Taniwha

We have been reading the beautiful Taniwha story by Robyn Kahukiwa.

When we wrote about the Taniwha we thought about:

What does it look like?

What does it feel like?

What does it sound like? 

The taniwha is cold and whispers.
By Ajae.

The taniwha is a giant dragon with wings.
By Maire.

The taniwha feels bumpy and has scary eyes.
By Traevon.

The taniwha has a soft head and a hard body.
By Lochie.

The taniwha is bumpy and smooth.
By Geneva.

The taniwha roars and has designs.
By Haroon.

The taniwha has smooth wings and whispers.
By Ava.

The taniwha looks like a snake.
By Armanee.

The taniwha is old and bumpy.
By Chase.

The taniwha sounds like a tiger and is soft.
By Mia.

The taniwha sounds like a mouse and is curvy.
By Tessie.

Home Learning

 

Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle

We have been looking at Monarch caterpillars and butterflies, discovering what the butterfly life cycle looks like.

We wrote about caterpillars and butterflies:

The butterflies fly on the leaf.
By Rosaeah.

The caterpillar turned into a cocoon.
By Armanee.

The caterpillar turned into a butterfly.
By Haroon.

When the caterpillar hatches it eats a leaf.
By Geneva.

The female butterfly lays an egg on a leaf.
By Ava.

My butterfly laid an egg before it flew away.
By Mia.

I had a caterpillar and it turned into a butterfly and it flew away.
By Tessie.

We also went on a butterfly hunt!  Unfortunately, we only saw one butterfly flying high in the sky, but we found many caterpillars! 

Te Mara Kai

We visited our kitchen garden and found some interesting things to take back to the classroom.

We found some coloured corn, which we found out is jellybean corn.  We also found some silverbeet.

We sketched the jellybean corn.