L.I: To read for meaning and understanding.
L.I: To read for meaning and understanding.
Our challenge today was to use our smart searching skills to create a DLO in our own words that tell us about the life of our favourite Manga artist or a well known Manga artist.
A fact I found interesting about Akira Toriyama was that he was inspired by the Disney movies during his childhood and Akira Toriyama first Manga was called Dr. Slump.
L.I: To summarise a text
Fantastic fish use their gills to breathe underwater. They have three different fins to help them swim. These are the dorsal, pectoral and tail fin.
For reading with Mrs Linda we read fantastic fish. It’s about different unique fish. Fiish have three different fins. They are the dorsal fin which keeps the fish from rolling over, the tail fin which pushes the fish forward and the pectoral fish which helps the fish steer.
Some interesting facts we found were that fish have three different types of fins. Mudskippers can live out of the water and a manta ray has a wingspan about 7 metres across.
We found this activity fun and interesting because we found out the different uses of the fins and there are some fish that don’t look like fish for example the seahorse and the mudskipper. This was an enjoyable activity.
L.I: To summarise a text
Summary:
For reading we looked over a book called Do the Robot. The robot is a type of dance that was first introduced in 1980’s. All your movements should be jerky, with no fluid movements at all.. When moving around at one point you need to freeze in position and be rigid.
Facts we found interesting were that a strong and clear beat is require. How you can put all the moves together to make the dance and you don’t show emotion when doing the dance. Lastt interesting fact was that you experiment with telling a story in your dance. E.g: Is your robot cooking a cake, walking a dog, or having a shower.
We found this activity fun because we attempted doing the robot dance. By reading the steps in the text we looked like good robot dancers.
L.I: To summarise a text
Summary:
Invertebrates are animals with no backbone. They vary in size, shape and color. 95 to 99 percent of all animals species on Earth are invertebrates.
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For reading (with Mrs Linda) we read the text of Incredible Invertebrates. Invertebrates are animals that have no back bones. Each Invertebrate has different groups. The six main groups are:
Molluscs
Arachnids
Insects
Crustaceans
Myriapods
Annelids
Facts that we found interesting were that Myriapods can grow upto 750 legs. Also earthworms make the better for growing. Lastly fleas are also called minibeasts because their small and they bite several times and cause itchiness. We found this activity interesting and fun because we learnt more facts about invertebrates.
L.I: To show my personal journey through books.
This week is book week at Panmure Bridge School, which means every class participates in a number of reading activities. One of our activities was to create a reading pathway that shows how my favourite books have changed over time. At the moment I like reading sports books because I really enjoy sports and I love reading interesting facts about other people and the sport.
What is the article about?
When the article was created?
Where was the article was made?
Why the author wrote the article?
How it was made?
Why do you think the author wanted you to learn from the article?
I found this activity interesting because I found the article interesting and I really enjoy that special event.
L.I: To summarise a text
This week we summarised and discussed about a non-fiction text called Titanic. Its about how the titanic went on a trip but suddenly it hit a iceberg which caused many deaths.
For our activity we had to write down 25 important words then we chose 6 very important words for our summary.
A fact that we all found interesting was that there were not enough lifeboats that on the ship and the captain ignored the warning from the other ships.
We all found this activity enjoyable because we found lots of interesting facts while reading the text.
Titanic was thought to be unsinkable. Disaster struck when it hit a massive iceberg. On their voyage there we not enough lifeboats, many people drowned.
L.I: To summarise and understand text.
This week we summarised and discussed about a non fiction text called Cockroaches: Born Survivors. This text is about information of a cockroach but it’s mainly about how a cockroach survives.
For our activity we had to find 20 import words and choose 6 most important words. Then we put those 6 most importants into a summary.
Cockroaches have two long spiked tails called Cerci. The cockroaches also like to hang around dark and warm places until it's night. The characteristics of a cockroach is that they are really fast and they can detect danger by their wind sensors. An interesting fact that our group found out about cockroaches is the fact that cockroaches lived on earth over 300 million years ago.
We found this activity interesting because we learnt many different things about cockroaches and had fun when learning.
Cockroaches detect danger by using their cerci and wind sensors. They are survivors because the use of their special sensors help them avoid many predators.
This activity was quite fun because I could relate to some of the things in the book because I'm Samoan. I think me and my group did a good job with the summarising.
Today My group and I were reading about the Treaty of Waitangi. To start, we used the book that we were reading to help us create our summary about the Treaty of Waitangi. What we learned from the book is that the treaty of Waitangi is a day of celebration to remember a historical day of peace, where the treaty was signed by a big number of chiefs. In this activity we learnt about information of the Treaty of Waitangi and about why it was signed by many chiefs so New Zealand could be a part of the British Empire.
The Witches book is written by Roald Dahl. In the story the boy and the grandmother destroys the witches of England.
The boy is still a mouse person. All the witches were turned into mice and even the Grand High Witch. If one Grand High Witch dies there is always another Grand High Witch. The boy and the grandmother saved all the children of England. The problem is that there is still witches in other countries. The grandmother told the boy that she spoke with the chief policemen of England and founded out information about the Grand High Witch. Also she found out information about the other witches.
They both know where witches headquarters are and the headquarters is in a castle. They planned to turned them into mice and then put cats into the castle so the cats could kill the witches. Instead they were going to travel to each country and turn all the witches into mice so there is more witches to do bad things.
The witches book is really interesting because had an adventure encountering the witches.
The Grand High Witch started to talk again about the mouse maker recipe working to perfection. A boy was standing outside the private meeting room full of witches. The witches quickly put their ordinary person look back on. The Grand High Witch was counting down from 10 seconds. The witches turned Bruno Jenkins into a mouse. Luckily Bruno Jenkins ran away as soon as he turned into a mouse.
Witches said they all going to turn every kid in England to mouse. Witches are going to own candy stores and give children candy that have a drop of 86 Delayed Mouse Maker. One witch stood up and could smell a fiflthy child. A witch stared at the boy behind the screen and she yelled "It's behind the screen!".
The witches surrounded the boy. The witches rushed them and grabbed the boy. The Grand High Witch gave the boy the formula. He felt terrible, then he started to turn into a mouse. He ran away and behind a leg of a chair. The boy found Bruno Jenkins and started talking to each other. The boy and Bruno Jenkins were going to the boy's grandmother.
