Hey guys! In writing we have been learning about compound sentences. A compound sentence is two simple sentences combined with fanboys. To make a compound sentence you need:
A Noun: Name, place or object.
A Verb: A action word.
Fanboys:
F= For
A= And
N= Nor
B= But
O= Or
Y= Yet
S= So
Ofa helped me turn my simple sentences into compound sentences. Here is my work:
Highlight: Noun Verb FANBOYS
Hey guys! This week for reading we are focusing on famous people. I chose to learn about Martin Luther King jr! MLK jr was a powerful speaker and protested against the laws for black and white people. Example: Black people had to give up their seats for white people and couldn't go swimming or to the same school as white people! I really liked learning about MLK jr because I believe that everyone should be treated equally!
Create task 1:
How do your three texts connect? ( Book, Challenge and Complementary )
Fill in the 3 boxes!
WALT: Ma whero, Ma pango, ka oti ai te mahi. With red and black the work will be complete
Tena Koe! This week for reading we have been focusing on Matariki. We have learnt many things and stories. The first thing we had to do was:
Must do: Watch and read the 4 texts and videos. Write down the facts.
Can do: Choose from, Animation, Word find, Tawhirimatea or a Venn diagram. We had to choose 2 of these tasks.
I chose to do the word find and read the story of Tawhirimatea. For the word find, I had to find all the words and give each word the definition.
Create task 1/Must do:
Video #1:
Sisters are fighting
Papatuanuku and Ranginui.
Kei tango tango and Wainui are the parents of Matariki.
Matariki is a family of stars.
Matariki are 7 sister stars.
Pouanaga, the red star, thinks the sisters are annoying
Tukurua, the blue star, tells the sisters to calm down.
The parents overhear what the red star and blue star are saying about their daughters.
They needed to calm them. Kei Tango tango, the father, said that they should give the sisters an important task.
To be the sign for a new year.
Matariki, the oldest, calls on her sisters. Waiti, Waita, Waipuna-rangi, Tupu-a-nuku, Tupu-a-rangi and Ururangi.
The sisters are given their responsibilities and come together.
It is bad luck if you can not see the 7 sisters.
But it is good luck when you can see them clearly, sparkling in the sky.
Video #2:
Matariki is also the name of the Maori new year.
They disappear into the night sky in late April.
The stars appear again in late May or early June.
When the stars appear and the new moon has risen, the Maori new year has begun.
In some stories Matariki is known as the biggest star.
Matariki has other names like the 7 sisters.
Matariki is the eldest sister and guides her younger sisters to their places in the sky
The old stories also tell us that when the stars shine brightly, the year will be warm and good for growing crops.
Also that there will be plenty of seafood to gather. Plants will grow tall and strong.
We can celebrate Matariki in many ways
It is a time for sharing family stories, for learning about the land and how to look after it. It is a time for hearing stories about the old days.
For learning about how the people used the stars in the past. It is a time to plant trees and winter crops. It is a time to fish and gather kaimoana.
It is a time for making things. To learn how to weave and carve. It is a time for making and flying kites.
Matariki is a time to make plans for the future and to forgive and forget problems of the past.
It's a time to enjoy with your family and friends.
Te Papa Website:
Not all iwi celebrate Matariki at the same time.
Some may celebrate on the first full moon or the next new moon.
Celebrating Puanga at Ramanui:
If you live in Taranaki it is hard to see the Matariki because its very low in the eastern sky
The students of Ramanui have invited their friends and family to join them in a feast.
They end up hearing a mihi and a karakia, kapa haka and eating Hangi.
P.S: My version is underneath the original!
Matariki: The Maori name for a cluster of stars. In english this Matariki means: Eyes of God.
Whetu: The number 7 or a star in the matariki cluster.
Stars: Glowing lights in the sky that appear at night time.
Korero: This translates to “talk”.
Kai : This translates to “food”.
Food: Something you eat.
Land: A piece of earth.
Whenua: This translates to “land”.
Family: Someone you are related to, like your mum, dad, sister etc.
Whanau: This translates to “family”.
Event: Something that is big and takes place somewhere.
Constellation: A group of stars.
Harvest: When you gather something.
Pleiades: A group of stars.
Maori New Year: The Maori’s New year.
Pipiri: First lunar month of the Maori year.
June: A month.
Reflection: When you look into the water and see yourself. Or when you look into a mirror.
Celebration: A festival when you celebrate something.
Future: Something that has not happened yet but will happen soon.
Past: Something that has already happened.
Present: Something that is happening now or a gift.
Maramataka: Maori lunar calendar.
Pataka: Storehouse.
Storehouse: A building used for storing things.
Wairua: Spirit or Soul.
Spirit: Where your emotions come from.
