Tree Octopus

 How To Spot Fake News

This week for reading we are learning how to spot fake news. We had to read different stories and they were about a Tree Octopus. Then we had to write down the reasons why we can tell the story is fake. Firstly it was weird and the photo looked photo shopped. Secondly the article says that the Tree Octopuses are born in the water but when they get old enough the go onto land. Thirdly the picture is a normal octopus on the ground. Some articles can be a hoax. I really liked doing my poster and it got me thinking. Here is some tips about spotting fake news.  Did you already know how to spot fake news or is it new to you.? 🐙🌲

Kaniere History

 Last week we learnt about the history in the Kaniere area. We went on a website called West Coast Recollect. On the website we had to search up Kaniere and it came up with lots of different photos and a little bit about the photos. It even had the date. On Canva we had to put the photos on a poster. Then we had to write what the photos were doing. My poster turned out like this. I liked doing the writing and getting the photos. Do you know some stuff about your area's history?

Passion Project

For reading this week I did a passion project about stranded whales. I found an article on Kiwi Kids News site. I found five more articles and found some answers for my questions.  Then Mr Abbott helped me make my small question into a big question. My question was how many speicies are there in New Zealand and what do they eat? I found out that there are different species of whales toothed and balateen whales. Whales usually strand because of sickness or old age. Have you ever done a passion project? 

Bruce McLaren

This week for reading we are learning about Bruce McLaren. He is a racing car driver. Bruce was born in Auckland in 1937. He lived till he was 32. When Bruce was nine years old he got Perthes Disease. He got taken to Wilson Home for Crippled Children. Perthes Disease left Bruce with a life time limp but he still raced cars. Bruce won lots of local races. In 1958 he got into the Grand Prix. Bruce didn't win but he did earn a scholarship that gave young New Zelanders a chance to drive racing cars in Europe. As part of the scholarship, he was invited to join the famous Cooper racing team in England. When Bruce got to his car company he was given a space to work and a car, but his car didn't work because it was in pieces. Bruce had to make his car. In 1959, Bruce entered the United
States Grand Prix at Sebring, Florida. On the final lap Bruce was in the lead but a french driver was catching him but Bruce still won. Bruce had won the Grand Prix. It was his first try as well. He was 22 years old, the youngest driver ever to win the Grand Prix. It took 44 years for anyone to beat his time. On the 2nd of June 1970 Bruce was practising his driving and he lost control and crashed. He was instantly killed at the age 32.
This is a quote that Bruce said “It would be a waste of life to do nothing with one’s ability, for I feel that life is measured in achievement, not in years alone.” This quote means that Bruce had lots of achievements and you don't have to live long if you want to achieve something.
I learnt lots of stuff about Bruce. Like when he was born, when he died, how he was the youngest driver to win the Grand Prix.

Story Map

                                           This is my story map. It is a story called Bok Choy. 

Invisible Ball

This is my invisible ball no one can see the stuff inside the ball. If you need to hide stuff you can hide it in the invisible ball.  If you need to hide presents, pets, clothes, treasure and people,it can be very useful.

Runaway Land

  I made this picture on Pixlr Editor.  I have been learning to use Pixlr Editor. I found drawing the people hard. We had to chose a sentence out of our reading book to make a picture for it. My sentence is He needed his two favourite cousins, Lance and Vance who lived next door.

Embark - Vocabulary

We had to write what Embark means and put the word embark in a sentence. Next we had to make a picture.

Fishy Tales

     

I like this poem because it has rhyming words in it and it is funny.  It is about fish doing funny things. The book is called Fishy Tales.                         

Seeing Eye to Eye or Not

How do you play Bullrush? Why does Mr Beadle not like the kids playing Bullrush? Why did Lucy complain when her dad turned off the TV? What was Lucy's dad's opinion about why the TV needed to be turned off?

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