Kuri - Skim and scan

Kuri - Skim and scan

Thursday 6th Dec

WALT: Skim and scan to find important information in the text

What is a kuri?

A kuri is a polynesian dog

What countries have they found kuri bones in?

They found bones in hawaii, cook islands and aotearoa
new zealand

Where do ancestors of kuri come from?

The ancestors came from east asia

Why did people bring kuri with them and what are they
used for?

People bring kuri because they help them, they are used
for hunting food and keeping their owners alive.

Who were the two famous explorers that had kuri?

The first famous person is Ihenga and the second famous
person is Taneatua

What were kuri like?

Kuri were like small dogs with long hair, pointed ares, and
strong jaws.

What did kuri eat?

Kuri ate what their owners ate.

How did Polynesian wayfinders navigate

WALA: How technology has changed over time
WAL: How Polynesians used their environment to navigate

All about me

Christine - My Goals

Wearable art

  Wearable art

“Today we are doing a technology
challenge, It’s called “Wearable art”
So everybody get into 3 or 4 groups
and you will only get the equipment I
provide” Said Mr. Roy “YAY” Said
everyone “Now go to your tables and
I will give your equipments” Said Mr.
Roy the equipment we used was
newspaper, tape, coloured paper and
popsicle sticks. My partners were
Fine and Lily.

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They were laughing while doing work,
I was just very focused so I continued.
Then when everyone was finished the
models came and did their thing. We
voted everyone but I gave my partner
Fine 10/10 because I wanted her to
win.

Maths problem

New words that I have noticed today in my reading

New words that I have noticed today in my ready

Hauling
Groaned
Hot and sweaty
Would rather be doing
Sighed
Beamed at
Stomped
Ynked
Dropped open

Kinds of Habitats

Habitats

Halloween

Explanation of what causes an earthquake

Explanation of what causes an
Earthquake

The inside of the Earth is so hot that the rock is
molten  and soft. It hardens near the surface
as it cools, forming a crust. This rocky crust is
made of tectonic plates. These plates
connect together, like huge jigsaw pieces.
The molten rock wants to come out so it gives
pressure for the plates to move directions but
the plates resist. Sometimes, though the
pressure is so strong that the plates move
and when that happens, you feel an
earthquake.

Technology challenge

Technology challenge

“Okay, everyone go to the table and get
creating” Said Mr.Roy then everyone went to
their table and started creating. Me, my friend,
my other friend (Fine & savannah) thought
creatively and Mr.Roy gave us equipments to
make our flags. Our team was thinking hard
how to do it. Dyzon’s team finished first then
us and then everyone else. I had a great time
and it was a fun activity.

This is the flag we made.

Holiday recount

  Holiday recount

“Hurry up” yelled mum I said “Okay, let’s go”

On Saturday me, my mum, my sister and my cousin
went to the market to explore instead of staying in
the house.

We went to the market to buy food and look
around, “mum cmon I wanna go here” I said,
“Okay” mum said.

These are the foods we ate, we ate kebabs,
pretzels, sausages and we drank smoothies.

After we went to buy some dresses for our little
cousin’s birthday and it was the best day ever.
After we went to the cafe to get coffee for my
sister.

We were all tired and we went home, then we went
for dinner. We went to sleep all after that busy day.

Technology/traveling

Horse

Bike

Rickshaw

Motorbike

Scooter

Electric scooter

Roller skate

Skateboard

cars

Now cars

Chang-o and the moon

 Chang-o and the moon

Part 1 - Hou yi and the sun birds

Years ago, 10 sun birds lived in a volcano.
Each day, 1 bird will leave, fly up into
the sky and fly around the world,
bringing heat, warmness and light to all
the land.

One day, the 10 birds decided to go out
on the same day. 10 birds made it 10x
hotter on land. The land was scorched,
seas were dried up, animals and crops
died in the fields it meant it was a
drought. It felt like the world was gonna
catch on fire.

We had to do something quick. The
Emperor sent for a young man named Hou yi. ‘Save us,’ said the Emperor. ‘Shoot down the sun birds.’

Hou yi took 10 arrows and a colossal bow, and he ran to the top of a mountain. He shot down the sunbirds 1 by 1, until there was 1 left in the sky. He let the last 1 go so that it would continue to give warmth, sunlight and heat.

