Research Tag

Research Tag

Choose a country and write a question about it.  For example what foods do they eat in Romania?

Topic: Denmark

Big idea:  Wild Life

Now go and find a book that you think could answer the question and fill out this information.

Book title: Denmark

Author/s: R. Conrad Stein

Publisher: Herman Adler Design

Date of publication: 2003 by Scholastic

Keywords found: Wildlife

Page #’s: 29-33

Key pictures found: Stork, HedgeHog, Deer, Coot, Avocet, Swan Butterfly

Page #’s: 29, 30, 32, 33

Line Shoot

This is a screenshot of how I did on line shoot, I had to use timed mode to see if I could get 90% or more  I achieved 100%.  Here is a link to line shoot

Matching Parts of a Book

Matching Parts of a Book

L.I. Know the different parts of non-fiction books

Each part of a book has a special name which you need to be a familiar with.

1. For each description below find the matching term in the box.

2. Write in the correct term in the space provided.

    Index = Alphabetical list of all the topics in a book with the page number       where the information can be found.

  End papers= The first and last pages of a book.

illustrator= The person who prepared or drew the pictures.

Introduction= Information about the book found at the beginning of a book.

dedication =  Words about a special person found at the front of a book.

author = The person who wrote the book.

glossary =  List of special words used in the book with their correct meanings.

spine = The flat narrow outside strip of the book.

publisher = The company who made the book.

Cover = The outside of the book.

spine label= The label which identifies the book on the shelf.

bibliography = A list of more books on the same subject.

contents = A list of the titles of the chapters.

Simple Machines

This is my google drawing of simple machines, I had to find  different simple machines. The simple machines i had to look for were, wheel & axle, wedge, Pulley, lever, inclined plane and screw. It was hard at first but I  got there in the end.

Digistore- Rainforest : Use compass points.

This is the activity that my teacher gave us, we are learning about the compass like North, South, West and East. I learned how to use a compass online, it was kind of hard but I made it in the end. You can also have a try to use a compass here is the Link.

Choosing the Right Book

Choosing the Right Book

L.I. Matching questions to book titles

Looking for keywords in a question

Here is a list of some books you might find in the non-fiction section of a library:

Which of the books would you use to find out:

1. How many people live in NZ?

• Yearbook of Population

2. Which special stamps were issued in New Zealand in 1992?

• Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue

3. How to look after a puppy?

• Caring for pets

4. Where the custom of Easter Eggs came from?

• Dictionary of Customs and Fables

5. The date of the Wahine disaster?

• Everyman’s Dictionary of Dates

6. Which records were broken at the last Olympic Games?

• Guinness Book of Records

7. The size of Noah’s Ark?

• The Bible

8. The speed of the first aircraft to fly under power?

• A History of Flight

9. The story of how the first under four-minute mile was run?

• Encyclopedia of Athletics

10.  How the Greeks used a wooden horse to enter the city of Troy?

• Myths and Legends

Study Ladder

This is my result for study ladder, I got 9 correct and I only got 1 wrong. I am good at Addition but now I will try Subtraction.

Subtraction Triangle

Today I did subtraction triangle. I managed to do it in 01:44 minutes & seconds. I got everything right. I enjoyed subtracting numbers because I usually added them.

Addition Triangle

This the Addition triangle I did, I had to chose a random number and plus it like 116 plus 55 equals  171. The time that I finished was 02:31 minutes and seconds. You can also do subtraction triangle.

Number Stones

I am playing number stones with Irys and Mia I am the judge of the game. I had to say a multiplication like 7x5 and if they got the answer right they get to put 1, 2  or 3 stones off the other person. 

Xtra Maths

This is my score for xtra maths, I am on addition and I had to race the teacher to get lots of smiley face's. I got 70 smiley faces from working and figuring out the right answers. 

Parakai Springs Adventure!

Last Wednesday I  went to Parakai springs with the Dunkirk Road activity programe.

We arrived after an hour drive to the pools, we had to sit down and have our lunch. After a while we all ran to the slides, we had to grab a board  and go up the top of the   slide. Kaharu and I went down the slide together then Kruize followed on. I landed over Kaharu then kruize fell over me .

After the slide ride we went in the hot pools where we saw matthew,

Kaharu was too scared to hop in the hot pool because he thought it might be super hot but I wasn't scared neither was kruize. I just went straight into the hot water dipping my whole body under the  water except for my head otherwise it will burn.

After the nice hot spa we went into the slide and once again we all went on the slide together but we did it with Matthew it was fun because Kaharu landed over me then I landed over Kruize and then Matthew landed over me.

We end up sleeping on the bus and going home to have another long sleep.

Reading task

Today Captain underpants worked on a book under the name of Unsolved Mysteries. 

 Captain underpants had to tell each other which part of the first page was difficult and which part did we understand. After reading the whole book independently we had to put ideas into the board.

My Holiday Reading- Make your Own

My book that I read for Holiday reading was
Tom Gates ,Yes! no. (maybe...)
By: Liz pichon
My book was a fiction book It is about  a boy called Tom Gates he likes making excuses for him not to bring his homework to school, so he will get in-trouble from Mr Fuller man. Tom Gates Sells His Mums Wonky eyed cat jewelry and gave it for the wrong price....... To be continued