Cook Island | Colours and Numbers

We have been given Cook Island challenges since it is Cook Island language week.

I completed two of the task which were colours and numbers.

First I made a google slide were I'm going to put my colours and numbers up. 

Then I practised pronouncing the colours and numbers. 

When I was I had to take a video of myself pronouncing them and then putting the video on the google slide.

I enjoyed these challenges because I got to learn new words in a new language.

LI:To learn about the Cook Island language

Comment Thread

This week I decided to comment on O'Ninesha's writing blog post about similes.

The question I asked O'Ninesha was 'What did you find diffucult and why?'

I enjoyed this activity because I learnt how to ask a open question that started a conversation.

Here is the link to O'Ninesha's blog.

LI:To learn how to comment on other peoples blog

Swimming | Lesson 2

Today I practised my water safety skills at the Panmure lagoon pools.

Before we learnt any stroke we had to enter the pool safely.

The first stroke we did was freestyle. We did this stroke from the platform to Shanti. Then we did stream line using the kick boards.

Next we learnt how to do back stroke. We first did back stroke using the kick board then we tried to do it without the board.

Finally we did submerging. I did butterfly stroke to Shanti. When we got to her we had to dive under and swim through the hoop that was under water.

I enjoyed learning the new swimming skills. I found doing back stroke a little bit hard because I had to try to stay a float.

LI:To learn safety water skills

Basic Facts Boxes

This week I took the speed demon. I decided to do multiplication because I wanted to try and get a better time.

Once I was finished answering the equations my time at was 4 minutes and 24 seconds. I think my time was really good because my last time was 4 minutes and 13 seconds.

I enjoyed this activity because I am trying to challenge myself each week and trying to get aq better time.

 If you don't believe me my proof is on my DLO which is at the bottom of this blog post.

LI:To remember my basic math facts

The Twits

This week I chose a book called "The Twits" This is a fiction book which means everything in this book is not real. This book is based on the Twits.

 I had to write down 3 things that happened, one of them were "Mr Twits put a frog in Mrs Twits bed."

Then we had to list three or more new words we learnt from the book. One of the words I learnt from the book was 'horrid'.

I found this activity interesting because I learnt more information about the twits and the other characters.

LI:To learn how to summaries a book or text

Venn Diagram

The differences and the simalarites in a text can be found by comparing using a venn diagram.

The dippy dinner dripper book is about a family is are messy eaters. Space food is about kids finding ways to preserving food when they were planning to go to Mars.

The difference between Dippy Dinner Dripper book and space is the Dippy Dinner Dripper talks about messy eaters and space food talks about how food get rotten, and mouldy.

The simalarites of both books is: they are both narritives, they both have pictures explaining the book, they are both fictional characters, and they are both related to food.

Simalarites and differences help people know what are parts are the same and different.

LI:To understand texts using reciprocal reading

Simile

Similes are a comparison of two things using "like" or "as...as".

When similes describe an action, they use "like". For example, "the girl sang like an angel."

When similes uses ajectives, they use "as...as". For example, "the man was as brave as a lion."

Similes help make sentences more interesting and more descriptive.

LI:To describe things by simile