My Amazing Awesome Writing Goals

Last week in Te Ngahere, we created some writing goals on a google drawing. My goals were to add extra information, detail and facts to explain my thinking. I also have, make my ideas original so the reader can connect with them. I chose these goals because, I really need to learn these because when I saw these goals I knew I need to learn them. My own goal is to complete R5 and move up to R6 in the writing rubric.

Maths Goals

Last week in Te Ngahere we did some maths goals. We had to pick three goals for this term from the Ican sheet. After we had picked our goals we had to put them on a google drawing. I chose these maths goals because I want to be at stage 7 by the end of this term, and I feel like my maths goals I chose will help me the go to stage 7.

My William Pike

Last week in Te Ngahere we were learning about the man William Pike. We were learning about William Pike and how he relates to the story the rep. William pike was in our reading that week, because in the story it said the man in the poster changed Ricky's life.

The Great and Powerful Bullet

In week six my reading group read a book called The Bullet. It is about a boy who has a man pull up next to him in a car, and asks a question. The boy said no, then when the car left a bullet fell out, and boys in his class were fighting for it. The WALT was ask and answer a variety of questions.

National Pancake Day

n Te Ngahere we were working on Celebrations in inquiry. We got to choose three people to be in our group. My group was, Alexi, Thomas and I. we also had to pick a country and a celebration we picked Italy and National Pancake day. In the end we got to make homemade Italian pancakes

My Animals of Brazil

WALT: Complex sentences
08.08.17
Animals of Brazil Key: Simple sentences, Compound sentences and complex sentences

Brazil there are many native Animals, here are some you will learn about. In Brazil there are jaguars. Unlike many cats, jaguars do NOT avoid water. [In fact they are quite good swimmers.] Also the rivers hold their prey such as, fish, turtles and alligators like animals. Jaguars also eat large animals such as deer, tapir and much more bigger animals. Did you know that Brazil has a Finger Monkey? The Finger Monkey eats the most strangest thing, they eat butterflies they will eat any kind of butterfly it doesn’t matter [at least they get to eat]. Did you know that the Finger Monkey is the world's smallest monkey known to man? Finger Monkeys are not endangered but they are somewhat threatened. If you're a dog and a fox lover this is the dog for you. Brazil has a long legged dog with a fox head it might sound ugly but it is so beautiful. Wildlife experts has classified they are being near threatened species. Theses animals are not dangerous to humans, they have a skittish nature. In conclusion, what was your favorite animal is it the jaguar, or is it the Finger Monkey or was it the fog [AKA Fox Dog]? `

 For the last few weeks all of Te Ngahere has been working on report writing. We started by choosing one country we would write about. Then we had to choose three subtopics to go with it. Our Teachers set us up with some subtopics.

Common Nouns and Proper Nouns

Last Week in Te Ngahere we have been learning to use proper nouns and common nouns in our writing. We started by making a google drawing with a person, place or thing, and we got to get some pictures.