Novel Study

The Witches is a book about a boy and his grandma trying to get rid of witches.

The boys grandma was a witch hunter and knows all about witches. There is one witch called the grand high witch she is the boss of all witches. 

A note about witches, witches disguise them self's as lovely ladies but secretly they want to to squish all the wretched kids they despise. They have blue spit, are bald and have square feet. Once a year every witch meets up and shares spells

I enjoyed reading this book and I think its a great kids book.

LI: to study a noval

Inquiry | Insulators

Insulators are materials that don't let heat escape. My group tested different materials to see which material was the best at insulation, having a lower number for average cooling rate means the material is good at insulation.

The best insulator for keeping it cool were plastic paper and polystyrene and the worst insulators for keeping it cool were glass and tin.

The best insulators for keeping it warm were glass and polystyrene and the worst insulators were tin, paper and plastic.

The best insulator for keeping it cool and keeping it warm was polystyrene.

LI. To learn and practise experimental methods.

Touch Rugby

Today we learned some basic skills for touch rugby.

First we learnt how to tap the ball, catch and pass the ball.

Afterwards we played passing drills to get better at committing to the ball and catching.

I enjoyed this activity because I learnt the rules and skills of touch rugby.

Kiwi Sport

This week for kiwi sport we learnt some basic touch skills.

First we learnt how to catch then we threw the ball in the air while moving. After we did the drill the drill was throwing the ball up and catching it then moving the ball around our head, around our hips and under our legs.

Then we learnt how to pass. When passing you need to pass to someone you is behind you because if you pass to someone who's in front of you its a forward pass.

lastly we played a game the game was about putting the balls in the correct hoop.

I had fun learning these skills.

Inquiry

This week for Inquiry we experimented with different materials to find which material is the most absorbent and to learn how to conduct a precise experiment. 

The material we used were, stone, sand, paper towels, nappies and cotton. Then we used a measuring cylinder to measure 100ml of water, then we added 5 drops of blue food colouring. After we used a scale to measure 50g of each materiel.

Next we got a tray and placed the material we chose, in it. After, we poured the 100ml of water onto the material and then poured all the water that was not absorbed back into the measuring beaker to see how much water the material absorbed.

I enjoyed this experiment and learned that nappies are very absorbent.

LI: to determine the absorbency of different materials using experimental methods.    

Te Reo Maori

This week for Te Reo Maori we learnt about body parts.

First we rearranged the list of of body parts to match the English version then we highlighted the list of body parts that we new in maori blue and the ones we didn't know black. 

Our first session of Te Reo Maori was good because I learnt new some words in Maori.

Writing | Formal and informal language

Formality tells people when to use formal language and when to use informal language.

Formal language means appropriate and understandable words and is often used for formal occasions like a meeting or a funeral. Here are some formal words, hello, good afternoon, greetings.

Informal language is mostly used for informal occasions like talking to friends or playing. Some informal words are sup, whats up, gee, man.

Formality helps people know when to use informal and formal language.

LI: To identify formal and informal language.