We are writing reports. So we needed to remember how to write one. We even broke down the description for the purpose of two different reports.
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.
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?
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
We are learning to see who is the strongest Maori god. On this persuasive writing we had to research who I thought was the strongest god. I didn’t research because I already knew Tane Mahuta was the strongest god. I knew he was the strongest because if he can separate both of the two creators of the gods then if he wanted he could do many other things. Also he is the god of the forest and that is one of the main parts of life and is the reason we breathe. The food that we eat is 80% from nature.
Who do you think is the strongest Maori god?
Room 9 were learning to identify what is important to them and why.
These are some of the responses they had to the question: What is important to you?
It is quite humbling to see that some of them have written, friends, family, teachers and even mentioned the chrome book. I enjoyed watching them have fun with their learning and especially becoming comfortable with Mr Masina and being comfortable with their own abilities.
Next time, I think they will be able to work more collaboratively and understand who they are and that it is okay to make mistakes or to have differences.
What is important to you and why?
WAL about what a reflection is.
I felt we could have avoided reviewing this but people reminded me that we have been doing lots of other work focused on literacy. Next time, I will ensure to video myself so I can add it as another learning tool for our class.
Question Time:
What 3 ideas were given that you, as a reader can use in a comment?
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