Learning this week

Having the chance to get educated every Monday to Friday…

Recommending all the subjects that we take or learn, i’m more interested in reading for the fact that you learn new things such as your vocabulary, helps you towards word problems, furthermore you can get the information about the book that you receive.

While I was writing I had learnt about how to prevent yourself from getting sick, I learnt that when you are sick it would be good to make sure you are well looked after. A way to prevent yourself would be keeping inside the house and keep clean.

  

Reading

Inferring

Fair chocolate

Reading activity

Kiwi kids quize

Kiwi kids news - Week 7

1. A trust has been launched to oversee an important New Zealand anniversary in 2019. What will New Zealand be celebrating?

a. 150 years since Captain Cook landed in NZ

b. 250 years since Captain Cook landed in NZ

c. 350 years since Captain Cook landed in NZ

2. Who did Brazil play in their opening game of the World Cup?

• a. England

• b. Chile

• c. Croatia

3. What caused the Auckland Harbour bridge to be temporarily closed last week?

• a. high winds affecting traffic

• b. repair work

• c. road workers protesting against a wage decrease

4. At which venue is the national Fieldays agricultural show held each year?

• a. Claudelands Showgrounds

• b. Mystery Creek

• c. the Hamilton Rose Gardens

5. In which country was the main airport attacked by terrorists?

• a. India

• b. Pakistan

• c. Egypt

6. Why has Dan Carter been in the news recently?

• a. he is returning to NZ rugby

• b. he has announced he will be playing for a rugby club in Japan this season

• c. he is planning to switch the position he plays in

7. Why has the head boy at Marlborough Boys College been hailed as a hero?

•a. he dragged a woman from a burning house

•b. he has donated a kidney to a fellow student  vb

•c. he helped rescue a girl who was being swept down a swollen river

8. What is the main language spoken on the island of Santorini?

English  

9. What is the name of New Zealand’s base in Antarctica that is getting a $3.9 million refurbishment?

• a. Hillary Base

• b. Scott Base

• c. Kiwi Base

10.True or false, after being found guilty of filing a false donations declaration John Banks has resigned as an MP? True

11.Why has Wellington’s version of the “Hollywood” sign been given a revamp?

• a. it was damaged in high winds

• b. it has been painted a different colour after motorists complained it was too distracting

• c. the W has been changed to a V to promote a new movie

12.How much money is Kim Dotcom offering as a reward for anyone who can provide information that will help his court case?

• a. $500,000 b. $5 million c. $10 million

13.True or false, Christchurch has announced it will no longer fund the Ellerslie Flower  Show?

False

14.Why was the Solomon Islands in the news last week?

•a. an outbreak of diarrhoea is creating a health crisis

•b. rioting has broken out at their only prison

•c. John Key has visited and committed an extra $2 million in emergency funding

15.What type of transport is going to be removed from the Wellington streets following a decision by the city council?

• a. skateboards

• b. trolleybuses

• c. mobility scooters

Bats reading echolocation

They See With Their Ears (Rdg Age10-11 years)

http://www.k12reader.com/reading-comprehension/Gr4_Wk12_They_See_With_Their_Ears.pdf

Bats have an interesting way of looking at their world. Bats are nocturnal, which means they are most active at night. They don’t use their eyes to find their way around in the dark. They use their ears instead!

Bats are among a very select group of animals. The animals in this group also include whales, porpoises and dolphins. They all use ultrasound, which is a special noise, to do what other animals do with their eyes. This skill is known as echolocation. Echolocation allows bats to hunt for food. It also helps them avoid obstacles in their path as they fly in the dark. It even lets them communicate with other bats.

So how does echolocation work? It’s just like echoes in a large, empty room or at the edge of a canyon. Bats move air across their vocal chords just like people do when they speak or yell. Some bats make the sound come out of their mouths. Others make the sound come out of their noses. The sound they make has a very high pitch. This means the sound waves move very quickly. The energy from the sound waves goes out in front of the bat and bounces off any objects there. It creates an echo that returns back to the bat.