‘You have saved the world,’ said the Emperor, and he rewarded Hou yi richly.

Lifting peoples sprits

Sunshine

We chose to make cards with the picture of
a sun because the sun reminds us of
 happiness and people who are devastated by
a natural disaster should remember that just
as the Sun comes up everyday in the sky after
a dark night, life can be mended too. So we
should not lose hope.

What is global warming?

What is global warming?

Global warming means warming of the Earth.
Global warming happens when the
atmosphere traps heat from the sun.

Earth is becoming too hot because
the carbon dioxide is responsible for
absorbing heat. The temperature is rising
because the level of carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere is increasing. If the temperature
rises glaciers will melt, it will cause wildfires,

heatwaves and animals will lose their habitats.

We can slow this process of global warming by
growing more trees. Trees will absorb extra
carbon dioxide and help in cooling down the
Earth.

Earthquake word cloud

Earthquake

 Earthquake

In an earthquake there is loss of life and property. Sometimes the whole city gets destroyed and can cost millions of dollars. So people have to live in camps together for months. There is scarcity of food and water. People are devastated and miserable because their houses are busted down. When there is an earthquake there is a possibility that there will be a tsunami and when it  happens people feel vulnerable because they don’t know when it’s coming and they get scared because they may lose their loved ones. So people need to prepare themselves against the dangers of disasters.

Shallow earthquakes are the strongest and they are the closest to the Earth’s surface. Earthquakes that are magnitude 2 or 3 do not damage property but

earthquakes with magnitude over 6 can be dangerous.

Example

The christchurch earthquake that happened in 2011 was a magnitude of 6.4 on the richter scale.

WALT: Use word cloud to write feeling words for people in an earthquake

Natural disasters

Tsunami
Volcano eruptions
Tornado
Cyclone
Bad weather
Hail
Storms
Blizzards
Wildfire
Floods
Earthquakes
Avalanche
Heat wave
Drought

Man made disasters


Candle near a curtain
Fire in the house
Epidemic
Pollution
Chemical
Biologic
No water and food
No oxygen

Road accidents

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Survey

                                           

Today we went to the Pakuranga mall to do a survey. We asked only one question which was do you know what Matariki is? Out of 20 people 14 did not know what Matariki was and 6 knew about it we asked people from different cultures but all people lived in New Zealand. Some Maori people did not know about their new year too.

It shows us that many people don’t know about Matariki even though they live in New Zealand. We should celebrate Matariki more by putting Matariki on the calendar, putting up posters, decorate malls and put it on the radio. We should also celebrate it in the city so that people know about an important festival of New Zealand.

Big book

Matariki big book introduction

We in Aotearoa are busy preparing for
the Maori new year. It is Known as Matariki.
Matariki is an important Maori festival that
falls in the end of May or Early June.

Matariki is something to do with the cluster
of seven stars in the sky. It is commonly
known as Pleiades.

It is celebrated over 15 days. Matariki is
the time when families get together to wish
good fortune.

Matariki

The Matariki stars

Matariki tells us when a Maori new year is
beginning. It is a time for whanau to harvest
abundant crops and grow abundant plants,
then they store it in the storehouses.
Matariki marks the appearance of the
seven stars commonly known as the pleiades and
it rises in mid-winter. People celebrate
Matariki by fishing, weaving, harvesting
crops, flying kites and narrating legends
about Maori new year. People celebrate
Matariki to remember their ancestors and
the people who died.

About the Sun

 About the Sun

At the centre of the solar system there is a
burning ball gas known as the Sun.
It is made out of mainly 2 gases
called hydrogen and helium.
Helium atoms attract together
to produce heat, light and radiation.
The Sun has a tremendous gravitational
pull holding all the planets instead of
drifting into space. Actually the Sun is
a star just very very closer to the planets
in the solar system. The heat and light
produced from the helium atoms is important
for life to live on earth. Without the Sun there
would be no heat, no light and no plants will
grow.

Maths problem

There is an event at Auckland Zoo. There were 92 visitors.
Out of these visitors, 20 were women and 22 were children.
How many were men?

92-20=

92-20=72

72-0=72

72-22=

72-20=52

52-2=50                            answer 50

Kiri has 87 apples. She gives away 38 apples to her friend
Daena. How many apples has she got left with her now?

87-38=

87-30=57

57-8=50         answer  50