It's time for a book review

Title:THE DREAM SNATCHER

Author:Abi Elphinstone

Storyline:This is story about a girl that had a nightmare so she and her cat were going to find the dream  snatcher to get her good dream back.

Word difficulty: Just right
What i liked best: When a laser points at the girl and the cat flies to the girl.

What i didn't like: is when the cat nearly got killed

Illustrations:just right

The book was interesting

Date started:11/4/2017

Date finished:12/2017

Favourite character: The girl

Recommendation:Highly recommended

Big Blue Whale

This week we read a poem about the Big Blue Whale  

W.A.L.T.identify rhyming words and adjectives in a poem.

1. Fish and Dish

2.all and small

3.pay and stay

4.sea and tea

5.day and stay

6.door and dinosaur

W.A.L.T. identify adjectives

Small.little.

Bigger.

front .

Salty.

big.

Blue.

 

How do rainbows occur?

1.Rainbows happen when sunlight and rain combine in a very specific way.

2.The beams of sunlight separate into the colours we see a rainbow as they enter a rain.

3.Sunlight is actually made up of different colours that we don’t usually see.

4.When a beam of sunlight comes down to Earth, the light is white.

5.Many raindrops form the rainbow that we see, in stripes of red, orange yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.

Wild Orphans

1.How do the elephants get there name.?

They are often named after the area where they were found.

2.What do the elephants and the keepers do at sunrise.?

At sunrise they go out to play in the bush.

3.What does this mean? “Elephants never forget”

Elephants will remember their keepers for the rest of their lives.

4.Why are the elephant mothers killed?

They are killed for their tusks.

5.What is baby elephants called?

Young elephants are  called calves.

This is a map of Africa showing Kenya where the Tsavo National Park is. In the park is an orphanage for baby elephants whose mothers have been killed for their tusks. 

maori provesbs

Haere taka mua takamura;kaua e whai.

Be a leader and not a follower.