Tahuna Torea Visit By Cecillia, June and Jessie

Yesterday at lunchtime we went to have lunch at Tahuna Torea. Once we got there we had lunch, everyone was having fun. Why we went to Tahuna Torea? because its linked to our topic for reading we are learning about Godwits. First we explored was the beach where the Godwits come after that we waited until it was our turned to explored the wet lands where the Godwits find there food. LS2 learnt a lot and where Godwit's migrate. Godwits migrate from New Zealand to Alaska that would take them 8 days to get there but they would need to go to Australia than Japan then Alaska. So they are really fast to fly to Alaska. It was really interesting learning about the Godwit and where they Migrate.

Reading Follow Up - Group D

For the past few weeks we have been learning about Pigeons. In our reading we have been spilt up to 4 groups (R group,E group,A group and D group.) In our group we have been working collaboratively and getting on task.In Group D was Cecillia,Jane,Juanita,Ma'ata,Latham,Harlem,Lyndon and I.Basically we were deciding if Pigeons are Pests or are they special.Our whole group thinks that pigeons are special and pests at the same time.Also we were learning to develop the comprehension  strategies of making connections,identifying the authors purpose and point of view,identifying main ideas,or evaluating.   

Hyperbole DLO

This week LS2 have been learning about Hyperbole,Hyperbole is a deliberately used exaggeration that is not meant to be taken seriously. Also Hyperbole's are used in speaking and writing for effect or to make a boring story more interesting. LS2 has been working on sentences that have hyperbole's and Similes. This is my DLO on hyperbole's and it says what they are.

Jean Batten DLO

This is my DLO bout Jean Batten,it is all about her life and how she wanted to become a Pilot. LS2 year 8's are learning everything about Flight and how it works and what it does, also this DLO tells why she is famous and how she changed the world.We were learning to to explain why she is famous.

Smart Searching Challenge

This is my presentation that I did with my partner Jessie. We have made a DLO based on Basketball in the Golden State. My partner and I have been working collaboratively on this DLO to get it completed. Our task was to ask ourselves questions then answer them. We have found out that the best top Basketball player in the Golden State is Stephen Curry.

Reading Challenge

For the past few days for reading we had to work collaboratively as a group to complete the task. First, our teacher told us nothing, instead of saying anything she wrote what she needed to say on her laptop, from there we worked as a group to figure out what to do. We first had to read a big book as a group and write what happened in the story in exact 25 words. Our next task was to fill in the blanks for these 2 other stories, the first one we got was slightly easy but the second one was slightly harder because it used harder words and it had an longer story. As we worked as a group we got the task finished and filled in all the gaps by trying it. We had to follow the instructions and understand the meaning of the story. We were learning to skim and scan so we could find the word that best fitted in the gap. I really enjoyed this task as we had to follow the instruction because it was an different way of doing the activity. Our learning intention was to follow instruction's and making sure we had to read for meaning and understanding. 

Read Theory Results

Today for reading we started off with doing Read Theory for 20 minutes. While doing this, I learnt to understand the text and to think about what the question is asking me to. This site will help you with your reading. When I want to answer a question I would always look back at the text to make sure I get my answer correct.

Current Events - Reading by Jessie.

This morning LS2 had to do current events, I chose to to do a article on a Italian girl finds wooly mammoth bone. In this article I found that the mammoth bone is in a local museum and on display with the little girls name of it ( Emma Persico). The author wrote this article to let the world know about a little girl found a mammoth bone and how she really didn't notice it.

Forgotten Silver

This week we have been learning about Peter Jackson and how he is  a famous person that can fool heaps of people. Both of these DLO'S show what Peter Jackson has done the 2nd DLO shows everything about him  and the 1st DLO shows  5 reasons why New Zealanders should watch Forgotten Silver.

Synthesis

Today for reading we were learning about how gorillas are endangered species. My partner and I found out that gorillas weren't actually not aggressive but are in fact endangered. For our task we had to write down what we already knew about gorillas. We wrote what we knew we had to read a short story about gorillas being endangered then we had to write new information on the piece of paper.

Using the 6 Thinking Hats to explore a ballad poem - Ana,Cecillia,Victoria,and Jessie

Today for our activity we had to use the 6 Thinking Hats we had to Synthesize about how Charlotte Anne was the only lady that worked with the men and wore trousers.We thought that Charlotte Anne gave a message to all the ladies in the olden days that girls could do anything more then men.

Synthesizing

This week for reading  we have been learning about Synthesizing.We have learnt that Synthesizing is when you put the pieces together to see them in a new way. For reading we had to  make a Biopic Poster yesterday we did J.K Rowling.Today I created a Biopic Poster  of  G.Washington using what we already knew about them and what we found out after researching.The new information  helped us think about what their picture  would look like,what the title might be and what background would match their achievements.

The Soldier who never returned poem

There’s a bottle of beer in the Waiho Forks bar,

From the rest on the shelf it stands out like a star.

For its shape is old fashioned and it just might be purple

And the label proclaims that its “Ballins Four X”

It was bought a long time ago by a young soldier brave;

On his final leave home, these are the instructions he gave.

“Don’t break it or sell it, just keep it in store,

And we’ll drink it when I come back home from the war.”

He was killed overseas on the Island of Crete

When they battled it out with the German elite.

There’s a headstone but nobody knows where he lies,

If he sleeps his last sleep ‘neath the sea or the skies

But the bottle still remains at the Country Hotel,

A memorial stands to a soldier who fell,

And travellers and locals take time out to think

Of the soldier who never came home for his drink.

And somehow a glow by the bottle is shed

As poppies surround it and edge it with red,

For each Anzac Day there’s a new one to put there

And they lie like a wreath round that bottle of beer.

There are many stone cairns scattered over the land

But I wonder how many are polished by hand.

Though the cap is all rusty and outshines the chrome,

As it waits for the soldier who never came home.

We have been learning everything about the soldiers who fought in the World Wars. We have been learning how to skim and scan and get information from stories and poems.Our Learning Intention is to find the main idea in a poem.

PBS Flag Vote

This is a DLO  about the PBS flag votes. I created a graph to show the statics of the votes. I explained why I think most students in PBS voted for the current flag.

Word Cline Challenge

This is my DLO on a Word Cline Challenge. I had to choose words like happy,sad and more we had to use those words but we had to use our smart searching skills to look up more words that are the same.

How to survive a cow attack

This is my partner and I's DLO on how to survive a  aggressive cow  attack.We have included  5 tips on how to keep safe around a herd of cows.

How to make Rewena Bread

Today the Tui group had to make a DLO about this book named Rewena Bread - The queen of Bread.Both of the DLO's are about how to make Rewena Bread.