Different Countries

Different  countries have different cultures. For example, some older japanese people wear kimonos, arrange flowers in vases and have tea ceremonies. My family is from Samoa.

Samoa is a nice cooling place to be at but in my  culture we do like anything there. Sometimes we do spearfishing in the shallow waters. At Samoa we do like swimming in the water and it is so clear to swim in.

Did you know that  at Samoa people there like to eat all kinds of food,  like chicken, shrimps, oysters and other kinds of food there.

Explaining My Event

Explaining My Event

WALT: Write and explanation that describes my own event.

Topic: Commonwealth Games. Audience: PES, whanau, worldwide blog audience. Purpose: To explain my own commonwealth event.

Text type: Explanation Task: Explain your commonwealth event to your audience. You need to make sure that your explanation is clear so that anyone could play the game just from reading it.

Key Vocabulary and Sentence Beginnings:

Helpful Links: Brainstorm   Sporty Vocab

Structure:

Once you have finished make sure to mark with a buddy or yourself using our PARAGRAPH  RUBRIC. Draw an image that represents your writing in sumo or ABC paint.

PLANNING TABLE:

Name of event and background information:	our event is called wwe  and it is in america NY . The background is in a stadium in NY city. you need to  to win the match  in the ring so that you can win the belt .did you know that  the wwe authority can  chose the machs?
Aim of the game:	you have to win by fighting.
Equiptment:	You  will    need   a  ring  stage,  a  reff,  two  gages, players.
Venue:	This  game  will    be   at   wwe   America  NY  stadium.
Players/positions:	There  will   be  82  people   to  compete   this made  up  commonwealth  game.
Rules:	Do   not   grab  tools  under the   ring  at   wwe  America  NY   stadium.

A Bowl Of Rice

A Bowl Of Rice 1.1.09

WALT: Decoding new words

Comprehension - being able to talk about the story

1. Find Vietnam on a map. Colour and label it. Take a photo to put on this doc to show where it is.

2. What tells you it is time to harvest the rice?when it is yellow and greenish.

3. What is a ‘threshing machine’? (what does it do?) it make rice.

4. What goes into a threshing machine?rice seeds.

What 2 things come out separately?grain of rice.

5. What do the family use each of these things for:to make some rice to eat.

rice - seed

rice stalks -wheat husks-rice.

Give it a try

Give it a try - 2.2.00

REMEMBERING - What are the facts? What are the sports that are involved in a triathlon?Swimming/running/biking. Make a list of some things you need to do be a champion:Lisien/do it with all your heart.

UNDERSTANDING - Show that you understand the information Choose 1 word from the article that is new or interesting to you. Here are some suggestions but you can choose your own: tryathlon triathlon, cyclists, buoy,           Write a sentence showing that you understand the meaning:

APPLYING - Using what you read in the article  (B) Make a poster advertising the ‘Tryathlon’. You want to encourage kids to join in the competition! You have to be good

ANALYSING - Organising information from the article  (B) Make an INFORMATION WEB about triathlon.  Summarise the information in this article about triathlon using the text and wikipedia to help you. INFORMATION WEB TEMPLATE

EVALUATING - Seeing both sides  (B) “Every kiwi kids should participate in the tryathlon” Make a chart and list your reasons for agreeing and disagreeing with this statement. I agree with this statement because…….. I disagree with this statement because………. Give this story a rating out of 10 depending on how much you enjoyed it.  Write down a reason for giving the rating you did.   Reason:

CREATING - Coming up with new ideas   (B) Design the ‘ultimate’ triathlon clothing or  gear for a tryathlon team. Think of new and exciting ideas! Presenting your interesting ideas: google draw or presentation, ABC or sumo paint, movenote, ipad    imovie, hyperstudio, vocaroo, padlet, google animation.

Blogger choose 2-4 of your completed  (B) (blogger friendly) activities to share on your blog.

Triathlon

Give it a try

1Give it a try - 2.2.00

WALT: Comprehension - using the text to find information.

1. Why do you think people want to be a part of a triathlon? because they have heaps of fun together.

2. Why do you think the author chose this title?Because some people are not so fit as the atoner people so that is how I think he chose that title.   

3. How do you think ‘tryathlon’ got it’s name when it is usually spelt ‘triathlon’?Because it is in different countries.

4. What three sports are involved in a triathlon?Swimming/biking/running.

5. How many kilometres will the girls travel combined?70.

6. Think about how the event is organised… How does each member know  when to begin their

part of the race?Because they have to listen to the beat and then go.

7. How do you think the girls are feeling at the end of the events?they feel sogei and tied.  

8. What is the difference between a ‘tryathlon’ and a ‘triathlon’?Because it is like the same name.

Blogger: Write a few sentences explaining the difference between a ‘tryathlon’ and a ‘triathlon’.

Find an appropriate legal image to post with your sentences.

Tryathlon is so fun you can lose some weight from it and it is so exciting and it is so cool because I have tried it.   

Once a soldier always a soldier

It grew into a war involving 32 countries. The Allies included Britain France Russia Italy and the United States.

These countries fought against the Central Powers which included Germany Austria Hungary Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria.

Then it came to this.

     once a soldier

        always

        a soldier  

Hockey

commonwealf games

The commonwealth games are called the friendly games has unique sporting history

it is a icsep the athletes are from the commonwealth countries.

The commonwealth games were and the second word war.

From 1950 to 1980 the commonwealth games were held in

1994 .

Later ‘from 1970 to 1974 they took the title from the british commonwealth games.

At the 1974 games in edmonton canada this multi sport events