Reading Activities...... :D

“Your Amazing Heart”

1. Your heart beats faster when you exercise a lot. Your heart beats faster to get more oxygen.

2. My heart is like any other muscle because it needs exercise. My heart needs to always be healthy. If it’s not healthy then I need to exercise to make it healthy.

“Mighty Muscles”

1. Sprinters, weightlifters, and gymnasts. They all use muscles in different ways. They are different because they’re muscles do and exercise in different ways. Sprinters need they’re muscles to make them run faster. They need the muscles on their legs. Weightlifters need the muscles on their arms to help them lift heavy things. Gymnasts needs everything in their body. They need their flexibility.

Basketballers use the exact same muscles the sprinters and weightlifters use. Basketballers need their legs to run faster and they need their arms to shoot a try, bounce, and past the ball. We only use our muscles in the way they use theirs when we are going for a run or playing a game.

2. When you make a ham and lettuce the muscles that you need are your hands, wrists, biceps and triceps when you cut it and so on. It takes a lot of muscles to do one simple thing.

“Building A Healthy Body”

1. The kinds of food that provide us with good are fruit and vegetables. They have protein, carbs, healthy fats, vitamins, and minerals. It’s important to eat one more than the other because one is healthier than the other.

2. When athletics at school is going to take place in two months I would prepare earlier. I will exercise my best and eat healthier. What I have learnt about building a healthy body is that the things that you eat may look healthy when they’re not. For example, white bread. White bread is too plain. It’s not really healthy for us. Brown bread is better.

3. The right kind of drink for body is clean water. Water has more oxygen in it. Drinking too much fizzy drink is really really bad for you. Fizzy drinks has too much fat in it. The fat in it is too unhealthy. It doesn’t have any protein or carbs in it. Fizzy drinks can get you fat. You can lose a leg when you drink too much coke.

“Racing The Bell”

1. My favourite breakfast is cereal and milk. The reason why is because I love cereal and milk. I have cereal and milk when there is really nothing to eat.

2. When I skipped breakfast once, it made me feel empty inside. I noticed that when I play a game, I felt lazy and didn’t want to do anything. My energy was boring and it wasn’t that high.

3. The effects on Kate missing breakfast was....serious. She really wanted breakfast but she chose the wrongs things to eat for breakfast. Instead of a piece of fruit, she decided to have a fizzy drink and bag of chips. She might have to eat a lot better and healthier. She could have avoided this if she had eaten breakfast earlier.

Dance Fever....! ! !

On Thursday our school had the chance to learn some hip hop. Our instructors Captain and Christina taught us the moves. First Christina gave  us the three rules that we had to obey. The first rule was when the instructors are talking no one is talking. The second rule was respect each other. The final rule was to HAVE FUN !

After listening to them explain what they had to explain, we got into dancing. The first move was called open the door. That move was easier than you thought. All you had to do is glide to the side and pretend you’re opening a door. The second move was the brush. The third move was the grandpa clock. The fourth one was like a Chris Brown move. The fifth move was the poses. The last move was a tensing move. When we learned all those moves we put them together and we danced to the song Boom Boom by Justice Crew. It was really fun.

After all that hard work we had a dancing competition. The boys verses the girls. Each group had a leader. Our leader was Brinix. The boys’ leader was Siupeli. Unfortunately the girls lost because the boy were better. They all danced properly, knew the moves, and had fun. But us, we just stood there not knowing what to do.

At the end of the session, we had to leave. It was a bit upsetting because we had a lot of fun at our first lesson and then we didn’t wanna go. But we had to, the other class was already here. We said bye to our instructor and left the hall. We all couldn't wait for next week.

My Guided Inquiry Project....! ! !

My Reading.... ! ! !

1. Recall

Give a brief summary of the story.

The story is about a girl called Sally was a BMX rider for not that long and she is already enjoying it.

2. Infer

What kind of a person is Sally Davies? Tell why you think this.

Sally Davies is a competitive person. She is really competitive. She doesn’t care about who she is racing. But she does want more girls in club to make more competitive.

3. Evaluate

Explain why you think the author entitled the story as “Pumping Pedals”

I think the author entitled the story as “Pumping Pedals” because the story is about BMX biking.

4. Think about it

Why do you think Sally would like to attract more girls to the sport of BMX racing?

She wants more girls out there in the track because she wants more competition.

5. Recall

How are the bikes designed and what are they made of?

The top models are made of light-weight aluminium, titanium, or carbon fibre. They’re smaller than mountain bikes, with a very slow saddles, so you have to stand all the time while racing. They have small wheels with thick, chunky tyres. The bikes have only one gear, so a rider’s legs spin around really fast, and there’s only brake at the back.

