Comparing Writing At Home And School

What Makes A Good Author?

My Maths Goals For Term 3.

My Maths goals for term 3.

• Describe features of 2-D and 3-D objects in geometry language (names 2-D and 3-D shapes, names of different triangles, names of lines)

• Describe patterns of reflection, rotation and translation.

• Describe/interpret position with direction/distance language and specify location using bearing or grid references.

Genres Of Writing

Cyber Smart

Fact Or Opinion

Tuakana/Teina Day - Room 8 and Room 1

Check out our awesome trash to fashion experience!  We had lots of fun with our buddies.

Fact Or Opinion

WALT identify what is fact and what is opinion.

Tell whether each sentence is a fact or opinion.  Write ‘fact’ or ‘opinion’ in a different colour next to each sentence.

Sunday is the best day of the week.OPINION

Waitangi Day is celebrated in February.FACT

Christmas is celebrated in Summer.FACT

Some families eat lots of food at birthdays.OPINION

Watching fireworks on the 5th of November is lots of fun.OPINION

April is a month with 30 days.FACT

There are 12 months in the year.FACT

This has been a terrible week.OPINION

Spring is the most beautiful season of all.OPINION

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are weekdays.FACT

The first day of the school year is scary.OPINION

Everyone should make Valentine's Day cards.OPINION

Your birthday comes only one day a year.FACT

Now write 3 of your own factual sentences:

1. Apple grows from a tree.
2. Books are for reading.
3. A Carrot is a root.

Now write 3 of your own opinion sentences:

1. People smell nice.
2. People are caring for me.
3. My mum has the best cooking.

Sign Language

This is how you spell my name in sign language. 

Goanimate Rubbish Video

Rubbish Fight by kini6csch84 on GoAnimate

My first go animate video. Hope you enjoy.

FACT or OPINION

FACT or OPINION

Fact Or Opinion

Fact Or Opinion

1. Candy

Fact: Candy comes in different colours and different flavours.

Opinion: I think candy is yucky and smelly but other people think its yummy.

2. Tree

Fact: Some trees have long branches and some trees have short branches.

Opinion: All trees are short and and have a ugly skin.

3. Monkey

Fact: Monkeys have fury and hairy hair on their body.

Opinion: Humans are hairier than Monkeys.

4. Carrot

Fact: Carrot helps you see in the dark.

Opinion: Carrots can help you see in the

5.  Australia

Fact: Australia is bigger than New Zealand.

Opinion: Australia is bigger America.

6. Bird

Fact: All birds come out of an egg.

Opinion: Some birds don’t come out eggs.

7. Pizza

Fact: You can put any kinds of food in a pizza.

Opinion: I think pizza is yum.

8. Piano

Fact: Piano is an instrument that people.

Opinion: I think a piano sounds annoying.

9. Banana

Fact: Banana has a yellow skin.

Opinion: Some people think banana is yuck.

10. Adventure Quest

Fact: Adventure Quest is computer game.

Opinion: Adventure Quest is a cool game.

11. Laptops

Fact: New laptops are very expensive.

Opinion:  Laptops are cheap for some people.

12. Computer

Facts: Computers are gone very big.

Opinion: Computers are nearly in every school.

13.  Chocolate

Facts: Chocolate comes in different colours.

Opinion: People think chocolate comes in one colour.

14. Chair

Facts: Some chairs comes in 3 legs.

Opinion: I thought that chairs come in 4 legs.

15. Hair

Facts: Hair always grow.

Opinion: Hair is very annoying

Rubbish Problems

My first goanimate video hope you enjoy.

How do we ensure the information we find online is TRUE and VALID?