Today for Te reo I learnt how to say what are you doing? And I learnt how to reply to the question by saying… Kei te korero nui ahau which means I am talking loudly. In the first photo I am asking what are you doing? In the second photo I am responding by saying I am talking loudly.
I made fish with google drawings. I made a shark and puffer fish out of the shapes. Then I used the line to make seaweed.
For the past few weeks for CRT we learnt about NZ native birds with Jude. We got into buddies and I was with Oskar. Then we took turns choosing one native bird to learn about. We choose the Ruru and Tui. We did one fact about the bird for the kahoot and then we drew a picture of the bird for the kahoot. I learnt that a Kea’s nest is on the ground, not in tree’s. As well as a Ruru’s head can turn 270 degrees. Today we did the kahoot. Me and Oskar came 2nd place in the kahoot today.
Did you know that a cicada is nearly as loud as a chainsaw up to 20 inches or 50 centimeters away? A cicada is an insect found all over the world. Male and female cicada’s make different sounds then to each other. There are over 100 different species of cicadas in the whole world.
Male cicadas make a sound kind of like a muffled chirping noise. They attract the females by making that sound and waiting for the female cicada to reply with a clicking sound. Cicadas make the sounds by vibrating an organ on each side of their body called a tymbal. A cicada is the loudest insect in the world, especially the African cicada.
Eggs
The first stage of a cicada’s life cycle starts with the female mother laying her eggs underground by a tree’s roots.
Nymphs
Then the nymph hatches out of their egg, Then spends the 17 to 13 years of its life underground, sucking sap from tree root’s and growing up so when the time comes they can crawl up to the surface level. When the nymph is ready to surface, they crawl up to the ground.
Molting
Above ground they molt out of their cover. They do this on trees, treetop leaves and the ground. These cases sometimes stick to the leaves and tree trunks so it looks like there is actually a living cicada there. Once a cicada molts it only spends four to six weeks living above ground.
Adult
Then once they find a mate, the males attract the females by making that muffled chirping sound they then wait for the female to reply. The female replies with a clicking noise They find a partner and then the life cycle starts all over again. From the egg to nymph then molting and finally to the adult cicada.
Cicadas are fascinating insects, there are so many species of them, all over the world.The life cycle is only four stages but there are so many things that they go through to become an adult. Imagen spending 17 years underground and only living for four to six weeks above ground. Maybe you can try to listen to them in summer or find their covers on the trees.
For art we have been doing a artwork called A Peek Into My World. My art work is meant to be a tree in a circle. I choose to do this because I like going for walks in our bush. First we made a plan about what we are doing with the wire. Then we went to Nigel for a long one meter bit of wire. We shaped it into our design then we wrapped wool around it. This is mine.
I have been learning about conjunctions and what I SAW A WABUB means. The letters represent the words. Here are what they stand for. I=if, S=since, A=after, W=when, A=although, W=while, A=as, B=before, U=until and B=because. A conjunction is a word that joins two sentences together. A independent sentence and a dependent sentence. The dependent sentence rely’s on the independent sentence to make sense. These are my sentences.
Since I went to the zoo, I have been wondering if the lions cage was big enough.
When I went driving, a T-Rex appeared in my side mirror.
I watched the tricycle disappear into the UFO, until midnight.
For the past few days we have been learning about different types of sentences. The types that we learnt about were compound, simple and complex. A simple sentence is when it make sense on it’s own. A compound sentence is when you have a word the joins two simple sentences on the own together. The Joining words are FANBOYS. ( For, and, nor, but, or, yet and so.) Last of all a complex sentence is when you have a sentence that doesn’t make sense and one that does, you join them together. These are the ones I wrote.
I ate dinner last night at home. – Simple
I ate dinner last night at home and it was good. -Compound
After I ate dinner, we had pudding. – Complex.
For the past few weeks we have been doing a student module on managing your screen time in the right way. We talked about what you could do to mange your screen time. What I would do is have no screen times at dinner, in your bedrooms and in your classroom even though we are not allowed to use phones at school. We were taught that having to much screen time can have really bad effects on your daily life like when you start to get moody after too much screen time, don’t get enough sleep at night which means that you are really tired all the time and you are not finishing homework in time for the teachers to check.
For the past few weeks we have been doing student modules about screen time. The one that I just completed was about positive and negative comments and feedback on line and how you can be an up stander. Being an up stander means that you stand up to people that are being bullied and comfort them and tell the person sending negative comments to stop or to cut it out. When you are a victim of bulling you need to talk to someone or tell the bully to leave you alone. I wonder how you can be an up stander?
For the past few weeks we have been doing a module on scams. You can identify a scam by looking for red flags. Scams can be things that pop up on the internet like you have 10 mins to get this free robux or if someone is asking for your personal information. You can identify scams by looking dodgy url’s or when they ask for your personal information. You need to be careful on the internet and make sure that you check for red flags before you get any free offers. You should tell a trusted adult if you come across these.
For the past few weeks I have been doing module four. Module four is about being kind online and putting yourself in someone else’s shoes. When you comment you need to remember that you can affect others online too. You need to make sure that you think before you post the comment. When you comment it can hurt others even if it doesn’t have a affect on you. Make sure you think before you post it.
For the past few weeks we have been writing a narrative story. My story was about Izzy and Jake who were lost at sea. We had to do a plan before we started the story. The link is above
Swirling colors surround me as I walk one foot in front of the other through the floor of dead leaves. The smell of autumn sends color in all directions. Leaves float softly to the ground, crinkling as they settle. The wind picks up as a world full of beauty blows slowly of the ground. Tall giants tower above me as they reach longingly for the sunlit cloudless abyss. The trees wispier to each other and welcome me with open branches. The season of wonder has finally begone.