5-7-10 The magic ride

One day, Dan, Ethan and I went on the magic ride.

We jumped on and just as we got on our seats, the ride started to spin. 

“Something doesn't feel right,'' thought Dan and Ethan.  

As the ride started to go a little bit faster,

Ethan and I started to feel a little bit dizzy, but for some reason, Mark has never got dizzy in his life!  

“Where am I?” said Ethan as we got off the ride. 

When we walked outside, I realized that we were now on Mars! 

I wondered how we got here and how we would get back to the Earth.

We went to bed in the room where the magic ride was and fell asleep.

The next morning, Ethan had an idea of how to get back to Earth.

He told us that all we had to do was get back on the ride, ride it backwards,

and it will teleport us back to the Earth. So we all agreed to his idea,

hoping that it will work and will take us back to Earth.  So we tried it… and it worked! 

“YAY!” We all shouted happily.

Battle of the Storm Troopers.

Photo courtesy of Lewis Moorhead, www.flewdesigns.com

Oh no!  It was a battle against 100 of the Storm Troopers. The storm troopers appeared out of nowhere and started to destroy the city. The Republic tried to protect the city, but they only had lightsabers. 50 Storm Troopers exploded because there was an explosion from behind them. The 50 StormTroppers left charged towards the Republic soldiers and started to attack with their lightsabers. When they finished attacking the battle was even. After it was the Republic’s turn to attack, only 10 Storm Troopers managed to survive. While they were attacking, Darth Vader appeared and defeat 25 of the other Republic, while the other 10 Storm Troopers defeat 15. Now the battle was 10 vs 10. 

It was the StormTroopers turn to attack, but while Republic wasn’t looking, the final 10 storm troopers escaped, including Darth Vader. The StormTroopers left some space ships to finish the fight, but like the StormTroopers, before the space ships even had a chance to attack, the Republic escaped, and the battle of the Storm Troopers was over.

Tapa Patterns.

Today we made a Tapa cloth. First we had to make our patterns. Then we had to go over it with vivid. Then we had to color in half of each with vivid. Then we had to dye it. Lastly, we had to scrunch it.

Readtheory- August

At the beginning of the year I was on grade one. Now I am on grade 5. My highest grade was 6 because I have been reading the text and finding the answers.

Fraction Splat

Today we played fraction splat. I got better. This was my score.

Word Cline- Fast

Today we did a Word Cline. We had to choose a word and put them from fast to faster to fastest.

Measuring Metric Length

Today we played a game called metric length. I came 2nd in the class. My high score was  34680.

Target Numbers

Today in maths we had to get as close as possible to our target with a four digit number using the numbers 0-9 and using the same number in each 4 digit number only once.  We had to make the largest odd number, largest even number, largest multiple of 3, largest multiple of 5 and the closest number to 5000.

I or Me?

Today in writing we had to see if it was I or me that fit in the sentence.

S.T.E.A.M- mind map

We did a bus stop activity and we had to figure out some words that go with these titles. Then we created a mind map about S.T.E.A.M on our lucid chart.

Visual Language- Tiger

Today was our first day of visual language. We learnt some new words like modality and vector. Vector is when a picture goes from one side of the page to the other, and modality is when something is real or fake.

Space Art

I drew a picture of a moon and then we drew some craters on them.  Then we coloured them in with the sketching pencils and then shaded them with our fingers. When our moon was done we coloured in the coffee filters with dye, and we used hot colors and cold colors. Then we used different thing like cups to make circles. When all of that was done we got a black cardboard and then splashed some white paint on it to make some stars. Lastly we glued the moon and the planets to the black cardboard.

Space Learning Center - Food Activity

Today I wrote 2 paragraphs of what astronauts eat in space and I even included my favourite food.

Zoo Recount

One cold, cloudy day room 5 went to the Zoo. I was excited to go to the zoo. We
went to the zoo because the Warehouse sponsored us to go and Ritchies buses
gave us the ride for free.

When we got to the zoo, we went to go and see the red pandas. We can
only see two red pandas but they were in the trees. We moved onto the Australian area.
When
we got to the Australian area we were
on our way to the Tasmanian devil. We couldn't see the Tasmanian devil because
it was sleeping. Then we went to go and see the wallabies and emus. Some of us
thought that the wallabies were kangaroos. Then we moved on to the South
America area. We went to the tarantulas but we couldn’t see any. After we visited
a few other animals be moved on
to the Kiwis.
It was dark because Kiwis only come at night so they wanted to trick them
to come out. We all wanted to touch the
Eels, but we weren't
allowed to. 

