explanation structure

this week we are learning how to do explanation structure.

first day of school

         First day of school
This monday our school had assembly the teachers were talking about what we will be doing. The theme of this term is te wa toi that means we are doing art. So each team are doing something to do with art. so i will be explaining what our school will be this term.

Team 1- painted a lion but they painted it in 4 different papers.It was kind of like it was a puzzle. Because the teachers in team 1 went into groups and they painted 4 Different parts of the lion to match the other parts of the lion. And when they were finish they put all the parts together  and it was a lion.

Team 2 did a video of all about me that means they were on the computers telling us where they were from and what they do out of school just telling us about them. So they are going to do art on the computers.

Team 3 did body painting it was really creative and they use their body to paint what they wanted to paint. What they use to do body painting is, they use paint and a BIG paper they put all the paint on their body and they were rolling everywhere and jumping and everything to put the paint on the paper with their body.   

Team 4 did a art comp with a muse their were 5 teacher who did it they painted about muse they had to draw it in 5 mins so it was quite fast but at the end they finish.

Team 5 our team my team our teacher did a play so they were telling us about there painting and why they painted it. they also told about our attitude, when we do painting we have to show our emotions and what we want to paint i mean you don’t have to do that. Do whatever you want to paint.

(The ending) after our team finish doing their play mr burt starting talk about the painting and what we are going to be doing and stuff. Also mr burt told us what we will be doing this term.

who is me hero

who is my hero? Paragraph writing




My sister are my hero.(why) they Support me and they help me that is hard in anything that i can’t do. They do lots for me and i do the same to them. Because that's how much i love them.



My sister are creative,they love dancing and they also like sports. There favourite sport is soccer well they like all kind of sports but it's mostly soccer.They love laughing  and they always have a smile on there faces. When i was little me and my sister’s didn’t really get along also My sisters didn’t either. even though they are twins, ( Some twins ain't the same) it was kind of sad how we didn’t get along when we were younger but ever since we’ve moved here in Auckland we’ve kind of Change. And now i can do lots of things with them like go out with them and help them.




Tyli and Chelsea are my heroes because they love me who i am and  they are my role models they also stick up for me if something bad happens. Chelsea and tyli are always positive and they make my day even better they also puts a smile on my face when i’m angry. They’ve been my heroes since day one yes we didn’t get along but the are my hero and they will always be my hero.

My heroes are my sister tyli and chelsea they are my heros. And they are the best.

pests

this week i am learn about pests.

25 words & 100

Yesterday me and my siblings went out to the movies & the pools we also went to mcdonald too. After we did that we went home.

Hi my name is Calais i am a year 7 i’m 11 years old i also go to Pt England School. I have 10 siblings but some of them are my step and my half. My favourite colour is red my family's favourite colour is it’s  either blue or red. What i like doing at home is to play on my phone iPad or Chromebook. But what i don’t do at home is to go play with my friends or go out with my family. My birthday is on November the 15th, so it's on a Wednesday. My favourite subject is reading.

soccer

Jake the swimmer

wolves

punctuation

What is a period and when does it get used?

End of a sentence and It's a full stop

Write 3 sentences showing me the correct use of a period.

• I went to the shop with my family.
• It was my sister birthday.
• I go to pt england school.

What is a question mark and when does it get used?

When someone is asking a question, or they are stuck on something.

Write 3 sentences showing me the correct use of a question mark.

• How was your day?
• Do you want something to eat?
• Are you living with your family?

What is a quotation mark and when does it get used? It’s like a speech mark they are use for direct quotes.

Write 3 sentences showing me the correct use of a quotation mark.

• “How was your day?”
• “How was your weekend?”
• “Do you like my shoes?”

What is a apostrophe and when does it get used? They use it when there is a s at a end of a word or to shorten a word

Write 3 sentences showing me the correct use of a apostrophe.

• It looks like a great day today
• It’s my birthday
• There are alot of car’s

What is a comma and when does it get used? It’s like when you have a have a break of reading. Its kinda like a full stop but a comma is to have a break of reading and to breath.  

