In this week we learn how to smell places like I smell salty water .

Te whiting o rongomai. Te whiti o rongomai was a Maori person that was born in 1830, and we was from the region of taranaki and he had found this place named parihaka. he was a really spirutal person Te whiti was apart of the taranaki land wars in the 1860 but he had seen all that stuff first hand in the middle of all the ruckes.

This week we learn that I like the smell on the beach I see a seagull fiying how to know about what does  te whitit do he does prominent Māori spiritual leader, prophet, and founder of the community of prihaka in New Zealand’s Taranaki region.

This week in literacy we have been learning about persuasive writing. persuasive writing is like a thing that is telling you why school should exist and why school should not exist. there is this fun persuading game so we got three different colour mats the best colours are grey pink and baby blue. So the teacher says something like should we have phones at school? then we pick which mat we agree with, the pink mat is  in the middle the grey on the right  and lastly the baby blue mat on the left.  the pink mat is i don’t know yet, the grey mat is I disagree, the baby blue mat is I agree.

If  your on the pink mat you sit down in silence and if your on the other mats then you have made a decision. If you sit on the pink mat which is the ‘I don’t know yet’ then the kids on the other mats have to persuade you to make a choice.

This week we have been learning about parihaka. Pariaka was invaded by the European troops on Novemper 5th 1881.Parihaka was a peaceful settlement that was led by Te Whiti o Rangomai and Tohu kakahi. They wthe ere both from Taranaki. After the settlement Act they occupied some confiscated land and created a the parihaka settlement that is there today.

1. NZ only birds = They are found in NZ
2. Helps them remain steady when flying = kereru are big and heavy
3. Their reflection confuses them = kereru get confused by reflection.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Nc17rT1_ljaY3SrhUc6St2JP8q6UHgkEexzM_QImMK0/present?slide=id.h1583df6b02526637_0_0

This week we have been learning about parihaka. Pariaka was invaded by the European troops on Novemper 5th 1881.Parihaka was a peaceful settlement that was led by Te Whiti o Rangomai and Tohu kakahi. They wthe ere both from Taranaki. After the settlement Act they occupied some confiscated land and created a the parihaka settlement that is there today.

Here is some of my work.

In Literacy we have been learning about  endemic birds that people can only find New Zealand. These are our endemic birds piwakawaka, Kereru, Karearea, kea, tui, ruru, takahe and finally kiwi and that’s all our endemic birds.

For our writing task we are learning to write a letter to the Auckland council, yesterday we just started brain storming. I am AGAINST! cutting the trees down because trees give oxygen and shelter for the Birds and it Keeps nature alive.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Nc17rT1_ljaY3SrhUc6St2JP8q6UHgkEexzM_QImMK0/present?slide=id.h1583df6b02526637_0_0

This week in literacy we have been trying to convince the Auckland council whether we should not cut the trees or we should cut them down. I disagree that we should not cut the trees because…

Firstly, why because the trees are the reason why we are breathing because it is our oxygen  to breathe from. Say for example do you guys always go outside and feel like you have the good oxygen? yes because in front of your house there’s a tree that gives you the good air and to  help you breathe properly.

This week in literacy we are learning about descriptive writing. My classmates and I are writing about a trapdoor in the ground near Pohutukawa tree. I gripped the cold metal ring and pulled.

here is what I wrote:

One thing I like is we have to finish off  the story that we read off the paper.

One funny thing about the text, was that the character walked around the reserve 100 times

We also had to use our 5 senses touch, smell,  hear, sight, and taste.

what other cool stuff should I write about?

-Japjot=]

This this week we have been learning about how many years of bird can live and different types of birds that live in New Zealand and I also learned that New Zealand was a bigger before it became small and before it became New Zealand it was called New Zealandia. We are also doing persuasive writing, we had to do a title about cutting down the trees because they had been making blockages or the trees because they are precious to other creatures if you want to see more here is the link.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Gqa0kTnaSjyzOKa2fK8m-mQ-0KvatzKYKhKqa5Qvovg/present?slide=id.g3f650ccfa5c_0_1

this week we have been learning about parihaka parihaka was invited by the British troops on. November 5th 1881 parihaka was a peaceful settllement  that was led by Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kākahi. They were both from Taranaki. After the introduction of the Settlements Act they occupied some confiscated land and created the Parihaka settlement that is there today. They lived there from 1866 until the invasion in 1881. After they were imprisoned then released, they went back to Parihaka to continue their peaceful resistance.

This week I learned about persuasive writing. First we had to vote between going AGAINST cutting trees down or FOR cutting trees down. Next we had to do a brainstorm to plan on what we were writing about. Then we had to draft our writing to get a fresh start on our writing. Finally we had to edit our writing like checking our work again so we can find miss spelled writing and can fix our mistakes in our writing.

Find the evidence

1.NZ only birds= Some of our endemic birds that means they are found only in New Zealand .

2.Helps them remain steed when flying= Them balance and turn quickly when they fly.

3.Their reflection confuse them= Sometimes Kereru get confused by reflection and they crash into windows.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Nc17rT1_ljaY3SrhUc6St2JP8q6UHgkEexzM_QImMK0/present?slide=id.h1583df6b02526637_0_0

Since it’s blurry. this is what it says. How to sneek past a sleeping dragon? well guess what, ill take time out of my day to tell you step by step! Step one: put on just socks so stealth mode is activaded. Step two: be like a ninja and tiptoe as quiet as you can. No mistakes can be made! step three: Do not make a noise! Its very important, and a key thing to remember when trying to sneak past a sleeping dragon! step four: If there are obsticals again, be like a ninja in stealth mode. slowly walk over it, stretch your legs wide enough to pass the obstical. steep five: leave the cave! you made it! good job!

2 things I learned, needed punctuation, and focusing on the topic.

I liked, the topic because it was very interesting.

I want to improve on adding more words, and being more descriptive.

What do you think whea Rachel? What do you think about my blog post?