Wonderful Word Work!

For word work this week in Moana Learning Hub we had to find the meanings for different words, here are some definitions:

Access - A way of entering or leaving.

Jubilation - A feeling or expression of great joy.

Portable - Capable of being easily carried.

Solitary - Being alone and lacking the company of others.

Summit - The top point of a mountain or hill.

Immense - More important, bigger or more serious than others of the same type.

Seldom - Not often.

Banquet - A ceremonial dinner party for many people.

Course - A line or route along which something travels or moves.

Convert - To change from one form to another.

They're there with their...

They're, there and their

In Moana this week we have been learning about the different types of theres (they're their) and when and how to use them. This is the work that we did:

In Moana this week we have been learning about the different types of theres (their, they're) and when and how to use them. This is the work that we did:

Write the meaning for each homophone:

There - When something is in, at or going to a place or position.

Their - When something belongs to someone.

They’re - When more than one person or object is doing something at the present moment.

Write in the correct homophone: there, their, they’re

1. _____There___________ were many people at the party.

2. I left my backpack over _____there__________ by the door.

3. When I arrived at school, many of my friends were already ______there_________.

4. ______They’re_________ going to do homework after school.

5. _______There________ is a hole in my pocket!

6. Pete and Jenny are on _______their________ way here.

7. I can’t wait to see ________their_______ new puppy!

8. I’m not sure if ________they’re_______ planning on going to the park with us.

9. _____There__________ is a gas station on the corner.

10. _____They’re__________ not going to come on the trip with us.

11. ______They’re_________ still waiting for the teacher to pass out reports.

12. Was _____their__________ first pet a dog or a cat?

13. ____There___________ was not enough room at the table, so I sat by myself.

14. ________Their_______ hamster’s name was Snickers.

15. When we finished our tests, we sat ________there_______ quietly.

Quick Write

Quick Write

Sunlight filtered down through the canopy of trees...
My private helicopter soared above like a bright spark. It was only a dot in the sky as the radiant blue continued for centuries. I was kitted to jump, and savoured what would probably be the last moments of my life. "It's time to go!" Junior, my jumping companion said. My toes hung off the edge of the helicopter as he ran me through the safety briefing. He attached his suit to mine and told me to "JUUUMMP!"  I decided if this was going to be the last moment of my life I might as well make the most of it so... I turned around (so that my ankles were now hanging off the edge) and jumped doing a backwards somersault in the air. The cold, fresh air whipped my face. Junior told me to press the green button on my suit. I felt the parachute catch the air as we slowly drifted down like a feather more than 500 ft from the ground. Slowly I felt my feet touch the soft ground. I collapsed onto my knees as I kissed the ground. I had survived!

Actions speak louder than words!

On Tuesday, Moana Learning Hub went down to the beach for Action Stations Day. On Action Stations Day every class in the school buddied up with their buddy classes and did and action to help our school and the community. For Action Stations Day, MLH did a beach clean up to clear the beach of rubbish! Did you know that over 100 million marine animals are killed each year due to plastic debris in the ocean!!! Here is a slideshow to show you what awesome things we were up to:

Day at the beach

Quick Write

By Kya Solomon

Her soft brown fur buffeted in the wind…

She tilted her head and her sky blue eyes glistened in the bright

sun.

My dog stood radiantly making vague patterns in the sand.

Waves crashed, booming loudly against the sharp rocks.

Grains of sand made her fur shine in the lit up atmosphere.

I tapped down the wooden stairs making my footsteps as quiet

as an owl. Her petite paws dug into the sand like the smallest

russian doll. She hauled herself out of the water as heavy as a

200 pound weight. She bolted along the sand faster than her fur.

I wondered if I would ever catch her! The aroma of fresh

salt and saplings filled the air. Plants scraped roughly

against my skin as I raced my dog towards the stream.

Another beautiful day at the beach!

Vultures and plastic

In a reading program that we do called chapter chat, we have to complete activities. For one of mine I wrote a report about vultures. I then posted it on my blog. My whanau has been commenting loads on my blog and my mum commented on this post. She asked me if I could find out if vultures consume plastic and that is one of the reasons some species are very endangered. I found a website (http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1676/14-107.1) that had some very important information. I took some information from that website:

Plastic material in the Diet of the Turkey Vulture in the Atacama Desert, Chile

 "Turkey Vultures are one of the most distributed feeders throughout the the Americas."  People that have investigated the Turkey Vultures diet have found that natural foods such as dogs, sea lions, and feathers showed in 17% of there diet. They also found that 78% of pellets from coastal sights and 83% of the pellets from inland sites contained plastic material. They supposed that plastic was probably ingested because vultures scavenge in plastic bags disposed as garbage along beaches and roads. The availability of food from garbage bags could partly explain the widespread distribution of these vultures in the desert. Turkey Vultures patrol roads in search of animals hit by vehicles, which results in finding carrion and garbage. Garbage in plastic bags has increased as more roads have been built in these areas. In the future, it will be important to study the effects of ingested plastics on these birds. I do not think that plastic is one of the reason that he Turkey Vulture is becoming extinct. One reason I found is they are poisoned by a toxic veterinary drug that is fed to livestock, then the vultures eat animals that have been drugged.   

Valiant Vultures!

In Moana 2 we do a reading program called Chapter Chat. We have to answer some questions and complete activities. Here is my report about Vultures:

Vultures

Are Vultures endangered?

There are 23 vulture species and 16 are considered vulnerable to extinction.

Where is a vultures habitat?

The Turkey Vulture likes to live in Subtropical Forests, Shrublands, Deserts, and
Foothills. It is also found in Pastures Grasslands and Wetlands.

What is the lifespan of a vulture?

Different species of vultures have different lengths of lifespans. The king vulture
can live up to 30 years! With the Black vultures lifespan up to 10.

What Do Vultures Eat?

Turkey Vultures feed almost entirely on carrion and human garbage. Although on
rare occasions Turkey Vultures catch live prey, including young or sick birds and
mammals, Black Vultures kill live prey more often, sometimes Turkey Vultures
eating live prey often involve them mistakenly eating Black Vultures.