about there life and why they are famous. Then, we had to create a digital learning option (DLO) on why they are an inspiration. I found this one harder than the first one because Anne Frank is inspirational, but it is quite hard to find how. But, I finished it by Tuesday.

For our 3rd create task we had to create a definition and how we can be inspirational and write it on a poster. I found this the most hardest one because, just like the ¨Why is Anne Frank inspirational?" poster, there are lots of ways to be inspirational but, it is very hard to try find them. But also, I finished it quite early and finished it by Wednesday. Scroll down to see it. 

( And... This isn´t the rest of create task three!)

For part two of create task three, we had to make a poster and come up with our own message or a message that inspires us most. I chose to make my own message and wrote about happiness. It was suprisingly easy and I was able to finish it by Wednesday too. Scroll down to see!

 

The task I enjoyed most doing was create task #3. The reason why is because, I got to create my own message. The only thing I found difficult was the first part of create task #3 because, I had to think so much and it took ages.

Albert Einstein - READING CREATE

 Hey there bloggers!

WALT: Locate and summarise important information from a range of related texts. This week we were learning about famous people. I chose to read about Albert Einstein. I thought Albert was the scientist who created the lightbulb. But, when I read aout him I found out that he actually did not create it. He actually did beyond amazing things in his days. Read the rest of my post to see all the amazing things he did.

For our first create task we had to watch our complementary text and our challenge text. Then we had to think about how they link with the main text and write it down on a google drawing. I found this quite hard but I finished it by  Tuesday.

For our second create task we had to create a fact file about there life and why they are famous. Then, we had to create a digital learning option (DLO) on why they are an inspiration. I found this one harder than the first one and finished it by today. 

For our third create task we had to make a poster and write something inprirational on it. I used canva to create it and wrote something about mistakes. Scroll down to see what it looks like!

Even though I enjoyed both of the two create tasks, my favourite task was create task #2. That is because I had to think a lot about it and think about why he was an inspiration. The only thing I found difficult about that task is that, it took a very long time to do it because I had to think a lot about it, even though that was the thing I liked about it :D.  

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Matariki: Reading Create

Hey there readers!

Welcome back to my blog.  On Saturday, the maori new year started so this week, we were learning all about Matariki. WALT: Summarise and anlyse ideas and information from different texts. We had to watch two videos and 2 texts. Then we had to summarise the important iformation for our first create task. For our second create task,  we to choose two tasks out of the four tasks the teachers made. I only had time to complete 1 task cause of the tight time limit. Please scroll to the rest of my post.

Video #1:

The video is about how the matariki cluster formed in the sky.

The 7 sisters were flying everywhere, zig zagging all around the night sy. Then, their parents had had enough. They asked them to do a favour for them to stay in their  spot and not move around.  

Video #2:

It was a video about what you can do to celebrate matariki. One way is to tell tales or myths about matariki. Another way is to tell what the  people from a long time ago did with the matariki star cluster. 

Te Papa Website: 

Te papa museum is a museum in Wellington where they show or tell many different things about lots of different things. One thing that they show in the  museum is the matariki star cluster. In their website about Matariki they tell lots of facts about when they form, what the different names of the matariki are and much more.

Celebrating Puanga at Ramanui:

Near the mountains there is a school. Called Ramanui Primary. Every year they celebrate the maori New year. This year they are celebrating by inviting all their whanau for a big feast.

The bad case of stripes - READING CREATE

Hey there bloggers!

WALT: Make connections between ourselfs, other texts and the world.

This week our books were videos, so we had to watch them instead

of reading them. The book I chose this week was called the Bad

Case Of Stripes.  It´s about a girl named Camilla who cared

about others a opions about her. While she was getting ready for her

first day of school, she finds that she is covered in stripes!

Many doctors come to check her but, each time a doctor comes,

they add a quality on Camilla´s body. This was a very fun text, so please

watch/read this book!

Here is my create task one, two and three down below.

For my first create task I had to create connections between the text I

was watching, myself, other texts and the world. I really enjoyed doing

this task but was very hard. But, I was able to finish it extra

early and finished it by Tuesday.

Connections I made between myself:

• Seen the doctor. 

• Have the same weird taste in food.

• Same taste in food. 

• Had  medicine before.  

• Had pills 

 

Connections I made between other texts:

• The rainbow fish

• Jack and the beanstalk

• Green eggs and ham

• Pippi Longstocking 

• Little miss sunshine.

• The rainbow fish

• Jack and the beanstalk

• Green eggs and ham

• Pippi Longstocking 

• Little miss sunshine.

