Agree or Disagree Task

Walt: Look for Information in the text 

Agree / Disagree
Statement	Agree/ Disagree	Page	Explanation and Evidence
Making a Pendant is a fun thing to do all by yourself while your parents are at work.	Disagree	23	In the book name Make a Pendant it said that do this with an adult to help you. And also because in the method it said that to make the pendant we need to use the stove which is not good. Because we might burn the house and we don’t have it at school.
You can dry dough in the sun.	Agree	23	It says that Objects made from salt dough can be dried in the sun or in the oven either one.
Salt dough can be used to make jewellery.	Agree	22	At the beginning in the book it said use it to make yourself some great jewellery or even a greenstone taonga.
It’s ok for your mixture to have lumpy bits.	Disagree	23	In the method how to make the pendant it said Mix all the ingredients in a large saucepan. Stir the mixture well until there are no lumps.
Clear nail polish is useful when making a pendant.	Disagree	24	It only useful for if they colour the pendant the nail polish helps it to make it last long.
“Kuru” is a traditional Māori design for fish hook.	Disagree	25	At last page it said Kuru is a Straight pendant, sometimes worn in the ear.

Questions	Answer here. Use evidence from the text.
Why do you think the instructions say that you need an adult to help you?	Because it said that they need to use a stove and also a oven to make it and dry it faster.
Why do the pendants get coated in “clear” nail polish instead of “coloured” nail polish?	It is because the book said that the nail polish will make it last long.

Reflect
Is a salt dough pendant as special as a ‘real’ greenstone pendant? Why/ why not. Please explain what you think	I think it’s is Yes and it is because they have created with an adult and made it. So they are proud to create one. It is a taonga.

Task Description:For this task we had to read a book about Pendant,Pendant's are green stone craving as neckless. We also had to do a problem about agreeing to some of the question and disagreeing.When we finish we have to ask our teacher if we can post it and if he says yes then we can.

Food Pyramid

Walt: think from the perspective of characters in the story.

Task Description: we had to write a rap about the healthy pyramid. Our Rap was short and sweet and cool.

Amazing Stickers

Walt: think from the perspective of characters in the story.
Task Description: This week we had to record ourselves reading a school journal. I found it easy.

Healthy week

Walt: look for the hidden meaning in the text.

Task description: In this template I write down what I think is a healthy lifestyle for a kid. Some of this accidentally got cropped out but a kid should be doing an average of 9 hours a week. 

The front row Venn diagram

Walt:look for the hidden meaning in the text.

Exercise-Wise

Walt: find relevant information in the text.

Task Description: How to live a healthy life. Playing a active activity and keeping and stretching alot. Also how to keep flexible 

Ki-O-Rahi Vocabulary

Walt: Find relevant information in the text.

Task description: For this task we had to get words from the story and describe them with our own words. The whole base of this task was to use better vocabulary. I think it finished good in the end and read more to find out more.

Healthy Lifestyle

Walt: Find relevant information in the text.

Task Description: For this Task it's all about what time you need go bed
and do they get enough time to do exercise.

Protecting our Kaimoana

Walt: Locate and share in my own words information from a variety of texts.

Walt: Explain what it means to respect our oceans and everything in them.

Year 5/6 Camp

Walt: use what we already know to make meaning within a story




Task Description: Tell people what Year 5/6 camp is about and some of the things you are looking forward to.

Saving Poormans Stream Postcard Activity

Walt: Understanding and explaining what pollution is.

Walt: Being able to find the main points from a reading and write these in my own words.

Task Description: Write a postcard to a friend, pretending you are a character
in your story.

Saving Poormans Stream

Walt: Understanding and explaining what pollution is.

Walt: Being able to find the main points from a reading and write these in my own words.

Saving Poormans Stream

Questions about the reading:

Question	Answer
What did Mitchell see in the stream?	Mitchell saw lots of rubbish in the stream like 4 broken chairs, chip packets, glass and plastic bottles.
Where is Poormans Stream?	Poormans Stream is behind Stoke, Nelson.
What is a SHMAK?	A SHMAK is a Stream Health Monitoring and Assessment Kit.
What is the care code for Poormans Stream?	The care code for Poormans Stream is don’t litter, don’t walk through the stream unnecessarily and don’t move rock as this may disturb the bugs and they may be swept away.
What did Mitchell organise his school to do? Why do you think this is important?	Mitchell organised his school to clean up the stream on world environment day.  I think this was important because they probably helped to make the mess.
When is world environmental day?	World Environment Day is always held on June 5th.
What is world environmental day?	World Environment Day is a special day to give us a chance to think about how we can help protect the planet.
What did the Nelson Council decide to do to help?	The Nelson Council offered to pick up any large items and get rid of them at the tip.
Why do you think Mitchell wanted to clean up the stream?	I think Mitchell wanted to clean up the stream because he wanted to do his bit to look after the planet.
Do you think what he was doing will help?	Yes I think it will help because now others can help too.
Is there a stream by us that we could clean up?	Yes we have the Omaru Creek near Pt England School.
How do you think we could do something like this with our school?	We could try and do the same thing that Mitchell did with his school, a big clean up.