Write 3 sentences showing me the correct use of a comma.

• We are with family,friends

What is a exclamation point and when does it get used? Like it gives really strong emotion and how you are saying it.

Write 3 sentences showing me the correct use of a exclamation point.

• What time are you going to school!
• It’s my birthday! Yay!
• Do your work!

What is a colon and when does it get used? It is used to do  an example.

Write 3 sentences showing me the correct use of a colon.

• I am going to show you guys an example 3x2 = 6
• I will be showing you guys how to Spell teacher t e a c h e r there teacher
• What's your favorite color example blue

What is a semicolon and when does it get used?  join two independent clauses that are not connected with a coordinate conjunction

Write 3 sentences showing me the correct use of a semicolon.

• A stranger was talking to me; he looked very scary
• I went to napier,Australia;
• I opened my door; it was scary

fun holidays

My idea of a Fun School Holiday
Remember the T.I.I.C structure.

T	Title - What you will be explaining
I	Introduction - Tell your audience what the topic is about and what is to be explained.
I	Information - Explain the elements or steps in a logical sequence
C	Conclusion - Final summarising statement, an evaluation or comment about what you have explained.

Title	fun school holiday!
Introduction	I am going to be writing about my holidays. And how it was and how much fun it was and where it was what i did and why i went there. So i hope you like it.
Information 1st element	Day one: When school finish we went to the airport because i was going to napier to go see my dad and my cousins. It took an hour to get to napier i went to sleep on the airplane because i woke up really early it was fun on the airplane i got woken up from the airplane when it landed.me and my siblings went to run to my dad And we hugged him. It was dark when we got there so we just went to the hotel.i was so tired and my siblings too so we made our beds and went to sleep.
Information 2nd element	The next day we went to go visit some of my dad's cousins. After we went to go visit my dad's cousins we went to go get something to eat. Then we went to go see my favorite cousins. what we did at my cousins house is We had to clean the house first then my older sisters and my older cousins. Went to the shop to go get us some chocolate and chips. When they were going to the shop we were getting the beds ready for the movie and we put a movie on but we didn't watch it until my cousins and sisters came back. A few minutes later they came back and we were eating. After we finish eating me and my cousins fell asleep.
Information 3rd element	It was the second day until we leave to go back to auckland so we went to go pick up my cousins and we went to the pools.me and my cousins went to go on the slide first because it looked really cool we made a train it was really cool and fun then we went to the hot pool because we're so cold. Then we had to get dress because we had to go to see my brothers.  After we went to the pools and went to see my brothers we went to the movies and it was really fun.we fall asleep at the movies it was so funny we went to drop off my cousins home and then we went to the hotel. When we got there we had to put our shoes away then we made our beds then we went to bed because we were so tired.
4th element	We had to get up really early because we had to go on the airplane and it was really far from the hotel.when we got up early we got our bags and we put it in the car and we got ready then we  went to go see my cousins and we said goodbye. We went to the shop and grabbed some food then we went back to the car.We quickly went to the airport i didn’t want to go back home but i had to. So we got there we went in the airplane and we said goodbye to my dad i was really sad but it was time to say goodbye. The airplane started and we had to go to was sad but yeah we got back to auckland at night.
Conclusion	We got back home it was a Sunday when we came back from Napier. when we were going back home we were talking about our holidays it was so fun for the last day was fun when we were in Napier do miss my cousins and dad but it's OK.

koalas

this week we are learning about koalas.

punctuation

this week i learnt about punctuation.

radio flyer

I was travelling in the 'Radio-Flyer; when... "

On monday morning i had to go to my grandfather's house because my dad had to go to work and my mum was really busy so i had to go to my grandfather's house.  I went inside and i went to go sit down on the set and watch tv ( 5 minutes later ) waiting for 5 minutes was so long and boring so i went in the shed. When i was in the shed i was looking around and i saw a radio flyer. So i went to try grabbing it but CRASHH i fell on the ground then my grandfather came quickly in the shed he saw me on the floor. The radio flyer fell on me when the radio flyer was on me i saw a photo of my dad and grandfather.

