Day And Night Explanation

For reading we have been learning about space and our solar system.  We learnt about why we have day and night.  Here is my DLO (digital learning object) about why I think we have day and night.

Smart Cookie News - William Trubridge

This is our second Smart Cookie News Post. We've taken on some advice and added more people to our news crew.  We did this work all by ourselves and it is about William Trubridge who is a freediver.  We did this work for our 'own choice' writing.

Trubridge Breaks World Freedive  Record

William Trubridge is a New Zealander who does freediving.  Freediving is when you dive down to a certain mark with no diving gear and you have to do it on one breath.  This sport is very hard and you have to train lots.  William Trubridge has broken 18 world records that were set by him. William Trubridge held the world record but he set a new record with a 102m dive. He held  his breath for, four minutes and 15 seconds. His family and support team were waiting to see if the record had been achieved.The dive location was held in Bahamas at a spot called the blue hole. This is where he broke the world record in freediving.

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My Taniwha - Writing

For the past few weeks we have been practising descriptive language in our writing. We have been trying to paint pictures with words. We all got to invent our own taniwha and than we had to draw our own taniwha. Then we had to write about, and describe  what it looks like.  Then we read our work to a buddy and they had to draw it.

Create and Describe Your Own Creature

(Nogard - Taniwha)

WALT: be descriptive in our writing.  

Look at the description of a Nogard.  Now Create and describe your own creature that you will then be able to read to a buddy so that they can draw it.  Your description must be as detailed and clear as possible so that when you share it with others they will be able to visualise and draw you creature. Use lots of adjectives (describing words - big, small, round, green).

You must .....

• Have a name for your creature
• Start from the big things and work your way to the smaller things
• Describe the shapes
• Describe its neck, body, tail, wings etc.
• What does its head look like?Think about its eyes, nose, eyebrows, mouth, teeth
• Describe its legs/flippers/fins etc.
• What colours is it?
• Any extra details on the body like scales, spikes etc.
• Keep it simple and clear!
• Use correct punctuation and spelling.
• Check that your sentences make sense.

Remember that a good writer ‘paints’ pictures in their reader’s head with words.   This is what good descriptive writing does.  

Kaitiaki O Aotearoa

Have you ever heard of a Taniwha called Kaitiaki o Aotearoa?

Well I have.  He is a fierce, tough, and a  brave Taniwha. He looks after………

Tangaroa the god of the moana, Ranginui the sky father, the Hokioi  bird  and Papatūānuku and her little baby called Ruaumoko.

You are probably wondering what Kaitiaki o Aotearoa looks like.

Well he is the shape of our beautiful country New Zealand.  Kaitiaki o Aotearoa is standing upright (portrait) on a slight tilt.

Up the North there is his power, a unicorn horn and above that there is one deformed reindeer horn too.  Kaitiaki o Aotearoa has two sparkling blue and white wings glued to his back, also his legs are very strong with hooves at the bottom of his feet.  His legs are also a delicate blue. Kaitiaki o Aotearoa has sharp teeth to kill enemies and has one black  eye. Kaitiaki o Aotearoa has kowhai and kikorangi as  the  colour of his body. Kaitiaki o Aotearoa has

korus for his arms and tail. His arms are blue and his tail is yellow.  He stomps around to show whos boss.

My Taniwha takes me down deep into a rainbow portal to his friend’s sausage sizzles.  My sausage is as yummy as hot cross buns on Easter  with melted chocolate.  My  Taniwha lives in the clouds with the birds.  I love my Taniwha because he guards me from people and he gives me gifts and hugs.

This is Dakota’s Version of my Taniwha.                                             My drawing of my taniwha.                                                                

                                                                                      

Peer Evaluation   Name of Peer:  Dakota.

What I think you did well:  Putting lots of maori words in your writing.

What I think you could improve on: I can’t find anything wrong or that you need to work on.

Self Evaluation

What I think I did well:Describing my taniwha.

What I could improve on: Punctuation.

My Magic Box Poem

Smart Cookie News (1)

Once a week we get a small amount of time to do our own writing projects that we chose.  My Friends and I have started a news group called Smart Cookie News.  We chose topics to write about and then we also create a news clip.  Here is our first piece that we made.  We hope you enjoy. 

Rio De Janeiro.  

Natalie Rooney wins silver at the Rio Olympics 2016, in Clay Bird Shooting.

Natallie is 28 years old and finished second overall in the Clay bird shooting semi finals.

Natalie sadly missed out getting into the New Zealand Olympic Team in 2012. However she then trained hard to get into the 2016 Olympics. She has been competing for ten years now.

There was a little bit of funding to help her. She said, "She's got a very supportive Dad that helps her  for funding and stuff like that."

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My Whanau Mihi.

How I made My Mihi?
I found some information about My rivers and my ship.  I screencasted it and added photos.
If I had to make it better I would add my pets, Grandparents and cousins. We were learning to pronounce the Maori words properly. My Mihi lets people know who I am. We were learning to introduce ourselves in Te Reo Maori.

First Post

Welcome