Haiku is a special kind of poem that has a unique pattern. It is made up of just three lines with a total of 17 syllables. The first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables and the third line has 5 syllables. When hearing the word Our Whenua, We suddenly think of our Tamaki river. With the calming tides, welcoming wakas. So that’s what we included into our poem.
I liked writing this haiku poem because it gave me a challenge. By having the syllable rule to make it challenging.
Haiku is a special kind of poem that has a unique pattern. It is made up of just three lines with a total of 17 syllables. The first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables and the third line has 5 syllables. Haiku poems often describe a moment in time, like the changing of the seasons or a peaceful scene in nature. We chose between Fire, Ice and Water, Folose, Armani and I picked Fire as our word. We came up with words that related with fire, and used some of them into a verse.
I liked writing this haiku poem because it gave me a challenge. By having the syllable rule to make it challenging.
LI: To use metaphors and senses to describe the noun by painting a picture with your words.
We were given a challenge to write a poem based on an abstract poem. My partner and I picked a word, “Bravery,” which means being super brave and fearless. Bravery is an overpowering emotion in you, a strong beating in your heart. Bravery looks like a soldier in armors, riding back to the castle. It tastes like a calm victory, appearing in my mouth. Bravery sounds like a helpful person in a war, gasping for air as the air strikes come. It has the feeling of anxiety bursting through my lungs, attacking my health with weakness.
LI: To write a poem that describes a moment in time.
This week we wrote moment in time poems. We first got into groups of 4 or 5. We wrote a poem using our five senses from what we saw, heard, smelt on top of the mountain, and we connected it with the past. This activity was really fun because we had to find some way to connect the present with the past.
LI: To write a poem that describes a moment in time.
This week we wrote moment in time poems. We first watched a video of a man getting attacked by a polar bear. But thankfully he was in his protective cage and no harm was caused. We wrote a poem using the 5 senses, and wrote about how we would feel or what we would see, if we were the man in the video. This activity was interesting because we used interesting vocabulary using wordhippo.
Sound Focus: ou as in short u.
Long vowels say the letter name and short vowels say the letter sound. For Example: Pray is a long vowel because it says the name of the letter, and Apple is a short vowel because it says its name. Our Sound Focus for this week is ou as in short u. To be able to pronounce ou, you will need to say short u, as in the letter sound. Some of the words we went over were touch, courage etc…
This activity was very enjoyable because there were words that could’ve had different spellings like tough as tuff or touch as in tuch.
This week we have been learning about the vowels and the “ei” sounds. Ei can make long /a/ sound and long /e/ sounds. Long vowels are saying the letter name, and the short vowel is saying the letter sound. We made a DLO of Nonsense Paragraphs, The words we used in our paragraph to make a nonsense sentence is Veil, Skein, Eight, Foreign, Reindeer, Leisure, Receipt, Receive, Beige, Reign, Abseil, Vein, Perceive, Ceiling and Receive. I enjoyed this task because I liked how we challenged our partners to see who wrote it faster.
This week we were doing our story blurb if you don’t know what blurbs are the blurbs are the words at the back of a book & it’s telling you what the story is about. Here is my blurb:
There was an Unknown Ghost, Nobody knew how old he is some people say he is more than 1,000 yrs old, Most people are scared of him! He is known for the Sad & Scary Ghost. Apparently his father only know how old he is and his sister, He was nice until… His father went missing for 3 days, He looked out of the haunted house to see he wasn’t there… Sofia and Him was horrified because his father was missing. The Next Day passed Sofia went out looking for her father. He was sad that his father was missing, He was mad, His evil spirit came out and went to the town… Sofia knew this wasn’t gonna be good.
Today we learned about the Food Safety Article and to understand how we can ensure ingredients and food are safe to eat.
First we had to make a copy of the Food Safety Article. Select 3 topics to write about and delete the topics you are not writing my one was Dry Goods, Fresh Fruits and Vegetables and Canned and Packaged Foods.
Next I read the instructions: In this column, copy and paste information you find online. Delete any information that is not relevant. Highlight parts you think are especially important. Add rows if you need more space. Write the website you find your information on and link it. Categorize your information. Use these links to find information Kiddle, Google, NY Times, Twinkl article, Food Safety UK and Food Safety for kids.
Lastly I will tell you what I wrote for state the importance of proper food storage and its impact on food safety. Food poisoning is frequently caused by bacteria from foods that have been incorrectly stored, prepared, handled or cooked. Food contaminated with food poisoning bacteria may look, smell and taste normal. If food is not stored properly, the bacteria in it can multiply to dangerous levels. And it can cause you to get very sick or even other bacteria. Bateria is dangerous because you can catch Covid, Headaches, Mononucleosis, Stomach Ache, Colds and Flu, Allergies and Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye).
I enjoyed finding information. I did well on selecting 3 topics. I need to improve on telling you more about the state the importance of proper food storage and its impact on food safety.
In writing we have been learning about complex sentences. A complex sentence are two simple sentences put together with a fanboy. A complex sentence is an independent clause (a sentence that can stand on its own) with 1 or more dependent clauses added (dependant clauses can’t stand on their own as a sentence). An independent clause is a group of words that can stand alone as a sentence. It has both a subject and a verb and forms a complete thought. An independent clause is the combination of at least one subject and predicate. It expresses a complete thought. For example: The waves crashed onto the sandy shore. A dependent clause has a subject and verb, is introduced by a subordinate conjunction or a relative pronoun, but does not express a complete thought. A dependent clause is not a complete sentence. An example of a complex sentence: Because the heavy rains flooded the entrance to the door is blocked.
We first had to pracice identifying independant and dependant clauses in a complex sentences. Then we had to write our own complex sentences and say which clauses were independent, and which were dependant. Then we made a DLO that explains what we learnt about complex sentences and the different clauses.