INDIVIDUAL PURSUITS

Today in class we did Summer Learning Journey. On Summer Learning Journey we had to do facts about Serena williams. We had to do some picture of Serena williams husband and kid.

Activity 1: New Zealand Royalty

This week we did the teaser week for SLJ. For the first activity created a profile page about Lorde. Something I found interesting was how Lorde had synesthesia and she dropped out of high school. I worked with Taheesha and Sakina for this activity.

Today's Number

Today in class we did Today's Number. I had 22 red check marks and that is good.

Cyclone

Cyclone

L.I. - Identify literary device - Simile

Identify some of the similes in the poem

-  As hard as strone.

- Like a washing machine.

- Like an evil demon.

- Like being chased by a lion.

What is the poet describing with these words?

crashing – Lighting destroying people with it’s fire.

whistling – Iron garage roofs blowing off.

clicking – stones clicking aga the window.

Word Cline- Tall

Today in class we did word cline the word toady was tall and I put little one first then I scream shot it all.

Pie Chart

Today I made a pie chart about how many people like Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, and Purple. The most tally marks was Purple. Purple was the winner then we put this on google sheets and wrote down the Colours and created the pie chart.

Night in the Forest

a)  Use the ideas from Night in the Forest to explain how birds, insects, and bats find food at night.     Fill in the chart. Write one idea for each bullet point. The first one has been done for you.

Animal	How does this animal find food?
Kiwi Morepork Glow worm Bat	Can smell food / worms through its nostrils at the end of its nose. Has big eyes to see in the dim light. Lured by the light and caught in the net. echolocation.

b)  Give the meaning of the word that is underlined in these parts of Night in the Forest.

     i)   "...and makes a net of sticky, dangling threads."

          dangling means That the school bell was handing on the bell.

     ii)  "...many native flowers are white to attract night flying moths and beetles."

          attract means That The gravitational force of the earth attracts smaller bodies to it.

     iii) "The kiwi is special."

          special means unique.