Fact find

This week we did reading, for reading this week we had to find facts about a famous person.

First we have to find a person to talk about then find fact about the person.

Then we're done with finding facts we have to find images and a video of the person.

Lastly we have to put the websites we got the information, image and video from.

Tessellation

This week we had to do shapes, Our maths we had to do was tessellations.

When we do our tessellations we need to have a border so we can see where the original border line was originally.

  

When we do tessellations we need to have a shape to do the tessellation with.

For my tessellation i did triangles and did a diamond looking shape.

For the color i only did three colors Yellow, Red and Blue.

Inquiry | First Waka | Aotearoa Research

Originally there was no people in New Zealand (Aotearoa). the first people who came to New Zealand came her in a series of wakas.

The first ten names for the waka were: Kurahaupō, Tākitimu, Mataatua, Tainui, Te Arawa, Aotea, Tokomaru, Horouta, Uruao, Ārai-te-uru. These waka's all landed in different places in New Zealand.

The objective of this activity was to build an understanding of where the first ten waka's journeyed to.

LI: To build an understanding about the first ten wakas.

what is a compound sentence.

this week we extended our our sentence understanding to what is a compound sentence.

First we watched a video showing how a compound sentence is 2 thoughts on a subject joined with a conjunction.

Next we learnt that FANBOYS are conjunctions to join sentences, it stands for (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, so).

we then tested our understanding by reordering mixed up sentences.

i have created this DLO which i hope helps your understanding. 

Kupe and cook

Kupe and cook are 2 important explorers in New Zealand history.

Kupe found Aotearoa around the 1100  by following a mythical octopus but he was also trying to find a source of Sea life for his people to eat. kupe was travelling on a Po ti which is a type of boat.

Kupe is important because he was the first documented person in New Zealand. Kupe arrived in New Zealand in the 1100. He travelled by traditional methods on a traditional sail boat. Myth has it he followed a giant octopus. He did this voyage to find new land for his people to live. His wife named New Zealand Aotearoa after seeing mountains under the clouds.

James cook came to New Zealand on 6th of October 1769.

James cook was trying to find the southern island but then he saw Aotearoa on accident and James cook was trying to find Australis. he discovered New Zealand on a Endeavour which is a boat this boat had weapons on it specifically canons .Captain James Cook was famous for discovering most of the pacific.

James cook is important because he mapped New Zealand and opened it up to the world to access.James cook had a navigator but this navigator could speak and that's because it a human he is polynesian also the royal family was the one who actually told James cook to find the southern island.
after James cook went to New Zealand everything went down hill for the maoris because if captain James cook didn't get what he wanted he would kill the people especially for their land thats why most of the land is owned by white people and not Maori peoples land.

Explorers and Adventurers

Explorers and Adventurers are people who travel and discover new thing.

Explorers are people who travel to find new things and records them for the community such as Kupe, Ibn battuta, Captain James Cook and Jacque Cousteau

Adventures are people who travel to take part in something for themselves such as Sir Peter Blake, Jeremy Clarkson, Sylvia Earle and Jean Batten.

Explorers and Adventures need to have or show many different attitudes and attributes such as being Knowledgeable, open-minded, Risk-taker, Confident, Persistent, curious, Commitment, Co-operative and Creative.

Both Explorers And Adventurers travel to new places and need similar qualities although their goals are different.

Legal and illegal images

LI: To understand what legal and illegal images are.

Legal is an image that can be used with permission by the law. 

Image creators give legal permission to use their by adding by adding a sharing licensed.

It is important to use legal images to help creators, and so we don't get in trouble.

When people upload an image make sure to check the license for their permission.