Hey Bloggers. Today I have been doing my reading work. This week my book is called Earth Paints. It is about some kids that are painting Aboriginal arts. People have been painting for as long as 30,000 years! Aboriginal art is based on dreamtime stories. Aboriginal symbols are used instead of written language. Did you know that this art is used to teach the new generation? Type your answer in the comments. Here is my first create task. PS There are 2 parts in it. There are many parts to aboriginal arts.

My second task was to make some Art with your book’s art. My one of course is a aboriginal. I made a Christmas tree. It is in purple and I made it on Google Drawing. This is a part of your google drive. Here it is

The last task is a Canva video. The third task was to make a Canva video too. Canva is also a video maker. You can use all the things  that I mentioned before. Plus you can make anything on Canva. Birthday cards, TikTok videos, Instagram post, etc. My one is a video and a voice recording. The background is blue and my face is on it. If you have any feedback for the video or the blog post, Feel free to put all of your feedback in the comments. I like this method because it is great for making anything!! PS fast finishers are coming soon in this post. Here is all the tasks so far. If you want to join me with the fun, search up canva on your Google home page.

FIVE QUESTIONS I WOULD ASK FRIDA KAHLO

 

1.   Why did you start painting?
2.  If you were still alive, what would you do?
3. If your art was famous for life, what would you with it
4. What would you do if you had not gotten into a bus crash, would you be happy?
5.  Were you mad when you were in a full body cast

BYE BYE GUYS

They  use earth colours to make artwork with animals

The earth colours are brown yellow and red

They also paint their bodies and faces

They need to use dots to make it aboriginal

If they don’t do dots it is not Aboriginal

They put on their aprons and start

They like to paint

You can also make different paintings

The most popular painting is the lizard

This is easy to make

WALT: Skim read to locate specific information and retell.

Hey Bloggers, Today I have been doing my awesome create tasks.  My book for this week is called The Green Team.  It is about a school gardening team that enters in a gardening competition. But all the veggies that they grew got ruined in the rain. But the last one standing was the silverbeet. The gardeners were sad. They did not like silverbeet. What they did not realise was it was actually yummy    

Silverbeet Dolmas (from Kurdistan)

Silverbeet Bhaji (From India)

Silverbeet Pie  (From Greece)

 

 

1/2 a cup of silverbeet.  Some oil. Make sure you get a lot of oil to roll them up.

So we boil the silverbeet until it is cooked. Then we roll the silverbeet with the oil.

SECOND CREATE TASK

The second task is a mindmap. This is where you can put all your thoughts and feelings on. Here is a fact about this. You also can put your favourite stuff about your story.

Silverbeet is strong. It can last rain and bad weather. It is also used in many meals. Especially curry.

The last task is a Canva video. The third task was to make a Canva video too. Canva is also a video maker. You can use all the things  that I mentioned before. Plus you can make anything on Canva. Birthday cards, TikTok videos, Instagram post, etc. My one is a video and a voice recording. The background is blue and my face is on it. If you have any feedback for the video or the blog post, Feel free to put all of your feedback in the comments. I like this method because it is great for making anything!! PS fast finishers are coming soon in this post. Here is all the tasks so far. If you want to join me with the fun, search up canva on your Google home page.

My fast finisher activity was a drawing of my fav character. Mine was Ara. So basically that was it. Here it is

BYE BYE BYE GUYS!!!!!

 

 

 

Hi bloggers!

In week 5 and 6 Tania and Abe from Breathing Matters came to kereru. Session one was all about the  Spinosaurus. We learned that being a Spinosaurus means that your spine pops out and that is not good. So Tania and Abe taught us some yoga poses. The first ones were the  Three Warrior poses. The affirmations for these were I am strong, I am powerful, and I am brave . In the second session we learnt that yoga is as simple as ABC. That stands for Always Breathe Correctly. Then we did more of the warrior poses.  We learnt two buddy poses.  Then we had some relaxation time when Abe chimed a chime to make us relaxed. And that was basically the end of yoga for Kereru. Now it is Ruru’s turn to have fun with Tania and Abe

REFLECTIONS

I loved the poses and seeing Tania and Abe. Mostly because they were really funny. Once Abe even mentioned Grease the movie by accident. I wish they could come again. THANKS TANIA + ABE!!!!!

Bye Bye Bloggers

 

WALT: Skim read to locate specific information and retell.

Hello Bloggers.

Today I have been doing my awesome work for reading. My book is called Bells and Butterflies. It is about a girl who dances and has been doing it since she was six years old. India Is the Most Vegetarian Country.The Taj Mahal is Not a Palace…India is the Tiger Capital of the World. Cows are sacred in India. Did you know that India is almost the most popular holiday place in the world?

