Book List Link for Ngaio

There are quite a few book lists on the internet these days. Here are some links to help you find a book that will challenge yet interest you.

Of course a good person to talk to is your teacher, Annette and your friends if you are stuck for a choice!

Books for 11+ Readers

List for Reluctant Readers aged 12-13 years old

Book List for Ages 11 - 13 (Scholastic)

Book Trust - Top 100 books for 12 to 14 year olds

An April-May challenge on Poetry Box: season your poem (from Poetry Box)

From the website nzpoetrybox.wordpress.com

You may also like to try my two challenges hiding in my Gecko Press books post. Please put ‘GECKO’ or ‘Lizard and Snake’ in the subject line so I don’t get in a SPAGHETTI muddle!

The April-May challenge:  Writer an AUTUMN poem.

A HOT tip for the CHALLENGE:

You have longer to work on these poems because I am going to be off-line until mid May!

I won’t read your poems until then!!!!

Try to hold onto the poem and look at it a week or so later.

Try listening to your poem to see which words you love and which words you might like to change.

I love every season and I love seasoning my poems with seasons.

Play with my suggestions!

Some ideas:

Collect autumn words and make a pattern in your poem.

Collect the sounds of autumn.

Show autumn out your window or in your back garden.

Use words to take a photo of autumn.

Tell an autumn story in a poem. Listen to how it sounds when you read it.

Show autumn weather. Collect 30 words first. Or 20. Or 10. Or 5.

Write an autumn list poem.

Make an autumn shape poem (a leaf, a bare tree, autumn vegetables and so on) and send a photo.

Write a poem with a friend, alternating lines.

Make the first line the same as the last.

Choose a strong autumn word to repeat through your poem.

Play with how many words go on the line.

Write an autumn poem with NO adjectives. * A book for someone who does this beautifully*

Write an autumn poem with strong verbs.

Try three different endings for me to see.

Try three different first lines for me to see.

Hide a mood in your poem.

Collect your favourite autumn things. Put them in your poem.

Deadline: May 5th

I will post:  May 10th or 11th

Send to: paulajoygreen@gmail.com

Include: your name, age, year, school AND put autumn poem in subject line please!

Friday technology challenge

At the end of last week, student groups took part in a tech challenge where they had to build a table tennis grabber with limited materials - mainly newspaper, some straws, string and tape. Their device had to reach over a 2 metre gap, pick up a table tennis ball and bring it back.

There was a lot of group discussion and problem solving involved. Some groups realised at the end of the challenge that they need to read instructions more clearly before they even start the task.

Spelling Word Lists

Here is the link to our spelling lists on Spelling City.
You want to start on list 4 and work your way up from there.
If there are words that you get incorrect then make sure you take a note of these and go back to learn them.

Here is the link to our lists for Spelling City.

If you need to learn some words of the list then make use this flow diagram to help you.

Articles relating to the Treaty of Waitangi

Here are links to some of the articles for Treaty of Waitangi.
There are a range to choose from and you are not expected to read all of them! In your group select a link and summarise information you have read.

What do you know already?
What new information have you gained?
Are there burning questions you have after reading the article?

https://classroom.google.com/c/NDA5MzYwMTg1NFpa/p/NDc4Mzc4MjY0Mlpa/details

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/treaty/waitangi-day

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/treaty/treaty-timeline/treaty-events-1800-1849

http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/treaty-of-waitangi

http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/tr/Treaty_of_Waitangi

https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/kids-treaty-zone/

https://www.newzealandnow.govt.nz/living-in-nz/history-government/the-treaty-of-waitangi

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/worldhistory/treatyofwaitangi.htm  

For video links go into Ngaio Classroom by clicking on this link.

Positional Language in Te Reo Maori

Here is a slideshow to help you remember your positional vocabulary.

Building maths knowledge at home

We set up a website last year with links to our maths knowledge areas. It focuses on basic facts, fractions, place value and number sequences. It is used in small bursts at school to support their maths learning.
Students can also use this website at home with links to games to maintain their knowledge and videos that will explain strategies they are learning.

Here is the link:

BUILDING MATHS KNOWLEDGE

Number Boggle

How many equations can you make from this number boggle?
You can add, subtract, multiply and divide to get the answer.
Students often begin with 2 or three numbers but as they get more skilled with boggle can use up to 7 or 8. We will be using number boggle as one of our can do activities during maths for the next two weeks.

The only rule is that the numbers have to touch either sideways,above below or on a corner. For example using the top row: 9+7=16 16-6=10 10+2=12

THE TARGET NUMBER FOR THIS BOGGLE IS A TOTAL OF 12

How many equations could you make using?
What is the longest equation?

Videos to introduce the Treaty of Waitangi

Here are a couple of videos that we watched to introduce ourselves to the Treaty of Waitangi.
After an initial discussion we realised that we knew very little about the Treaty and found these two videos as an introduction. They mainly focus on the build up to the treaty signing. Some of the words we don't understand yet... but we will be working to find out and make connections with information we are reading around this subject.

A haka mana song

This is a great way to learn how to pronounce Maori vowels and blends.

Te Reo Maori

Te Reo Maori

We have been busy learning about Te Reo classroom objects, colours and the names of some of the subjects learnt in the class. By the end of this term we are wanting to be able to use the above in short sentences, such as, Where is my reading book? Get your blue pen and writing book?

 The links below are the words we have been learning and the games we have been playing to memorise the words. Give it a go and have some fun.

Object words
Object game

Colours and subject words
Colours and subject game