Kids Lit Quiz

On Monday I went to the Kids Lit Quiz. I was a reserve but Otis wasn't there so I took his place. There were around 5 year 5 and 6 teams and my team came second out of them. You could choose one round out of ten as your double points round. Some of the rounds were emotions, fairies and harry potter. I loved it and I hope I can do it again.

Mary Anning's Treasures

Yesterday for reading my group learned about Mary Anning. Mary lived in Lyme Regis and she used help her dad collect fossils. When her dad died she carried on collecting fossils and kept the business running. With the help of her brother she found the Ichthyosaurus which is the ancestor of the dolphin. I enjoyed it and I would love to learn more about fossils.

World War 1 Project

Yesterday for reading, the class did a WW1 project. We got into pairs and each person got a souvenir to study. I paired up with Riley and we got a Marlborough High School Roll of Honour and a rugby team photo with dots to tell you what happened to the person. I found it really interesting and can't wait to do it again. The website we used is https://www.walkingwithananzac.co.nz

Paired Reading

Yesterday my friend Xavier and I did a paired Reading activity. You had to read the story then roll 2 6-sided dice and then answer the questions. I think they are good because it get your brain working. There are non-fiction and fiction so you can choose which one to do.

Author Visit

This morning we had an author visit. He was Raymond Huber
 His favourite book he has written was Peace Warriors. He talked about some of his books and at the end he said some writing tips. Some of his other books are Flight of the Honey Bees, Sting and Wings. I enjoyed it because I can use his writing tips in my writing.

The Eel and the Flounder

Today me and my friend Stanley presented our slide. Our slide was on the Eel and the Flounder myth. We did it because we where studying myths and we got to choose one of the myths we learnt about. The Eel and the Flounder is a Tuvaluan myth. I like this myth because it shows you not to be mean and not to argue.      

Book Week

Last week was Book Week. This was the timetable:

Monday 18 June: Kids’ Lit Quiz - Connolly. 
Tuesday 19 June: Poet visit - Tamsin Flynn
Wednesday 20 June: Author Visit - Chris Gurney 
Thursday 21 June: Classroom Book Week activities.
 Friday 22 June: Literary Treasure Hunt - Find and answer the book clues around the school 2.00pm Book Character Parade - come to school dressed as your favourite book character.

My favourite day was Friday because it had the most things to do that day. For the treasure hunt my team came 2nd and we each got a $5.00 Book Fair voucher. I went as the Cowardly Lion from the Wizard of Oz for the Book Parade.

Country Study

In reading we have been studying a country. I chose Australia. I chose Australia because I was born in Melbourne which is in Australia and Australia has lots of cool things to do. I learnt that Thor's actor is Australian and Malcolm Turnbull was the Prime Minister.

Reading poster

This is my friend's and my work. We read a book about living in the Stone Age  and then we had to make this. It has facts about the Stone Age.