As the seven boys read the note they wonder what is going on. Deep within the heart of the forest, where the sunlight barely reaches a mysterious portal stands there deep in the temple. The other side pitch black.

“Maybe it’s the void”  Max suggested. “What if its where babies are from” Exclaimed James. “What do you mean?” Said Xavier. “You two knuckle heads, It’s not the void it’s not where babies are from.” Explained Will. Oskar,Roman and Caleb agreed. “Well if we want to find out then I guess we have to check. Am I right?” Asked Oskar. ‘I guess we could. I mean it wouldn’t hurt would it?” Asked Roman. “IT MIGHT!” Yelled Will. “Lets just check” Said Caleb. As they all stepped in the darkness became light and they where amazed on what they saw. To be continued……

For the past 2 weeks in Urmi’s Literacy group we have been doing a novel study. One of the groups read the book called ‘Because Of Winn-Dixie’ and the  other group read a book called ‘Charlie Tangaroa’. I was in the group that read ‘Because Of Winn-Dixie’ first. Here is my summary so far⤵

CHAPTER 1-6

Opal Buloni a ten-year-old girl walked into a supermarket to get a box of macaroni and cheese, some white rice and 2 tomatoes but instead she came out with a skinny dog she called ‘ Winn-Dixie ‘. When she was in the supermarket the manager of the Winn-Dixie supermarket yelled out extremely loud ” WHO LET THAT FILTHY MESSY DOG IN HERE!? ” Opal said it was her dog even though it wasn’t. When they both came home Opal said to her dad the preacher ”Daddy I found a dog in the supermarket today can we please please keep him” the preacher was not very pleased           ”We’ve talked about this before. No dogs. ” Opal wanted to keep him so badly she kept him even though the preacher did not want the dog in his trailer. Over time the preacher started to like the dog more slowly.

They were together and Opal was happy that she could keep Winn-Dixie as her own. The next day Opal and Winn-Dixie were out on a walk and Opal said they were both like orphans because they both don’t remember their Mothers. When they got home the preacher told Opal all about her mother and how they were so much alike. But a few weeks after they went to the library and Winn-Dixie was mistaken for a bear ” He’s not a bear, he’s a dog ” said Opal to Ms Franny (The librarian).

That is how far I have gotten. I will write another summery once I finish the book.

For Te reo today we used a google drawing to show what we have learnt. First we sat on the mat whilst urmi showed us slideshows telling us what adverbs and adjectives are called in Te Reo Maori. Next we went on a google drawing and made a picture showing what we learnt. Here is my Google drawing⤵

Today for digital citizenship we made fish out of shapes. We made  google draw in our cyber smart folder. Next we choose a background. Finally we made sea creatures out of shapes. Here is my drawing⤵

For our literacy test this term we are writing a life cycle about a frog. This week we made a sample life cycle about a Cicada. Here is my writing⤵

The life cycle of a cicada

Charlotte Cooper

Cicadas are extremely fascinating creatures. The cicada life cycle can go on for 22 years! Cicadas can mostly be found in warm places such as Africa and the United states. The loudest cicadas are from North america. After turning into adults Females and male cicadas have 2-5 weeks to find a partner before predators find where they are. The song that male cicadas sing is called Tymble. Now let’s move onto the fascinating life cycle of the wonderful creature called Cicadas.

Life cycle

Egg

Cicadas have an interesting life cycle. See, They start off by getting laid into teeny tiny little eggs. After being laid the mother of all the cicadas finds a nice warm place to pass away. After that they hatch and make their way underground to digest the sap from the tree they were laid on (This stage is called a Nymph).

Nymph

Nymphs are extremely rare to find, especially in winter. While they are underground they become bigger and bigger for 17 years. Millions emerge to the service every year (If you were to stumble across one, you would see more million others).  

Moulting

Then when the years pass they come up to the surface to moult into their adult forms (The moult kind of looks like bread crumbs when it gets crushed). 

Adult

When they become their adult stage they spend 2-5 weeks looking for a partner to mate with. Male cicadas sing to attract Female cicadas, females click their wings to respond and to tell them where they are. When they find a partner they mate and the female lays millions and millions of eggs. 

Cicadas are extremely interesting creatures. Their life cycle could go on For generations. They are extremely kind and would never bite you. They even have a special voice box that can help them sing in a very beautiful way. Make sure not to be near a cicada when they are singing because it could deafen you!

For the last couple of weeks in Tawhirimatea for art, we have been making wire Art. We started by sketching out what we wanted to make. We also had to write down at least 6 things we loved. I went into a group with my friends. We decided to make the words UP DA WAH! Then we went and shaped our wire. After that we went around the words with wool. Lastly we had to take a photo of our art work. Here is my wire art⤵

The road ran through the desert. It travelled past a small town. The road disappeared into the distance.

As similar as many others, the dry rubble road ran through the hot, sunny and quiet desert.

Because of the road route, it travelled past a dehydrated small town until the grass started to get greener and healthier.

As they started to slow down, the bumpier and quieter road slowly  disappeared into the dark and scary distance.

As similar as many others, the dry rubble road ran through the hot, sunny and quiet desert. Because of the road route, it travelled past a dehydrated small town until the grass started to get greener and healthier. As they started to slow down, the bumpier and quieter road slowly  disappeared into the dark scary distance.

In Urmis Literacy group we have been learning about different words and sentences to remind us of all the different extension words we can use while writing our Complex sentences. We sat on the mat with Urmi and went through a slideshow. One of the slides had a new sentence to remind us of extension words. the sentence went like this, “I SAW A WABUB” (If, Since, As, When, Although, While, After, Before, Until, Because) Two of the slides on the presentation had wheels, we spun them one at a time. each wheel had a various amount of extension words on them.

We spun the fist wheel and it landed on since, here is my sentence-The Lions have been around since my great great great grandfathers century.

The next one landed on when, here is my sentence-When I went on a trip, I met a dinosaur named Whip.

The last one landed on until, here is my sentence-I was peacefully biking until my bike was taken by a UFO.

In Urmis Literacy group we have been learning about different clauses. Clauses are complete sentences. We had to write a Simple, Compound and Complex sentence. A simple sentence is a sentence with a verb (Action word) and a subject (Person or Thing it is happening to). Compound sentences are two simple sentences with one extension word between them/One of the FANBOY (For. And. Nor. But. Or. Yet) words. Here are my sentences⤵

Simple- I had dinner at 5Pm.

Compound- I had dinner at 5Pm so that I could go to bed early.

Complex- After I finished eating, I had a nice warm shower.

For the last couple of weeks in Tawhirimatea for art, we have been making Kōru Weaving Art. We started by sketching out kōrus, we had to make the same amount of kōrus as our family members. I have nine so I sketched nine. Then we went over it with vivid. After that we coloured them in with pastels. Next we drew lines so we knew where we were going to cut, We had to make sure there was a gap so it looked like a piupiu. Then we did the same thing with coloured paper but this time we didn’t leave a gap and we also did it the opposite way so we could weave it through.Next we weaved them through each other. Lastly we put a white piece of paper at the back of the art and black card for the border. Here is my art piece⤵