Blindfold game

Do you know how to play the blindfold game? Well I know, today Room 8 played it. It is simple to play. It is fun!!!

The equipment you need is coloured plastic balls, containers and five people. How you play is put the coloured plastic balls, six of each colour. Then how much colours there is just get that much counters, we timed our south you can to. You pick the colour ball you're getting then blindfold yourself  then you can start trying to get all your balls.

The funny ones was Machelle and Monte. They was funny because they was grabbing any ball and if you grab the wrong ball you're out. Emmanuel was funny to because he put the ball in the wrong container. It was funny playing this game.

My favourite bit was when it was my turn because it was fun and I enjoyed it. It is one of my favourite games because it gets funny and it is awesome. It is fun you should try it.

I think i might try play this game more. It is hard to because you cant see when the blindfolds on you.

Nasty Nits

WALT: Use relevant parts of text to accurately answer questions

Word Knowledge

Tom and the look around

WALT: Infer and interpret the author’s message

animation

Martin from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.
This is my animation of me walking and i find a wallet, then 3 emotions come up. Happy comes  up fist and says “ Yay a wallet i bet there's money in there so you can spend it”. Series says “ no i bet the person who lost it is sad and you should hand it it to the police”. Then worried says “what know they lost their wallet no”.

Word Knowledge

Dragon Fruit

WALT: Read and understand new words

Eating Worms

Walt: I am thinking about my purpose and reader by planning my recount.

Guess what? Room 8 made noodles, it is simple and easy. Our teacher called them chicken worms but they're only noodles. Noodles are yum!!

The equipment you need to make it was just a jug of hot water and a packet noodles also a bowl. First you put the noodles in the bowl then you had to wait until the jug boiled. When it was done then we poured it into the bowl. Then you can wait until it goes it gets cold, or you can eat it hot if you want.

It was funny how we ate it. Our teacher fed it to us with tongs, like a bird feeding its baby birds. We had to open our mouths to eat it. Worms are yucky, noodles are nice. It was yummy!!

I think noodles are delicious I also think they look like worms. I think I should have noodles more often.  

Problem Solving

Walt: identify and solve tricky decimal problems.

Cross Country

Walt: write a poem using nouns, verbs and adjectives

Cross county

difficult, yucky

sweating, trying, wading

challenge

Butter,Butter, Butter

Walt: Write introductions that orientate and hook in my audience

Have you ever made butter with your class before? We have, the stuff you need to make it is only cream. You shake the cream to make it, it takes like 10 minutes.

We added a little bit of salt into cream, after that we had to shake it for about 10 minutes.  Can you believe it was that easy. I Couldn't!!!

We got to taste it on bread when we were done, but first we had to get in groups of 4. My friend Tom said “It is nice”. But to me it was too creamy because it never went into the fridge.

Well that is how you make butter.

Home Spun in Ecuador

WALT: find relevant parts of text to accurately answer questions

This is about Home Spun in Ecuador how they a poor. Also they make a small profit.

Word Knowledge

This is about what pessimist means and hibernate.

The fleamarket

WALT: Identify the author’s purposeq

Grass to Glass part 2

As soon as it comes out of the cow, the milk is cooled. After the farmer has milked the cows, the milk gets cooled in a machine. This stops it going off. Then the tanker keeps it cold, while it is transported to the dairy factory.

The milk goes through the separator machine then the, milk and cream are separated. The milk gets separated so we can make different types of milk. The milk you can  make is dark blue light blue and green, the dark blue has medium of cream, the light blue has some and the green has a little bit .If the milk is not separated the milk will be yucky.

link by Rosie world

By heating the milk on 72 degrees, Bacteria is killed by pasteurisation the milk. It goes throw the pasteurisation to make it kill the germs in the milk, so everyone knows it good to drink. The pasteurisation machine goes to 72 degrees to 3 degrees.

The milk is finally piped into its different bottles. Next time you have a glass, think about all the steps it took to produce it.

