Tag: Reading

Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu Where are You?

On Wednesday our teacher told us about the school we are joining to do Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu – it is where you write comments on other student blogs from schools around the motu. So were checked out where and who the schools are we are blog commenting with.

The schools are Paroa in Greymouth, first, we thought they were in Whakatane then found them in Hokitika, on the West Coast of Te Waipounamu. Glen Innes is our other buddy school, they were easier to find and are in Auckland at first we thought they were a long way from our school (as they were the first school we looked for, after locating our school on the map) until we searched for Paora School.  Edmund Hillary School (our school) is the red marker.

Rebus Puzzles

Kia Ora,
We started doing rebus puzzles in the morning before we started reading. Our teacher said it is to get our brains working in a fun way. Initially, we were all just like, “What does that even mean?”

Now we have been doing it for a few weeks to show you how much better we are I am sharing 9 puzzles to start with remember we hadn’t done them before we were lucky to solve 3 while we waited for the extra Chromebooks to arrive, now we can do at least 9, sometimes more.

What do you think of these, write your answers in the comments.

 

Hatchet Ponder 7

Kia Ora,

The Ponder this week is whether we would rather starve or dehydrate.

I would rather be suffering from dehydration because you can get water and liquid from food. If you don’t eat you can get liver cancer. You will die faster because you are dehydrated. I would rather die faster than slower.

What would you prefer and why?

Favourite Books

Kia Ora, we have had a big focus on Reading and what we like to read. We did a survey and discussed the results. Each week we read silently, in fact, we had time nearly every day. The teacher tries to out loud at least 4 times a week too. That book this term is Hatchet and that is why our ponder is based on a book. – See the post 2 back.

This week we had to pick our current favourite book of all time, take a photo of the book and us, and add it to a class set of slides. Then we have to sell the book to others. Talk about why we think it is the best book EVER! (They are also printed and up on our wall just outside our class so the class next door can see what we recommend as great books.)

Check out our Favourite Books –

What is your favourite book? Why?

Idioms Week 4

In reading time one of our tasks is learning about idioms. My favourite idioms from this week is ‘In the driver’s seat’ – it means to be in charge.

 

Our idioms page starts like this –

Then we complete the idioms and find the meaning of at least 5.

When we have done that we have to highlight one we know and could use in our writing and one blue that we didn’t know that we might use in our writing.

 

In our class, the teacher is the top banana and calls the shots, although some of the children would like to try to be and end up playing second fiddle.

Can you see which idioms I have used?

Have you tried using idioms in your writing to make it more show and not tell?

Hatchet Ponder 1

If Brian survives the plane crash, guessing by the book size he does. He could use the Hatchet he has to survive, use the Hatchet to cut down trees, that doesn’t take much skill, just knowing where it’ll fall. Guessing how slow trees fall, it also matters on his reaction time. If the tree would head in his direction. Yes, reaction time would matter. He can also use the Hatchet to hunt, bears are pretty hard. Smaller animals could work. But there aren’t many other meat sources in the forest. I’d reckon he’d try to find a river, lake, or ocean nearby. If he survives walking around the forest. With the Hatchet, he’d be fine. At night it would probably get a little harder. So it would also depend on his hearing. Bears footsteps or any other animal other than animals of the Felidae species. But it’s uncommon for tigers or lions to be in a forest. Unless it’s on a mountain. Which is a problem. But in the book, it doesn’t say the trees are on a mountain. But it also didn’t say the ground was flat. So the crash would not be good. He could also be injured from the actual crash. So it would be a miracle if the arm he uses to swing the hatchet would work. That could or will slow him down but I’m guessing he would be fine. The temporary or permanent shelter could be the plane itself if it doesn’t get inhabited by something else. Like another animal or small insect. Or a virus. Which could cause a big problem. But a plane also has necessary needs in case of a crash. Like a flare. But we don’t know where Brian is. Let alone how far he is from a city. But it could work out. So this is why, I believe Brian would survive the plane crash. – Rizwan

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