My blooms task

Knowledge A (KA)

List five main things in the text

1 There is a Rat in the story.

2 They put the Rat in a box.

3 The Rat escaped and hide somewhere in the class.

4 A man came and was trying to find the Rat.

5 The Rat went on a boys shudders and they were going to make a boat because rats like boats.

Comprehension C  (CC)

Retell the MAIN events in this text, in your own words. Use at least 4 sentences.

Firstly A classroom got a rat and they put it in a box.Secondly the rat escaped and it hide in a desk with a hole inside.After that they called a man to find the rat inside the desk and to get it out.Finally a boy went to a computer and was looking up ways to get a rat out of a desk but when he found rats like boats the rat was on his shoulders looking at the boat.

Application A  (AA)

Write a ‘What am I?’ one object in this text. Give at least 6 clues. (Start hard and get easier.) See if someone can guess the item from your clues.

What look like	What it does	What am I
It has a long tail,it is white,it is a animal,it has whiskers.	It runs from cats,it eats cheese,it makes holes.	Rat or cat

Analysing A  (AnA)

Sort 6 sentences from the text into 3 columns; happy, sad, other.

:)	:(	Other
The classroom got a rat and put it on a desk.	Then the rat made a hole and it went inside the hole and into a desk.	It was in a classroom

New Ideas C  (NIC)

Write a new ending to this text. Write at least 6 sentences that solve the problem in a different way and/or tell us what might happen next to the main character(s)

The class got a rat and they put it in a box.Then the rat escaped and it made a hole inside a desk and it went into that hole then the teacher called the firemen.After that a fireman came to look for the rat inside the desk then a boy went to make a boat when he was done he came to the desk with cheese on the boat and the rat came out it eat the cheese and it went to sleep in its new boat bed.

Evaluation  A  (EA)

Rate this text out of 10. (1=would not read again. 10=amazing. I learnt so much.)  Write and complete this sentence: I rated this text __ out of 10 because … (Don’t just say ‘it was funny.’ Tell WHY. Give an example sentence from the text.)

I rate this story 10 out of 10 because a class got a rat and it made a hole that was funny because they didn't even try to get it out with there hands and they had to call someone and a boy went on a computer and the rat was just sitting on his shudders that is why I rate this 10 out of 10.

The long walk

The long walk

Make a copy of this document and remember to put it in your Reading Folder!

Please make sure that you write your answers to the questions in FULL SENTENCES

When she was young, where did Nanny walk? When Nanny was young she walked everywhere..

2. How far did she have to walk to be able to get some seafood? Nanny had to walk down infront of her place.

3. Where did Nanny have to go when the bridge was built? When the bride was built the sand came up and it buried there pipi and it was stuck down there.

4. Who is Moremore? A moremore is a guardian of a bay.

5. How many times did Nanny see Moremore? Nanny only saw the moremore once.

6. What did they hide in the flax and why? They hide pipi in the flax because it was too heavy.

7. Why did the pipi move again? The water turned black and it  was to deep.

8. Where did Nanny go after this? Nanny walked over a hill to get to the town.

9. Where did they live? Nanny lives in a town.

10. Did they ever find the pipi again? They didn´t find it because the sand was gone and the water was too deep and boats came.

Just Busking

Just Busking

What does the right hand grip? A right hand grip is a battered ghetto-blaster.

2. What does the crazy old country guy set up? The crazy old country guy set up his ten-tonne amp.

3. What does the world timidly mean? Timidly mean manner that shows lack of courage.

4. What does Tau play? Tau plays the guitar.

5. What does his brother play? His brother plays the drums.

6. What is uncle wearing? Uncle claps is wearing a suit and a white t-shirt.

7. Why do you think people busk? Because they want to make people happy.

8. Where is Bob Marley from? Bob Marley is from jamaica.

9. What happened to the man on the street? The man on the street died because the radio was switched off.

10. What did the the children do when they realised something was wrong with the man on the street? The children stopped the song and they went inside the jeans store for help.

Stick Insects

sustainability

Independent Learn Task:

Kuri

Make a copy of this document and answer the 10 questions.

All of the answers are in the article that you have read, so make sure that you go all the way through to find the answers.

Remember to  write your answers in full sentences… if you can’t remember how to do this, go back to last weeks work and check!

When did the early Polynesians begin sailing across the Pacific Ocean looking for new lands? Over two thousand years ago.

2. What are Kuri? Kuri is a type of dog.

3. What have people found in Hawaii? People have found dog bones that are hundreds or thousands years old.

4. Who did Kuri arrive with? The kuri arrived with early polynesian voyagers.

5. Who was Taneatua? Taneatua was a well-known explorer.

6. What is Mataatua? Mataatua is a type of boat. (Waka)

7. What is the hill called? The name of the hill is called Urewera.

8. What valley did Taneatua leave another one of his dogs in? He left another one of his dogs in Ruatoki valley.

9. Who is Captain Cook? (you might need to do some research) Captain cook is a captain he had a crew and his real name is James cook.

10. What happened to the dogs when they attacked sheep? When Kuri attacked sheep from farms the farmers shoot the Kuri and the Kuri die.