Hooking in

 Walt: Write introductions that orientate and hook in my audience
First try

Pt are our fake money, PT are Rare !!! There are groups in our trade and enterprise, there are 6 different groups and I'm in toys. The thing you do in your group is make a business and create stuff to sell.

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Have you ever done something cool with your team? There are groups in our trade and enterprise, There are 6 different groups and I'm in toys. The thing you do in your group is make a business and create stuff to sell.

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Pt are our fake money, PT are Rare !!! There are groups in our trade and enterprise, there are 6 different groups and I'm in toys. The thing you do in your group is make a business and create stuff to sell.

Fact

This term Team four is doing trade and enterprise.There are groups in our trade and enterprise, there are 6 different groups and I'm in toys. The thing you do in your group is make a business and create stuff to sell. 1 Pt is 100 pieces.

Check out my number

Walt: understand money as decimal numbers.

Clay Candleholders

WALT: Identify the author’s purpose

This book was about to girls and there mum making stuff out of clay. The things they made was bowls, cutlery, plates and Candle holders. the main this was the candle holders hope you enjoy.

 

3D Shapes

W.A.L.T we are learning the properties of 3 dimensional.
Through these weeks we have learning about 3D shapes. We also learnt heaps like how a 2D shape is different to 3D. This is about 3d shapes. The d on 3d means dimensional.

Living on a Shoestring

WALT: Identify the author’s purpose

This is about a family that lives on a shoestring they try save money. A shoe string means living on a budget.

Can I afford its

Walt: understand money as decimal numbers.

Nikau palm tree

WALT: Find evidence in the text to support our answers
I learned heaps about this book about it is native to NZ and lots more.

Grass to Glass part 1

Images from Rosiesworld

Walt: Add detail to the beginning of sentences.
eat 70 kilograms of grass a day, so they can produce milk and they can stay healthy. 70 kilograms is twice as heavy as me. In winter the farmers, make silage because the grass doesn't grow.

cows four stomachs

Cows have four stomachs, compared to us we have only have one. It is kind of weird them having 4 stomachs, they have to because that is how they make milk. They need 4 stomachs because that is how they make milk.

Milking happens twice a day, every morning and  late in the evening. One cow takes 7 to 8 minutes to milk.  It can never be missed or they will get very sick, If they don't get milked they might die.

Now days milking machines do all the hard work,  so its a easy for the farmers. But in the olden days the farmers had to milk with hands. The cows like getting milked in the machine because it is easy.

Growing the Dollars

WALT: Find the main ideas in the story to help our understanding

This is about these to boys that is the opposite. Pessimist means thinking the worst.

cv

This is about what I want to be. This for our class thing so you can get pt's.

nine lemons

WALT: Find the hidden messages in the text

This is a story about 2 girls that made lemonade with the mums lemons. It is a very cool story.

Living on a farm

Walt: Write paragraphs with a variety of sentence lengths and complexities
Growing up on a farm in the country will be fun, but it will also be 
hard work too. We've have been looking at farms and we have been learning about cows and machines in New Zealand.

If I lived on a farm my job that I would like to do is milking the cows. Or you can just go to the shed with the machine to milk them. It will also be interesting using the machine to milk them.  

My second choice of job would be feeding the chickens and getting the eggs from the chickens if I live on a farm. I would like it because it would be easy and I like chickens.  also I would love to do this job cause you might be first done because it is easy.

It has been interesting to learn about what it would be like to live on a dairy farm, all the jobs you get to help with and animals you care for. But living there full time? No thank you. I think I’ll stick to the city.

math work

Walt: solve tricky problems using different strategies

Anthony's note

WALT: Infer and interpret the hidden messages in the story
This is about a boy named Anthony and I did what he did so he can get a job for money.

Immersion Assembly

Have you ever did a immersion assembly with your school before? Well I have. It is when your whole school meets in the hall and teachers do something special for the school like plays, make movies, give out food. But only the teachers do it. It can be a quiz in it and sometimes they give out stuff. When the teachers do it they do it on their team there is team 1,2,3,4 and 5.