Calendar: Pieces of paper stapled together with the days, months and years on it.
Lunar: Something that resembles the moon.
Waiti: Sweet.
Have you ever seen Matariki? If you have comment when you saw it. I hope you enjoyed this post! Please leave me some feedback!
Have a nice day
Karaitiana
WALT: Make connections between ourselves, other texts and the world. I think thats the WALT means to connect to something in the book that you have experienced or can relate to. For other texts, I think it means to remember or recognize something in the book you read and a different book. I think the world means to connect to something that you have seen or heard about in the world.
Hey guys! This week for reading we were focusing on some of our teachers childhood favourite books. We got to choose from, Hairy Maclary, Where the wild things are, Wonky Donkey, You are special, Pigasso meets Mootise, The empty pot, The bad case of stripes and The tale of Peter Rabbit. I chose the story, The Wonky Donkey. It was about a donkey that was very different. He was tall and slim, smelly but cool and was always getting into mischief! This was a very fun post and fun book. I enjoyed all the create tasks. I hope you enjoy this post and learn something new!
Create task 1:
Make connections between with your journal and yourself, another text or movie and then the world.
Wonky Donkey
Why have you chosen this connection? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
African countries, Brazil, Pakistan and China.
China and all of the other countries are capturing and killing donkeys to make medicine for China’s medicine market.
China
Because China needed medicine for their medicine market.
This started in 1992
Google Drawing ( Create task 1 )
Hey guys! This week for maths we were focusing on numicon. Ths week was also very rushed! SO my post will be very sloppy. But i still hope you enjoy it. I was in a group with Jaydah, Amelia and Marcus. ENJOY!!
Hey guys! This week we are reading about fairy tales!!! I picked a book called, The Red Ball, it was about how 2 sisters were complete opposites. One day the shy older sister got very jealous of her younger sister and made a deal with a evil fairy, to make her sister disappear. Ida ( Older sister ) wanted her sister back so she had to figure out who the real May was.The fairy duplicated May ( the younger sister). The shy sister ends up saving her younger sister by throwing a ball. Only 1 catches it. The characters are Ida, May, Fairy and Mum. The story was set in a playground and magical forest. The problem was that May disappeared. The solution was, ball was thrown. 1 sister caught the ball. The fairy was mad and the deal was broken. Hope you enjoy my work!
Create task 2:
Create a comic strip with 8 scenes from your story:
Hey guys! This term for writing we are focusing on narratives! My narrative is combining Winnie the pooh and Humpty Dumpty. The first thing we had to do was plan what our stories were gonna be about.
1. Setting
2. Characters
3.Feelings
4.Build up
5. Problem
6.Solution
Then we could actually start writing. Here is my writing, I worked really hard on it and I would LOVE it if you gave me feedback. Enjoy!
Once upon a time, Winnie the Pooh and his friends sat on a cherry red, brick wall laughing at each other's dad jokes. Quite far away, Humpty Dumpty was singing, dancing, eating honey and living his best life. Winnie started posing on the crimson wall with his cool friends outside of the dazzling mansion. Meanwhile, Humpty was dancing in the dimed Hundred Acre Wood. When Winnie talked, he had the most cheerful attitude. His pitch black eyes twinkle in the sunlight.
By the brilliant castle, Winnie and his fragile friends felt wind gently blowing on their soft and woolly backs. Unknown to them, a tornado was brewing and concocting in the distance…
BAM! BOOM! POW! The enraged tornado knocked the frail Winnie the pooh and his delicate friends off the apple red wall. The furious tornado forced a storming and rapid sneeze to come from within. They were feeling sore, regretful and hurt. The animals bonked their fuzzy heads on the rough concrete floor.
Far far away from the stunning castle, in Hundred Acre Wood, Humpty, the honey lover, ran out of his saffron coloured honey. So, he decided that he would ask the grouchy and greedy king. He strolled down the hill reciting his speech for his beloved honey. When he finally reached his destination he saw a couple of animals painfully lying on the ground. He called and signalled the guards that some animals were in a terrible accident. They were swiftly rushed to the hospital, given medicine and bandages. After 48 hours they were healed and blissful.
Finally, Winnie and his friends were let out of hospital, they all hiked back to Hundred Acre Wood with fears of walls. Humpty tried to warn them. They all get that joyful, cheerful and happy feeling in their stomach. They were meant to be friends forever. In the end, Winnie, Humpty and all their friends lived
Happily Ever After.
Moral: DO NOT SIT ON WALLS ALONE OR WITH YOUR FRIENDS!
Have you ever been to the hospital? If you have comment why you were there. If you haven't then you are lucky! Please give me some feedback.
Have a nice day
Karaitiana
