Kuaka: Marathon Bird

 

1. We are learning to use visual language features to support our understanding of the ideas and information in the text.

2. What I enjoyed was making this slide and doing my vocabulary sheet which was also tricky.

Sailing the Pacific

We are learning about traditional sailing and navigation methods used by early Polynesian voyagers.

I enjoyed making this blog post and the thing that was tricky was my digital learning object.

Tuia Matauranga Roadshow

We are learning about voyaging and learn about some new stars. At the Tuia Mataurang roadshow we got a pence and a booklet with a joiner bingo in the middle of it. there was also a vr with a pig on the waka that the Maori's used for food.  We also got cool bandannas and we got to make wakes. We learnt about tow new stars and one new constellation. 

 

Matariki

We are  learning all about Matariki.

We have been learning about Matariki and how Matariki was so important in the olden days. Something that interested me about Matariki was that they made kites instead of making a cake.   

I found that they did not use fireworks to celebrate was interesting.It surprised me that there are five hundred  Matariki stars, but only seven can be seen with the naked eye. I enjoyed learning about Matariki and what they did to celebrate it.                        

I found reading some Maori words tricky to  read. I  did my scratch project really well and I can do some more code for my avatars.

Celebrating Puanga at Ramanui

WALT find out what students at one school do to celebrate the Māori New Year. WALT to use the main ideas to summaries the text.My group are learning about puanga. Puanga is a stare in Taranaki. In Taranaki there is a school called Ramanui that used punaga to tell them that it was Matariki. I enjoyed learning about how Ramanui school celebrated the Maori New year.   I said some Maori words correctly and some I needed some help. It was tricky saying the Maori words in the book. I can extend myself by reading faster and louder.     

The Plastic Free Challenge

1. WALT find out some causes, effects, and solutions for plastic pollution.
2. We are learning about plastic that can kill animals in the ocean. There are some more animals that eat heaps of plastic, one of them is a turtle. We can try to use less plastic for the sick of sea creatures. We can use hung rapers around our sumachs and a cooler bottle in sted of using a plastic bottle. buy reusable bags at the store so it safe ocean animals from choking on plastic bags, plastic bottles, and plastic marble.
3. Click here to read the plastic free challenge.

Bubble Memories

1. We are sharing memories from our lockdown.
2. I did the writing better than the picture. It was tricky to find the correct picture to go with my writing. Next time I can try to finish it on time to move to another activity.

The Striped Invader

WALT find out some interesting facts and information about wasps. 

WALT finds interesting and tricky words while reading. 

In the book, there were some tricky words that I found challenging. I have never done a life cycle like this before.
While I was doing this slide, it was hard to remember the steps of the life cycle of the wasp at first, then it became easier when I looked at the article a few times.

Weta

WALT identify words or phrases that may be unfamiliar and discuss their meaning.

I read an interesting article about Wetas. Here are some facts and a description diagram to show you what I learned.

Tips CONSERVE WATER

We are learning about the severe drought in the Far North and are learning how we can conserve water in drour community.

I learned that there is a server in New Zealand.

I read the northland redional council pamphlet on how to conserve water.

People have been bathing in the lakes because there low on water very low.

Kawa of Care

WALT take Care of our Chromebook's by the Kawa of Care.We are learning about the Kawa of care because some people have forgot how to take care of there chromebook. 

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