Te Reo Placenames

 

This week we have been learning the meanings of New Zealand place names, and locating then on a map.

Visual Language

 

This week we were looking at a book called Charlie Superhero Underpants. I looked at modality for my DLO. 

Vocabulary

 

This week we were learning the names of baby animals. I chose to do a calf.

Visual Language

 

We are looking at Static Images. This week the image is from Voices in the park by Anthony Browne. 

I looked at salience for my DLO. 

Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori

 

Here are some facts we found out about Maori Language Week.

Homophones

 

We looked at homophones in our phonics this morning Here is an example.

Visual Language

 

We looked at an image from the book Tiger by Nick Butterworth. Here is a DLO to explain one of the elements we talked about.

Analogies

 

An analogy compares two things. In our example it compares a relationship between two objects and we can think of match for the other object.

Hexagon Art

We looked at the work of Chandler Klebs. Then we made our own art that used hexagons and alternating colours.

Index

 

We are learning about Non-fiction texts and how to find information. Can you answer the questions we wrote?

Wharenui

 

This was our Te Reo task. We needed to draw and label the parts of a Wharenui.

Proverbs

 

Proverbs tell us little sayings that make a point. They are not always true.

Hooks

We use a 'hook' to interest our reader in what we are writing about. Here are some examples.

Personification

 

Here is an example of a personification.