The Royal Visit

Why did the royal couple visit NZ?
Because they are going around the world to show people the new baby and to see everyone. It is good that they are going around the world to visit everyone and to give there wishes. They came to NZ at the start of the 7th and they leave today. The flight landed in Wellington from Sydney. They royal couple had a great time here in NZ.

My Broken Alarm Clock

30 18th Avenue  SmiggleTaurangaTuesday 15th April 2014

Dear Smiggle

For my birthday I got a clock from my dad. It is supposed to jump up and down and it doesn't. Even when I first got it, it was broken.I am very sad about that because I had been wanting it for a long time.

I dont know when my dad brought it but i got it on the 1 of march. I know I need to bring it in but I dont have the receipt for it because I got it for my birthday. 

I would really like to get a new one because I dont have a clock in my room and I always get up late. I Would like you to send me a new one please. You need to test all of the products before you put them on sale.

Thank YouYours Sincerely  Hannah Sadd

Reading

Greg O'Connell has been a developer since 1967. 

He has a life time of proving himself as a man of his word.

 Investing not only his money and time, but his heart in communities. 

We were the world, you and I.
We were the world, and
ours were the nights; we had that.
We were night-music, builders of poetry.
We were no annihilated sleepers, no contemporary
passing souls, no simple book. We had
the shining lens of night mirrored
in our faces; everything sweet oratory.

In the still dawn: no
art in the fretful room,
no life in the radio,
the mirror, dressed in blue;
and me, lost in the smoke
of poetry. No music. And no you.

Reading

Homework

1. It's about time you showed up!
2. It was It's first time out of the cage.
3. Its feet were covered with sand.
4. Get up, it's time for school.
5. I’m glad to see you; its been a long time.
6.  important to study hard for tests.
7. The bear protected _____ cubs.
8. _____ my turn to go down the slide.
9. The dog felt great with _____ new hair cut.
10. _____ too late to eat dinner.
11. My car is old and _____ paint is peeling.
12. The bird realized that the wind had blown _____ nest away.
13. The game came to _____ conclusion.
14. Turn down the music, _____ hurting my ears.

Homework

a)	Write down eight words the poet has used to describe sounds.

i)ii) iii) iv)

Swish Snap Whistle Clang

v)vi) vii) viii)

Drum Hum Creak Slap

b)	The poet describes some objects as acting like humans, for example "quiet things speak". Find two more examples of this kind of writing from the poem.

i)ii)

Wires on poles whistle and hum.When the wind blows the quite thing speak.

c)	In the second line the poet states, "The quiet things speak". Name two "quiet things" from the poem.

i)ii)

Grasses Treetops

d)	What two main things happen in the poem?

i)ii)

The trees and the grass speak.All of the quite things speak and talk.

Learn French

Hello : Bonjour.

Goodbye : Au revoir .

Thank you : Merci

Count from 0 - 10 : Un, Deux, Trois, Quatre, Cinq, Six, Sept, Huit, Neuf, Dix.

My name is….Hannah

Give 5 pieces of basic information about your chosen country.

*French is also the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world, with 100 million students and 2 million teachers

*Between 6 and 11 million Americans speak French, as does half the population of Algeria, and 15 percent of Israelis. 

*French has more than a million words and 20,000 new ones are created every year. 

*France is the most visited country in the world with 75 million tourists every year. 

*About a third to a half of basic English words come from French, including pedigree, surf, view, strive, challenge, pride, staunch and war. 

Homework Poem

Tauranga 

Beautiful, Clean

Swimming, Biking, Running

Sunny

Khan Academy

His name is Salman Khan. Salman helps people all around the world. He is 35 years old and he love to help children. He has more than 3,000 lessons and 4,000,000,000 students that he helps. He started in 2014 for his cousin. He reads 5 or more text books a day and if you watch 1 video a day it will take you around 8 years to watch them all. He doesn't make people pay to watch his videos because it will take students learning away. He gets his money from youtube because if you get 30000 subscribers  then you get paid for your videos.

McDonalds Receipt Tattoo??

1. Who is the main person or group of people in this news article? Stian Ytterdahl and his friends.√

2. What was the key event from the news article? To get the menu on there arm so they always know what they want. √

3. Where did this event take place? Norwegian√

4. When did this event take place? I think it was a april fools day thing because no one would be so stupid to do that. √

5. Why did this event happen? Maybe it was because he got dared to get it because his friends were gelus.√

1. Find a quote from the main person in this news article? his friends who were jealous of his success with the local girls.√

2. In your own words describe what happened in this news article. His friends mad him get a tattoo of the receipt or a barbie tattoo. √

3. Find out where this event took place and include some information about this place. Norwegian McDonalds √

4. Tell us when this event happened and explain what might happen in the future. He will get it removed. √

5. Explain in your own words why this event took place. Because his friends made him.√ 

6. Use the Dictionary in the bottom right hand corner to find the meaning of 3 words from the article. Tattoo is something that is permeant and permeant is something is something that stays there for ever or a very long time√

Blue Bottle by Judith Nicholls

1. Read through the poem to get a sense of it.

2. Identify the sentences and independent clauses.

3. Read a few lines to figure out the meter 

4. Note the rhyme scheme.

Blue Bottle

Chinese

What is pinyin? Pinyin is when Chinese people use little marks on top of letters to make different sounds such as à á ā a ä

Chinese is a tonal language. What does this mean?

How many tones are there?

Describe how your voice changes for each tone

Tone 1 ā is a flat sound.

Tone 2 à is a sound that goes down in sound.

Tone 3 ä is a sound that goes down and then up.

Tone 4 á is a sound that goes up.

Finish this sentence: Chinese characters don’t show how word should sound.

What does ba (tone 1) mean? 8

What does ba (tone 4) mean? Dad

There, Their and They're

When should you use they’re?
They're are too short.

When should you use their?

The girls brushed their hair.

When should you use there?

There is lots of lollie at my house.

Give 2 of your OWN example sentences for each.

1. They're are too ugly to be a model.

2. My arms are too short to touch there.

Student Led Conference

Learning Conference

Today we had a day off school because we had student led conferences. That is when you learn what your score is for maths, writing and reading. In maths I am 4P and that is the standard for maths. In writing I am 3P and that means I am working below the standard for writing. Last I am 3B in reading and that means also I am working below the stranded for reading. For everything the standard is 4P. Miss Campbell (my teacher) said I am a good worker and I try really hard in class so that was good.