My favourite term was term 1 it was my favourite because they had a cool video of them shopping. Also They threw chocolate out it was the coin chocolate I got 2 of them. I gave one to Bobby John and ate the otter one. The teachers on team 1 was Ms Wild,Miss Dewyer,Mrs lal and Mrs Belt. Team 1 is year 1 they are the little kids in our school. Most my favourite bit i liked on it was them throwing chocolate that is y I liked it.

My second favourite was team 2 because they did a movie of little kids buying ice cream at Pt England shop. When they was done buying they ate it it looked nice. Also y I liked theirs is because  they also did a quiz. The quiz was about ice cream if you get it right you win an ice cream. I even knew who won one it was Christian he was the first person to get 1. That quiz was name 3 ice cream he said “goody goody gumdrops,vanilla, and cookies and cream”. The second quiz was name 1 bran and they said Tip top. The teachers that was in team 1 was Mrs Nalder,Miss Berry,Miss Rapold and Miss Eadie.

My third favourite was my team My team is 4. It was my third because it was funny. The thing they did was a play it was about  boy named bob he found 50 dollars and he was thinking should he keep it to buy him the latest black ops 2 game or find the owner. he decided to find the owner the next day he did his neighbour's lawn and he said he will pay him 30 dollars but he paid him 20. Then he brought a meal from Burger King.

At the end they welcomed the new teachers named Mrs T.A and Mrs Morlan. My favourite part was when team 1 teachers was throwing chocolate cause I like chocolate. My last favourite team i liked was team 3 because it was boring for me.

math

W.A.L.T Were are learning big numbers this term

Tui in the tree

I felt nervous and i think our group is quite good at plays. So i think i did good and it was very fun to me the bird i was doing was named Hihi it means stitchbird. That was our first play we did.

Tui in a Tree

This book is about 6 birds and a tree but the tree brakes and the main character is Tui.

It is about a tree because Tui is bossy about having the tree. It is mostly about a bird named Tui. Tui was bossy and he was very grety. The six birds name was Tui, Korimako, Piwakawaka, Hihi,Kakariki and Riroriro. Also the at the end the birds help Tui.

WALT: Read with fluency

My Family

WALT use similes to write a poem about my family.

Talking to Bat Man

WALT: investigate and learn facts about lesser short-tailed bat

Short-Tailed Bats

This is about an important bat that is native to NZ.

WALT: use clues from the text to accurately answer the question

All about me

WALT use similes to write a poem about ourselves.

math

Popcorn

WALT: explain pollination, fertilisation and what makes popcorn pop

Basketball

Have you ever played basketball before? Every Thursday we have basketball. It is cool because we learn how to play the game and skills like passing.

The skills I liked was shooting so that is beef. Beef stands for balance, eyes on target, elbow and follow throw. It is simple and I found out while playing you can only use 1 hand to throw. I like passing my favourite kind of passing was could pocket pass. You can do it on your left or right. When you do the pocket pass it has to be wear you pocket is and then throw. I also like overhead passing I like the passing because you use it when you throw it in.

When i arrived i was excited like a monkey finding his bananas. Basketball we only get to play the real game now. We do not learn skills any more. I like playing the real game cause every time I look at the hoop it's saying “shoot”. All the time when we played the team cheered for us saying “go go” or “shoot”.

The thing I like about basketball is that we learn different skills. It is a fun sport and it is kind of challenge for me. I also like our coaches that teach us, their names a Mallike and Yaran.

After the Storm by Rose Quilter

Beginning they collected pine cones.

middle they found a den in the den there was pine cones and a wild kitten skull.

end they had a fire.

Where did it all begin?

In the beginning there was nothing. Darkness.There was a switch and a tinny curl that appearer. That is how the word began. We are learning to make inferences when we read a text This is how the word started.
We are learning to make inferences when we read a text.
This is how the world started.

winter is here

Did you know winter started on the queen's birthday here in Auckland? Winter is a season that is cold and foggy. It is like your in Antarctica. when it’s winter it is rainy and stormy sometimes. Mostly it’s cold and sometimes it is warm. If you go out side it is always cold and the grass is frosty. Your fingers and toes will be so numb.

