Storms

Storms come only on winter?False storms occur every season of the year.A storm cloud can drop millions off gallons (tilers) of water in just one minute.Storm clouds always look dark?True from the ground, storm clouds look dark to us.Raindrops in a rainstorm are ten times bigger than raindrops in a light drizzle.A ring around the moon means a rainstorm is coming?True A ring around the moon signals the approach of stormy weather.As the old saying goes:when there's a ring around the moon,rain or snow's coming soon.Summer rainstorms in the tropics are called monsoons?True monsoons bring heavy rain to tropical lands at the same time every year.Summer monsoons end when the weather cools.Ice storms develop from rainstorms.True Ice storms occur as drops of rain freeze when they strike objects on earth.An ice storm can cover a 50-foot pine tree with as much as 5 tons (5.5 t)of ice.Sleet is frozen rain True sleet is frozen rain, or ice,that falls from high clouds.Sleet does not stick to trees or wires.Lightning only shoots from clouds to earth false lightning can shoot out in many directions.Lightning bolts light up the sky every second of every day.Tall trees and buildings attract lightning True lightning often strikes the tallest objects in its path.Lightning never strikes twice in the same place false lightning may hit the same place many times.The most dangerous place to be in a lightning storm is under a tree.Thunder always follows lightning True thunder is the result of the lightning shooting across the sky.When you see lightning and hear thunder at nearly the same time,the storm is very close.Snowflakes are white false snowflakes are colourless,like clear glass or ice.Every snowflake has six sides and each snowflake is different.A blizzard is a severe snow storm True.A blizzard is a violent snowstorm with heavy snowfall, low temperatures and strong winds.In a blizzard snow falls fast - about 2 inches (5 cm) and hour.Blizzards last only a short time False.Blizzards can last anywhere from three hours to several days.Many blizzards come after a period of warmer weather in winter.Hailstorms are winter storms.false most hailstorms in the united states occur during the spring,summer,or fall.Kansas has more hailstorms than any other state.hailstones are always small.false hailstones can be as small as peas or as big as grapefruit's.The largest hailstone fell in Kansas in 1970.Hurricanes form over warm seas True hurricanes start when warm, wet air rises up from the ocean.Hurricanes in the northern hemisphere move from east to west and curve toward the north.Hurricanes can cause floods True very strong hurricane winds often push ocean waters so high that they flood the land.Storm surges and floods are the most dangerous parts of hurricanes.Tornadoes for on the ground false tornadoes start in dark,heavy storm clouds.Tornadoes are called twisters because of the swirling winds.All tornadoes strike land false while most tornadoes do strike land, some never do.Tornadoes happen on every continent on earth except Antarctica.Tornadoes can pull up trees true the violent,twisting winds of a tornado often uproot trees and knock them over.About 800 tornadoes occur every year in the united states.dust storms are like small tornadoes false dust storms look a little like tornadoes, but they are actually whirlwinds and not as dangerous.A dust storm's wall of dirt can reach as high as a twenty-story building.Storm chasers only track storms from the ground false storm chasers work on the ground, but also go up in planes to track a storm.Early warnings have reduced the number of deaths caused by storms.

End of term reflection

I enjoy my net book the mostest because it has everything I need on it and I can search for information easy.In class I do all sorts of stuff with my net book like blogging about the world and having a oppertunnity to use the net book as a learning tool to learn with and it is a lot of fun because if you don't how to use a net book the net book will help you do things that you will get use to and then in the end you will know everything to do on the net book.Here is a link to more information about me Reflection

Glen Innes carnival 2012

Li:To write a detailed description
Sc:It must include powerful adjectives, similes, and onomatopoeia.

Wow! what a amazing carnival at Glen Innes last weekend.I danced on the stage with the women from the hot hula from Tamaki College and it was amazing because I danced on it and it felt great looking at the croud going wild screaming my name and it was crazy.  

WOW!! Glenbrae School went to Tamaki College to watch Duffy do amazing shows But this one was called the best book in the world.I was amazed because it was the best book in the world but not with duffies little brother sruffy interupting.When duffy is reading the book scruffy always interupes because he wants to play rugby with him but duffy was always reading the book.A mean boy at school read the book in space and he read the book as much as he could read it.Scruffy ended up reading the book with duffy and he was amazed of what he saw because he liked it very much.

Halloweentown

Grandma comes to visit her daughter who is now a mother to 3 children 2 girls and 1 boy.When they find out there grandma and mother are wizards they discover that they all have powers.The grandma lives in another world and the children follow her onto the bus that takes them to another town called (Halloween town.)They need there mother to help her mother to fight the forces of darkness to make sure that Halloween town is safe.But the 3 children's mother wanted to stay human and not have any powers,but the oldest daughter said "I will help you grandma"and the mother didn't think it was a good idea.It was her dream to be a wizard and it came true.

Kiwis vs Kangaroos

OHHH! The Kiwis lost but it was only the test.Lucky it was just the test because if it was the real one I   would be so angry because our own country lost to Australia.They lost there game 19 to 10.I just hope they win the real game and then they can prove that they are winners for New Zealand.

A dog eating cabbage.

LI:I am learning to read a news article and rewrite it in my own words.

Wow! have you seen what dogs can eat. Some dogs will do anything for a juicy piece of steak but some dogs can eat cabbage.This dog is healthier than many other dogs and apparently the dog eats cabbage a lot.Whenever the dog sees cabbage it tries to steal it and eat it alone.

Certificate

I made a sound certificate because I answered questions and got the correct answer.I was on a site called Lights,camera,action sound.I completed the unit 1,unit 2,and unit 3.I love getting certificates because that means that I have improved and I am getting smarter.When someone speaks that is sound because they are talking.If you hear music playing that is sound too.

