Describe a Planet

Create and Describe Your Own Planet -

Description writing task

Term 2 Weeks 5-6

Purpose of this piece of writing is to:

Learning Intentions

I am learning to use language features to make my writing
interesting and engaging for the reader.

I am learning to use topic-specific vocabulary.

I am learning to include Te Reo Māori words in my writing.

I will be successful when I can show….

-I have used some language features to make my
writing interesting and engaging (simile, metaphor,
alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme)

-I have carefully chosen some topic specific words
to include in my writing.

-I have used some Te Reo Māori

Focus

We are continuing to look at descriptive writing. This week you are writing a
descriptive piece of writing to promote your imaginary planet. You aim is to convince
people to move to your planet. You want your writing to allow the reader to be able to imagine what
it is like on your planet.

First, we will look at an excerpt of a video describing the moon from the Avatar movie.
Click here to get to video= Pandora.

Second, we will discuss together what you will need in your work to make it successful
and look at how to plan our work. Then you will plan your work and check with a teacher
before you start writing.

Third, do your piece of writing.

Fourth, complete you piece of writing. Remember to proofread (check spelling and punctuation)
and edit (does it make sense? do you need to change any sentences?) yourself and with a buddy and
fill in your self and peer-assessment. Check it with a teacher.

My Writing

Quartz is a frozen tropical planet with different regions land, fire and water. Quartz is a rock giant. This planet is very far away in another galaxy. Lots of beautiful animals live on Quartz, they are made of crystals and are shiny like the sun. Quartz is very ātaahua. You can get there by portal on Mars. Lots of people go to Quartz to explore and relax. You can study plants and animals and  also the taiao on Quartz. Nothing bad can happen on Quartz because the animals are harmless.

Friday fun cooking!

On Fridays we do fun activity's, today we did cooking. I was in a group with Cailan , Billie, and Summer. I had lots of fun cooking we made ham, pineapple and onion pizza. 

My Mihi 2018

What do you like to do to relax?

Investigate wellbeing at our kura

My question was: What activities do you do to relax?

I want to investigate how people relax in room 7 during their own time.

These are the options the children chose from

Watching tv

Playing outside

Resting

Doing exercise

Spending time with friends and family

Spending time with pets

Spending time on devices

Reading

Doing hobbies

Hunting and fishing

Other

I collected the data and put the results on a dot plot.

Here is my how I collected the data.

In my survey I found out that lots of people enjoyed
hunting and fishing and other activities.
The least favourite thing was resting. Playing outside,
doing exercise, spending  time with friends and family,
and pets all had the same amount. There are lots of different
things they like to do in room 7 to relax.

Rocky Shore Hermit Crab

Learning Intentions for Science We are learning to understand that all living creatures have a life cycle. We are learning that living creatures have bodies that are designed to help them to live and survive.   We are learning that all living things are designed to live in a particular environment. We are learning to understand how food webs work. We are learning that in an ecosystem all living things and their environment are interconnected. We are learning to understand about the Rocky Shore and the impact, both positive and negative, we can have on this environment.

Literacy As part of our rocky shore unit we will also use our literacy skills to read and learn about the rocky shore and to write an information report on a rocky shore creature. Writing We are learning to write an information report about an animal. We are learning to use our writing skills across the curriculum.

the rocky shore

Learning Intentions for Science We are learning to understand that all living creatures have a life cycle. We are learning that living creatures have bodies that are designed to help them to live and survive.   We are learning that all living things are designed to live in a particular environment. We are learning to understand how food webs work. We are learning that in an ecosystem all living things and their environment are interconnected. We are learning to understand about the Rocky Shore and the impact, both positive and negative, we can have on this environment.

Literacy As part of our rocky shore unit we will also use our literacy skills to read and learn about the rocky shore and to write an information report on a rocky shore creature. Writing We are learning to write an information report about an animal. We are learning to use our writing skills across the curriculum.

The learning dip

This term I have learnt about the learning dip and Growth mindset. Here is my work.