My mountain to the sea learning

Tsunami and the mountain to the sea

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Meerkats

Here is a google slide I created on Meerkats.

Animal Report

For writing we have been learning how to write animal reports. Here is one I have written about turtles.

Turtles

Turtles are reptiles. There are three different families of turtles. Freshwater turtles, sea turtles and tortoises.

Diet

Tortoises eat plants. Turtles eat insects, snails and other small sea animals.

Habitat

Sea turtles live in the sea and freshwater turtles live in lakes and in burrows on the land.

Appearance

Turtles have green shells and light green waterproof skin. They have little white dots and sharp nails. They have a head poking out between their two shells.

Turtles are being hunted for their shells.

Pet Day

Yesterday we did our vaseline saucers and I like the way I did it with this pattern.

Today was Pet Day at school. There were lots of animals, like calves, lambs, chickens, goats, turtles and even a lizard.

Great and Grands Day

                                         Greats and Grands day
 Yaya! It is Greats and Grands day today. After the big assembly my nana came. She was yelling out my name, Cassidy, Cassidy! I zoomed to my nana. She gave me a big cuddle. I said,  "hi nana, I love you."
She went to Adoni and my class room and looked at Adoni and my blogs. Then she walked to my to cousins class room. I had a great day.

my instrument portfoilo

How bees make honey

We have been learning about explanations and bees. I created an animation using google slides. Then I used screencastify to explain how bees make honey.

Writing goals

Here is my next writing goal.

Maths

For maths I have been working in a small group. We have been learning different strategies to help us solve problems.

hand writing

This is my term 2 hand writing sample. My next goal is to make sure my writing is the right size.

I can type words 7 per minute.

Maori

I have been learning the Maori word for fish, shark, crab and dolphin.  I need more practise at remembering the Maori names for the creatures.

Narrative Writing

We are learning about the parts of a narrative. Here is a story I wrote about a dinosaur.

The Vicious Dinosaur

Once there lived a vicious dinosaur in a dark, damp, cold forest. The dinosaur stomped and stomped all the way to  the freezing blue river. There were two men soldiers in a little wooden boat fishing for their dinner. Their names were Paddy and Chad.

“Yummm! They look yummy,” said the dinosaur. The dinosaur stepped into the murky brown water. Suddenly the dinosaur was sinking in the muddy water. The dinosaur roared. “HA HA!” said Paddy and Chad.

Paddy and Chad paddled all the way back to their dusty old house and lived happily ever after. The dinosaur died all alone in the river.

By Cassidy

Visual pepeha

                          I like the way I did my work

Here is my pepeha. I have worked hard to learn it and say the words properly.

Autumn Cameo

Written Language Sample

Cameo

Learning Intention: I am learning how to use appropriate adjectives and powerful verbs in my cameo writing.

Success Criteria: I am able to find and highlight adjectives and verbs in a cameo and explain why they work.

I am able to write sentences with appropriate adjectives and powerful verbs in my cameo.

Task:  To write a poem about autumn, using appropriate adjectives and powerful verbs.

Remember to:  Punctuate your work correctly. Use careful spelling and sounding out

WINTER

Winter blows its cold icy breath everywhere.

The early morning frost is crunchy and white covering the green grass.

The loud wind howls in the freezing air like a stray dog hungry for a bone.
Tiny snowflakes flutter down to land on the frozen ground,

covering everything with a white sparkling blanket.

The trees become bare, brown bones standing like statues admiring the view.

Heavy rain falls from the dark grey sky, pounding against the soggy ground.

Chilly bitterness in the air, winter is here.

Here is my writing

Autumn - DRAFT The wend blowd the levs swesh! The . wend blowd of the levs then it was there yers lata then they got crachea. and crachea like a old grama onec it was one yers it was all green. ya it is green now thes levs are beter then the old crachhay ones thaso wer to crachay and old.

Autumn - Published

Swish! The wind blows the leaves. The wind blows the leaves from the trees.  It was three years later. The leaves got crunchier and crinklier like an old grandma. Some trees are all green. Yay! It is green now. These leaves are better than the old crunchier ones. Autumn leaves are too crunchy and old.

Volcano Animation

Here is my groups animation of an erupting volcano.

Volcano Erupting

Here is my moment in time recount about the erupting volcano.

Boom! Bang! Rumble! Rumble! The volcano burst into flames. Bubble Boom Crash! The gas was spreading the ash into clouds in the sky. The red, orange hot lava was spitting out. Spit! Spit! Rocks exploded into the sky. Slowly the lava turned into thousands of rocks.

Te Ahuahu Walk

Ring ring! The bell rang. The bus stopped. Beep beep. Yay! We are going to Te Ahu Ahu. “Yipee! finally we are climbing the mountain today,” my cousin yelled. I could not wait.

I saw the big mountain. We started to climb. I felt tired. My legs were tired. I saw crickets jumping around the place. I heard the crickets sing. I saw spiders crawling everywhere. I heard people talking. I saw the big pond. The view was amazing.

Here is my writing about Te Ahuahu mountain walk. We were focusing on powerful verbs and appropriate adjectives. I think my writing is cool.

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