Learning to Pronounce Te Reo Maori

In Te Ngahere we have been creating a Te Reo DLO. We were learning how to pronounce Maori words properly. I had to record myself saying the Maori alphabet, greetings and place names. I learnt that Waihopai means Invercargill in Maori. I think I did quite good when I was recording the Maori alphabet because it was easier to pronounce to words. I need to work on place names in the future because I can't say the word without something telling me the word first.

What does your classroom learn for Te Reo Maori? 

The Most Fantastic Work Ever

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about smart surfing. Smart surfing is where you have a sentence: (for example) Where do Green geckos live? You would highlight the keywords in that sentence. You would find the key words in the sentence (green geckos live) and search the web for it. Then we had to research those key words and link the information we found. I learnt that if you use keywords you get the right information you need, because when you research lots of words, Google gives you any search created with those words included. Have you ever just used keywords to research? If so did you get the information you needed?

The Best Work I Have Ever Done

In Te Ngahere we have been doing something called Coastal Seas. We had to watch a documentary about Coastal Seas by David Attenborough. I learnt that seagrass captures carbon dioxide. While we were watching the video we had to write down over ten facts about Coastal Seas and what lives in them, like coral, seagrass, mangroves, sharks, dolphins and other marine life. After that, we had to add pictures to our facts.  Have you ever watched a David Attenborough video? If so which one did you watch?

The Fantastic Walk to Greens

In Te Ngahere we walked to Greens. We walked to Greens because it was Shivam’s Birthday. (Shivam is a student in our class.) We went there because Shivam’s parents own Greens. We loved that so much. My friends and I loved it because the people at Greens were so nice because they served almost 60 kids in our class. We loved the food we ate. On our plates we had butter chicken in two places, two bits of naan bread, a big pile of rice and a clear space that was for other food if we didn’t get butter chicken. We acknowledged Shivam by giving him a card. The card was made by Angela and Jade.R but some of the class signed it. (Angela and Jade.R are two students in our class.) At the end there was a surprise. We got easter eggs. Some people got pineapple lump chocolate and some got fredo chocolate. They came in trolley filled with boxes of eggs, we thought it was so nice of them. We said thank You by singing waiata. Have you ever been to greens?

!The Creative TaskMaster Challenge!

In Te Ngahere we have been doing something called taskmaster. Our activity was called copy the picture challenge. We had to copy a picture that our teacher Whaea Becks had drawn. After she drew it she hung it up outside our class window.  Breeze was the drawer for my group and she got frustrated because me and my runner buddy were telling her the picture and then forgetting the color. I learnt that it is really hard to describe a picture and say where it goes on the page without touching the paper.  My groups 1st picture didn’t work out very well but we got some of the picture on our paper and most of the color for that part. On the 2nd picture my group had more of the picture. It was so hard as a runner because I couldn’t touch the paper and it was frustrating, but my group kept explaining and we managed to get some of it done. My partner and I were finding it hard to describe the picture and then remember the color.  Have you ever done a task master before? If so what were you creating?

The Terrific Ngahere Bush Walk.

In Te Ngahere we went for a walk in the bush. We did this because we were researching some of the animals in the ngahere. I was researching about a Green Gecko. Did you know that a Green geckos scientific name is  Naultinus grayii? I didn’t see a gecko but I saw some fish in the bush and their colours were black and white. I didn’t know there were fish in the ngahere so I only just learnt that there are fish in the native bush. My class had to walk down a long street to get to the bush. We loved this because we saw lots of plants like Ponga ferns, flowers and more. Have you ever seen a green gecko? If so where were you?

Some fun work I really enjoyed

 In Te Ngahere we have been learning about food webs. We had to make a copy of a google drawing that had pictures of native birds and predators on it. We put some arrows pointing to what native bird gets eaten by what predator.  I learnt that when rats eat Kererus and Tuis its called energy transfer. After that I knew what to do and it was so much easier. Here are 3 differences between my picture and the teachers. My picture has less arrows pointing to the stoat, I don’t have all the information of what eats invertebrates and less arrows pointing to the Kereru. The arrows point to what eats what to represent what the consumer eat. Have you ever made a food web? If so what was your about?

Teacher picture

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