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This week in spelling we have been learning about our vocabulary. Our task this week was to complete a Vocabulary slideshow and link it to the checklist. We also learnt about prefixes and suffixes A prefix is a word part added to the beginning of a root or base word to change its meaning and a suffix is a word part added to the end of a root or base word to change its meaning or grammatical function.
Here is my task.
Have you learnt about prefixes and suffixes?
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This week in reading we have been learning about ancient and modern olympics. Our task this week we have been learning about the boycotts in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and the 1980 Moscow Olympics. We read an article on both of these olympics after we read the articles we had to fill out a slide show that was all about those boycotts a boycott is just like a protest.
Here is my task.
Did you watch the olympics?
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Over the last few weeks we have been learning about nature in reading. For our create this week we had to make a poem about the beauty of nature. We could make any poem we wanted such as a Limerick, Acrostic, haiku and diamante these are different types of poems. I chose to do the Acrostic poem with sentences that describe nature. Acrostic poems use a word and each letter you make a sentence that relates back to that word. For N, I used ‘Nice animals everywhere ‘ , for A, I used ‘Autumn leaves falling off the trees’. T ‘Trees blowing in the wind’, U ‘Unique insects crawling in the grass’. R ‘Rivers rushing down the mountains’, E ‘Earths playground’. Each of the sentences I used for the word nature, are my first thoughts when I think about what nature means to me.
Here is my poem:
Have you ever made a poem?
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Last week on Tuesday we went on a field trip to Sumner beach and learnt about the sand dunes. We learnt about saving the sand dunes and why they are important and the animals that live in them. We got to make our own sand dunes, they had to be one meter long and about knee height. We then put some features to top of the dunes to replicate a large dune. Features such as sticks, fences and bridges, these features are used to stop the tides washing down the sand dunes. A king tide which is the biggest tide of the year happens when there is a full moon, it washes away a lot of sand from the beach. We then did some experiments with the sand dunes, like seeing what happens when we step with our fingers to replicate people walking on the endangered dunes. One of the ways we stopped this on our mini sand dunes was to put mesh fences up to stop people and their animals. Did you know dogs are one of the biggest threats to the sand dunes, they run around and dig up the dunes and break the plants that grow on them. After that we learnt about some animals and plants that live in the sand dunes, in particular the katipo spider, sand hoppers, geckos, and some little grubs. Our guide told us a story about how the people who live next to the beach wanted to see the sunrise in the mornings but the sand dunes were blocking it. They all asked the council if they could take down the dunes so they could see the beautiful sunrise, but the council did not want to take down the dunes. But the council still wanted to make the people happy so they took down a bit of the dune in front of a house so they could see the sunrise. It was all going well until they noticed that the sand had been building up in their attic, they found this out when the roof collapsed because all of the weight from the sand had been building up.
Here is a photo of a sand dune.
source google.
Have you ever seen a sand dune?
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Kia ora this week in math we had to make a mini math investigation this is what we had to do. Plan and complete a statistical investigation Pose a question that you would like to find the answers to. Then make a survey to collect data on a topic of your choice. Collect your data from at least 20 people in the hub. Display the data on an appropriate graph using Google sheets or another online graph creator. to Create a Google drawing that displays your question, graph and three statements about the data.
Here is my task.
Have you ever made a graph?
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This week in Reading we have started learning about New Zealand’s water quality and. We were told to look for a lake or river and learn about the water quality. I chose to do lake Roto Kohatu. We had to make a super hero my super hero had to have a back story like how it got its super powers. My super hero was called Doctor water. Fun Fact about water Water regulates the Earth’s temperature.
Here is my task.
Have you been to a lake before?
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This week in RE we have been learning about countries and their view on Catholic identity. We were told to look for a country and learn about their Catholicism. The country I chose was Mexico. I found out that Mexico is a very interesting country. Did you know that Mexico is over 80% catholic 10% Protestant and 1.5% other. Fun Fact catholicism began in Mexico when Spanish explorers arrived in the early 1500s and they Started telling People.
Here is my task.
Have you been to Mexico?
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This week in literacy we have been learning about insects. We were told to find an insect and learn about the insect that we had chosen for the task. Our task was to create a mihimihi for the insect. the insect I chose for this task was the Firefly. I found the Firefly very interesting. A fun fact about the Firefly is that it produces it’s own light from it tale end and the light colours can be either yellow, green or orange.
Here is my task.
Fireflies are a family of beetles called the Lampyridae. They are special because they can produce light. They are sometimes called ‘lightning bugs’ or ‘forest stars’.
Fireflies come from tropical climates like the United States, Latin America, Caribbean Island and South East Asia.
Fireflies live in both damp and dry areas, for example damp areas such as rain forests, streams, ponds and leaf piles. Examples of dry areas fireflies like live are backyards and meadows.
Scientific Classification
Have you heard of a firefly before?
Last week was Holy week this is important in the Catholic Church because that’s when Jesus died on the cross and rose up from the dead. This is important as it is the main part of our faith. I learnt that easter is not a one day thing it goes over the whole week.
Here is the Holy Week task I did showing what happened during Holy Week.
Do you know what Holy Week is?
These few weeks in PBL we have been make a island we could make our island on a map or we could make it with cardboard we could make it on minecraft also. But i made my island on a map. I have a freshwater lake on my island that come from the rain and the snow that melts into water. my map has a village, a volcano, a lake, mountains, a rock water fall that goes into the lake, a cave, a dock, and i have windmills for the village power. my island is called jumanji.
What would you call your island?