Rat Island Language Features Worksheet

 Today for our reading tasks we had to do a language features sheet. We had to find Similes, Metaphors and Personification in the book, then we had to say what our visualisations were e.g what we see, hear, taste, smell, our touch. I did three similes but I couldn't find any Personification or Metaphors. 

I enjoyed reading through the book and finding the Similes, Metaphors and Personification,

I found it tricky to find the Similes,

Next time i could put more Similes, Metaphors and Personification.

Here is a photo of my worksheet:

Rat island predictions

This week for reading we are starting a new book called Rat Island by Stu Duval. We had to look and the front cover and read the blurb at the back, then we had to complete the pre-reading prediction sheet and write down what we think the book is going to be about. After we did the prediction we had to read chapter 1 of the book.

I enjoyed reading chapter 1,

I found it tricky to  

Here is a picture of my prediction sheet:

If you can't read it this is what I think the book is going to be about:

I think that there is an island and there are lots of rats, they take over the island and if the pirates don't obey the rules on the ship they have to go and live on rat island with all the rats.

Parihaka feather

 This week for reading we were learning about Parihaka and about the white albatross feather. The teacher hid information cards around the room and gave us puzzle pieces that were shaped into feathers with questions about Parihaka on them. We could go in buddy's or individuales. I went in buddys with Leyla. We had to go around the room and find the information cards around the room and answer the questions. Then we had to decorate the feathers but leave the colour white at the same time. 

I enjoyed answering the questions and decorating the feathers,

I found it tricky to find the right answers on the information cards and match them to the questions,

Here is a picture of my feather

The Crystal Crescent

 For reading we are starting a new book called The Crystal Crescent by John Lockyer. I read the front and the back and its about these people called Raki and Tando who go on a space mission to find liquid telotion because the ozone layer has been destroyed and the earth is at risk. On the back cover it says that they find these little blue creatures when they crash land on an unknown planet.

Border Security

This week for reading we had to read a book about Border Security and then make an add encouraging people to check their bags before they leave the forest or country. Border security is when they put your bags through a machine that checks your bags for anything that can bring dangerous stuff into the country. I made my add with wevideo. 

I enjoyed making the wevideo,

I found it tricky to make the wevideo short and include all of the information you need to know,

Next time I would put more information,

Here is my wevideo:

 

Advertisements

 This week and last week for reading we were learning about advertisements and how they convince us to buy that product. We had to find advertisements in a magazine and cut them out. Then we had to glue them in our reading books to make a magazine that has things that make you want to buy the product. 

We had to answer some questions, these are the questions: 1. Does the advertisement make you feel something- for example happiness, the desire to belong, or fear? 2. Does the advertisement pay popular celebrities or sports stars to promote the product? 3. Does the advertisement link an idea with the product- for example, does the ad make children feel more grown up when they use the product? 4. Is the advertisement promoting the product buy giving you something for free- for example do you get a toy if you buy a kids meal from a fast food chain? 

I put my photos on a google drawing so I can show you why you might want to buy it. I enjoyed making my magazines, I found it tricky to answer the questions. 

Here are my google drawings of my advertisements:

Reading interview

Last Week we read After the Spill. It was about a ship called the MV Rena that crashed in to the Astrolab reef and leaked oil everywhere. The oil washed up on beaches and killed loads of birds and sea life. We had to buddy up and do an interview. One person was the interviewer and the other was a beach cleaner. I was a beach cleaner and my buddy, Selina, was the interviewer. She asked questions and I answered. I found it tricky to video the interview and say my lines right. I enjoyed blogging it and making the props for it.

Here us my interview:

Bird Feeder

For reading this week and last week we have been making bird feeders. We brang milk bottles from home and made our bird feeders at school. I made mine out of a milk bottle, a wooden ledge for the bird to stand on and some sticks for a roof. I made the hole really big so birds of any size can get the food easily. We took a photo and put it on a google drawing with arrows pointing to the bits and why they are there. I enjoyed making my bird feeder and blogging it. It was really tricky to stick the twigs on. 

Here is my bird feeder google drawing:

David Walliams fact file

This term room 1 is reading a book called Slime by David Walliams. Our reading task was to make a fact file about him.

I enjoyed making the fact file and decorating it,
I found it tricky to find the right information,
Next time I would add a colored background.

Matariki star

WALT- identify the main idea and evaluate ideas.
This week we are learning about Matariki for writing and reading. We made Matariki stars and used information that we learnt to put on them.
I enjoyed making my Matariki star and gathering information for it,
I found it tricky to use correct spelling and put the macrons in the right places,
Next time I would add more stars to make it more 3d,

Matariki reading

This week for reading we had to discuss if Matariki should be a public holiday or not, then we had to make a google drawing showing why or why not Matariki should be a public holiday. We also researched about other holidays like Diwali, Chinese New Year and National donut day. These are all public holidays. We decided that national donut day shouldn't be a public holiday because you can have a donut any day.
Here is my google drawing on should Matariki be a public holiday:  

I enjoyed having our group discussion and making my google drawing,
I found it tricky to spell some things correctly,
Next time I would change the font on my google drawing,

Helps and Hinders for Refugees

This week we have been learning about Refugees, we had to make a google slide or google drawing to say what helps and hinders refugees while they are traveling and adapting to their new country.

I enjoyed making my google slide and playing with the color of the background,
I found it tricky to find colors that go together for my background,
Next time I would order the helps and hinders in numbers not bullet points,

Flexi Physics

WALT- combine sources of information with developing confidence to identify, form and express ideas.
This week we have been learning about gravity and how it affects us, we read a book called the chicken affect, We also read an article about gravity.
We did some experiments with Dropper Poppers and boinks,
We had to fill in a google slide of our experiments,

I enjoyed filling it in,
I found it tricky to embed the screenshots onto my blog,
Next time I would change the font in my google slide,

My digital learning object shows I can use google slides

How tall is a Pygmy Marmoset?

Today I made a google drawing to show you how tall an adult Pygmy Marmoset is compared to an adult human.
I enjoyed researching how tall an adult Pygmy Marmoset is,
I found it tricky to color the word art so it stands out but you can still read it,
My learning object shows i can use google image search to find images.

Pygmy Marmoset report

In Reading this week we had to choose an animal from the Amazon rainforest and read some articles then we had to make a report about our chosen animal, I chose a Pygmy Marmoset also known as a finger monkey. In our reports we had to include an interesting fact, where they live and what they eat.

Mrs Anderson

This week for reading we read a book about this old lady ( called Mrs Anderson ) who comes to babysit two kids and at the end part she tried to become a butterfly by making a cocoon. Our teacher told us to make a google drawing using shapes of Mrs Anderson before she hatched and after. 

Parts of a dragonfly

Today we were learning about amazon dragonfly's

I enjoyed chosing the colors for my google drawing

it was tricky to find the right image

my learning object shows that i can search for images

Google forms: chapter two doubts

Escape from Xeno

this week we are reading a book called escape from xeno,
we were asked to chose a scene and recreate it on google drawings or google slides, in this scene Jaz is picking up a magical bug called a zwarg

Anne frank Quotes