Math

Kutai Fritters

WALT: find and learn meanings of unknown vocabulary.

We learnt what kete means and it is a bag made out of flax example i need a kete for my kutai. Also what kutai means it is a mussels. We know what koro means it means grandfather.

The blindfold game

Introduction

Have you ever played the blindfold game before? Today our literacy class did it. It was so challenging. The things you need are some blindfolds, some bowls, raw rice, a timer and safety pins.

P2

You have to put the raw rice and safely pins into the bowls. Then you put on the blindfolds and get the timer ready for 1 minute. When it is ready you start it. Then you feel for the safety pins. As soon as the timer goes off you count how many safety pins you have. Then whoever has the most wins.

 P3

When we played it was so cool. It was cool because all of us had fun and it was so challenging for us. It is a hard game and all of us enjoyed the game because it was fun and loud that how you could tell we enjoyed it. when I was playing it was funny and I only got 1 and the safety pins felt like the rice. The people that got most Flynlay and Andrew.  

P4

My favorite part is that when flynlay cheated and grabbed the rice and saftey pins in his hands and just put it down. Also I liked how everyone tried.

math

Lanterns for Matariki by Jill MacGregor

We are learning to infer and interpret the text we read.

this is about a kind of pumpkin that is called kamokamo. you can eat it and make a lantern out of them.

similes

This is about similes.

matariki

We are learning to find and learn the meanings of unknown vocabulary.
This is about words what these words mean.

Matariki

1. What does ‘Matariki’ directly translate to in English?  
   matariki directly translate little eyes or god eyes.
   
2. Which month of the year do you need to keep a close eye out for Matariki to return? You have to keep an eye out on june.
   
   
3. What does Matariki look like when it returns?
   the seven stars rise above horizon exactly where the sun will appear about half an hour later.
   
4. What does it mean for the Maori people when Matariki returns?
   It means the maori new year.
   
5. What did the Maori people do in the months leading up to Matariki?
   They were talking about the legends of Matariki
   
6. Why is Matariki an important time?
   Matariki is an important thing for maori because it is there new year
   
7. Outline one legend believed about Matariki?
   rongomatane is a maori god of peace
   
8. Think of ways that we, as a class could celebrate Matariki. Record your idea below…  cooking 7 cookie stars.

WALT.We are learning to identify the writer's purpose

This is about matariki like what it is it about.

math

Great Granpa

WALT: Make inferences and interpret hidden messages

This book is about the two twin towers that how they fell.

Personification

we are learning about Personification.

Math

Celebrating Matariki by Sue Gibbison

We are learning to make inferences when we read a text.This tells you about matariki.
Matariki is important cause it is a Maori new year and it is important to us. It is important to
people so they can spend time with there familys

The chocolate game

WOW! have you ever played the Chocolate game? In Room 8 we played the Chocolate game it was fun.We heard that we were going to play the Chocolate game. things you need are a dice,chocolate, a plate knife and fork and clothes.

This is how to play the Chocolate game. You need lots of players so it can be funny. You need items in the middle so 1 piece of clothing and 5 accessories. If a person rolls a 6  He or she has to go in the middle and dress up. But If a person rolls a 6 when you're still dressing up you have to get un dressed and go back and sit back in the circle.

After we got in a circle well Mrs Lavakula put the chocolate and clothes in the middle of the circle. When Mrs Lavakula was done we started the person rolled the dice. The first person that rolled a 6 was I think was Emmanuel he got dressed but Tavake rolled a 6. When i rolled i got a 1 the dice was going around the circle then Alex got it and he got a 6 and he dressed up and he almost cut a chocolate.

While we were playing the game there was lots of giggling and noise. Mrs

Lavakula was videoing it. It was soo funny when people were dressing up. Some boys wore the tutu. They looked funny in it.Some boys even put on the coconut shell cups they looked really girly. There was lot of laughing. The only people that got some chocolate was Montel and Dezarae.

My favorite part was when everyone was dressing up because everyone looked funny. I liked how all of of our class was laughing and they enjoyed it. It was so cool playing that game.