Connections I maade between the world:

• Covid 19 /  Coronavirus 

• The flu,

• Rainbow

• Mental illness

• Lima Beans

Create Task Two


For my second create task I had to create a venn diagram 

had to compaare the main character in our text and another

main character from another text of my own choice. I 

chose t compare Camilla Cream ( from the Bad Case Of 

Stripes ) and Peter Rabbit ( from The Tale Of Peter 

Rabbit).  For the peopke who doesn´t know what a venn

diagram is, a venn diagram are two circles overlapping each 

other. A venn diagram is way of showing how to compare two 

things so, the area overlapping each other is the part where you

write the simularities of the two things. The area not overlapping 

each other is the part  where you write the differences of the two 

things. 

             

                                                                                                                                                     

                                                                                                                                                             

                      Create Task Three          

                                                        

For my third create task I had to choose one connection from

the world column and look deeper into it. The connection I

chose waas ccovid and I used many sites to look deeper into

this connection, and it took me forever🤯.   After completing our plan I had

to present it in a very fun, exciting way. I think I did very well for this task

so, please give feedback if you see anything wrong.

We haad a fourth create task but Iii wasn´t able to finish cause the third one took up most 

of the time. But other than that, I think the third create tas was my favourite out of them all.

I think the reason for that is cause I think it was very fun looing deeper in my connection and

 presenting it.  Please enjoy your day and...

BYE!

Hair there and everywhere - READING CREATE

 Hey there bloggers!

As the sames as last week, our books this week was based on fairy tales. 

WALT: synthesize ideas and information in a narrative text📕.

The book I read this week was called hair there, and everywhere. It was about a girl named Rebecca who accidently drank a hair growing medicine thinking it was orange juice. But when a prince cuts her hair off, they sell it to a wig company and get paid by them, they live a happy life together. This was a book based on the story Rapunzel, but was totally different from the real story.

My complementary  video was about a couple who was expecting a baby girl🍼. The mother really wanted the plants from next door. She begged for it. So, one thing came to another, the husband stole the plant from the house next door. While he was stealing it, the owner of the garden (who was really a witch) was watching him the whole time. She confronted him, telling him she would let him get as many as he wanted, only if he gave him the baby girl. He was so sad because of this, but seeing his wife getting sick for not being able to eat the plant, he agreed. If you really want to find out more you have to watch the video first.

Anyway, the challenge text was a book called inside the hair, skin, and nails. It explained what there was inside your hair, skin and nails.

For the first create task we had to make a comic strip about our book. It was really fun drawing the characters myself. For our second, we had to create a story and make it into

an animation using these three tools, RENDERFOREST, SLIDES and BITEABLE. 

Please scroll down to see!!😁

The Red Ball - Reading Create

Hey there bloggers😆!

This week our books were based on fairytales👸. The text I chose was the red ball. It was about two sisters, completely opposite to each other. The younger one was better at everything than her older sister. The older  one hated that. But when she made her envy take over her, she made her sister transport to another world.

I'm not going to tell you everything about the story, cause you have to read it first. My complementary video was about a girl named Cinderella. When it's the day for the big ball, her fairy godmother uses some magic to turn her dirty, old rags into a beautiful dress so she can go to the ball. My challenge text was about a girl, Sofia (from Sofia the first). She used to be a young village girl living with her mum. But ever since her mother got married to a king, their lives had changed. Her mother was now spending more time with his kids than herself☹.  For the first create task we had to make a comic strip about our book. It was really fun drawing the characters myself. For our second, we had to create a story and make it into

an animation using these three tools, RENDERFOREST, SLIDES and BITEABLE.  I wasn't  able to complete this task cause of the time limit, but was able to complete the first one. 

Please scroll down to see!!😁

ENJOY😀!!!

Swallowed by the sea - reading create

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WALT: Use prior knowledge to make text-text connections.

This week was basically the same thing we did last week but we just had to choose different books. I chose ¨ Swallowed by the sea.¨ It's a  story about a girl and her mother. It was a stormy day, and the girl was by the ocean at the beach. The waves sucked her into the ocean like a sea monster. But she was able to get to safety after the storm ended. My complementary video was about was the story, ¨the wizard of oz.¨ It was about a girl named Dorothy and her dog. They get sucked into a tornado and it takes them to another world. She meets courageless lion, brainless scarecrow, and a tinman with no heart and they kill the wicked witch of west and get rewarded. Dorothy says her goodbyes to her new friends and returns home to her aunt and uncle. My challenge video was about a warrior, Oddeos. After finishing a quest. He finds a island with fresh grass. Hoping to find food, they explored the island where they get trapped in a cave with a mean cyclopes. Oddeos fools him, and the crew finally is able to get back to their homes. For my first create task we had to create a poster on how to survive the disater that happened in our story. My story was swallowed by the sea, so I had to make a poster on how to survive an storm. For my second, we had to imagine we were a news reporter and we were writing about the incident that happened in our story .

