How Countries Celebrate - Reading.

 This week and last week we were reading about Diwali and comparing it to other country celebrations. We got a google doc to fill in about whether its a public holiday or not and what its about, plus why they celebrate it. 

I found nothing hard because we had so many sites to read from which had lots of information to collect. I think they all should be holidays so people may have fun and celebrate their own countries with one another. 

Here is what I wrote:

Matariki

Is a celebration the maori do because of the history about a family who are now stars with different meanings at matariki night.

Public Holiday?(in its own country)

It is unfortunately not a public holiday but the government is thinking about it.

My thoughts 

I think it should be so that families can spend time together.

Chinese New Year

The chinese new year is a festival in china that celebrates the beginning of the year on the traditional chinese calendar.

Public Holiday?(in its own country)

In china it is a public holiday and you get a 7 day absence from work.

My thoughts

I think it should be so that people can celebrate it together knowing it's a big moment for china. 

Diwali

Diwali is a celebration in India because of a story in the past about a couple named Ram and Sita's homecoming. Which is a light festival.

Public Holiday?

(in its own country)

Yes it is a holiday in india.

My thoughts

I think it should stay as a holiday so the indian people can celebrate it all together.

Comparison statement

Most of them are holidays just some aren't in public, they all have a different back story to them.

Here's a photo of Rangoli in Diwali made out of colourful sand.

Parihaka Puzzle - Reading.

 For the past few days our class has been going around the classroom because our teacher has put up 8 cards that are full of information about Parihaka and we did sort of like a scavenger hunt because we all got 8 pieces of paper shaped in puzzle pieces. The cards had some questions and the answers were in the 8 different cards that were around the classroom. 

The story of Parihaka: The government people said to the Maori people that they could keep their land but actually confiscated it and took their land and gave it to someone else, then they go back to their land and find someone has claimed it and put their pegs. They got frustrated seeing that someone has intruded their land so they decide to pull out all the pegs and replace them with their pegs. The government was not happy about this so later on all the Maori villagers got imprisoned.. they were imprisoned for 16 months, all the girls would get abused like not given a lot of food and the prisoners got really sick. 2 men called Te Whiti -o- Rongomai & Tohu Kakahi were people who wanted peace for their village and villagers. They wanted to embrace the Pakeha world which they practised even when protesting against injustice. There is also a thing that all the kids wore on their heads, a white Albatross feather.

Here is the feather me and my buddy Alison have created:

Jungle Law Layout - Reading.

 For the past few weeks my reading group has been reading a book named "Jungle Law". It's about a man named Dr Ronco who goes exploring in the jungle. Dr Ronco was a scientist who spent a couple of month is the jungle studying the plant and animal life. What I found easy was making the scene because the words had already made a clear image in my head from the message that I've added from the story.

He comes across some army ants who try launch onto him but he runs.. and soon finds some ants have already crawled onto his ankle. Dr Ronco keeps exploring until he comes across a log, but the log was moving and out emerged a sloth. Dr Ronco quickly ran and climbed up a tree. He then stumbles upon a Jaguar. He runs not noticing the menacing look in his eyes that look very threatening. 

I made a google drawing about the scene and there is also a question for you to answer.

Bio Security Ad - Why you should check your luggage.

 Have you ever moved countries? My reading group has been reading a book called Bio Security. It is about when you leave food in your luggage.

I made a poster/Ad about it so people can stop doing something that is risking the environment. I worked with my buddy Alison, we found nothing hard because the answers were all in our book that we read and all we had to do was put it in our own words.

If you leave food in your luggage then your harming the environment by attracting the pests by the food that they can scent.

Frogs Comic Strip - Reading Task.

 For the past few days we got to read a book named Frogs, it was about a boy named Tane who came to a land where he discovered these weird looking frog looking creatures. He got tied up by the mutts who didn't want him there and left them, I got a buddy and we made what we thought might be the next chapter since the author left us to think about it.

I found writing easy because anything could've happened.

My digital learning object shows I can really think about my task and make up how I think it might've ended. 

Me and my buddy made a comic strip.

Penguins - Fact File.

Since yesterday we were reading about penguins, we had to write a fact file and identify the main ideas in the texts.

I decided to just go with regular penguins and basically put all the species in one fact file.

I enjoyed reading the book with my group and discussing what we thought was wrong.

I found nothing hard because we had the book at all times and had people in our groups to work with.

Next time I would do it on one specific penguin so people can learn something new about penguins.

Maui Dolphin - Fact File.

For the past few days we are learning to write reports, This was part of it but it was for reading and we had to write its facts.

I enjoyed looking for the facts and writing them down into a google drawing.

I found nothing challenging because I had written everything down already on my book.

