Line Shoot

One of our math activities were to play Line shoot. It tests you with your point, line segment, ray ,line, intersecting lines and parallel lines. When they pop up you have to press the best answer. At the end I got 100%. 

Matching Parts Of A Book

Matching Parts of a Book

L.I. Know the different parts of non-fiction books

Each part of a book has a special name which you need to be a familiar with.

1. For each description below find the matching term in the box.

2. Write in the correct term in the space provided.

Index =Alphabetical list of all the topics in a book with the page number where the information can be found.

End papers= The first and last pages of a book.

Illustrator = The person who prepared or drew the pictures.

Introduction = Information about the book found at the beginning of a book.

Dedication = Words about a special person found at the front of a book.

Author = The person who wrote the book.

Glossary =  List of special words used in the book with their correct meanings.

Spine = The flat narrow outside strip of the book.

publisher = The company who made the book.

Cover = The outside of the book.

Spine label = The label which identifies the book on the shelf.

Bibliography = A list of more books on the same subject.

Contents = A list of the titles of the chapters.

Simple Machine

Word	Kids’ definition	Dictionary definition
lever	A bar that is pulled down do lift something heavy or make a machine work	It is used to move heavy items around
Screw	Eg: A nail with a slot on the top and ridges round the sharp end. You put it in the hole and twist it do fix things together	It is used to fix things like cabinets and other things
Wheel	A circular object that turns on an axle through the middle. Cars,bicycles,and buses have wheels	A machine that uses a wheel and axle to lift things
Pulley	A tool that uses a wheel and a rope to lift heavy things.	A wheel with a rope around it, used for lifting heavy things.
Axle	A rod that goes through the center of wheels.	A rod or spindle either fixed or rotating passing through the centre of a wheel or group of wheels.
Incline	An evergreen oak of the southwestern United States that is often cultivated as a shade tree.	bend the head or body forward,as in nod or bow .
Plane	A surface that makes something do move easier.	A flat or level surface.

Word	Kids’ definition	Dictionary definition
Fulcrum	Balance a lever on a fulcrum.	The support, or point of rest, on which a lever turns in moving a body.
Slant	Sloping or leaning in a direction that is not flat.	Leaning in a particular direction; diverge or cause to diverge from the vertical or horizontal.
Slope	Slope is like inclined plane it is a flat object on an angle.	A surface of which one end or side is at a higher level than another; a rising or falling surface
Work	The force to do something.	The use of effort or energy to do.
Effort	The energy used to do something.	The force needed by a machine to accomplish work on a load.
Resistance	A force that tries to stop something moving.	A force that tends to oppose or retard motion.

Word	Kids’ definition	Dictionary definition
Increase	Increase means when something gets bigger than it's original size.	To become bigger or greater or to make something bigger or greater.
Decrease	Decrease means that when something that gets smaller.	To become smaller than its original size.
Alter	Alter is something that changes.	To change the sign at the end of the road has been altered.
Multiply	Making something get bigger like the timetables.	Multiply by fabric.
Mechanical	Mechanical is something like fixing cars.	Pertaining to the design use understanding ect tools and machinery.
Thread on a screw	Thread on screw means a hammer is banging a screw into something some it can hold itself up by the screw instead of it falling over.	Pertaining to the design use understanding ect tools and machinery.

Use Compass Points

Today I use digistore to do an activity that is called use campass points. What we had to do is use the compass that says north, south, east, west, nw,ne,sw and se. The other thing we had to do is to find all of the camp sites and to match the same kilometers. 

Choosing The Right Book

Choosing the Right Book

L.I. Matching questions to book titles

Looking for keywords in a question

Here is a list of some books you might find in the non-fiction section of a library:

Which of the books would you use to find out:

1. How many people live in NZ?

• Yearbook of Population

2. Which special stamps were issued in New Zealand in 1992?

• Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue

3. How to look after a puppy?

Caring for pets

4. Where the custom of Easter Eggs came from?
Dictionary of Customs and Fables

5. The date of the Wahine disaster?

• Everyman’s Dictionary of Dates

6. Which records were broken at the last Olympic Games?

Guinness of records

7. The size of Noah’s Ark?

• The Bible

8. The speed of the first aircraft to fly under power?

• A History of Flight

9. The story of how the first under four-minute mile was run?

Encyclopedia of  athletics

10.  How the Greeks used a wooden horse to enter the city of Troy?

• Myths and Legends

Basic Facts Karuta Addtion To 10

Today I did basic facts karuta. My partner was Javeylor. While Javeylor and I were playing I sort of got stuck on one because I was going to fast. I think next time I should go abit slow. 

My Xtramath

This is my xtra math results and I got 53 smile faces. I think I can do better because I know my addtions. My goal is to reach 100 smile faces. 

Number stones

Today I played number stones with Mia and Mya. If you want to play this game here is the insturctions. So what have to have is 2 players and 1 judge, the number stones game board, counters- 2 sets of different colours and the link to the spreadsheet is https://goo.gl/LgBqPf

My Maths

My Reading

Today I did a book about birds of prey. The activity we had to do was make a board about difficulty, meaning and evidence. We had to read birds prey so that we could find the words that we didn't understand. We learnt why it was important and why we use it! It was important so that we could learn something and also understand. 

My Day out at Rainbows end

My Day out at Rainbows End

In the holidays I went to Rainbows end.  I went to Rainbows end I went with my dad and sister, we went there because it was my cousin’s birthday.

When we went there me and my sister  was so excited to go on to the rides. I really wanted to go on the Stratosfear, but I was to short to go on. Instead I had to go on the Gold rush with my sister. When me and my sister  got to the gold rush there was a long line, so we waited and waited till we were first in line.

When we went there me and my sister  was so excited to go on to the rides. I really wanted to go on the Stratosfear, but I was to short to go on. Instead I had to go on the Gold rush with my sister. When me and my sister  got to the gold rush there was a long line, so we waited and waited till we were first in line.

In the end of the day  my dad , sister and me had a fantastic day at rainbows end.