Wednesday, 31 March 2021
Tuesday, 30 March 2021
Response to text
Ancestors
Instructions:
Highlight the correct answer for each question.
Questions:
1.What did they finish eating before telling their stories?
a) chocolate b) pile of banana
c) pile of pretzels d) pile of pipi
2. How do you wear a ta’ovala?
a) around your waist b) around your neck
c) on your head d) pin it on your shirt
3.What phrases describes a creepy scenario:
Branch snapping b) images crept into my mind
c) wide-open mouth like taniwha d) all of the above
4. What does the word Dementors mean?
Fairy c) chefs
Zombies d) teachers
5. Who are the main characters in this text?
=> The dad and sons
Writing - Thank you letter
Thank You Letter
Writing a Thank You Letter is a great way to show your appreciation, and
gratitude towards the people who have helped us on our camp!
In the space below you will write a Thank You Letter to somebody who has helped us out on our camp! There are a lot of people who you might be able to choose from:
The support workers
The student volunteers
The parents
The teacher who took your group
The teachers who organised the different activities
Your group leaders
Your Thank You Letter needs to have a few things:
A greeting to the person you are writing the letter to! (Dear…, Hi!..., Hello...etc.)
What you are thankful for! (Thank you for…)
Two or Three reasons you are thankful (I am thankful/grateful for this because…)
A farewell, or goodbye!
Start your letter in the space below:
Dcn Pt England School 30 March 2021 Pt England Rd Glenn Innes Auckland Thank you Mr somerville for making the slip n slide a fantastic experience. The slip n slide was so fun and I had a great time. It was so soapy and I spent my M time on it with my friends. I had so much fun especially because that was my first # camp. It was also my last camp because I am a year 6. My friends and I had a fantastic time.The year 5 and 6 camp was the first camp that I had ever been to. I had the best camp ever and I don’t think It would be better without you thanks for everything. I really appreciate the activity that you created because it was way more Fun than I thought it would be. Yours sincerely - Lynch |
Monday, 29 March 2021
Tuesday, 23 March 2021
Response to text - Team work
PARTICIPATION
Instructions:
Highlight the correct answer for each question.
Questions:
1. What skills can be developed from participating in a team?
a) communication and collaboration skills
b) empathy and self=confidence
c) sets individuals for success in the future
d) all of the above.
2. What does it mean to “improve self-confidence”?
a) purchase a dress from a store
b) think about what you’re good at and develop on it
c) take courage and work on it
3. To develop self-confidence what is part of the self-sustaining cycle:
participation in team activities teaches you how to be better communicators,
which in turn helps every member of the team feel valued and respected.
Drive through to McDonalds
Being part of a team that will care for you
4. What are the 4 benefits of teamwork?
Answer: Teaches essential skills, Improves self-confidence, Reduces bullying, sets stuidents up for success.
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
Tuesday, 16 March 2021
Writing - When I turned into a lion
Encounter with an endangered species ...
Instructions:
You wake up and you’re transported into the body of a lion. While you’re in a daze trying to transition into your new body the King of the Jungle you encounter a baby …
Challenge: Write this scene—discover how it got there, why it is there, what to do with it now.
Gold: 4-5 paragraphs (daily entries)
Silver: 3-4 paragraphs (daily entries)
Bronze: 2-3 paragraphs (daily entries)
Planning:
Introduction: | I wake up in the body and I see myself as a lion and I scream ( roar ). I ask myself what happened to me, where am i and when did this happen. |
What happened first: | I go exploring to see if I can find someone to help me turn back into my proper self. |
What happened in the middle: | I find a baby and try to see if it can help me I go exploring with it and we then find someone. It was a grown human the human screamed and took the baby. |
What happened next: | The person to me somewhere and I was very confused someone walked in the room and put me to sleep. I then later woke up and I was a human again. |
Conclusion: | I was so happy and I went home. I then lived happily ever after. |
Suddenly | Shocked | magnificient | mortified |
Chills up my spine | transported | Bitterly cold | disillusioned |
exposure | toddler | Painfully cold | morphed |
Start writing: I was recently turned into a lion and I don’t know what to do.
I went exploring and I was so confused and shocked because when i went to bed I was a human and woke up in a sunny magnificent place with lovely bright green grass with flowers everywhere I was so happy but confused.
I then went exploring and I found a baby I wondered if the baby could help an I picked up the baby and put it on my back I took it with me on my adventure later on me and the baby were at a little village and a woman walked to me and the baby she screamed and then she took the baby and put me in a room.
I didn’t know what to do and I didn’t know where was either I walked away and I then saw another woman walk in the room I was so scared that something was going to happen to me but nothing really happened she put me to sleep I woke up as a lion again and then she told me to go sleep or it wouldn’t work and then a few hours later I woke up and I was in my bed again as a child.
I was so happy and I lived happily ever after.
This is my writing I hope you enjoy.
Research Task - The animal kingdom
Response to text - The animal kingdom
The Animal Kingdom
Instructions:
Highlight the correct answer for each question.
Questions:
1. How many species of animals are there in the Animal Kingdom?
a) One Thousand b) One Hundred
c) Over a Million d) Over a Billion
2. How many different Kingdoms are there in the Natural World?
a) three b) five
c) ten d) six
3.True or False? The word ‘classification’ means grouping things together that are alike.
False b) True
4. True or False? The Animal Kingdom is the third largest Kingdom in the Natural World.
True b) False
5. ‘Invertebrates’ are animals that don’t have
a tail b) an exoskeleton
c) any eyes d) a backbone
6.. An example of an ‘invertebrate’ are
worms b) slugs
c) spiders d) All of the above
7. What does the word ‘exoskeleton’ mean?
A human skeleton b) a hard outer casing or shell
c) Halloween d) a type of animal
8. ‘Vertebrates’ are animals that
Have a Backbone b) live in outer space
c) Have an exoskeleton d) are actually plants
9. An example of a ‘vertebrate’ is
a) a slug b) a spider
c) an insect d) a human
10) What was the article about? Which fact interested you the most? Why?
→The article was about the animal kingdom. The part that interested me was the invertebrates because I didn’t know that they are animals with no spine.
Monday, 15 March 2021
Response to text - The human body
The Life-Wasting Potion
Instructions:
Highlight the correct answer for each question.
Questions:
1. At first, the dark witches were furious because they:
a) wanted to create a potion b) were witches
c) knew everyone was strong and healthy d) loved to exercise
2. What is another name for potion?
a) elixir b) mixture
c) concoction d) all of the above.
3.The worst of all the witches was
Doughface b) Cruella
c) Sour Lolly d) Sourface
4. What happened to the witches when their spell was cast wrong?
Answer: There was an explosion
5. What does the word ‘microscopic’ mean?
a Microwave b) a very small object that can only be seen with a microscope
c) a small animal d) a microphone
6.. What were the effects of the potion?
Kids had more energy b) kids liked to eat more vegetables
c) Kids ate more junk food and stayed home d) Nothing happened
7. What does the word ‘contagious’ mean?
Having lots of germs b) can spread from one person to another
c) a large container d) a type of vegetable
8. What was the best cure for the disease?
To get vaccinated b) To eat chocolate
c) To exercise less d) to live a healthy, joyful, happy life
9. What was the name of the Doctor?
a) Dr Goodwin b) Dr Fritton H
c) Dr Fitton-Healthy d) Dr Fitton - Heart
10) What was the moral of the story? How do you feel about it? Do you agree or disagree? Why or Why not?
→Although you have to make some effort to live a healthy and happy life it pays to eat a little of everything.I like it and i also agree with it because some people are very picky and they just need to try things.