Onesie day

                                                    Kia Ora 
Today we had an animal onesie day because we are fundraising  for the year 1&2 zoo trip. My group dressed up like humans.Humans are mammals.The one on the left is our friend photo and the one on the right is our group photo.

Similes and metphors

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This is an activity we did when we were learning how to write similes.

Something I think I have done well  is I got all the success criteria. I would like to write more metaphors.

Ka kite ano.

Writing similes.

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This is an activity we did when we were learning how to write similes.

Something I think I have done well is writing them but

next time I think I could improve writing them about somthing else .

Ka kite ano

Learning Intention: Understand the language and structure of similes.

We have been learning how to write similes using ‘as’, ‘like’.

Here are my four simile sentences about animals.

The boy is as slow as a sloth.

The boy was as stinky as a skunk.

That boy is like a big, fat elephant.

That boy is like a skinny monkey.

Multiplication Facts

This week we started a new system for daily multiplication practice. We have to answer 30 multiplication problems, 30 division problems and 8 fraction problems in 3 minutes. Here is the graph to show how I did.

A new digital learning object.

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This week we have been trialling how to use Storyboard-That as a digital learning tool. We had to create a research storyboard based on Anzac Day and our friend Cyprus. I chose to use photos from the internet for most of my images but creating  cartoon images was fun too. Here is my work:

My Myth

We have been learning how to write narratives. Narratives are a style of writing which tell a story usually following this structure: Introduce a time,place and good character/s. Then introduce bad character/s and a problem. Have the good character solve the problem.End up with a solution to the problem which is satisfying for a reader and which might teach a lesson. All the way through the story, use descriptive language to help describe the places and characters well. Because we are also learning about myths and legends, some of us decided to use the myth genre. Myths are imaginary narratives which use a story with a message to try to explain a natural phenomenon such as rain, wind or earthquakes.My story is a myth because it is an imaginiative way of trying to explain why we have rain.

Why We Have Rain.

A myth by Bailey Rihari.

Long, long ago on a island with lots of caves that were pitch black there lived a female chimera who was part cow, part  dragon and part human. Her name was Cowrin and she had red and brown dragon wings on a black and white cow’s body. Her human face was round and pretty. She loved living in the village with her Maori  friends and loved that she could help and protect them.  She  had often flown around the island with the villagers. She was brave,good,strong and mighty.

One day there was an evil dragon who had come to burn down the villagers’ houses and Cowrin heard the villagers screaming. “Help! Help!”  A villager screamed, running into the dark cave where Cowrin was resting.

“The houses are getting burnt down!”  So, Cowrin  flew down and drank up some of the ocean water. Then she flew over the burning houses and vomited all the water onto them. Then, she spewed a whole lot more water over the evil dragon and he fizzled up into nothing and was never seen again.

Cowrin had saved the villagers’ houses and their lives. And ever since  then we had rain.

Te Reo

We have been learning the protocol of a powhiri. We had to match the Maori words with English phrases or words that could be used during a powhiri.

Match the Maori word with its meaning
Waha Roa	People of the land
Manuhiri	Shaking of hands, hongi
Tangatawhenua	Woman who call to the people
Karanga	Dining Room
Mahau	Formal Speech
Kaikaranga	Song
Whaikorero	Pressing of noses
Kaikorero	Sacred
Pae Pae	Gateway to the marae
Waiata	Not sacred (Normal)
Hariru	Visitors
Hongi	Rules set by the marae
Kawa	Call
Whare Kai	Male who speaks
Tapu	Veranda of the Marae
Whakanoa	The seat where the speakers sit