Week 7 Reflection

What: On Monday Ms O'Connor come to talk to us about our hands on learning and what it meant. On Tuesday we went to the boys and girls gym club. I was't that excited because we had this lady that wouldn't let us go do free time, but there was a upside to the trip, when we were doing the rotations  we got to jump over the foam pit, it was lots of fun. Our habits of mind is gather data through all sense's.

So What: I learnt tha the 6 hand's on our logo represent each year we spend at Carlton School.

Now What: My goal is to know my basic facts verbally and off by heart. I want to beat Tarron and Te Woaiki in bacic facts.

Writing Activity

I had bought a new dog the other day he was everything you would want in dog except, He smells like a revoulting rotten rag.But my mum goes crazy if there is a gross smell in the house she goes like a  crazy cheeky chimpanze."I am going to call him fat fuzzy fred.That night he was sleeping on a rag that's proboly why he stinks like a revoulting rotten rag.Come on I said let's give you a bath. Problem solved I said. The End......

Word of the week

The Word of the week is alteration.

The definition for alteration is change.

The part of speech is a noun.

Synonyms for alteration are change, switch, correcting.

Antonyms for alteration are worsening.

My Sentences. I made a alteration to the room. I made a change to living room.

Week 6 Reflection

What: On Wenseday chinese students had come to our class to learn about english and what we do as New Zealanders. We had a buddy each. My buddys name was Shine. He wasn't much of a talker or didn't play much sport. That was a shame because I was going to play a game of basketball with him. After lunch he showed me how to write my name in chinese and showed me numbers in chinese up to 16 and taught me how to say it. Today instead of going to the gym, me, Caleb and Te Paerangi went to Room 2 because we hadn't payed and plus I got hacked in the foot with a hockey stick at U11 reps for hockey. It really hurt. Yesterday we had buddy art. Our Habit of mind is gathering data through all senses. The five senses are smell, hear, look, taste and touch.

So What: I learnt how to count in chinese up to 16. I learnt how to control a 6 year old so they don't go crazy with the paint.

Now What: I want to learn how to count up to 30 in chinese numbers.

Reading Activity

Reading Activity

We have been learning to retall a story and this is my retall

 The fisherman

There was hui down the road and the parents of two boys went down there early and the boys went fishing at Opui Wharf to try and get some snapper but they did’t have much luck.

1: The boy’s parents were going to a hui at Waitangai.

2: The two boys were not going to the hui, instead they were going to Opui Wharf to catch some snapper.

3: Mum and dad went to Waitangai early while the boys were getting there fishing gear.

4: The day go’s on and the boys still had’t caught there first fish.

5: The train arrives and people come off with nice tidy cloths.

6: people were chatting and a man come over and asked if we had caught any fish.

7: There was something about the man because he was wearing an overcoat and suit, his shoes were polished and shone in the sun.

8: A man took of his coat a different man took the coat and hung it up.

9: The men threw the lines out into the water, there was pull you could feel the weight and pull of the cord.

10:The train blew it’s whistle and the train started to bourd and the man with the shining shoes rounded up his fishing line and placed it in the box.

11: Mum and dad arrived at the wharf after Waitangai they were waving the pasengers, good by when they were leaving on the train.

12: His  brother was pointing at the man with the sparkling shoes because  he had caught most of the fish.

Beaver Cloze Fill in the blanks with the words above the paragraph. Beavers
stream	ponds			teeth		tail		dam
A beaver is an animal that has large front teeth and a large tail on its back.  Beavers live in ponds that they make by building a dam on a small river or stream.
Beavers the Builders
sticks		twigs			trees		mud
Beavers can cut down trees with their powerful teeth. They use the twigs and sticks from the trees to build their dams.  They also use mud from the ground to hold everything together and fill in the holes.
Beavers Lodges
predators	build			slaps		lodges		underwater
Beavers build their homes in the middle of their ponds. Their homes are called lodges. The entrance to the lodge is underwater. This helps protect the beavers from predators. When a beaver sees a dangerous predator like a wolf the beaver slaps its tail on the water and hides in the lodge.
The Fur Trade
fur		trappers			warm		hats
			In the past, people called trapppers hunted beavers for their valuable fur. Beaver fur is very warm so their fur was used to make hats.

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Free Writing

W.A.L.T Write paragraphs correctly

My name is sally Mc ferguson I live in feguson road. I am a bit of a scank but no matter I have job that will blow you away...... I am a sientist.

 Here I am walking down the street in 3.8 inche high heels and 20kg jacket with gold on it, when Boom!the time square when pack of  wild cows devowed the time square. They were as furosurus as a wild handi cap hiina go to pounse on a antelope. There I was screaming my head of yelling for help but everybody was gone but nek minit.... ka pow! the cow knocked me out of my misery.

 I had studyed for years about cows and what would they do to effect the future but I never throught it was real! cow rabies snot dribbling mind baking desese.
                        