A bat’s ears often appear quite large compared to the size of its head. Depending on where the sound hits on the folds of the bat’s ear, the bat can tell very precisely where an object is. The strength of the echo can even tell the bat how large the object is. The echo from a moving object has a different sound that one that is still. It is either softer or louder. The sound is louder if the object is coming closer and softer if it’s going away. This is important because it helps the bat find insects to eat.

The process of echolocation is very natural for the bat. The bat does not have to think about listening, or what to do next. It works so well that the bat doesn’t care that he is “as blind as a bat.” He can see with his ears!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gZxLUNHEmPw

1. What kind of sound does a bat use for echolocation?

All of them use ultrasound which is a special sound, to do what other animals do with there eyes.

2. What kind of echo does a bat hear from an object moving away from it.

They can hear that it has gone softer because it is moving away, the sound is louder if the if the object is coming closer and softer when it is going away.

3. What would you miss if you suddenly switched from seeing with your eyes to echolocation?

It would be remarkable  because it is such a different experience. At the mean time it would be not so fun because it would not so fun I would miss all the things that I used to do,.

3. What would you miss if you suddenly switched from seeing with your eyes to echolocation? Why?

Seeing my friends and playing in the mornings and playing sports and much more, but It would be quite fun I think being a bat but at the mean time I would not want to be a bat...

4. What is the main idea of this reading passage? Write a brief summary in 2 - 3 sentences.
5. That you can hear with your ears and that they use echolocation and how they hunt, because when you are in a large room or cave you can hear your own ech. This is a remarkable process of how they use their ears instead of there eyes.

7. What might cause echolocation to work differently for whales than it does for bats?
8. the things is that the whales are in water to the echolocation travels 5 times faster than it is in the air.

9. What does it mean when is says Bats are among a ‘select group of animals’
10. They do that because they are using ultrasound and that is how there start to use echolocation.

11. What is ‘ultrasound’?
12. this means that you can hear with your ears instead of your eyes and that was what all other animals do but it is a remarkable process of how they do something different..

reading plastic bags

Plastic Bags by Andre Ngapo, School Journal Part 3. Number 1 2011

WALT: Show our comprehension of the text by identifying the key occurrences.

Success Criteria: I can identify the key occurrences in the text.

Referring to the image on the first page what does the expression on the boys face tell us?

What do you think might happen to him in the story?It looks like he is running somewhere and he is worried, or he has forgotten something.

What do you think the title has to do with the story?Maybe about they use plastic bags and they use it to put things in it for class, because in the image the boy looks worried and in a rush to go somewhere.

Why does Miss Anderson think Trent has been mucking about?

Trent was the only one that had one friend and she was a girl because he does not have much friends to play with so trent played with a girl.

Why do you think he was dizzy as he went out of the classroom?

I think he was about to fall down because in the picture it shows him about to tip side ways,

and he got told of because the teacher told him a question and he did not aser but he did not hear the teacher so he had to go outside by the corridor.

What were the differences between Huia and Trent’s bags and Jason’s? What do you think about the reason for the differences?They had plastic bags because their mum said”she will buy them two new bags”. so they took to school plastic bags while mum was at her work job interview.

What did Trent expect to happen when he went to the principal’s office?

He thought that he was gonna get in trouble about his behavior in class but the principle Msr mcneil said for him to join the maths competition.

How do you think Trent felt when he found out the real reason for going to the principal’s office?

He found out that the principle just wanted him to join the maths competition with other kind but he thought he was gonna get in trouble about his attitude.

How do you think Trent felt at the end of the story, why?

well  looking at the text he is looking a bit happy because in the image he looks like he is smiling and he said who knows what will happen.

Have you ever been really hungry? How did it make you feel?

Very hungry because I would feel like i'm out of energy  and I would miss all the yum food.