W5 T1 Weekly Reflection

Writing:This week for writing we are still focusing on poems. This week we have been working on the diamante poems. It is a bit confusing but this is what they are:

*Line 1: Noun or subject - one word

*Line 2: Two Adjectives that describe line 1

*Line 3: Three 'ing words that describe line 1

*Line 4: Four nouns - the first two are connected with line 1;
the last two are connected with line 7

*Line 5: Three 'ing words that describe line 7

*Line 6: Two adjectives that describe line 7

*Line 7: Noun Synonym for the subject

Here are some of my examples:

Topic:We have also been working on the seasons and what season is in what time. Here is my slide about the seasons.

Food Triangle

Over the past couple of weeks we have been looking at fruits and veges today I have created my own food triangle,with my favorite foods. I liked making it because it was fun to find the pictures. Here it is. 

W4 T1 Weekly Reflection

Writing- This week for writing we are still focusing on poetry. This week we are learning how to write a limerick. I wrote 3 limericks to share with you. I found it quite hard to find a word that rhymes with the topic I chose. Here are my poems.

W3 T1 Weekly Reflection

Literacy

This week for literacy we have started doing novel study about a book called Once. For novel study our teacher reads a book and we have to follow along our copy of the book with our eyes. When we finished the first chapter we stopped reading and we had to my a doc about what we already know and our first impressions of the story. After we did that we had to make a google drawing about facts about world war 2, because the book is about world war 2. We also started working on the type of poem called a Cinquain and I have done 2 of them to share with you. Here is my Drawing, My Doc and My Poems.

Once

Morris Gleitzman

What We Know:

• Felix Is in a Catholic Orphanage
• Felix is Jewish Pretending to be Catholic
• Felix has a best friend called Dodie
• Felix thinks that his parents are giving him signs that they are coming to get him
• Felix’s Parents are Jewish Book Sellers
• Felix’s Best friend Dodie Slurps really loud and Felix sits next to him and Felix listens to hear Dodie slurping to find his seat
• The story is set in Poland
• Felix wears glasses that steam up when he eats his hot soup
• They can’t grow Vegetables at the orphanage because of the frost that they get around the place
• Dodie has really crooked teeth
• Felix has been in the orphanage for 3 years and 8 months and he's sad because he thinks that he is leaving
• There are 63 kids 11 nuns and 1 priest that live in the orphanage
• They sometimes get mouse poop, insects and ceiling plaster in their soup and they have to eat it they aren't aloud to pick it out with their hands because it's rude
• Dodie`s Parents both died of sickness
• Dodie was 3 when his parents died

First Impressions

• Sad Story
• Tough
• Hard Times
• Loud
• Scary for the children
• Sad
• Poor
• It doesn’t look like the best place to live
• Doesn’t sound like a very nice place to live or be around
• Stubben Nuns

  

W2 T1 Weekly Reflection

Literacy
During the first 2 weeks back we have been doing a lot of work. We have been working on acrostic poems. It was really fun making the acrostic poems. Next time when we do acrostic poems my next step learning is to make my words more detailed. Here are 2 of my acrostic poems. 

Topic
For Topic we made collages with photos that represent us. I found it hard to fit the photos all in so I had to make the drawing bigger than it already was. I liked taking photos to put on my collage. Here is my collage. 

Features Of A Pa Site

This week I made a google drawing of the features of a pa site I put some fun facts about pa in as well as a couple of parts of the pa. Here is my work.

Shantytown

On Monday we went to Shantytown. When we got there Mrs Barbour talked to us about the exits and where we were allowed. Then we got into lines and we went into Shantytown. The lady said when we walked in we moved 150 years back in time. When we got inside we went into the place with lots of green stone and fossils. Then we got into an oval and did our mihis. 

After our mihi we talked about different facts about green stone. Then we went outside and looked around shantytown and we had to point out trees and plants that Maoris used back in the days. 

Then we had a little bit to eat. When we got inside the classroom we talked a little bit about Thomas Brunner and Kehu. Then the Tuakana went outside and read a story about Kehu and Thomas Brunner. I learnt a lot from this story. After we read the story we went up into the bush. When we got up to the top, Mrs Barbour gave us instructions about where we were allowed and then we had to go off in our groups to find a place to build our hut. 

Where Me, Royal, Mia and Rodeshar found our place we started collecting lots of wood. When we got enough wood we started making our hut. In the end we ended up with 4 bedrooms and a lookout. The look out was so we could see if there were any criminals coming. We made the huts because that`s what Kehu, Thomas Brunner and Pikawhati had to do when they were walking down the South Island. Every time they stopped that had to build a hut and sleep in it for the night!

When we were all done we walked back down the track and we went back to the classroom. Then we had lunch. At lunch time we all decided to go to the movie theater and we watched a hologram. It was a very cool movie.  

After lunch we went into the classroom and then she gave most of us a role I can not remember who I was but I was a mother of 6 kids! Then after we talked about that for a little bit we went up the manuka track to the church service. We did a Karakia the lords prayer and Royal read the Christmas story that I wrote. 

After that we went back to the classroom and then we said a big thank you to Mrs Mears and Mrs Barbour. 

The bit that I enjoyed the most was going up the track to the huts. I learnt about Thomas and Kehu and Pikawhati. I also learnt that in 1847 there was 4 church services on Christmas day!! That is a lot. 

I really enjoyed shantytown and I can not wait to go there next year!