Information Report 2

 
We also had to write an information report about a place. I chose The Arctic because it is actually just ocean.  There is no land but just ocean that is always covered by ice.  I hope that the Arctic does not melt because this could mean that many of the amazing animals that live there could become extinct!

Information Report Writing

This week we have been writing information reports.  First we had to write one on an animal or an insect.  I chose a dung beetle because they are found everywhere in the world including New Zealand.  I did not know that we had introduced them here in New Zealand.  They are actually quite interesting and useful beetles even if they do eat poo!

Autumm Description

Last week for writing we were writing descriptions about Autumn. We had to describe what autumn was like using our senses and not using the word autumn. 

This writing was easy because it is autumn at the moment so you could just look out the window and describe what you see. Here is my writing, I hope you enjoy.

Word Find

This week for reading we have been reading about the Day of the Dead celebration in Mexico.  One of our activities was to make wordfind using some of the vocabulary about this festival.  See if you can find all of my words.

Reading - The History of Lego

This week for reading we had to answer some questions about the history of Lego.  One of the activities was to find out about a Lego world record.  There were so many records about Lego that I decided to share some of them with you.

Morning Experience Writing

WALT: Visualise and write about an experience

This week for wriitng we had to write about the experience of waking up on a school morning.  I liked this activity because I got to tell the reader how I felt in the morning and how my mum reacted to how I felt. 

As you can probably tell I am NOT a fan of getting up in the morning!  How do you feel about mornings?

Life on the Ice Vocabulary

One of our reading activities this week was to research some words about Antarctica and then use them in our own sentences.  I decided to turn one of my words into a blog post so here it is.  

One of my old teachers loves a good pun so Whaea Katie, this post is for you!

My Special Place

This week for writing we had to describe a special place.  Here is my description. Can you guess where my favourite place might be?

Living on the Ice

This week in reading we have been reading a text called Living on the Ice.  One of our activities was to answer some questions about the text.  Here are some of the facts I found during this activity.  

Myth

Hello,

This is my myth to explain a natural phenomena. I did mine about why we have thunder and lightning. I hope you enjoy it.

Many years ago in the land of the long white cloud Aotearoa
there lived a Maori chief named Lightning. He had two sons
Thun and Der. There usual routine was going pounamu hunting
with their father up the Mawheranui. Finally Thun and Der were
old enough to go by themselves. There father was reluctant to
letting them go however they really wanted to so he gave in.

Thun and Der set off on a day with the finest conditions. They left
early in the morning to go up the river on foot and planned to be
back by nightfall.

They didn’t have much luck so they decided to venture further up
river than they normally did. The further inland they went the
darker it got.  The clouds in the sky closed in blocking the sun,
making it harder to see the path alongside the fast flowing river.
Suddenly Der lost his footing and slipped into the river.
Thun tried to save him but the pull of the Mawhera nui was to
powerful and dragged him as well. The two brothers were crying a
karakia to Tangaroa pleading for mercy but there cries were unheard
and they were dragged away never to be seen again.

Meanwhile back at the village Lightning was waiting for his two
sons to return. As darkness fell there was still no sign of them. He
was very anxious so he sent his warriors out to look for his beloved
sons but they returned empty handed.

Lightning was so desperate to find his sons he got his magical flint
and cast sparks into the stormy sky hoping to lead his sons home.
Then he called for them  in his booming voice “THUN-DER!!!”

And so Lightning continues to call for his lost sons to this day
hoping one day they may still come home. That is why we see
lightning sparks and hear the booming THUN-DER on stormy
nights.