FIRST CREATE TASK

She has been learning  Bharata Natyam, A southern Indian dance style. She is getting ready to perform. Her favourite necklace is from India. All the girls have their hair tied into a bun or a plait. Artificial hair is used if the girl’s hair is too short to be tied up. Glitter spray is used to make the hair style more fancy. Rima thinks that Nileesha’s  necklace is cool.

SECOND CREATE TASK

The second task is a mindmap. This is where you can put all your thoughts and feelings on. Here are some more facts about this.

India is the second largest English-speaking country in the world.

 

The last task is a Canva video. The third task was to make a Canva video too. Canva is also a video maker. You can use all the things  that I mentioned before. Plus you can make anything on Canva. Birthday cards, TikTok videos, Instagram post, etc. My one is a video and a voice recording. The background is blue and my face is on it. If you have any feedback for the video or the blog post, Feel free to put all of your feedback in the comments. I like this method because it is great for making anything!! PS fast finishers are coming soon in this post. Here is all the tasks so far. If you want to join me with the fun, search up canva on your Google home page.

 

Here is Nileesha as a drawing

BYE BYE BYE GUYS!

Hey Bloggers, Today has been an awesome day for if you are in Ms Hanrahan homeroom. This is my writing work for this term. We have been doing biography writing in kereru. A biography is a story written about a person not by the person. But an auto biography is a story written by the person about themselves. My biography is about Taylor Swift. Every little detail about her. Would you call yourself a Swiftie? Put your answer in the comments. You will know what I mean if you read this. Here is my work.

INTRO

Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989. Her parents named her after James Taylor, a great musician. Taylor was born in West Reading, Pennsylvania. A whole heap of love surrounded Taylor and her little brother Austin. Her favourite holiday was Christmas, and that was because her family lived on a Christmas tree farm!  As a kid, Taylor tried new things. She rode horses, and acted in plays. But when she found out how to play the guitar, she knew she she had found her passion.

Early life/Education and Hobbies

Taylor found out that her favourite country music star Shania Twain, had started her songwriting in Nashville. She begged her parents everyday to take her to Nashville. And one day when she was 11, it finally happened!! Taylor, Austin, and her Mum went to Nashville in the spring break.  When she was 13, Taylor, Austin, and her Mum and Dad moved to Nashville! Her producer offered her a job there. Her classmates thought that it was weird for her to like country music so much. But that did not stop Taylor from dreaming. She took jobs whenever she was asked. Sports games, or even food trucks! When you’re Taylor Swift, the sky’s the limit!!

Awards and Achievements

Taylor has won 11 Grammy awards!! She started out with country music, but then she was brave enough to make an pop album. This album is called 1918. Taylor has broken 58 Guinness world records! A Guinness world record is  breakable.  The record is broken or repeated by someone else. All our records must be open to being challenged.

 ENDING

 Taylor’s singing career has been a success! People all around the world come to see her concerts, or buy her albums! She loves all her fans. I would definitely call myself a Swiftie. You know what Taylor loves more than her fans, HER CATS!!! Taylor loves each  and every one of her cats.  Absolutely no one knows Taylor better than her mom Andrea.   THE END. 

(REFLECTION) I liked this task because it was wonderful to write about Taylor. My first one was about Roald Dahl, But I am not gonna post it. Here is Taylor’s amount of money that she made. $1.1 billion!!! She is REALLY RICH!! Anyway I have also done a slideshow for this. Taylor Swift is awesome. Bye guys

 

 

  

Hey Bloggers, Today I have been doing some absolutely awesome create tasks! My first one was to make a thinking wheel like last week. My book is called The Korero Of  The Waka. It is about a School that has a Waka to greet people. Here are some facts about Waka.  Waka is the Māori word for canoe. The ancestors of Māori were among the greatest canoe builders and navigators. My explanation for  this story is simple. The children all have things that they like about the Waka.  Some like to play on it, Some like the shapes. Here is my first amazing create task. he Anaweka waka was carved from mataī, and radiocarbon dating of tōtara bark used to caulk the hull has dated its last voyage at approximately 1400 AD, making it the oldest waka known in New Zealand. The seven waka hourua that arrived to The seven waka hourua that arrived to Aotearoa were Tainui, Te Arawa, Mātaatua, Kurahaupō, Tokomaru, Aotea and Tākitimu. Canoes were often painted with black or white with black representing death. The main colour was red which stood for tapu. Sometimes a waka would be placed upright as a marker for a dead chief with the curved bottom of the hull carved.
 