Then we met Hohepa. He came with us to the Baboons. We got to see the
baboons’ red bottoms. Then Hohepa took us to the cheetahs. There were
2 cheetahs. We did not get to see the second one but the first one was by the tree sleeping. Then we moved onto the elephants. Their names

were Burma and Anjalee. Anjalee and Burma kept on throwing bark on their backs as sunscreen.  Then we moved on to the Africa area. We went through a lane that led us to the Africa area and while we were going through that lane lots of people fussed about the smell. Hohepa turned around and told all of us that the smell was the
ginkgo tree.

After the Africa area we went to go and see the lions. When we saw the lions one of the
was sitting at the top of a hill eating a piece of meat. Then we moved on to the rhino. After the rhinos we
saw the zebras and giraffes and ostriches. The zebras and giraffes were eating hay and the ostriches
were trying to hide
behind
the
gate.
Then we moved onto the meerkats. That was my favourite animal because we got to go through some tunnels to get a closer look at the meerkats. 

We went to the zoo because we were sponsored to go. I liked going to the zoo even if it was cold, gloomy, and cloudy, because it was my first time going. I was happy that we went to the zoo. 

Read Theory June.

At the beginning of the year I was on grade 1. Last month I was on grade 5. My highest score is grade 6. I need to look carefully back at the text to fund my answers so I can move up.

Celebrating Matariki

On Friday all the classes went to the hall.  We all had 2 sausages for each person. We saw the junior kapa haka, senior kapa haka, and pacifica. We all watched a video and whaea ode was there too and she also helped to make the sausage sizzle. In the end we all got to hear a few songs from the ukulele group.

Trial and Error

Today in maths we did what's my number? We had to find the number by seeing if you got the same number by adding 8 to the number and still get the same answer when you tripled it. We tried 9, but we were 10 off. Then we tried 7, but we were 6 off the we tried 5, but we were 2 off. Then most of us thought that it was 4, and we were right.

Alliteration Sentences

B- Bake a big cake with lots of butter and bring it to the birthday bash.

C- Come and clean the chaos in the closet.

F- Fred's friends fried Fritos for Friday's food.

G- Gary grumpily gathered the garbage.

L- Larry likes liking the sticky lollipop.

P- Please put away your paints and practise the piano.

W- While walking wearily home I wondered where Wally was.

 Today I made a poster on alliteration.

There, Their, They're Sentences

Today in word work we practiced writing sentences using the correct version of the word.

Creepy Creatures News

The Moon

We practiced our note taking and note making skilled to write this paragraph.

Windscreen Wiper

We wrote our own onomatopoeia sentences and we drew a picture to go with it. Here is the link to the poem.

All About Me

Hi my name is Lukas, and I am a student of Panmure Bridge School. I am in room 5, and my teacher is Ms Kirkpatrick. I am a year 4 student, and here are a few things about me. At home, I like playing with my neighbors. At school, I enjoy doing maths. I play basketball at home, and I like it because I like shooting the ball into the hoop. My favourite horror game is the Joy Of Creation: Reborn. I really like free time, because I can play any game I want on my computer.

At The Seaside

Our poem this week used rhyme, alliteration and a smile. Check it out here.

Rickety Train Ride

This week in our poem we looked at alliteration. Here is the link to the poem.

Old Dog

In poetry this week we looked at poetry and alliteration. Then we drew a picture. Here is the link to the poem.

My favourite Ice-cream.

My favourite ice cream is double scoop. One is chocolate and the other one is cookies and cream.

E Toru nga kete

In te reo we read the story about the three baskets.

Rhythm Interactive

Today we learnt some new rhythms. Our teacher was Johnny. We learnt some names of instruments like djembe and claves and guiro. In the rhythms we did clapping. We kept on singing a song  which means together we can make a change.

My Favorite Ice Cream

My favourite ice cream is a double scoop. The first scoop is cookies and cream with a flake. The second scoop is a chocolate flavor with a flake. 

Zoo Trip.

At the zoo we saw lions. My favourite animal was the sea lion because we got to see it do tricks.

Transum Tables Challenge.

Today on transum I did my 2 times tables in 37 seconds.

Sunset

We looked at metaphor in the poem sunset.  Here is my picture from my poem. here is the link.

Alphabet Key

A:Apollo, asteroid, astronomer.

B:Black hole, beyond, binary.

C:Carbon dioxide, crater, cosmonaut.

D:Danger, data, dwarf planet.

E:Experiment, exobiology, evolution.

F:Flight, force field, full moon.

G:Galaxy, Galileo, gravity.

