Metaphors

Metaphors compare things that share a similar quality by saying that one object is the other.  

For example: The boy has ants in his pants. The main object is the boy. The comparison is ants.

Another example is: The girl has the heart of a lion. The main object is the girl. The comparison is the heart.

Metaphors can help descibe object.

LI- To descibe things by metaphors.

Cook Island | Food

Today for Cook Island language week Texas and I were given cook island challenges. Texas and I completed the task which was to pronounce Cook Island foods and recording us saying it.

First I made a google slide to put our food images and videos. 

Then I practised pronouncing the food images in Cook Island. For example: Ota ( Raw fish), Moa 

(chicken) and puakatoro ( coconut). 

Lastly I recorded myself saying the Cook Island words for food.

I enjoy learning new Cook lsand words.

LI- To learn about the Cook Island language.

Basic Facts Boxes

SSR Selfie

This week for ssr selfie I was reading amulet. Amulet is a book whitch tells about robots and bad guys trying to take over their city. Alex protects the city and his friends. For alex to defeat them he has to get 7 gems to take back her city.

Reading

This week we were learning to summarise. We also connected to visualizing and inferencing to help us. We summarise the legend of Rahi. I learnt how to summarise a text by doing story web by talking about the main ideas of the story.

T3W3 Swimming

Today I practised my water saftey skills at the lagoon pool.

Fist skill I practised was gliding. To do gliding you have to push and kick Your face has to be in the water.

Then I practised rotation kicking. Rotation kicking is when you float on your back kicking.Whilie floating on your back rotate your whole body untill your face is in the water.

Lastly I practised rotation front to back. First you have to put your face in the water. You have to kick then roll your body and continue kicking.

I got better at floating on my back.

LI- To develop knowledge of wter saftey.

 

SImile | Writing

Similes are a comparison of two things using “like” or “as … as”.

The like simile is used with a verb. For example using like: 
Oscar swims like a dolphin.      
She sings like a angel.  
Jack  and hi sister always fights like cat and dogs 
   
The as simile is used for an adjective. For examples using as:  
Josh is as small as a mouse.
Texas is as fast as Usain Bolt. 
The frog is as green as the grass.