Strike day!

this week we've been focusing on fact and opinions based on the strike day, held on monday. Heres a short film to show our facts and our own opinions about the day.

Fact or Opinion

WALT: I will read across texts and media to form my own opinion on the current teacher strikes.


For this weeks topic we have been focusing on the strike day, which was held on Monday. For this activity we had to give facts and our own opinions on the strike day.

Man and Sea

WALT: Test ready, preparing myself with strategies to do my best in the upcoming tests.

In this activity, it tells us how a  boy named Ioane gets a tatau tattoo. In this process hes in so much pain, during this his papa tells him a story about a black octopus that ravaged island.

Kiwi KIds News #2

Fart proof underwear

Recall:

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

U.K company

2. What was the key event from the news article?

Fart proof undies

3. Where did this event take place?

United kingdom

4. When did this event take place?

September 19 2018

Thinking:

1. Find a quote from the main person in this news article?

“Millions of people”

2. In your own words describe what happened in this news article.

This company is trying to reduce bad smells coming from your behind

3. Find out where this event took place and include some information about this place.

This event took place in the U.K , in the U.K is where the queen and her family live

4. Tell us when this event happened and explain what might happen in the future.

September 19 2018, this might be a number 1 selling product for people that really need it

5. Explain in your own words why this event took place.

I personally think that a lot of people would wear this product because some people fart a lot and it really smells but they also wanna put it to the test

6. Use the Dictionary in the bottom right hand corner to find the meaning of 3 words from the article.

Combat - fighting between armed forces.

Spokesperson - a spokesman or spokeswoman (used as a neutral alternative).

Warfare -  engagement in or the activities involved in war or conflict.

Deli Ali - Kiwi Kids News

Recall:

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

    Dele Ali

2. What was the key event from the news article?

   Can you do Dele Ali ?

3. Where did this event take place?

 It can take place anywhere in the world

4. When did this event take place?

This event took place on the 3rd of September 2018

Thinking:

1. Find a quote from the main person in this news article?

 There is no quote shown in this article.

2. In your own words describe what happened in this news article.

All over the world people have discovered the weird hand gesture that Dele Ali did after
every goal he got, and started trying to do it. Now it is popular to people and became the
new trend.

3. Find out where this event took place and include some information about this place.

 It doesn’t have any information about where the event took place.

4. Tell us when this event happened and explain what might happen in the future.

This Dele Ali trend is popular right now but in the future I don’t think it will be as popular
as it is right now.

5. Explain in your own words why this event took place.

It started from the Football Player, Dele Ali. After he scored goals he did this hand gesture,
and suddenly it became more popular.

6. Use the Dictionary in the bottom right hand corner to find the meaning of 3 words from
the article.

Craze -  An Enthusiasm for a particular activity or object which achieves widespread but short-lived
popularity

Gesture -  a movement of part of the body, especially a hand or the head, to express an idea or meaning.

Viral - circulated rapidly and widely from one Internet user to another.

Dancing with the Stars

WALT: connecting - I make sense of new information before , during and after reading by connecting it to myself , texts I know and my world

This week we've been on the roll to learn about "Dancing with the Stars" our task was to create a poster that will help others with what ever their going through, weather its good or bad. and this is what I came up with for people to Conquer their goals and to never give up.

The last chapter of holes!!

WALT: Summarising - i make effective notes and condense ideas to summarise

For this weeks activity we got to do the last chapter of Holes. At the end it was interesting to find out what happened to zero and Stanley at the end. Unfortunately the book holes has now ended, i am looking forward to a second part of holes. I suggest that they should make a second one with them from what they are looking like now, I also suggest that you read this book and you will enjoy it as much as i did.

Fragments & Sentences

WALT: identify and write complete sentences
For this weeks work, we learned about Fragments and complete sentences. On the last slide of this presentation, there is a piece of work from our wonder writing. My buddy that helped proof read it was Samoa.

Holes

WALT:  Inferring - I connect my prior knowledge to help me make meaning when I infer across several related clues in the text. For this weeks activity we were learning about a book called holes.  There was a lot of information in the book and I found out that there was a place called Camp Green Lake where they punish all the bad boys. My overall thoughts about the book is that I would get more people to read it.

holes 4

WALT: predicting - i am learning to make inference when the answer is not stated directly.

Holes

WALT: connecting- i make sense of new information before. during and after reading by connecting it to myself, texts i know and my world.

I recommend that you should read this book because it has interesting facts about animals we didnt even know excised and how it is at Camp green lake.

Holes

WALT: predicting - i form and test hypotheses as i confirm or reline my predictions during and after reading.

Holes

WALT: Self Monitoring - I monitor my reading for accuracy and sense and can adjust my reading when I encounter difficulties

Idea City

WALT: predicting - I make predictions about the reading purpose by skimming the layout of the text.

Face to Face with a Tuatara

Q1 - The food Tuatara eat

Insects (beetle & Weta)

Eggs

Sea birds

Baby Tuatara

Lizards

Q2 - In which country can you find a Tuatara living in the wild

New Zealand

Q3 - creatures that can kill tuatara

People

Rats

Cats

Dogs

Pigs

Q4 - What tuatara look like

Soft and Scaly

Sharp claws

Long

Diary of a Wild boy

WALT: use prior knowledge along with information in the text interpret abstract ideas and themes..

This text is about a boy that travelled across the whole world and his name was Brando Yelavich. going around the world was challenging for him because he had to climb up cliffs, climb a tree from a pig and bull and go through a river, but the good thing was that his beliefs were high.

Lady Esme & the stolen fire gems

WALT: manage myself to complete tasks to the best of my ability.

In this story there was a thief that had stolen 12 fire gems from the king and once again Lady Esme figured out the mystery.

Seat belts

WALT: finding evidence in a text.

In this text it talks about how seat belts can save a life and even if you feel like wearing a seat belt it's uncool, make a decision between life or death!If I was in a car I would make a decision and wear a seat belt whether people think its uncool or cool,because little do you know seat belts can save your life.

The prince who gave up everything

WALT: Find evidence in a text and inference
In this text it is telling us about the prince who gave up everything. It talks about Buddhism, if you didn't know Buddhism is a religion. This prince self tutored his self but then he realised that self tutor is not the way.

The Rat

WALT: Use the text to generate questions for others to answer.

Your probably wondering why our presentation is called rat, well this presentation is called the rat because there was a man in the story that made an instrument that you could play but it kinda looked like a rat with holes along its back.