Adverb Starts

Today for Hurumanu 3 we did Adverb starts. An adverb is a Verb and an Adjective combined. We started off by writing some w-starts on our whiteboard to practice them because we haven't quite got them yet. Then after the w-starts, we started writing some Adverb-starts.

My adverb start sentences were... #1 Happily, he jumped into the lake. #2 Annoyingly, he was whacked by his sister.

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Different Types Of Sentences

Today for hurumanu 3, we worked on different types of sentences. We worked on the W-start which is a sentence that starts with a W word. eg. Whilst, While, When, etc. And the very short sentences, eg. from Moby Dick: "Call me Ishmael".

We had to make a paragraph using 1 very short sentence and two W-starts. This is my paragraph...

Science of Mars Task #2 Growing Seedlings

Last week we planted beans. well not planted but put them in a beaker with a wet paper towel. I was in a group with Kyle. 

Today we looked at the beans again and for some reason mine was moldy. Mine and Kyle's were at the same level and for some reason, Kyle's didn't go moldy.

I think it went moldy because there was too much water and the water drowned it, and then the water evaporated and the bean was exposed to air.

This is Kyle's bean 

And this is My bean.

Warning (Some viewers may find images disturbing)

Science of Mars task #2 Growing Seedlings

Today for Hurumanu 3 we learned about seedlings. We made a DLO (Digital Learning Object) about some questions that we had to answer. The questions were... Why do plants always need to grow?  Why might Sunflowers be a good flower to take on a space mission? and What is Germination?
It was kind of tricky because I didn't know what germination was so I had to do a bit of research.
This is my DLO! Feel free to comment.

Christchurch Adrenaline Forest

Today I will be telling you about the Adrenaline Forest. The Adrenaline Forest is a cheaper version of the Adventure Park. You can bike around on the courses, climb on the High-Wire courses and much more! It opens at 9am every day and closes at 6pm. Adult entry is $45, Child is $30 and Student is $38. You 3 hours max to run around and do everything. I would recommend trying the high wires even if you're scared of heights. You have to face your fears. Once you do it you will not want to stop.

Summary Of The First Settlers Of Aotearoa

Today in Hurumanu 1 we learnt about the first settlers of Aotearoa. We learnt that Abel Tasman was the first European explorer in Aotearoa and he arrived in 1642. We also learnt that Captain James Cook was the second explorer and he arrived in 1769 Some other things that we learnt were that the Europeans brought pigs, ship rats, potatoes, and a bunch of diseases with them. Before Europeans arrived New Zealand was called Novell Zealandia. The Europeans had a Maori chief navigator called TuPaia.

Some other things that the Europeans brought to Aotearoa are muskets. Muskets are a weapon that fires gunpowder and they are very lethal. In 1840 the ratio for Maori to Pakeha was 40 Maori to 1 Pakeha.

I think that learning about the first settlers in Aotearoa is very interesting because its new to me and I haven't learnt about it before. If you have any questions I should be able to answer it.

Simple to Complex Sentences

Today in Hurumanu 3 we have been practicing Simple to Complex sentences for our writing assessment. And to improve our writing and make it more interesting. For the sentences, we added new words each time to improve it from Simple to Complex. For our simple sentence, we had... The dog ate. This is my work... Feel free to leave a comment!

Simple To Complex Sentences

1.  The dog ate.
2.  The dog ate noisily.
3.  Last night, the dog ate noisily.
4.   Last night, in the kitchen, the dog ate noisily.
5.   Last night, in the kitchen, the pig-like dog ate noisily.