The Tree of Life

SCHOOL JOURNAL PART 3 NUMBER 3, 2002, PAGES 14 - 18

The Tree of Life by Feana Tu’akoi

WALT: answer questions based on the text by looking for keywords in the questions. Success Criteria: 1. I am able to identify and highlight the keywords in the question. 2. I am able to locate the keywords in the text and look for answers to the questions.

ACTIVITY 1 - READING RESPONSE

Read the text and then answer these questions based on the text.

1. Where were Dad and Sione when he felt very thirsty?

They were standing in front of the coconut tree.

2. What was dad talking about when he said "We've got everything we need right here."

Sione was thirsty so dad said “ We’ve got everything we need right here.”

3. Why was Sina very worried?

Sina was worried because people were going to kill her best friend

4. Why did Tuna refuse to go away when Sina asked him to do so?

Tuna and Sina where best friends

5. What are some of the uses of coconut?

You can make bread, drink, food

Activity 2 - Vocabulary

WALT:  1. Use an online dictionary. 2. Look for meanings of words from the text I have read. Success Criteria: 1. I am able to use an online dictionary. 2. I am able to say  the meanings of words

Activity 2

Words	Dictionary Meanings
1.   complained	express dissatisfaction or annoyance about a state of affairs or an event
2.   plantation	an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar
3.   glanced	take a brief or hurried look.
4.   followed	go or come after
5.   suppose	be required to do something
6.   rhythm	a strong, regular, repeated pattern
7.   sharpen	make or become sharp.
8.   machete	Its like a miniature sword
9.   grasped	seize and hold firmly.
10. promise	assure someone that one will definitely do,

Activity 3 - Blog

This is my drawing of a coconut tree

My Bird Facts

Facts about the Moa, Kiwi, Kakapo and Weka

Moa facts:
*A Mo is a flightless bird.
* The Moa spcies died out by A.D. 14000.
*Moa's were wingless.
*Moa's were afraid of Haast's Eagles.
*A Moa bird has a long neck and legs


Kiwi bird facts:
*A Kiwi is a native bird to New Zealand
*A Kiwi 's legs are strong
* All Kiwi's are nocturnal
* The Kiwi bird can't fly
*The Kiwi bird has no tail


Kakapo facts:
*The Kakapo is the heaviest Parrot in the world
*A Kakapo is flightless
*The Kakapo lives on two offshore islands
* Its the only Parrot with a "lek" breeding stem
*In the forest the Kakapo is camouflage


Weka Facts:
* The Weka is a large brown bird
* The Weka is flightless
* The Weka is a very famously feisty curious and personality.
* The Weka is fast
* The Weka is a very famous bird to New Zealand

These are my reading activities, I had to find facts about those birds.

Netbook Refelction

How has having a net book helped my learning?
It has helped me by saving my work on Google drive and
share my work with my teacher.

Has having a net book helped you communicate with your teacher?
My teacher can check my work when ever she wants
and we also communicate with our class site and our email.

What have you learn't online?
I have learn't facts about famous people, people who died and facts about my inquiry project.
and other information I didn't know before.

What have you learn't from your friends?
I have learn't information, equations and new words

Have you helped others this year?
I have helped new students log in their Google drive account and also helped them with their work.

How has digital learning helped your learning?
It has helped me by doing my reading, maths and writing faster.

Healty and Unhealthy

1 Pork

2 Vegetable oil

3 Pasta

4 White bread

5 Soup mix

6 Ketchup

7 Processed cheese

8 Soy sauce

9 Peanuts

10 Orange juice

1 Water

2 Milk

3 Green tea

4 Mint tea

5 Soy milk

The unhealty foods are at the top and healthy drinks at the bottom.

These are my foods and drinks that I think are healty and unhealthy.

Fruits from a-z

Apple

Banana

Cherries

Date fruit

Elderberrys

Feijoa

Grape

Hackberrys

Ice cream bean

Jack fruit

Kiwi fruit

Lemon

Melon

Nance

Olive palm

Pineapple

Queensland ebony

Raspberry

Strawberries

Tamarind

Ugni

Vanilla

Watermelon

Xigua

Yangmei

Zig zag vine

This is fruit from a-z this took quite a while to do on my own.

My best friend poem

MY BEST FRIEND POEM

My best friend is Niuean

He likes to talk a lot

Also brainy and sometimes lazy

He has short dark black hair

Big brown eyes

Indescribable facials

He has a big stomach

His hands are wide

He has short smooth hair

He has big lips

Hairy legs and hairy arms

His favourite colour is yellow

He Likes to get his work done on time but he doesn’t

He Has a big sense of humor 

His jokes aren't very funny

Dead Car Clean Up

Term 4 - Week 3

Green Group

Resource: Dead car clean up by Sara Tamihana

SJ 2004 P 2 N  2

WALT - identify the author’s purpose

Comprehension Questions:

      What have people been dumping near the school?

          Because those cars old and rusty

     

Why would people want to dump a rusty old car in the bush?

People dump their cars to get them out of sight

they recycle their bits that they don’t need to use

      

Who are some other people who got involved?

          Some Students and The Royal New Zealand Air Force

Application Questions:

      Do you think the students did a good job of cleaning the cars

I think they did a good job because they care about there environment

  

If you could ask the students of Punaruku a question, what would it be?

        How long did it take to clean up the cars      

Thinking beyond: Analysis:  Can you think of any issues of pollution around your community?

  About plastic bags