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Christchurch Earthquake - Reading Create

Hello Bloggers!

Welcome back to my blog!

WALT: Use prior knowledge when making text-text connections.

This week I read the book, “earthquake.” It was based on a true

event which

happened on the  4th  of September 2010.

After reading my book, I watched my  complementary video.

There was a girl that was reading a book called “Quaky Helps Out.”  It’s a about a cat who helps out when a earthquake strikes. Then, I watched my challenge video. It explained all the names and types of Earthquakes there are. For my first create task, we all had to make a poster on how to survive the disaster that happened in our story. My disaster was the 2010 Christchurch earthquake, so I had to make a poster on how to survive an earthquake. For my second task, we had to imagine we were a reporter for a newspaper company and we were writing about the natural disaster that happened in our story.

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The Longest Story-reading create

 Hello bloggers!

WALT: Evaluate ideas and information in a narrative text.

This week I was reading “the longest story.” It was about a girl named Abena. Her father made a competition for whoever can tell the longest story can be Abena’s future husband. My complementary text was about a myth about a spider, Anansi and a rich man named Nothing. And it was basically about why kids say, “ It’s nothing “ when you ask them why they’re crying. And finally, 

My challenge text was about a was called “ the longest story in the world.” It’s about a chief who who loved stories.And when a man tells him a long, funny story he rewards him with gifts, and money. After reading all my texts, I had to rewrite the last paragraph of my story. The last paragraph of my story was quite short, so I added some more detail and made it a little more longer. I have my copy of the paragragh and the real copy on my slides. Then, I had to imagine I was a policeman and had to interveiw the main charcter of the story. I chose to interveiw Abena's future husband and wrote down five questions. I even wrote down what he answered.

I spent a lot of work on this post, so please give me feedback on the comments so I can improve next time!

BYE

The weird zone - reading create

Hello readers!

This week the book I was reading was the “weird zone.” It’s about a father being weird about going camping because it was the first time going camping since he and his wife separated and they always have 2 tents, the parents zone and the children zone.He thought he would be lonely in his tent so , his children solved the problem by letting him sleep in their tent  with them and  renaming it the WEIRD ZONE ( a tent for children and parents ). After I read my book I read my challenge and complementary text . The complementary text was a blog about the places in Nz. I read one of the amazing posts and it was about the packhorse hut in Christchurch the others were, the Queenstown hill, arthur's path and much more. The challenge text was about a mouse  and a buffalo. The moral of the story was, if you are selfish you shall lose all at the end. For my first create task we had to rewrite the last paragraph of your story. For my second, we had to imagine we were police officers and we were interveiwing the main charcter of the story. I chose to interview the dad and wrote 5 questions to ask him.

Scroll down to see the rest of my post!

Hope you all like like it and please comment when you have time!

TASK ONE

Kahurangi’s eyes lit up.

 It looked like he had an idea.”Yeah, heaps of room.”

Dad smiles. That’s the first time he’s heard the word tent without worrying.

“Are you sure? What about the kid’s zone?”

“How about we change the tent to... “

Kahurangi says as he pauses for a moment.

“How about the weird zone? A place where everyone belongs. A place where parents and kids are allowed.”

“ Great idea kids! But could you kids tidy up?”

Asks dad.

“NO!”

-The End

 TASK TWO

POLICE OFFICER: Were you embarrassed when you didn’t tell the truth?

DAD: yes, it felt wrong not telling my own children what was wrong.

POLICE OFFICER: How did you feel when the kids thought you were weird because you couldn’t put up the tent?

DAD: It made me feel even more weird, but it is true l can’t put up a tent by myself.

POLICE OFFICER: Shouldn’t a MAN know how to put up a tent then make his children do it for him?

DAD:Umm…. Well…. Uuhhh…. The instructions were too complicating 

POLICE OFFICER: Why didn’t you tell the truth about being weird?

DAD: I was umm… too… embarrassed.

POLICE OFFICER: Why? They're your family.

DAD: I don’t know… I thought they wouldn’t understand.

But l feel much better now for telling them the problem.

POLICE OFFICER: That was our last question of the interview.

DAD: Thank you officer. I actually feel much better talking to you.

POLICE OFFICER: Thank you for your presence. You must be heading out now.