Hyperbole & personification | Writing

I learnt how to use hyperboles and personification to describe an image. 

First, I did the hyperboles, which are exaggerations.

I observed the image and created a situation that included the circumstances in the image. I then used hyperboles from lists to find hyperboles that would fit the image.

Then, I moved on to personification, which is giving an object a human action.

I did the same process as the hyperboles and observed the images. I used personification from lists to find a fitting personification for the image.

LI: to use hyperbole and personification to narrate events.

Time | Maths

Time tells when something happens.

There are many different ways of measuring time. They're: seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, decades and ect. The ones we investigated were water clocks, sand clocks, and pendulums.

The water and sand clocks were made using plastic cups and the pendulum was made using a weight tied to the end of a rope.

With the water clock, a little hole was drilled at the bottom of a plastic cup and there were marks which indicated how long it would take to get to one mark from another. The same process was used on the sand clock.

The water and sand clock measured time by how long it took for the water and sand to reach a mark. The pendulum measured time by how many times it swung. The pendulum was actually very accurate.

LI: To investigate units of time.

Metaphors | Writing

Metaphors compare things that have a similar quality by saying that one object is the other.

One common example of a metaphor is: "That boy is a thorn in my side," which means that the boy is an annoying person. The main object is the boy, and the boy is being compared with a thorn. 

Another common example of a metaphor is: "The boy has ants in his pants," which means the boy can't stay still. The main object is the boy, and the boy is being compared to ants.

People can describe things using metaphors like a persons voice, colours, flavours, a persons appearance and etc. 

LI: To describe things by metaphor. 

Evaluating | Reading W.I.P

In this weeks reading session we found the pros and cons of food storage containers by using T-charts and the reciprocal reading skill.

Firstly my group and I selected a container to read about. We read the text and summarised the information to get an understanding of the containers purpose.

After reading the text we identified the pros and cons of the container using T-charts. We also used the images to think about if it fitted what the challenges needs were.

Lastly we repeated the process with more containers.

This blogpost is still a work in progress.

Basic Facts Boxes

This week for basic facts I had to answer questions that are related to addition, subtraction, multiplacation and division. I did the multiplication because I wanted to challenge myself. It took me 6 mins and 51 secs to complete all of the questions.

LI: To remember basic maths facts.

SSR Selfie

This week for SSR Selfie my book was called "How to build a human body". My book is non-fiction book and it tells you about heat, and some fun facts about about heat. Like how ashphalt roads expand when its a cold night but contract when its a hot day.

LI: To summarise and retell a text.

Cook Island Language Week

I learnt about the Cook Island language.

I learnt the numbers up to ten, which is one of the Cook Island language week tasks. In this task, I got a better understanding about the spelling in Cook Island language. 

In the google slide show, I wrote down the numbers up to 10 in in English and in Cook Island. I also made a video of myself pronouncing the numbers and days so that people can learn from them.

I enjoyed this activity and learnt lots of new things about Cook Island language.

LI: To learn about the Cook Island language.

Venn Diagram | Reading

Similarities and differences can be shown using a venn diagram.

The narrative Space Food is about a group of kids that learn how to preserve food in space and stop it from rotting. The next article, the Dippy Dinner Dripper is about a family who eat their food messily.

The differences between the Dinner Dripper and Space Food are that the Drippy family talks about how messy they're, and Space Food talks about food preservation.

The similarities of the Dripper family and Space Food are they both are narratives and they both talk about food.

Finding out the similarities and differences help us understand things better.

L.I: To understand texts using reciprocal reading.

Swimming | Kiwi Sport

Today I practiced my swimming safety skills at the YMCA lagoon.

The first skill I practiced was kicking (streamline kicking). Streamline is when you put your arms up high, above your head. To kick well I had straight legs and fast and little kicks.

The next skill I did was backstroke. Backstroke is lying on your back and having your stomach come out of the water. To kick well I also had staright legs and fast and little kicks.

Lastly I did submerging which involves diving under water and swimming through a hoop. I swam through the hoop using freestyle.

I found the activity easy because i've done these skills before, but I need to improve on my straight arms.

LI: To practice different swimming strokes.

Similes | Writing

Similes compare two things using "like" or "as...as".

"Like" is used when comparing something to verbs, for example: "The girl ran like a cheetah".

"As...as" is used when comparing something to an adjective, for example: "The frog is as green as the grass".

Similes describe things using figurative language.

LI: To describe things by simile.