My grandfather helped me get up. Then my grandfather said ( do you want to ride on the radio flyer) i said yes so we went for a walk well i was in the radio flyer and my grandfather was pushing me in the radio flyer. When i was in the radio flyer i was imagining that i was in the jungle there were trees monkeys and other things.  It was so cool and fun i really thought that i was in the jungle but i wasn’t. Then we stopped at the park and we went to go sit down and eat. When i was eating i was imagining that i was in space and i was imagining that i was shooting.

the Alien when we were finish shooting the aliens. Then we stopped shooting the aliens and we went to go Lie down. We were looking at the sky we thought we were on a plane. Me and my grandfather finish a imagining us in space. So me and my grandfather went back home and i was waiting for my dad to come pick me up from my grandfather's house. And my dad came to pick me up but first i got my stuff and said goodbye to my grandfather then i went in the car. And i was wait for my dad. He was talking to my grandfather and then they stopped talking. And then my dad said goodbye to my grandfather and then we went home but first we went to get ice cream and then we went home .

THE ENDD

wheels by bronwen wall

Making Pasta At Tech

this is what we made in tech it was fun and cool. we are in cooking for tech and this is what we made. 

super sam

calling all riders

this weeks work

samoan language week

walt use similes in out writing

this week we were learning about similes in our writing.

the balloon ride

commonwealth games

haircut lament extra task

inference term 1 week 10

today we were learning about the hairdresser.

who are you??

today we learnt about who we are and i hope you know who you are.

school

i love school

WIN!!!

    win!!!!!!

beautiful

how beautiful

hard ball

softball yasssss

kindness

be kind

calcip

my beautiful work my nick name calcip

calaya

this is a nickname from me and my friend kalaya 

food loves me not you

today at tech we did this food loves me not you 

fingerprints

Jigsaw Reading

T1W6 - Jigsaw Reading - Fingerprints by Iona McNaughton

	A) PAGES 1 & 2	B) PAGE 3	C) PAGES 4 & 5	D) PAGE 6
MAIN IDEAS	Looking  for evidence	How do police find fingerprints	Matching a fingerprint.	How to take a fingerprint.
DETAILS	Sometimes they might touch walls and doors and leave their fingerprints on those. Even though there are more than 7 billion people in the world,no two people have the same fingerprints. Whether you are seven,seventeen, Seventeen - seven years old, your fingerprints stay the same.	powder. They put the powder on surfaces at the crime scene with a special brush. The powder sticks to the sweat and oil that is left behind when someone touches a surface. If they find a fingerprint.	If you have a twin and that twin as a fingerprint then the other twin doesn’t have the same fingerprint when you look close too your finger you can see your fingerprint and when you compare your fingerprint with another person it's not the same	The Details is when it talk about a easiest way to take your fingerprint it say that you need a Stamp pad and you need a white sheet of paper. And then it say that press your

simple and compound sentences

this week we are learning how to do simple and compound sentences

seals

this week we are learning about seals

pyramids

Explanation writing – how pyramids were built

Explanation writing – how pyramids were built

1. Write a title at the top of your page.

2. Finish these sentences:

              Pyramids are made out of stone and wood also sand

              Ancient Egyptians used pyramids to… pharaohs and their queens the pharaohs
were buired in pyramids of mainy old kingdom to end of the middle kingdom there are about
eighty pyramids known today from ancient Egypt

3. Finish these sentences:

              To build pyramids, firstly blocks and stone and raps after that king and the
queen move in to the pyramids

              After that… pyramids

              Then… then they built more pyramids

              Once that was finished… the year went pass and it to the repeated over again

              After that… it was the same

              Finally… they took 20 years

4. Draw pictures to show how pyramids were built. Colour these pictures in nice

Name____calais______

Draw a picture of some pyramids.

A pyramid looks like ___a trangle

Pyramids are made from ________the king and queen __

People made pyramids by ________sand water rope_______________

Can you make a pyramid using multilink cubes?

What else could you make a pyramid from?