Reading Reflection

WALT - To use  ANALYSING skills to identify key ideas.

In this morning block we have been working on reading, this week or this morning for reading we have been reading and focusing on task about the book called 'Turning Old Into New', what this book is about is pretty much turning old rubbish into new things like or recycling things into new things. 

The activity that we focused on and that we have started was a questions and our answer and opinion, here are the questions that we got told to answer. 

Author’s message What does the author want us to think about rubbish and recycling? What does she want us to do about it? How could you condense this into one sentence?  Do you agree with the author? Why? Why not?  Do you think other people would have different opinions?

And here is mine and my buddies answer -I think the author wanted to prove that recycling is very important and if we don't recycle things like pollution and other bad things will happen. I think she wants us to recycle more. If we could change this into on sentence I would say, recycling is very important for many different reasons, it helps us with daily needs and stops pollution and climate change. Yes we do agree with the author because  she has stated very good points and opened a lot of people eyes on recycling. Yes I do think other people would have different opinions but everyone is entitled to their opinion.

Here are some of the other question we answered -

Let’s review suggestions about what else can be turned into something new...

• At the start, the author suggested that “the answer might surprise you”. What was her question? What was the answer? Were you surprised?
• Now that you have read this article, have you recalled any other things that can be recycled?  Do you have new ideas of your own?

Our Answer -

I feel like her question was did you know that these things would have been made out of bottles and other things like that. The answer was yes I was surprised because I never knew some of these things like I didn't know you could recycle 1 PET bottles into clothing and thread. I know that different bottles can be recycled into different things, not I do not have any ideas.

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Reading and Questions

WALA- pests, biosecurity and our native bush and animals

What sorts of animals do we have here in New Zealand?

We do have quite a lot of animals not as much as other countries but enough, some of these animals are kiwis, tuis, tuatara lizards, king fishers, snapper and other animals. These are some native New Zealand animals some pests or non native animals are Rats, Possums and Stoats and more.

What do we mean by Native Bush? Do we need to protect the Native Bush, if so who's responsibility? 

What you mean by native bush is plants and trees that are native or originally come from or are from New Zealand so plants like Kowhai, Kauri and ferns and other. I think it is important to look after our native bush because you can't find trees and plants that New Zealand has in other countries, I think it is everyone's job to protect and care for our bush I feel like that the closest community should look after the bush area.  

Which animal species were introduced to New Zealand? Why were they brought here?

A lot of animals were introduced to New Zealand some of these animals are Rats, Stoats, Possums, Hedgehogs, Cats and Dogs and a lot more. I am not exactly sure why they were brought here but I feel like some of the reasons are because they thought that these animals would be good for this country and another reason is that some of these animals like rats must of just jumped on the boat and came to New Zealand.

When did the damage begin? Why are Stoats especially dangerous?

I feel like the damnage started when they arrived because once they arrived all our lovely native animals started to die out and go extinct. Some of the reasons Stoats are dangerous are because they are dangerous and eat bird eggs, they know how to swim and climb so there isn't really a way to stop them from eating our birds eggs not only that but they carry a lot of diseases that can pass into our native animals.

Do we value other animals more then others? Why is that?

Yes I feel like we value Cats and Dogs more then any other animal even though they are considered pests and things like that because they also kill and hunt our native animals but we do have to keep in mind that they are killing and hunting other pests as well. I think they are loved and valued more because humans keep them as pets.

PHOTOS -

Mary Jane and Aja's - Pokorua Task 1

Today in Room 10 my group got to read a small 2 page journal that was not in english but in te reo maori I was so scared that my teacher was going to ask me something and I wouldnt know what to say because I am used to reading things in english and personally for me reading in other launages is a lot harder espically when I have no idea what they are saying.

When I opened my book I say the pictures and instanlly knew that this wasnt going to be as hard as I thought it would be because of the pictures and yes its sounds very silly but pictures can really help your brain adjust to things and my sure did, Anyway this book is about ants and how they trie and find there food and in this slide it will show some of the new words I learnt and there definition with photos to,

I Hope you enjoy my slide show.

Value Tree - Mary Jane and Aja

Today in room 10 my group had to do something I call the value tree this is where we get given an artical or someone famous and we write about what they see and what we see, It also is a really fun task to do because it shows people what they feel and see as a person.