H:Honor, horoscope, Hubble.

I:Investigation, inspection, impulse.

J:Jettison, journey, Jupiter.

K:Kilometers, Kuiper belt.

L:Laboratory, launch, launch pad.

M:Mars, milky way, mission.

NASA, navigation, nebula.

O:Objective, objects, orbit.

P:Planet, planetary, particles.

Q:Quasar, quarter moon,

R:Radiation, rocket, rotation.

S:Saturn, scientist, supernova.

T:Telescope, technology, transmission.

U:Uranus, unique, universe.

V:Venus, vaporize, variety.

W:Waning moon, waxing moon, warming.

X: X Rays

Y: Ymir.

Z:Zeal, zenith, zero.

Today I did an alphabet key to show a space word for each letter in the alphabet.

Hiwi The Kwi

Today at Hiwi the Kiwi, we learnt that when you are out fishing that you have to make sure that if the fish are too small you have to throw them back, and if they are too big then you have to throw them back because they might be having a baby. Hiwi the Kiwi also likes to write songs. Two of the songs that we learnt were kai moana and pukeko eko. Hiwi the kiwi was also giving out posters, stickers and even fishing magazines. We were also having a challenge and the challenge was that we had to write a story about the show and we have to include two things that you learned and there was one winner from each classroom, and then the winner out of them would win a Hiwi the Kiwi fishing rod. My favourite part was the pukeko eko song because we got to dance.

Nga Tau

This poster shows the four seasons in Maori.

Maths Monster

Today on maths monster I got another perfect score. I also timed myself and I only took one minute, three seconds and ten milliseconds.

Dwarf Planet- Ceres

Ceres was first discovered in January 1, 1801.
Ceres is 974  kilometers across. Ceres was formed 4.5 billion years ago.
It is 415 million kilometers away from the sun. Ceres used to be called Ceres
Ferdinandea, but then astronomers around the world did not like the name, so
they changed it to just Ceres. Scientist say that there is a liquid layer somewhere
underneath the surface of Ceres. Ceres has zero moons. Ceres takes 5 earth
years to orbit the sun, and its day is nine earth hours. Ceres can be found in
the main asteroid belt and the asteroid belt can be found between Mars and
Jupiter. lukas

Night

We wrote our own personification sentences. Here is the link to the poem.

Gymnastics

In gymnastics  we are learning to do poses, backwards roll,  grapevine on  the beam ad front and back support.

Readtheory- July

At the start of the year I was grade 1. Now I am grade 4. My best result was grade 5.

Thunder And Lightning

in our poem we looked for personification. this describes something as a person.

Fraction Splat

we played a game to help us identify some basic fractions. my score was 300.

Then Or Than

Then or Than

I did my homework then I went to bed.

I wish I had a space suit then I would visit the moon.

I wish I had a lot of metal parts then I would build a rocket.

I wish that my Mum would let me play on our ps3 then I would play on all of my games.

I wish that I was the fastest person in the world then I would go and visit all the countries all around the world without my mum even noticing that I am not home.

My cousin is older than me.

I am faster than my cousin.

I have less chores than Mum.

I am sneaker than my Mum.

My name is shorter than my cousins.

we wrote sentences to show when to use then, and when to use than.

Space Mind Map

I used a lucid chart to make this space mind map.

There, Their, They're

                     Their, there and they’re

I left my bag over there by the door.

There means in that place or in that position.

They’re going to do homework after school.

They’re means they are.

Pete and jenny are on their here.

Their tells you that something belongs to someone.

Here are 3 sentences that show you which is the correct spelling to use.

                     Their, there and they’re

I left my bag over there by the door.

There means in that place or in that position.

They’re going to do homework after school.

They’re means they are.

Pete and jenny are on their here.

Their tells you that something belongs to someone.

here are 3 sentences that show you which is the correct spelling to use.

My Favorite Ice Cream

Our poem was my favourite ice cream. I drew a picture of my favourite.

Complex Sentences

After a few seconds, for some strange reason, I didn’t feel anything.

I didn’t feel anything, for some strange reason, after a few seconds.

Today we have found a complex sentence in a book and written it both ways. The conjunction is yellow and the comma is pink.

Te Reo Huarere

Today we worked with whaea Ode to make a poster showing the weather.

Synonyms

Today for word work we went onto an online thesaurus and we looked for word that meant the same thing, like run means the same thing as dart. Here is an example.

I had to run halfway to school.

I had to dart halfway to school.

Maths Monster

Today in maths we did maths monsters on our 3x tables. last time I played maths monster I got a perfect score and again I got a perfect score.