Reading Comprehension

1. Matariki is a maori new year
2.  Aquarius
3. Harvesting  
4. Late June and early July
5. If you could clearly see the stars
6. Because over generations and generations people are most likely to change the maori stories over time

1. Pataka kai meaning in english - Storage room
2. Hakari meaning in english - Feast
3. Whenua meaning in english - Land
4. Whanau meaning in english - Family
5. Whakapapa meaning in english - genealogy

Exercise 2

        8. List three ways Maori people celebrated Matariki.

• Harvest
• Family get together
• Light trail

        9.  What stories do you think Maori shared at these times?

• The Maori’s share how they found New Zealand and how they landed in there seven waka, they also share how they followed the nearest star to find their destination.

       10. Name a celebration that is important to you. When is it celebrated and when       is it?

• One of my celebrations that is important to me is when all of my family have our own functions

       11. Think of one way you could celebrate matariki with your class or family. What would you do.

• For my family we would harvest and get together
• For my class we would do arts and crafts and make kites as a celebration for matariki  

  

        

     

Poem - Matariki stars

Today we were doing a tercet poem about matariki.

Polygons

During our Maths class today I’ve made polygons with the matariki stars. On this spreadsheet I have made 19 polygons , I’ve made 13 triangles , 5 diamonds and one hexagon. I have connected almost all of the matariki stars. This activity was fun and interesting.

AUT Millennium

On Tuesday the 9th of May rooms 6,7 and 8 traveled to the AUT Millennium in a bus.

Before we got there excitement just suddenly arrived on my face. When we got there Room six, seven,and eight were divided up into four groups. There were four activities too, one was rock climbing, the second one was athletics, the third one was kayaking and the last one was water safety.

The first activity that my group went to was rock climbing. As we were waiting for our harnesses we were watching our instructor put the harness on. We were given our own harness and we learnt how to attach our harnesses onto the rope. The first step was to hold the handle where the hocks would go. The second step was to tighten clips on the harness cause that’s what would hold your weight. The third step was to attach the hooks to your handle of the harness, one up on the top and one at the bottom.

Then after we had finish those steps for our rock climbing safety I got to the part where we started climbing. One person had to climb while your partner pulls you up. You also have to attach and tighten the clips for your partner to help you get to the top of the wall. It was scary but fun. As you come down your partner controls how fast you come down. There was a handle for the control of how you come down.

You just had to adjust the handle for your partner to come down.  

You have to put your weight on the harness and hold on so that your partner knows you're ready to come down and signal them to. As we kept climbing up and coming down my calves and thighs were aching. But It was quite fun and amusing.    

It was enjoyable and I was quite surprised they had a rock climbing area. What I liked about it the most was team work because my group and my partner was working as a team and cooperating.

Measurement

                                                 

Objects	Estimate	Actual Measurement
Kiwi fruit	4 grams	5 grams
Cup	9 grams	11 grams
Ruler	1.2 grams	2.1 grams
Book	13 grams	15.1 grams
Box	2.3 grams	2.1 grams
Permanent marker	1 gram	2 grams

Today In mathematics we were doing measurement, We had to find six objects and weigh them. We had to estimate to.  

Today author’s purpose was doing a reading comprehension. In this reading comprehension there were questions and opinions of what you think Is right. I found this story pretty interesting because it gave me more information about planet Mars. The author has used strong verbs to help us readers create pictures in our heads.