My digital learning object shows that I am getting a good start at writing reports. 

Next time I would change my animal or my native insect.

David Walliams - Fact File.

This week we were learning how to write fact files.
I found it hard to a quote because all his quotes are very inspiring.
I found it easy to write about him because we got so much information about him.

My digital learning object shows I am getting better at making fact files.

Next time I would change the book writer and write about more writers.

Matariki 3D Star.

This week and last week we are learning about Matariki.
I enjoyed decorating and writing all the information I could in 4 stars.
I found nothing tricky cause I already gathered lots of information about Matariki before writing.
My digital learning object shows that I can make a 3D star and write lots about one topic, Matariki.
Next time I would make a 3D star and use 9 stars so I can write about all of the stars and what they are connected to.

Matariki - Should it be a public holiday?

Today we were learning to identify the main idea of the story and evaluate ideas.

I enjoyed writing about one of my team members response and happy most people had agreed with me.

I found nothing challenging because it was a simple and fun task.

My digital learning object shows I can identify the main idea of the texts and stories.

Next time I would make another celebration in a different country.

Dolphin Reading Slides - Activity.

Today we were learning about different types of dolphins, My favourite was probably the Bottlenose dolphin.
I enjoyed doing these slides everyday, We had to do two activities from these slides every single day.
What I found tricky was some slides but especially the one where you had to Analyse Organise Information.
My digital learning object shows that I can write different facts about dolphins and analyse information about them.
Next time I would write about only one dolphin and add many facts about it.

Onjali Q Rauf Factfile.

Onjali Q. Rauf Fact File

Name: Onjali Q. Raúf
Date of Birth: Feb, 1881 (39 years old)
Home Town: East London.
College: Sir Gorge Monox.
Spouse: Does not have one.
Children: Has none.

Most famous books:
These are Onjali’s most famous books:
The boy at the back of the class, The day we met the queen, The star outside my window and The night bus hero.

Interesting Facts:

Did you know Onjali is a woman's right organisation fighting the abuse and trafficking of women and girls.
Quote:“Sometimes I think everyone likes to believe a lie even when they know it's a lie because it’s more exciting than the truth.”
-Onjali Rauf.

Design thinking how to solve a problem - Reading Task.

Today we read a book from the internet I chose read.. The Ukulele Maker.
I made a explanation on how I personally think of how it works, My question was "How do the strings make that music tone sound?"
Here's my screencastify and Google Slide presentation:

Jaguar Facts.

This week i was learning about Jaguars  and how to visualise in google drawings.
I enjoyed reading the fun facts and mostly adding them to my google drawing.
I found it challenging to add really good, good facts that would of maken you go "wow!".
My digital learning object shows we are learning to visualise and about Jaguars from our story The Explorer.
Next time i would do another animal or creature from this story.

Pink River Dolphin Facts and Report plan.

This week i was learning about Pink River Dolphins and how to visualise.

I enjoyed reading all the awesome and interesting facts and make a google drawing fact file.

I found it challenging to choose what one to write about either a Jaguar or the Pink River Dolphin.

My digital learning object shows i am learning to visualise and get better at google drawings.

Next time i would do another creature and maybe do the Jaguar.

I had found the PInk Dolphin Facts more interesting than the Jaguar that's why i had chosen that one and i thought the pink river dolphin sounded unusual and wanted to check it out.

Fact File About Kina.

This week I was learning about Kina and how to analyse and synthesise.
I enjoyed finding the facts and reading from the site it was very interesting.
I found it challenging to fit all the facts in and try find as many as I can.
My digital learning object shows that i can work on google drawings like i can work of docs or slides.
Next time i wouldn't do it on Kina i would do it on another sea animal i don't know about.

I found the story Noisy Kina more interesting cause i never knew there was something called Kina before and once i read it it blew my mind.

Dragonfly Drawing and FACTS.

This week i was learning how to get better at drawing on google drawings and today i had tried my best to make a dragonfly from a story.

I enjoyed trying my best and i kinda liked how it looked like in the end.

I found it challenging to actually trace a cartoon dragonfly cause on a chromebook it's hard using the big bar where you click.

My digital learning object shows that i can draw on google drawings by myself.

Next time i would change what i drew and add more detail and maybe next time i could try and use shapes and make it look 3D.

Facts about dragonflies:
1. Dragonflies don't sting and don't generally bite people.
2. Dragonflies have been around for 300 million years.
3. People in Indonesia like to eat them as a snack.
4. People say having a dragonfly on your head considers good luck.
5. Dragonflies livie throughout the world. They like to live in warm climates and mostly near the water.

This my drawing of a dragonfly.

Retelling the arts of the movie called Lion King.

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