6. Think about it.

Why did Sally groan as she remembered her first racing bike?

She groaned because it was a freestyle bike and so heavy, with huge tyres. Her new bike is much better.

7. Please explain the racing technique called “pumping” and why it might be important?

It might be because you have to use your legs to pump the pedals.

8. Do you think BMX racing is a dangerous sport. Tell why or why not you think this.

I think this sport can be dangerous because you can hurt yourself badly and can be in a comma.

9. Synthesize

Please tell what you liked most about the story and why or why not you would like to be a BMX racer.

I would like to be a BMX racer because it’s fun. I’ve always been a fan of bike riding. And I would like to try it out on an actual racing track.

10. Design a flyer to attract and introduce new riders to the sport. Be sure to tell when and where it meets and what equipment is required. When you are finished please upload to your blog.

MY Great Answers For Reading...:P

What did Phil love when he was a boy?

Answer:He loved  playing with toy trucks.

What is a dirt bank?

Answer:A dirt bank is a bank full of dirt.

What did Phil do when he left school?

Answer:When Phil left school he got a job driving a 50-tonne bulldozers and a 80-tonne motor scraper for a road-building company.

How many diggers does Phil own?

Answer:Phil owns only four diggers.

How many people work for Phil?

Answer:Phil only has two diggers.

Why did Phil get tired of seeing other people’s names on the side of the truck?

Answer:He was tired of it because he has always wanted his own name on the side of a truck of his own.

Does Phil work long hours?

Answer:Phil works long hours.

Why?

Answer:He works long hours because he works 8-10 hours a day.

What safety gear do the workers wear?

Answer:The workers wear steel-capped boots, hard hats, and bright-coloured vest for safety.

Why is it important to wear these?

Answer:They wear that to be safe.

On page 24-25 parts of the machines and its functions are listed. Write down each part and explain what it does.

1.Mulcher

2.Ripper

3.Root Rake

4.Rock Breaker

Phil is looking for more employees. Apply for the job and write a letter to Phil telling him about you and what you can do for the job.

To Phil:

I would really to take a job as your worker. I can help you with things you would like help with. I can follow rules you have made. I can do jobs exactly the way you want me to. I sometimes like to ride trucks. When my dad was a truck driver he would take me with him and we would ride around in the truck when I was little. I think I would be great to be your worker. I am really confident, even though I am shy. I can probably help you out with high shelves because of my height. I would love it you would let me apply for the job.

Yours sincerely

Hannah

Our Fun Last Day At ICT....:(

Today at ICT we did about like the same thing but it was a bit difficult this time. We kept on asking for how do we this, how do we do that. We used new tools too. I was the magnet lasso tool and the move tool. Beside of that it was really fun today, and we're a bit sad because it's our last day today. But at least this last day was a really fun day.

"Where No Boat Could Live"

1. Where is Chatham Island, and what is the weather like there?

Answer:Chatham island is in New Zealand, and the weather there is quite dangerous.

2. Who were the first people to arrive there? How did they get there?

Answer:The first people to arrive there were the Moriori. They got there in huge double-hulled canoes.

3. How did the Moriori live? Give some example of what they did to survive?

Answer:They travelled to find some food. Most of the food were food they have never eaten.

4. What is a wash - through waka? What was it used for?

Answer:A wash through waka is a waka that could carry heavy loads and a large number of people.

5. Why were the waka korai and the waka paging so special?

Answer:They were special because both the waka korari and the waka pahi were perfectly suited to the local conditions, even though visiting European sailors thought the smaller waka looks like wheelbarrows.

6. What do the words ballast and capsize mean?

Answer:Ballast means heavy material, such as gravel, placed low in a vessel to improve its stability. The word capsize means (of a boat) Overturn in the water: "the craft capsized in heavy seas"; "gale-force gusts capsized the dinghies".

7. Please give a brief summary of the article.

Answer:Where the Boat Could Live is a story about the Moriori people visited the Chatham Island, and how they decided to live there, and how they survived.

8. Why were the Moriori considered backward?

Answer:I consider that the Moriori people can be very smart because they make really difficult boats, and they survive the hard way of finding food to live.

9. What do you think about the skills and designs of the Moriori and why? Please upload questions 7,8,& 9 to your blog with a picture to support your ideas.

I think the skills and the designs were made perfectly. I love the way the boats were looking. I love to see their braveness when they’re in the water finding food. They were very smart when they were building their wash-through waka.