True or False?

Statement	T/F	Evidence
The stream has no rubbish and is completely clean.	F	Pg 26 - it was full of rubbish.
Most of the rubbish found were plastic bags.	F	Pg 26 - There were 4 broken chairs dumped in the stream. There was other rubbish, too, mostly chip packets and glass and plastic bottles.
World environment day is held every 5th of July.	F	Pg 29 - World Environment Day is held on 5 June every year.
Mitchell organised a group of his classmates to help clean up the stream.	T	Pg 28 - So he decided to organise a group of his classmates to clean up the stream.
The SHMAK is a kit used to collect information about the streams health.	T	Pg 27 - This kit is used to collect information on a stream’s health.
The stream runs past no schools in the area.	F	Pg 26 - When Mitchell Chandler biked past the stream that runs alongside his school.

Duffy Book Term 1

 My book is called Wipeout. The characters are called JJ, Yismen, Andy, and Dylan. The first chapter is called Andy & Dylan. Andy,Dylan, JJ, Yismen and trying to figure out the Seven Signs. Here is a picture of my book, I am excited to read it. 

About My Group - Gumboots Fact Sheet

Walt: Explain in my own words what my group name means using the readings.

Walt: Follow instructions and complete work to a high standard and learn about my group name through reading

Task Description: Create a fact sheet that you can share with other people using all of the information you have found out about your icon.

About My Group - Gumboots True or False

Walt: Explain in my own words what my group name means using the readings.

Walt: Follow instructions and complete work to a high standard and learn about my group name through reading

Statement	True or False	Evidence from the text
Taihape is the Gumboot capital of New Zealand	True	Pg 18 - at the start of the article it is written at the top that Taihape is the capital.
The Gumboot Festival only happens every four years.	False	Pg 18 - Every year, at Easter, Taihape holds a Gumboot Festival.
No one in the town puts in any effort or time to practice.	False	Pg 18 - The whole town puts in lots of practice for the world-famous gumboot-throwing competitions.
The first gumboots were made in New Zealand in 1843.	False	Pg 19 - Gumboots were first made in New Zealand in 1943
The Duke of Wellington’s boots were made out of leather.	True	Pg 20 - The Duke of Wellington’s boots were made of leather.
Most farmers still prefer to wear black gumboots on the farm.	True	Pg 21 - Most farmers still prefer black gumboots.
You can only buy gumboots in one colour and that is black.	False	Pg 21 -  but these days gumboots are sometimes made of plastic, and you can buy them in any colour you like.
In the book there is something called a rare gumboot tree. (Take a picture of this one and place it in the evidence box).	True

Task Description: Fill out the table and answer true or false to each of the statements and then provide evidence from the text.

About My Group - Gumboots - Poster

Walt: Explain in my own words what my group name means using the readings.

Walt: Follow instructions and complete work to a high standard and learn about my group name through reading.

Task Description: Create a poster advertising the annual gumboot throwing competition in Taihape. Make sure to use information from the reading to help you create this. Also make sure that is appealing to the people who will be looking at it. A poster should be eye catching but it should also be informative.

About My Group - Gumboots Questions

Walt: Explain in my own words what my group name means using the readings.

Walt: Follow instructions and complete work to a high standard and learn about my group name through reading.

GUMBOOTS - Janet Pates
1.Where is the Gumboot capital of New Zealand?

Taihape.

2. Why do you think they call it the Gumboot capital of New Zealand?
Because they have a Gumboot Festival.

3. How often do they have a Gumboot Festival? When in the year is it?
The Gumboot Festival is held every year at Easter time.

4. What are some of the competitions listed in the book?
Best decorated gumboots, gumboot art awards, gumboot-throwing.

5. How long ago were Gumboots made?
In England about 200 years ago.  Gumboots were first made in NZ in 1943.

6. Explain the story of the first Gumboots in your own words:
The Duke of Wellington needed some boots made that he could go thru mud

and water, boots that look good and were comfortable.  He went to his

bootmaker and asked him to make these kind of boots.

7. When were Gumboots first made in New Zealand and why?
1943 - for farmers to use on their farms.

8. What is the difference between The Duke of Wellingtons boots

and the boots made for farmers?
The Duke of Wellingtons boots were made from leather and famers

boots were made from rubber.

9. Why are they called Gumboots in Australia and New Zealand?
Because they are made from the gum of the rubber tree.

10. In YOUR OWN WORDS describe why gumboots are black:
In the olden days to make the rubber gumboots strong, carbon was mixed with the rubber.

11. What is one goal you have for reading this year?
To be better than last year.

Task Description: Read the story Gumboots by Janet Pates and answer the questions above.