The Tangiwai Disaster

Hello fellow bloggers today I have a Reading comprehension about the Tangiwai disaster. Here is my  work : The Tangiwai disaster.  We have been learning to use different comprehension strategies.

 

Reading lesson number 5

Hello fellow bloggers, today I have  a poetry lesson on similes on a dragon. Here is my instructions.

Learn:

1. Why poets like to use similes in a poem.

2.  The different sentence structures and word types needed in ‘like’, ‘as’, and ‘than’ similes.

Use colour coding to highlight:

nouns which are being compared       verb phrases which both nouns can do  

adjectives which suit both nouns       comparative adjectives  

Couplet Poem

Hello fellow bloggers, I have done a couplet poem here is my learning out came. 

Learn:

1. How to identify rhythm and rhyme in a couplet poem.

2.  What a couplet  is.

Reading Poetry Lesson no 2

Hello fellow bloggers we are learning 1: That rhyme is a main ‘clue’ that a piece of writing might be poetry.

2: What rhyme is.

Prose and Poetry

Learn: The difference between prose and poetry.

Create: A DLO which shows short texts sorted  into two groups; prose or poetry and which includes at least one image.

Learning how to read scientific reports

Kia ora

We are learning how to read and write scientific reports. We have been doing experiments and writing about them. This is a reading activity we did. We had to be able to match a thesis with its hypothesis.

We are learning how to understand the structure and language of a report about a scientific experiment #3 Understanding that a hypothesis is a brainy prediction based on what you already know.

In this exercise you need to match a thesis with its hypothesis.  Use the ‘Fill tool’ to colour code the matching ideas.

                               Thesis                                                                      Hypothesis

I know this……                                                                         So therefore if I do this I think this will happen…

I know that a puddle of water is a small amount of water lying (usually) on the ground. I know that water is a substance which is found on our planet and that it can exist as a solid (ice), liquid or a gas (water vapour). I know that the main reason water changes from one state to another on Earth is because of  temperature -heat or cold. On Earth a sunny day is when there are no clouds, the sky is blue and the temperature is usually warm or hot.	I predict that when I mix vinegar and baking soda together that a chemical reaction will occur and that I will be able to notice this. I might feel hotness or coldness, notice smoke or bubbles, smell something, hear some kind of noise or  find that the taste or texture of the foods has changed.
I know that heavy things usually sink and light things float. However, container ships are heavy but they still float so there must be more things that have an effect on floating than just weight. Blutack is a squishy material that is quite light. It usually comes as a wide, flat strip but you can shape it into a round ball, a sausage shape, an O shape etc or you could flatten it out into a thin, wide shape like a leaf or saucer. Leaves usually float and ships look a little like a leaf shape.	I predict that when I take an ice cube out of a freezer it will begin to change back into liquid water (this is called melting) because it will no longer be colder than 0 degrees centigrade.
I know that an ice cube is water which is frozen. I know that that liquid water freezes into ice when the temperature reaches 0 degrees centigrade. An ice cube will stay an ice cube as long as it stays in a freezer.	I predict that if I make a puddle of water somewhere on the playground on a hot, dry day that the puddle will dry up and disappear quite quickly.
I know that everything we eat is made up of different kinds of chemicals.Sometimes when you mix different chemicals together they react with each other in different ways and the substances will do things that they didn’t do before (chemical reaction) and become different to what they were like before (chemical change). You will be able to notice things happening by using your 5 senses to  listen, smell, feel, look at and sometimes taste what is going on. I know that vinegar and baking soda are both food substances and I learned that they are chemically different	I predict that if I take some ice cubes out of a freezer and wrap them in different materials, I will find that one material will keep the ice cube frozen for longer than the others. This material would then have proven itself to be the best insulator.
I know that liquid water changes into a solid (ice) when the temperature reaches 0 degrees centigrade. I know that a freezer will keep water solid because a freezer’s job is to keep food at a temperature just below 0 degrees centigrade.	We are going to use Bluetack as our material. We will use the same amount of Blutack to make three different shapes. One will be a straight, rectangular strip of Blutack, one will be a compact, round ball and the third will be a rounded  saucer shape like a boat. We predict that at least one of these will float.
I know that insulators are materials that can be used to protect yourself from too much heat or cold. When we put clothes on because we are cold, the clothes are insulators which help our bodies stay warm. If you put insulating material like Pink Batts in the ceiling of your house, in the winter the Batts help keep warm air inside the house. In the summer, The Pink Batts help stop hot air coming into the house so they help to keep us cool. Many  food containers like Thermos flasks and Chilly Bins are made out of insulating materials to keep food hot or cold.	I predict that when I put some liquid water into a freezer it will change from a liquid state into a solid state (ice) because the temperature in the freezer will be below 0 degrees centigrade.

