Figurative Language

This week we learnt about figurative language.

Figurative language is a sentence with a hidden message.

The first thing we did was a simile. A simile is a comparison of  two things using "like or as".

 The next slide we did was Hyperbole. A Hyperbole is exaggerating to show strong feelings or effect.

After that we did metaphor which means two things are compared without using "like or as"

Later we did Personification which is giving human traits to objects or ideas.

The last one we did was understatement.

L.I. figurative language

Kiwi Sport: Swiming

Today I practised my water safety skills at the Lagoon Pools.

The first skill I practised was gliding. To do gliding I did a big push when my face was in the water and my arms were out in front of my head in a straight body.

Then I practised to dive through the hoop. To do it well I put my arms behind my head then I went through the hoop.

Later I practised to float on my back.  I floated on my back and I kicked while I was floating on my back.

After I practised rotation from front to back. To do rotation from front to back you put  your face in the water and then roll to your back and kick.

I got better at gliding but I need to improve arm strokes.

L.I. develop knowledge of water safety.

Tangram

Today I learned how to make tangrams. I rearranged the pieces to make animal shapes.

 First I made a square piece of papaper because tangrams are made from a big square.

Then I folded the square into various shapes and cut them out.

Lastly, I tried to make different animal shapes from the tangram pieces.

Multiplication

Multiplication is an easy way to count a lot of the same number. These slides show the five times table and the two times table.

Writing

L.I  to write an information report that informs the reader about an animals.

For writing we were learning about information report. First we picked our animals to do information report and find facts about our animals.

Example: A cobra has scales and different kind of colours on there scales and also have a oval head, Most cobras grow 6 foot long.

Light and Sound Vocabulary

First we had to match words from a list with the definition.We could use a dictionary to help us.

Next we did the draw, Act, Find and animate.

My group did prism for draw we did a rainbow and we also did a video of vibrating means moves back and fourth (shakes) very quickly.

I learnt specific meanings and actions by doing this activty.

L.I. To learn the vocabulary of light and sound.

   

Geometric Masking art

This week I did Geometric Masking art first I needed to have some ideas for the shapes then I used a rectangle as a tape then I frame my drawing and I used colour combos to get the colours I wanted.

After that I used paper and tape and pastels first I framed my paper with the tape. Then I used the tape to shape the paper and when I finished with the tape I used the pastels to colour it and the tape made it straight.When I finished colouring with the pastels I took off the tape carefully then I was done.

LI: to create geometric art by using masking technique.