Writing goals

Last week in Te Ngahere we were identifying our next learning goals. We used a rubric sheet to mark our level. The levels that we were supposed to be at were 4, 5 and 6. I was five and six. The goals were : make my ideas original, so the reader can connect with them, strengthen my reflections (opinions) about my information.

Math Goals

Last week in Te Ngahere we were identifying three goals that we needed to learn in maths. My goals were from both stage seven and eight Ican sheets. They were: Identify lowest common multiple of pairs of numbers to 10, compensation from tidy numbers and find equivalent ratios with a common factor or multiple. I chose these goals because I did not know them. The reason I want to achieve these goals is so that I can finish stage seven and eight.

William Pike

A few weeks ago in Te Ngahere  we read a book called “The Rep”. It was about a boy preparing to be picked for the rep team. At the end of the story the character was angry until he was told about a man who climbed a mountain with only one leg. His name was William Pike. WIlliam Pike lost his leg and got it amputated because him and his friend were climbing Mt Ruapehu when it erupted and rocks fell and crushed his leg.  He recently made a live stream talking about his adventure at Mt Scott in Antarctica. It was really interesting because even though he only has one leg he never gave up.

The Curse Of Being Pharaoh

In week one of term three we started an activity for reading. It was a story that came with the questions. Our focus was to answer a variety of questions. Also the story was called The Curse Of Being Pharaoh.

Natural Disasters : Japan

Simple Sentences

Compound Sentences

Complex Sentences

Proper Nouns

Topic Sentence

Japan and its Natural Disasters

Japan has suffered the worst of natural disasters. The 2011 earthquake and tsunami hit. Or the 2004 earthquake and tsunami. Not only tsunamis and earthquakes but they have had typhoons, volcanic eruptions any etc. Can you guess how much damage they caused and the amount it cost to repair everything?

The 2011 earthquake that hit Tōhoku and spread over 200 miles. The earthquake itself reached up to a magnitude of 9.1. One of the biggest in the world. This then caused the 133 foot or 40.5 wave that caused damage over Miyako, Iwate and Tōhoku. Nearly 16,000 people died, over 6000 injured and about 2500 went missing.

Another catastrophe was Typhoon Muifa. This typhoon occurred on the 27th of July to the 15th of August. The typhoon was deadly as it had a speed of 259 Kmph. That's the speed of a supercar. The typhoon caused damage to Japan, Russia, North and South Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan and Micronesia. 22 people died from this typhoon.

Lastly the eruption of Mount Sakurajima. The eruption caused black smoke that rose over 5000 meters into the air. This smoke spread over a one mile radius. The area was restricted. Lightning bolts were captured sparking around the smoke.

Japan is a lovely place to visit but beware of the dangers that can happen.

In week two Te Ngahere started to write reports. I finished my first one so I started my second one about natural disasters in Japan. My focuses were to use topic sentence, complex sentences and one idea in a paragraph.

For a couple of weeks Te Ngahere have been writing informational reports about a chosen country. The country I chose was Japan. We had to chose three or more sub topics. These were things about the country. If we finished we had to make another doc and choose one topic for the next report.

Japan

Have you ever visited Japan? Then you would know about their massive game-cons featuring Japanese games: dance dance revolution, pokemon, final fantasy and many more. Not just gaming but their amount of people who live in Japan. Except from that I am going to be stating information about gaming, leaders and sports.

Gaming

Their games they have created are amazing. Pokemon is one of the most addictive games around the world. Besides Pokemon they have one of the most rage inducing games ever, Dance Dance Revolution. People have broken walls because of this game. Soo many computers, laptops and desktops have been smashed.

Sport

Sport is popular in Japan as they have sumo wrestling, soccer, auto racing and etc... Sumo wrestling has been around for over one thousand years. The sport is held in Tokyo, Nagoya and Fukuok. The point of the sport is to either push the competitor out of the rind or to send the competitor to the ground. Soccer is another common sport in Japan that was introduced back in the 19th century.

Food

Japanese have many different foods. Sushi, ramen/ noodles and mochi/ food pills. These foods are common around the world but originated from Japan. Sushi is sold in many Chinese and Japanese restaurant with salmon, chicken or caviar/ fish eggs. Ramen can be served with a wide range of foods such as: beef, vegetables, pork, lamb, boiled eggs and many more. Last but not least mochi. Mochi is basically ice cream formed into a ball and has a treat inside.

Japanese people do a lot of things including sports, making games and eating food. There are different places you can visit. If you go to Japan you can visit the places they hold sumo slamming or try these delicious delicacies.

Common and Proper Nouns

Last week Te Ngahere we had to make a google drawing about common nouns and Proper Nouns. We were learning about the difference between common and Proper Nouns. We had three columns, one had  person, place and thing. Second had common nouns. Mine were president, town and fast food. For the president, Donald Trump, town, Paihia and fast food, Carl's Jr.