Reading scientific reports

Kia ora

We are learning how to read and write scientific reports. We have been doing experiments and writing about them. This is a reading activity we did. We had to be able to match a title for a report with a wondering question.

We are learning how to understand the structure and language of a report about a scientific experiment.

In this exercise you need to match a title with its question. Use the ‘Fill tool’ to colour code the matching ideas.

Notice that none of these questions begin with a ‘Why….’.  This is because the purpose of a scientific experiment report is to share what you thought you knew, what you thought would happen and your observations about what actually did happen. It’s a bit like you are saying:

I’m wondering this…..because I know this…...so therefore if I do this I think this might happen.

So, at the end of a successful scientific report, you may not be able to say why something happened but you will be on the way to finding out why.

Then, when you do find out why, you will have to learn how to write an Explanation. The purpose of  Explanation writing is to answer Why questions. So, do not be surprised if your teachers decide to teach you Explanation writing later on!!!

Freezing Water.	What will happen when you mix vinegar and baking soda?
Floating and Sinking.	What will happen to an ice cube if you take it out of the freezer?
Kitchen Chemistry.	Which materials make the best insulators?
Disappearing Water.	What happens when you put a container of water into a freezer?
Keep Your Cool.	What will happen to a puddle of water on a hot day?
Ice Cube Experiment.	Does Blutack float?

Kiwi Kids News

Hello fellow bloggers,
This week I have done some Kiwi Kids News. Kiwi Kids News is when you search up Kiwi Kids News and you choose news out of world, national, sports or odd stuff. You choose a story that you think is exciting and then answer the questions on the side. I chose Water View Tunnel opens in Auckland.

Title: Water view Tunnel opens in Auckland                Week:8

1. Who is the main person or group of people in this news article? The Prime Minister.

2. What was the key event from the news article? The key event was the Water View tunnel opens in Auckland.

3. Where did this event take place? In Auckland.

4. When did this event take place? June the 21 of 2017.

This year we are learning about myth and legends. Our theme  is 'Learn from  a Myth and Became a Legend we had to explain the difference between a myth and a legend and a legend I chose a myth.  

The story of Ganesha 

Is it a myth? The story of Ganesha.Yes ,it is .

 

The story comes from a culture.	It has non-human characters like gods.	It can have some real characters like plants, humans and other animals.	It is set in a certain place.	It explains a certain phenomenon or says why things are the way they are.	The story has a narrative structure with a problem and solution.
The hindu religion in india Cerys provided this answer	Lrd Shiva and Parvati the gods  of the universe Ghanasa -the elephant-headed god.   Charlie-Gurl	Elephants, a boy and a tree Magic and Amethyst	In India Alex	How Ganesh got an elephant's head Charlie-Gurl	Kayne said the  problem was the boy upset  Shiva so Shiva cut his head off. Mathew said the solution was Shiva gave an elephant's head to the boy.

The dance of the honeybee

For reading this week we have been reading about honey bees. This is an explanation about the dance of the honeybee.