 

The second one that I did was to make a FLIP video on it. I liked this method mostly because it was absolutely awesome!! My FLIP has a recording of my voice reading my 10 facts that I wrote in my book. This does not have a picture of me. It is just a voice recording and some dots. FLIP is a recording/video making website. You can use this to make a video if your teachers ask you to. You can draw, add filters, change the background, etc. This is a cool task because FLIP is a great app

 

The third task was to make a Canva video too. Canva is also a video maker. You can use all the things  that I mentioned before. Plus you can make anything on Canva. Birthday cards, TikTok videos, Instagram post, etc. My one is a video and a voice recording. The background is blue and my face is on it. If you have any feedback for the video or the blog post, Feel free to put all of your feedback in the comments. I like this method because it is great for making anything!! PS fast finishers is coming soon on this post. Here is all the tasks so far.

 

My last task was to make a Kahoot! game on this. Kahoot is a quiz making game. You can do true or false questions or normal 4 questions quizzes. Sorry I do not have a picture to show you. But instead you can log on to Kahoot! and play it. I like this method because it is easy and fun to make a Kahoot!  last task. Bye guys!!!!!

 

PS here is a interesting facts about my book.

1Ihu – The front of the Waka. Ama – A long thin float attached parallel to a seagoing canoe by projecting spars as a means of preventing it from capsizing. Aukaha – Are the lashings used to secure the kiato to the Waka and the Ama.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hey Bloggers, Today I am posting my awesome tasks for reading . My Book is called Weaving TukuTuku. It is about two women weaving straps of Wood or Bamboo and then putting them on the walls of a Moari Greeting house/Marae. This pattern was dedicated to the warrior who came under the protection of the war God, Tumatauenga. The patterns on them always symbolise something. For example, A Milky way pattern. My first task was to make a Thinking Wheel. It is to Wonder, See, Know, etc.  My Favourite part was I Wish. It is imagining what you would want the story to be about, If it was to be about you or something like that. Here is the first task that I did and loved.  

 

The second one that I did was to make a FLIP video on it. I liked this method mostly because it was absolutely awesome!! My Flip has a recording of my voice reading my 5 facts that I wrote in my book. Here it is My third create task was a canva video on your story book, This is a great task. My favourite task was the flip though. Hope you have a good weekend. Bye Bloggers!! 

 

 

Hey Bloggers, Today I have been doing some awesome math work. I  am in a Book 4 Math group. My teacher is called Miss Ronald, And today we were bridging through multiples today and had to do 3 hard questions to complete and then do a challenge.  And for example the first question was that the PALS had 47 Kereru students show up to play a game with them, And 38 Pukeko students showed up too. How many children were there all together? Write your answer in the comments. And here is my awesome work that was completed today and remember that the challenge is coming soon. Bye Bloggers!!!! 🙂

 

 

Hey Bloggers,

Today I have been doing (some) awesome Create Tasks . I am in a Ruru Reading Group. My biography for the week was Anne Frank. Anne Frank is famous for hiding in fear from the Nazis. And also for keeping a diary. She died from Typhus Fever at the age of 15. She was sent to a concentration camp. Anne was a German Diarist.

My first task was to make a Tell Me All About Your Famous person . Here it is

 

My Second task was to make a Research Map on my Famous Person too.  Here is my work so far.

 

My Third Create task was to make a Canva video on my famous person. Here is my work

My Fast Finisher activity was to make a Word Cloud. Here it is

Bye Bye Bloggers!!!

Hey Bloggers, Today I have been doing my create tasks. My first task was to make an Tell You All About sheet. My Famous Person this week is Amelia Earhart. I liked reading it because it was interesting how she was the first woman to fly around the world.  Here it is.

Let Me Tell You About Amelia Earhart

Famous quote: ‘As soon as I got on, I knew I had to fly’

Her father was a lawyer who worked for the Rock Island Railroad in Kansas City, Missouri. As the daughter of a railroad employee, Amelia got to travel all over the country and see amazing sight. Place of birth: Kansas City, Missouri. Date of birth: 24 July 1897 Famous for: She was the first woman to fly a plane. Full Name: Amelia Mary Earhart. Major Accomplishments She was the first woman to fly a plane.

My Second Task was to make a brainstorm about our person. Here it is

 

 

1. She would not be the first to fly around the world. Famed pilot Wiley Post had done that, in 1933. But Amelia wanted to become the first woman to pilot a plane around the world.
2. She was born in the small town of Atchison, Kansas, on July 24, 1897. Her grandfather was an important man in that town, and she would spend many years growing up with him and her grandmother.
3. Amelia especially didn’t want to take “no” for an answer, especially when the reason was “because girls don’t do that sort of thing.” She was always getting her pretty dresses dirty by playing in the street and climbing trees, and she once even jumped off a roof to see how it felt to fly.

 

4. In 1905, the girls’ father got a job in Des Moines, Iowa, working for the railroad. Mrs and Mr Earhart moved to Iowa but the girls stayed behind with their grandparents for a couple of years. 

5.   And it was in Iowa that Amelia saw her first airplane.

My third task was to make a Canva Video on our famous person.

Here it is.

BYE GUYS!!!!!