                       To Be Continued

Spelling Rules

Blends
Add the blends in the circles to the letters in the box to make words. The letters in the box and the blends will not always make rew words when they go together. Choose 3 words and put them into sentence's.

br-awl       cr-awl      cr-ush    dr-ill     gr-ave   pr-am   tr-im
br-ick        cr-ock     cr-ain     dr-ain   gr-ab    pr-ick   tr-ain
br-ow        cr-ew      cr-ip       dr-ip    gr-am   pr-ow    tr-ip
br-ook       cr-ow     dr-ed      fr-ed    gr-ill      pr-ay
br-ave        cr-ill        dr-ew     fr-ew   gr-im    tr-ew       
br-ush        cr-ook    dr-op      fr-ow   gr-ip     tr-ick
br-ain         cr-ave     dr-ow     fr-ill     pr-op   tr-ay
              
The train was about to run the crab over the crab was in grave danger.
The grim on the crab's face was scary when he steped up to have a brawl with his arch enermies the crow crew.

Word of the week

The word of the week is worthless.
Worthless is an adjective
Worthless means no use or without value.
Synoyms for worthless are no use, cheap, useless.
Antonyms for worthless are valuable, in use, worthy.
Sentence's: My dad is useless he does nothing all he does is lay on the couch.
My tools are worthless because they are all blunt.

Week 5 Reflection

What: Today we had wacky hair day at school, we are trying to get money to help the people with cystic fibrosis. I saw some of the most wacky's hair do's. I had two pony tales, one at the front and one at the back. This week we did art, for art we had to get 5 or 6 different types of leaves and then bring them back to class so we could start our printmaking camouflage. First we had to get the roller that had ink on it, we needed to roll it on the board and then roll it on the leaf that we had chosen. The we got our paper and put the leaf under your paper then got the clean roller and went over it on the other side. Our Habits of mind is Gathering Data through all our Senses. My goal is to complete level 3i in writing before the end of this year.

So What: I have learnt that your five senses are touch, smell, see, hear and taste.

Now What: I want to use those five senses to help with my listening and learning. I want to complete level 3i by the end of the year.                                                                                                                                

Cloze Reading

Fill in the blanks below with words from this box:
nocturnal falcons mice stealthy late swallow night	prey eyesight insects hunt flap regurgitate fish		hawks hearing birds camouflage feathers pellets
Nocturnal Animals Most owls are nocturnal animals, which means they are mostly active at night. Because they are active in the dark, they need keen eye sight and hearing. Birds of Prey Owls are birds of prey like  felcon's and hawk's.That means they hunt small animals such as mice,birds and other insects.Some owls even catch fish in water. Often, an owl will _swallow an animal whole. But since it can’t digest the bones, it will regurgitate them. These regurgitated bits of food are called pellets. Owl Feathers Owls are stealthy hunters. They have special
		feathers that help to keep them quiet when they flap their wings. Owl feathers are usually brown and grey, which helps to  camouflage them in the forest. Because owls are so silent and hidden, their prey doesn’t know the owls are coming until it’s too late.

Free Writing

W.A.L.T write paragraphs correctly

Continuing from last Free Writing

The attack has finnaly come, we are going to fight to the death to the glory. I ordered 300 war warriors and guess what they gave me 13 men! and two pizzars! They tryed to appulse but I stuffed him a box and shiped him off to China.
 Oh well i said I just have to fight to the death to the glory. So we went to say good by's too our loved ones and get our battle kit.
 There we were under the kingdom seting the timer for 18 tones of pure bombs going to set write on the kingdom.
 So we moved to set our ambush on the kingdom. But they had disarmed the bombs what are we going to do. Dom! Dom! Dom!
To be continued........

Word of the week

The word of the week is variety.

The part of speech is a noun.

The definition is differance.

Synomys for variety are range,change,mixed and shift.

A antonym for variety is unformity.

My Sentence's. My food cubourd has a variety differant deserts.

My dad has alot of differant ranges of tires in his shed.

Spelling Rules

Short and long u vowel sound
Next to each word identify if the word has a short or long u sound.

punch-short       fruit-long       who-long
you-long           through-long
blue-long           rude-long
duck-short        dull-short
bug-short          stew-long
us-short            threw-long

Week 4 Reflection

What: Our habit of mind is gather data through all senses. This week Mrs O'Connors brother came to talk to us how important listening is. My reading goal is to retall a story and to give more information to the reader. This week a music teacher had come to show us some instruments and to show us some tunes on 16 differant instruments.

So What: I think I am getting better at retelling a story because in our reading group we are learning to retell a story with more detail and to say the main ideas in each paragraph. I learnent that listing is an important thing because when your older there will be more concequenses if you don't listen and follow instrutions.

Now What: I want to make sure I have mastered my reading learning intention by the end of the term. I want to learn how to play the harmonica because I think it's a cool instrument.

Writing Activity

Beans
First paragraph: Every saturday morning he bikes into town to play rugby.

Second paragraph: It's hard to bike up the steep hills on the way to the rugby grounds.

