Show dont tell

Today for literacy medals we did a show don't tell and above is the one I did a show don't tell is when you describe what happened. I hope you enjoy it. The easiest part for me was doing the second one because it was the simplest because you only have to write a couple words. And the most difficult part for me was doing the third one because I didn't know what to write. By Harrison

Europe

For the last couple of weeks, we have been learning about the seven continents in groups, and in my group was Taj and luke and we did Europe. the easiest part for me was searching for facts to write about Europe. And the hardest part for me was writing it all down because there was a lot. By Harrison

Literacy medals

Water wastage 

You might not think that water is important but because it takes two minutes. if there was an earthquake you can not get water because pipes in the ground might be broken. And sometimes you can line up for water but you would quickly realize how much water a person needs a day. For example in Auckland, it hasn’t rained in a couple of months so they have very low water availability. And one-day people might realize every drop counts.



The effect is they have to line up for hours just to get water and sometimes it takes up to like 5 hours which is a long time just to get a couple liters of water and people might have to line up a couple of times a day. And that would not be fun. But if you want the water you have to.


In places like Africa where elephants live there might not be any water so they find these special trees and dig at the roots to get water if there is no water available for them. The water that they get is called groundwater.


Some farmers are setting up fog nets to catch water for their cows since they are running low on water and if we keep giving cows water they will be able to survive and if they are dairy cows we will be able to have milk with our cereal.


Fact: we are still using water that existed on earth millions of years ago from when dinosaurs were around.



Water is the most precious thing in the world because if you didn't have water you would get really thirsty but that's not the worst thing you would not be able to live because you would not be hydrated which means you would die after a couple of days. And things like cows sheep and things would die so pretty much the whole world would die and nothing living would be on earth except maybe fish if there is still a little bit of water really far out in the ocean. But it would definitely not be enough for 7.8 billion people to live.


Sometimes they get water from the sea and process it trough big machines and turn it into the water we can drink. In our class, we have a plant in a plastic bag and it gets so much condensation it has enough water to live for a while.


Today for literacy medals we had to write an information article on water wastage because that is the book my reading group read this week. The easiest part for me was reading the story because it didn't take that long. And the hardest part for me was writing 410 words because it took two days to do because there was a lot of information. By Harrison

Orographical rain

Today for inquiry we learned about orographical rain because on the west coast we get a type of rain called Orographical rain, it is very common on the west coast. the easiest part for me was watching the video that taught us about Orographical rain because it was only 3 minutes long. And the hardest part for me was writing the information down because there wasn't enough room.

Poetry

My favourite things 

I am a boat, good for biscuiting 

I am "dad said", good for excuses 

I am pig dog rawr-favorite pig-dog I named it when I was 2 

I am a tramp-nice for doing backflips.

I am a ramp, cool to jump on a bike

I am my big head-not very good, big helmets 

I am'' I don't care''-not afraid

I am'' oh no where is my phone''-worried 

I am a motorbike-loud and fast

I am a bike-cool, good for jumping 

Today for poetry we had to list ten things from our other poems and then write how they feel and then write it with I am in front of it and put it on our blogs. the easiest part for me was listing ten things down because you didn't have to think because it was already in front of you. And the hardest part for me was describing it because some things weren't really easy to describe. By Harrison 

Poetry

My childhood 

My motorbike My little bike

My boat My coat 

My cat My hat

My yes I can My batch 

My tramp My ramp 

My Harrison is a goat's My goats 

My cool mum and dad My Bennett you're bad

My little annoying brothers My get out of my rooms 

My Fish My fish tank 

My oh no where is my phone My phone 

My bed My sleepyhead 

My I don't care My pig dog rawr 

My three eating dogs My cool best friends

My flax trees My motocross tracks 

My big digger My bigger digger 

My dad said My big head

My rakes My cakes 

My cookbooks My fishing hooks 

My class My glass 

My toy plane My boring games.

Today and yesterday we had to plan and write a poem about ourselves and mine is about my childhood so I hope you enjoy it because it took a long time to make. The easiest part for me was getting a list of stuff to write. And the hardest part for me was getting things to rhyme because some things were hard to rhyme so I had to change them so it would be easier By Harrison