Sky city blaze

lava experiment

Brainstorm ideas about our creative monster

This term our writing focus is poetry. We have designed for our own monster. For this task we needed to brainstorm everything about it so we can write a free-verse poem about him. We will be using the figurative language we learnt about: onomatopoeia,hyperbole,Alliteration,and Rhyme. I feel excited about writing my poem because they will freak out of all of the death

Native birds sorting

This term we have been learning about Native NZ bird here's is a bird matcher that we did for inquiry.

I found easy because all I had to do is go to a site that tells you everything.

My next step is to learn about native trees.

Matariki sorting

 

LI: Matariki sorting

I found this easy because the teacher showed us everything. My next step is to lean even more moari words.I learnt some moari words

Kakapo information report

The Kakapo _  DYLAN HAMBROOK

Do you know the Kakapo bird ?

The Kakapo is the only flightless parrot and most endangered bird in the world. 

Appearance:

The Kakapo is green, yellow and has a bit of black feathers. It’s cuter than a kitten (a new born one)

The eyes of the Kakapo are at the front of its head (like an owl)

Habitat:

A Kakapo lives not on Mainland New Zealand but on offsore remote islands that are forested. 

They live on these islands because of predators like possums, cats and dogs that were brought here by people.

Movement: 

A Kakapo climbs trees (yes it climbs trees!) They use their beak and claws to climb because their wings are too small to fly.

Diet:

They eat Rimu tree seeds. Also leaves, buds, bulbs, fruits and flowers. It uses its beak to eat things off of trees.

Breeding:

To catch female Kakapo attention, the males boom or ching like squawking. The eggs of Kakapo are bone white. 

Special Features:

Kakapo are 58-64 cm long. The males can weigh 2-4 kgs, females 1-2.5 kgs. As cute as it is, it is New Zealand's most endangered bird. They used to be able to be found in almost every tree in NZ. Sadly there are only 154 left on earth. 

Kakapo vs. Kiwi

WALT: Compare and contrast The Kiwi and Kakapo in a Venn Diagram.

We have been learning about these two birds for inquiry and writing this term.
We  have written information reports on them.
I found this easy because all I had to do is remember facts about the birds we have already researched. I realised in this activity that these two birds are both very endangered and cannot fly but there are so many things about them that they are different.
My next step is to learn facts about Native New Zealand Trees

WALT: Create Powerful Strong Sentences. Sir Edmund Hillary Experience Writing

My Reflection
I have been learning to use powerful sentences. I found it hard to think up powerful sentences like my 2nd one. My next step is think faster and make more ideas

IALT: Talk About Things That The Author Wants us to Feel

WALT: Use Place Value Partitioning To Solve Large Numbers

IALT: Sort Relevant and Non-relevant Ideas About Sir Edmund Hillary

This term we learnt about Sir Edmund Hillary 

1. We learnt about that he is on statues and on the $5 note 

2. He climbed to the summit of Mt Everest

3. Him and his helper  had chocolate before he back down to the bottom of Mt Everest 

4. He was knighted and became Sir Edmund Hillary

All about me

My 2019 learning blog

Welcome to my 2019 learning blog post. This year I am in room 16 and my teacher is miss Wyeth. I enjoy playing games like fortnight, minecraft, lego, dc and lego marvel. This year I am looking forward to getting more certificates than last year because I am going to be awesome!  I hope you will enjoy my blog and leave lots of feedback.
From Dylan