mitchell's term 3 week 5

This week we have been reading about neighbourhood niggles.

can you please give me feedback on how you liked it.

1.On this week’s Doc type the main character(s) in this issue and the pages , 

Owen Simmons, Milly Morris  [pg4-5]

2. Type the ISSUE (problem).

Should Milly Morris be allowed to turn the vacant section into a kids-only park?

3. Create a 2 column table of the problem and its consequences.

problem	consequences.
Many of the houses in Nite street have very small backyard.	The kids in nite street can play at the bigger park instead of the small backyards.

4. Solution - Type who the writer is and what solution they want, e.g. Suzie Long wants Mr & Mrs Fitz to move with their hens to the country.

Milly Morris should be allowed to make a kids only park in the  vacant section next door.

5. Go to the question BELOW for the story you are working on and write a full sentence answer to the inference question for the niggle you are working on.

6. Go to the question BELOW for the story you are working on and write a full sentence answer to the CLARIFY question for your text.

Question Numbers 5 & 6 For Each Text

Pages 4 & 5 Owen Simmons

5. Inference Question: What would make the empty section attractive for kids? (pg 5)

Playground with a slide climbing wall and a  ramp for scooters and bikes.

6. Clarifying Question:  What does Owen mean when he says, ‘It would be an investment for the future?’ 

The playground will stay there for lots of years.

7. Write 2 BIG questions and their full sentence answer from your text.

(What, Why, Where, When, Who, Which, How.)

[1] What describes the backyard on pg 4

[2] what describes the old people. Write the sentence on pg 5

8. Screencastify one page of your chosen text. Link this to your Doc.

9. Share your work with Mrs N. Also, put your work on your Blog telling readers what you want feedback on.

term 3 week 3

Create  list of all working animals mentioned and what do they do.

• Guide dogs  guide dogs walk blind people around.
• assistant dog   assistant dogs help people how are blind and deaf.
• Draft horses     A draft horses help people with there strengths
• Logging elephants   logging elephants help people by lifting logs.
• Dolphins
• Asian elephants
• Horses
• Elephants
• Oxen
• smell dogs
• Dogs
• Monkeys
• Small birds
• Cats 
• Guard dogs    guard dogs make sure and intruders stay out.
• War elephants
• Homing pigeons
• Mules
• Ponies
• Donkeys
• Bullock
• Working dog
• Camels
• Rabbits   rabbits are good for food and their skin.
• Sheep
• Pigeon

Write each vocabulary word and its meaning add a picture.

Oxen  a oxen is a strong animal

Harness a harness is some things you hold on to stay on.

Trustworthy    trustworthy means 

Mines in the sea   a mine is a bom in the sea.

Write 5 big questions that can be found in the text

[1]   What does a guard dog do as a job. Pg 5

[2]   Are oxen slow or fast, strong or weak. Pg 4

[3]   how often do people tame wild animals.  Pg 3

[4]      what is the donkey doing on pg 4.

EA  Rate this text out of 10 with a reason.

I rate this text a 9 because I learnt lots about this text.

AA What am I

I am in the war.

I have a tail.

I am black and Brown

I left big things.

I was trained in the military.

I am used for police work now.

I have big ear.

I am a war elephant.

term 2 week 8

term 2 week 7

Friday night out book 2 term 2 week 7

A sweet business

A Sweet Business L3 Nov 2016 Journal

Make a copy of this Doc and file it in your reading folder.

1. WALT identify information (facts) in this text.

Write each of the sub-headings from this text and ONE main fact about that sub-heading, e.g.

Bees in the Garden:  To have bees in a garden you must have bee-friendly plants.

mar Pick 6 of the topic words from the vocabulary slide and write the word, its meaning and add a picture.

Analysing - Notice the problems and solutions the students had in starting their honey business.

Complete this table:

Problem	Solution
How to attract the bees to the garden.	Need a  beehive and bee friendly plants.
It would cost about $500 to start a beehive.	Martin donated some money.
There would be ongoing costs (costs that kept coming).
Keep going. Find 3 more problems and solutions.

Hedging

bees in the garden

Fact

The te aro school is making a business of honey.

hedging

The bee man

Fact

the bee man has been beekeeping for many years.

Hedging

Varroa mites

Fact

Varroa mite are a pest for the bees.

Hedging

Earning their keep

Fact

keeping bee are seem easy.

Hedging

Budget time

Fact

More honey more incomes

Hedging

The big Question

Fact

The good news is you seem to have viable business plan.

Hedging

Money in the bank

fact

Two years down the track the school’s honey business is a great success.

Concept square

the income is budget for the te aro school for there bees.

Spelling

Minutes M i n u t e s Min/ut/es Minutes Minutes

Opened O p e n e d Op/en/ed Opened Opened  

Outside O u t s i d e Out/side Outside Outside

Places P l a c e s Pl/ac/es Places Places

Ready R e a d y R/ea/dy Ready Ready

Right R i g h t R/i/ght Right Right

term 3 week 10

cline

get your hands dirty

volcano´s

Albatross Poem

NIA

Albatross Poem

By Mitchell H

Albatross tears.

Loyal birds.

Brave when trapped.

Autumn Timoti walks back with Albatrosses .

Royal is a name.

Otago habitat.

Soft white feathers.

Sad and upset when away from owner.

Tears  Salty water.

Eat fish from the sea.

Albatross never drink fresh water.

Risking their life for people.

Soft feather on their wings.

Jump

Main Three idea

Fire call out

Fire call out

1) the pagers wire going beeping Brandon goes to the fire station and gets ready for the fire battle.

2) They fight the fire and the first job is to save lives and then save property.

3) at the end the firefighters have a reflection meeting to talk about if they could do better next time.

The pollution problem

This is my reading from term 3 week 9 it is called The pollution problem.

Knowledge A

List Five Facts that you have learnt in this story.

[1] people are throw rubbish and oil or paint in the drains and pollution

[2] ship are spilling oil and making the sea pollution

[3] the ran is making the river going to garden and collecting mud and killing the fish

[4] if you live in a big city if it has busy and cars you will take a deep breath

[5] if you go to a park the trees help clean the air

Comprehension B

Choose 4 Interesting or new words from this text.

[1]  environment    the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.

[2]  chemicals a distinct compound or substance, especially one which has been artificially prepared or purified.

[3] oxygen a colourless, odourless reactive gas, the chemical element of atomic number 8 and the life-supporting component of the air.

[4] nursery a room in a house for the special use of young children

Quick Quiz

[1] what is pollution.

[2] name some pollution that is from cars.

[3] name some pollution that comes from rubbish.

Rating	Sentence
1	People can cause water pollution.
2	Air can clean itself.
3	Go to a park a lot of trees. Trees help clean the air.