Thrird paragraph: he has to be at the ground's by nine.

fouth paragraph: By the time he gets to the grounds he is really puffed.

Next page first paragraph: He likes getting thrown down on to the mucky ground.

Second paragraph: After the game he strips off and hops under the shower.

Third paragraph:He gets a drink at the dairy after his shower.

fouth paragraph: You see all sorts of people out in the gardens working.

Next page first paragraph; There is a 2 killometer hill he has to go down on the way back from the grounds.

Second paragraph: As your picking up speed down the hill you get the smeel of the pigs.

third paragraph: When he get's home he leans against the sheed and felt really hot and done for.

fouth paragraph: They have an old lady next door to them, she' said to his mum that boy of yours has beans.

Spelling Rules

Short and long vowel sound

Next to each word indentify if the word has a short or long o vowel sound

bottle-short          post-long         fog-short
dog-long              toast-long        slow-long
hot-long               hope-long        go-long
knock-long          gold-short        bath-short
gone-long            cross-short       rot-short
soap-long            not-short          toe-long

Close Reading

Fill in the blanks below with words from this box: harvest sweaters chilly sets migrating change November farmers before red orange yellow scarecrows autumn season back October grapes pumpkins corn September country foliage ground coats crows Fall Fall, which is also called Autumn is the season when the leaves change color and fall to the ground. In North America, it is also the season when kids head back to school. The Weathers Fall begins with warm weather in september ,but as the season continues into october and _november, the sun sets earlier and earlier everyday and the weather becomes chilly. And so, people put away their shorts and t-shirts and take out their sweaters and coats. The Harvest In fall, farmers are busy working in their fields. They have to harvest their crops before the cold of winter comes.  pumpkins, now big and orange, are ready for making pies. Corn quickly ripens on the cob. Wine makers pick their plump, juicy, purple grapes from the vine. Scarecrows  stand guard in the fields to keep the crows from stealing the crops before the farmers can gather them.
	The Country If you are fortunate, you can visit the country in the fall and see the spectacular foliage on the trees as the leaves change to red, orange, brown, and yellow . Overhead, birds are migrating, heading south to their winter homes.

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Word of the week

Crook

Crook is a noun.

Crook means a criminal or thief.

Synonyms for crook are cheat,villan, or robber.

Antonyms for crook are law or police.

These are my Sentences. The crook stole my mum's wallat. my dad is a criminal I don't like it.

Going got Max's house

Yeahh! Yesterday I had the best time at max's house. I went to his house because I had't seen him in 3 weeks because he had been in Taupo having the best hoiliday of his life.Well me on the other hand has just been at home just watching TV and doing boring stuff.
  When I went to Max's, as soon as I got to his house me and him scrambled like a pack of cheetahs wanting there lunch! to the PS3.
  We played only the best game in world history Left for Dead!!!!!!!!. It has killing zombies, zombies jumping of roofs and involving only the best guns in gun history such as sub machine guns, flame frowers and loads of other cool guns.
On the game the Arnold zombies attacked my arm at ace's drive and stabed my arm like I had just stole some of his lunch. I was bleeding as hard as the hail cruching down on the ground.ssssssss!you here the blood running down my chin.The zombies were running like the wind like how Usain Bolt runs at the Olympics.
 The next day me and max made a drift tryke, it had the propper drift tryke wheels. It had a confy seat and  a outrageasous frame.We made it with Maxs old bike frame and bought some drift tryke wheels.
   After that we where ready to take this baby for a spin down St Johns Hill. We were drifting like hell it was awesome, But then Dom Dom Dom!!!!!! I fliped and almost broke my nose it really hurt.
That night I had come back home batterd and bruised. I Might try it again next time but I really hope I don't fall of and flip.

After that the drift tryke was munted it almost got smashed into a car and almost broke the frame. We had a great time.

Week 3 Reflection

What: Today in the hall straight after we did jump jam everybody stormed in to see the Olympic Games and to see New Zealand win the rowing. Our Habit of Mind is Thinking and Communicating with Clarity and Precision. This week we did buddy art. We were teaching them how to do print making.

So What: My behaviour goal this term is to always have a positive attude in and out of the classroom. I think I always have a positive attitude. I also learnt that rowing takes a lot of power and energy out of you. I learnt how to teach little kids how to do print making using sponges.

Now What: I want to be the best student in the classroom! I want to learn how to make a little brainstorm in my head before I do free writing so I can zoom through free writing!

The Rainy Season

We have been learning to retall a story and to do paragraphs. We have been reading The Rainy Season and this is my retall

The first page is about nana wanting to go to Apia and good air fare flights to Apia. But they think it would't be that great because it's the rainy season.

The second page is about how she can remember the smell of the rain and how she remembers how the rain drops on the ground like a drum beat.

The third page is about how Malia see's a picture on the side of the air flights about Good deals to Samoa. When Malia and nana was on the plane because they desided to go to Samoa becuse the rainy season was almost over. They sw a lagoon that stretched out to New Zealand.