Wheel Words

Today for reading we did an activity called wheel words,I found seven out of thirty five words and the nine letter word was Interpret.This website helps you to learn new words and helps you to find new ways of spelling them.Today I learnt a new word which was Inert,this word was new to me because I didn't now what it meant.Today for reading I learnt heaps of new words and spelt a lot of big words,some of the words were obscure words,Obscure words are words thet are not on the list or words that are extra.

Lighthouse Story

This week we had got given a homework challange to do,for this challange we went on this website about the La Jument lighthouse in France and read about it.You didn't have to do the homework,but most of us did the homework that was set for us.The La Jument lighthouse is one of the most famous lighthouse's located in France of the coast of Brittany,

The La Jument is mostv famous for the picture and the story behind it. This week I learnt that being a lighthouse keeper can be fun and can sometimes be scary.I also know that the La Jument lighthouse still stands of the coast of Brittany in France.

Pros and Cons

 

Today in LS2 we were doing an activity as part of one of Mr Johnston's tasks about lighthouse's,Our task was to make a Pros and Cons list about living in a lighthouse.In our groups we gathered information to put on our list of Pros and Cons and we have all contributed and help out with an equal amount.I think living in a lighthouse will be pretty boring because you will be by yourself and because you can't do many things on your own.At the same time it will be cool because you can fish outside your window,if you like fishing,and you can also swim whenever you want.The Pros of living in a lighthouse are the,Views,No paying bills,No neighbors,Relaxation,Heaps of space,and much more. Throughout the week I learnt alot about lighhouse's,I wouldn't have known so much about lighthouse's if It wasn't for Mr Johnston.

Lighthouse For Sale Poster

During the week LS2 have been looking at and learning about lighthouse's.For this activity our task was to create a For Sale poster of a lighthouse of our choice,The lighthouse I chose to do was called The Historic Chesapeake Bay lighthouse located in America.In American dollars this lighthouse costs $US 15,00 but using an exchange calculator we exchanged this in to New Zealand money and turned out with this, 

$NZ 22,160,25.In my poster I have included a photo and some of the features of this lighthouse,and I have put big pop writing of the word 

FOR SALE to hook the veiwers in,so that this would be the first thing they look at.I have also included the price of the lighthouse at the bottom right corner of this poster.I really enjoyed doing this task because I liked how the price was exchanged into NZ money and how it was a big difference. This week I learnt how American money is a big difference to 

New Zealand money.

ASB Getwise

Today we had a visitor from the ASB Getwise to talk to us about how to save our money.We have been learning about how to save money and have been talking about what we could buy with our money and how we could budget our money in the future.After we had done that we played a game which was about us going on holiday to Fiji,and our budget was $1,800.The aim of the game was to get the most points from whatever you buy,the higher the price was the more points you get.Flights $200 2pts,$700 10pts Accomadation $300 3pts,$600 9pts etc.Today I learnt how to borrow money from banks using a credit card and how we can budget our money by saving.I also learnt how to be money wise and to spend money on a budget.                                                                       

Chicago Sports Teams

This week we made a slideshow about Chicago Sports Teams in America,These teams play Baseball,Basketball,NFL,AFL,and Ice Hockey.For this activity we made a slideshow of all the sports teams in Chicago,America and did three interesting facts about the teams.We also added images of their home stadium,their home and away jerseys or uniform,and a marked dot of where the stadium is on the map.On the side was also a Logo of the Team.Overall there  were Five Teams in total,The Blackhawks,The Chicago Bears,The Chicago Bulls,The White Sox,and The Chicago Cubs.This week I learnt that the White Sox were oringanally named The Stockings and that they were the first to put players names on the back of their jerseys.

Matariki

Matariki is an important time of the year for New Zealand Maori because it is a celebration for The Maori New Year, As a group we had done this DLO about Matariki and we all had contributed an even amount of work.For this activity we have been looking at videos about Matariki and have been writing down things we learnt about the Seven Sisters and about things we know about Matariki.Today I learnt about the story of Matariki and what Matariki means,it means the eye of god.Here is the Link to our DLO Link