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Friday 17 June 2016

Making Predictions

Connected - Level 4 - Oceans A Source Of Life - Taking The Bait by Kate Potter.

WALT: I am learning to make predictions on the text by looking at the title, Subtitles and Visual Cues.
I Predicted that this article is about......


  1. I think this article is about A crew catching Fish or Tuna so they can eat it.
  2. I think this article is about People releasing pilchards.
  3. I think this article is about Thousands of hooks attached to a Fishing line.
  4. I think this article is about Turning an idea into seldom.
  5. I think this article is about A prototype version of the capsule.


After I read the Article I found out that..........
Long line fishing is a commercial fishing technique. Dr Graham Robertson, a sea-bird ecologist from Australia, and to solve the problem, Dave has spent several years working with others to develop a system that can take a piece of long line bait to a depth of several metres and then release it.

Friday 10 June 2016

Making Predictions

Connected - Level 4 - Oceans A Source Of Life - A Source Of Life by Alexandra Sides.

WALT: I am learning to make predictions on the text by looking at the title, Subtitles and Visual Cues.
I Predicted that this article is about......

  1. I predicted this could be about Millions of small bodies wriggling out of holes.
  2. I predicted this could be about Some animals (Insects) climbing into Trees.
  3. I predicted this could be about 3 million sea birds.
  4. I predicted this could be about Sea birds swirling above the Island.
  5. I predicted this could be about Insects and other species.

After I read the Article I found out that..........
Rangatira Island is still dark but the forest floor is moving. At dusk, seabirds swirl above the island, returning from day, or perhaps a week, of feeding on zoo plankton and small fish. Storm petrels on the island add tones of marine nutrients to the soil. Everything on the island is linked to the sea and is in some way part of it.



Friday 3 June 2016

Making Predictions

Connected - Level 4 - Oceans A Source Of Life - Catch my Drift by Sarah Wilcox.

WALT: I am learning to make predictions on the text by looking at the title, Subtitles and Visual Cues.
I Predicted that this article is about......

  • The world having no Plants or Flowers.
  • Washed diatoms in the Sea.
  • Dino flagellates.
  • Plants and Phytoplankton making their own food.


After I read the Article I found out that..........
Washed Diatoms have been in the water for ages and all living organisms need food to live. Diatoms are tiny, intricately patterned capsules and that you can find a Diatom with one line of symmetry?. Sometimes favourable conditions cause a population explosion of phytoplankton.

NZ Native Bush Poem

NZ Native Bush Poem


In the Forest there is a lot of Tree’s For all the Bee’s
Some people are Scared when they See Bugs but they always give people Hugs
There is Flowers that have Showers
The grass is Green and it is also is Clean


Branches are Brown and they fall on the Ground
We always see Bushes that always Pushes
Birds are so Cool that Drool
The Birds can spell Words


We have a forest and a Rainforest
I love bugs and we all pull plugs
I love to see the Sun and have some Fun
The native bush has cool Plants and Grants


The plants and flowers are Colourful and Powerful
We love the sky but not to Cry
When we got there we sprayed our Shoes and we went on a Cruz

I love the Aloe Plant because it help’s your Sores and we always stand on Floors.

Winter Poem

Winter Poem

Winter is Great, Winter is Cold
We drink Hot Chocolate with Marshmallows,
We all feel so cold, and Old
We always hear Storm's, But just get Warm
Wear some Socks, and have some chocolate Blocks
Sneezing away, with Huge Coughs.

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