Fraction Flags

I did halves in green and white.

I did halves in blue and white

I did halves in green and orange.

I also did this halve in orange and green but a different way.

I did a halve in red and green.

I did a red and orange halve pattern.

I did a white and yellow pattern in halves.

This is a green and yellow colour halved

This is red and blue halve and it is great

I did a orange and blue halve design.

This is yellow and red halved.

This is a green and white halved pattern.

Blog comments

Wow I just commented on a blog and they were fighting like wrestlers.I like watching Raw because they fight and they do submission moves and knock out moves.I sure love blog commenting.

maths

Look! I scored 95% on Mathmagician mixed multiplication. I did it in 44 seconds.Mixed is multiplication up to 10.

Blog commenting

Wow I just commented on a great blog post. His name is Joshua. He made a video about Shawn Johnson and how he is great at side stepping, running, kicking goals and getting a lot of tries. He trains to play hard at league games and he plays for the New Zealand Warriors.

Blog post

Add caption

Today I went on My weekly timetable and I clicked on reading and I had to read a blog. This is a comment that I made on a blog. I think she was good at basketball because it was her favourite sport. She likes the Lakers.

Cultral walk through

First Room 7 went to Room 8 to find information about Iran. I learnt that people in Iran eat kebebs Houses are built out of of sticks and rocks.Then the bell rang and that told us we had to move to our next classroom - room 9.They were learning about Samoa. I learnt that they have a waka that a leader leads them and 1 other person drums with sticks and they all paddle in 1 direction. Samoan people wear lavalava's in their country.The capital city of Samoa is Apia.Then we went to Room 10 to learn about Niue. Niuean people used to make their clothes out of leaves .People in Niue eat coconut crabs and taro. Some people were saying mihi's in Niuean.Then room 7 went to room 1 and they were learning about Netherlands and they made bread and used sugar and cinnamon. It was delicious. I learnt how to make bread. We next went to room 2 and learned information about Tonga and we looked around the class and I saw a tauvala in a photo.We next went to Room 4 and then we played the drum and I whacked it hard and it was loud. Then the final bell rang and room 7 went back to class and it was morning tea.



THE END

Blogging and Breakfasts

I have been learning about writing good blog comments.We have been using helpful words on our comments and making sure our punctuation and spelling is correct. Our teacher had to check our comments to see if we managed to write a good comment or not. Like when I posted on Tamaki Intermediate's blog when they were having a breakfast I made a helpful comment to made them feel happy. I made a connection by sharing what I know about good breakfasts.
We have been sharing our learning with schools in Manaiakalani. We have tried to make a connection with our comments. I like it when I put thoughtful comments on blog posts because it makes a person feel proud of their learning. I really like doing good blog comments because if I do a good blog comment they will write something good that I have done on my blog. It helps me to learn more ideas than I had before.

Here is my comment from Tamaki Intermediate's blog.

Constable Julie's lesson

Today Room 7 had a lesson with Constable Julie and she had taught  Room 7 all about the distance a car has to stop so it can't hit a person. Constable Julie got to hold up cards that measured out every 10 metres.

We had to estimate how many metres a car would need to stop at different speeds.

I learnt how you have to have your licence and registration and make sure the car had everything it needed to be safe before it goes on the road.I learnt that the faster the car goes the more metres it needs to stop.

Blog comments

We are learning to write good blog comments.In both my blog posts I made a connection with the authors.I shared my interests in rugby league and what I had learned about breakfast and healthy eating.

A dragon is a knights enemy.
Trees breathe a lot of air to make air fresh.
Butterflies lay eggs on leaves.
Turtles lay there eggs on the place they got born.
I love my Net book because it has everything I need.
My best friend is Lee.
I have had my blogg for 1 year.
I like my school because I can learn a lot of new things.

Simile

She was pretty as my mum’s new car.

It was old as nanny mcphee.

He took off like a fly.

The pig smelt like mud.

The old man was as mean as a lion.

My Grandmother was as gentle as a butterfly.

He was new like a clean apple

He ate quick as a monster

Eastern Athletic and Harrier Club

In the weekends I went to Eastern club champs to see if other people beat the record and see who beat there personal best.I saw Bono from room 10 and his cousin Ryan.I came second in Shotput and second in Discuss.Then we did Long jump and I jumped 5.09 metres.Then I went to do the 800 metre run and I came 5th in my age group.

I love lollies because they are sweet and yummy.My favorite lollies are gummy drops because they are soft and they have different colors.I also like lollie pops because they last for a long time and in the middle there is bubble gum.

Flower pollination

Wind pollinated flowers:The grains of pollen are usually light so they travel by wind.

Animal pollinated flowers:Pollen grains are large and stick to insects,birds and mammals body.

Dairy

23/2/12

Diary

LI:To write a personal recount

A cold morning when I went swimming I looked at my hand and saw wrinkly lines on my hands.
Then Sun was out but the water was so cold we didn’t feel warm we felt cold as a ice block.

Today is the 1st of Canterbury anniversary day.This is the day that the earthquake stroke Canterbury and a lot of people died and we had to minutes silents thinking of how sad it was that people died.Heaps of people died in cars,trucks,buildings,and even buses. on the news I saw people chucking roses in water to miss those people that in the earthquake.

Reflection of a celery in food coluoring

We did a experiment about green healthy celery in amazing blue food coloring.We decided if it was going to turn into blue food coloring in the celery but only some of the blue food coloring went in the holes and the skin of the celery.

Austin's Holiday

It was fun to be back at Glenbrae school.  We didn't have to go to another school because we had a vote and we are having year 7 and year 8.
In the holidays I went to Mt Smart Stadium to do athletics for Eastern and Harrier Club and I came third place in the 2000 metre race. We had to go around the track 5 times because 1 lap was 400 meters.