Mary Jane - Tāngata Rongonui - Famous New Zealanders

Today in room 10 we are doing a slide show on famous New Zealanders,

I have chosen Nancy Wake because the teacher said that she was an undercover spy during world war 2 I also learned more about this person I thought that was not real,

Here is a slide show about Nancy Wake

Bridge to Terabithia, Book review, Mary Jane

Today in Room 8 we did a reflection about the book we have been reading, The book we are reading about is Bridge to terabithia, I liked this book because it is funny cool and interesting. 

I also Like this book because it is a book that helps you learn rules and it also tells you how to be kinder, I also like this book because it is funny and very imaginative. 

Mary Jane - Blog Commenting Term 4 week 2

Today in Room 8 for my reading group we did blog commenting, In blog commenting you need to blog comment on a friends blog and on a blog from the school, I think blog commenting is fun,

Hope you enjoy the blog post.

Current Events - Killer Clowns Take Over New Zealand - Mary Jane

This week is a New week because it is Term 4, This is my first blog post and it is a current event this current event is about Killer Clowns, and how they have been coming to New Zealand.

Facts about life in China - Mary Jane

Today in Room 8 for reading we did facts about life in China, I found some instructing facts about China, I found a few things that I did not know about.

I hope you like the facts about life in China.

Coming up questions - Mary Jane

Today in my group I read a book called coming up, our task was to ask rich questions, here are some of my rich questions Hope you like them.

E.G, Did it feel good saving someone's life well risking yours??

Blog Commenting - Room 8

Today in Reading I did blog commenting,
What is Blog commenting?
Blog commenting is when you have to write on a friends blog or a buddy class blog.
Blog commenting for me is fun because I get to see how my friend in other classes are doing, I also like blog commenting because its a fun to do in learning and it remind me to  always double read before publishing something.

Olympic Games - Mary Jane

This year it is the Olympics and in Room 8 we are learning about the history and games in the Olympics, Here is a slide with  facts.
In Reading IALT: Skimming and Scanning.
I hope you enjoy the slide :D

Book review - Crinkum Crankum - Mary Jane

Today in Room 8 we did a book review about a book named Crinkum Crankum, Look at the bottem for more information hope you like it.

Crinkum Crankum

Title: Author: What would you rate this book out of 10? Who are you recommending this book to? (Other year 5 and 6 students? Tamaki Students? Adults? People who like scary/funny stories?) I would give this book to my niece because she loves reading books and she loves books like Crinkum Crankum. Who were the main characters in this book? Crinkum Crankum Tree Which Fairy GodMother What was the theme of the book? (Was it funny? Was it scary? Did it contain lots of action?) I think this book is fun to listen to and read but I think they tried making the theme scary because it has witches and everything in it. What was your favourite part of the book? My favorite part was when the witch found out she was doing good because she made the tree good for the kids to climb on and they thought it was the best tree in town, and the tree and kids were always happy. If you had to use 6 words to describe the book what words would they be? 1.  Crazy 2.  Strange 3.   Fantasy 4.   Sinister 5.   Unique 6.   Magical

Review written by:  Margaret Mahy

Northwood - Mary Jane

Mary Jane - Character Description Template

Today In Room 8 we have been doing a FUN week 5 document and this is Just one of Nine of them,

in room 8 we have been Reading a book called Awful Aunty, I for my description i am doing the Aunty just one of four charters, I have chose her because she is the worse and she is the worlds evils't Aunty in the world, Read the description and find out more thing about Aunt Alberta and her Life.

ENJOY :D

ANZAC Facts - Mary Jane

Today in Room 8 we did an ANZAC information search, this is my presentation, I have facts that Involve hitler how many men died and how many soldier where in war.

Mary Jane - Penguin Friends

Today In Room 8 my group is doing vocab for today This is one of my slides for reading  today.

Mary Jane, Little Bluebird

King Midas - Character Clue Bag

Today In Room 8, we have been starting something could character clue,

This is my character clue and the book is called King Midas and My character clue is bast on that story you can look for more information. 

Mary Jane - The Story of King Midas - Inference

This story or reading is bast on A king named Midas and this presentation 

is about him and describing him and more.

This story has mixed emotions and shows what the king chose over the most important thing in his life if you would like to read more look into the presentation.

Have Fun!!