Panui- Thinking critically

For Panui I have been learning to think critically. I can Read my books actively that my teacher gives me and I can ask the right quetions. I need to read more often so I can read hard words. My next step is Reconging and understanding the language features and structures used.

What now for the rena?

This week for reading/panui we have been thinking critically. We read the book what now for the rena? The easy part was reading the book, the hard part was wanting to read the book and staying on task. The skills that help me learn are sounding out and skim reading. Critical thinking is asking the right question when reading a book. My next book is Testing the waters. 

Making Connections

This week for Panui/Reading my Roopu and I have been learning how to make connections text to text. The easy part was creating a Venn diagram with my partner Tamarah. The hard part was finding what was different was between the Underground explorers and the Marcus Thomas books. I know I can make connections when,

• 2 stories are alike
• when characters are the same in both texts
• when the settings are the same in both stories

Big 5

In reading we as in we my reading group have been learning to Summaries. The big 5 is a learning tool that will help in in my reading journey. The big 5 is, Someone, Wanted, Because, But, Then. Here is a piece of writing we did when we were summarizing.

Use decoding Strategies

This is what I'm learning to do for Reading: Use decoding Strategies when Stuck.
I know I'm successful at Using Decoding Strategies when I can

• Ask questions
• Reread
• Read ahead
• Find out what unknown word means
• Stop and think
• Create a picture in you mind
• Make predictions
• Make connections
• Ask for help

SCHOOLWIANA

For my Review on Schoolwiana we had to find 3 school icons. They were Respect,Responsible,Resilient. The easy part was easily find the icons. The hard part was writing a poem for each of the icons. 

Summarise

This week in reading I learnt to summaries . The hard part was Nothing. The easy part was Everything. The fun part was summarizing. My next step is using decoding Strategies automatically.
Book: The last Tuatara by Des Hunt
I know when I can summaries when 

• shorter then the text
• Use your own words
• Main ideas only.

KIWIANA

This week we my class and I have been doing Kiwiana well the whole school. I did 2 activity's with my friend Tamarah. The easy part was Finishing my work in the time we were set. The hard part was finding none kiwiana things. The fun part was doing my work with Tamarah. What is Kiwiana? Kiwiana are items or things produced in NZ.

HOMOPHONES

Today for Panui/Reading we learnt what homophones are and  how to use them. The easy part was finding words that sound the same but slept differently. The hard part was knowing what homophone means. I know I'm successful when I use there, their and they're properly and other homophones

HOW TO FALL

Today in (Panui/Reading) I learnt how to use dialog and speech marks. Specifically when to use a speech mark and where to but any other punctuation in your story. Today I learnt that everytime someone else speech's in the story you have to Make another line or a new sentence but this on the same confiscation. I learnt that you can stick these punctuation  in it to (?!,.).

River runners

This week I have been reading a book named River runners. I think it's a good book especially reading it before camp. This is my Book Review on it.

Sorry

This week my class and I have been doing 'Sorry' to the world activities. One of the activities were to make a poem saying sorry to the earth for all our rubbish. Here is my poem.

Poem

Lives are crying because it's not clean

Earth is dying because it's not green

Grow more trees, make Mother Earth grin

Pick up your rubbish and put it in the bin

TUNA

For the past 3 days of school I have been working on a topic it's about eels. The hard part was finding facts and putting them in my own words. The easy part was writing a message to the man who smuggled glass eels on a plane. Next time I will do a challenging Task instead of the easy ones. Here is a fact about eels. Eels have poor eyesight and usually bite drivers fingers when they feed them. 

Here is what I did.

F.U.A

Today I been learning about emotive language in real state news paper. The hard part was learning about emotive language and know what it means. The easy part was picking a house and highlighting emotive words. I know when to use emotive language plus it means to draw peoples attention and making people wanting them to buy what every is for sale or something.  I need to Ask more questions. Hear is my slide.

Nga mihi

So last week I went to Ruapekapeka with my class and we had some parents helping with the kai and taking us to Ruapekapeka. I had wrote this for Matua Albert who helped us the most he told us the stories about Ruapekapeka and the meaning behind it.

Here is a screeshot.

Infering

Last week I was learning how to infer. We had to write I know when to infer. Here is a couple of

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This is my one

Waekamania's

Everyone's

Harakeke-Inferring

Harakeke

 by Melanie Drewery

Today I am learning to Infer. I know Inferring is reading between the line and Knowing what the writer is trying to say but not really say it. Here is a part in the text when I had used infer. The flax sang and whispered as she folded and pulled, fold and pull. "Your a natural," said Mum, Miria smiled and began to weave another fish. She didn't stop until it was perfect. I think she was really happy because of Mum's complement. 

My sounds book

This is My long i work from Thursday
This is my long e work from the 18th week