Finding the shaded area of a triangle

 In class, we have been learning about finding the shaded area of a triangle. It was hard to do but today it we got more help on it and I started to understand. The success criteria is a three-step problem

Here are the success criteria on how to do it:

1. Find the area of the rectangle which it times the length by the height

2. Find the area of the triangle, half the base (the base can be anywhere) then times it by the height it has to be perpendicular to the base 

3. Then subtract the 2 answers you have then you will have the answer done

Triangles

 Term 2 in class prime 4b and prime 5b have been learning about the area of triangles. I thought it was gonna be real easy but when I did it, it was hard it was harder than all maths but then when my teacher was teaching got it I'm kind of good at it but kind of not.

Here's my math poster I did on triangles

Tukutuku panels

 In class term 2 we made tukutuku panels to make them we used: a needle, wool (any colour) and a pin. If we wanted to make them then we had come up with a story. I hope you enjoy looking at mine.

Fair testing

Estuaries play an important role in a healthy environment. They are the connection between land and sea; they are teeming with life - the nursery of the sea. Rivers carry nutrients out to the estuaries and into the sea, but what happens if too many nutrients are getting into water systems and estuaries?  Our class is doing a science project to see if the effects of too much nutrients in our estuaries caused by a farm run-off. 

Book review Charlotte's web

 By Mahina 

Book review Charlotte’s web

This is a chapter book. I'm writing about it and what I think it is about.

Charlotte's web

During school and at home (for homework) I have been reading Charlotte’s web. I think this book is mostly about Charlotte the little spider that can write words in her web and no one believes the little girl that’s trying to tell them that Charlotte the little spider can actually write in her web no one believed her, even her own family. They didn’t give up so at the end of the story made Charlotte write something for the pig contest and then when it was their turn to present to the crowd everyone finally believed the little girl.

E.B White wrote this book. He's a good author and he actually was the first-ever man to write this book. He got an award in 1970 for his children's book.

I think this chapter book is a narrative. I recommend everyone should read this book/movie because it's a cool book to read and the book is way funnier to read because it has more detail in it. If you think someone is lying but don't even know then ask them to show you and you can see if it's true or not. 

How to make a Ukutangi

 Term 2 in class 27th May 2021, before we went to the planetarium our other teacher Whaea Raechel taught us how to make Ukutangi. The class happy to make one also most of the class thought it was going to be really really easy but when got into the whole class including me needed help everyone was Whaea Whaea Whaea can you help me, please. It was just a shamble, When I was doing it, it was very very very hard. 

How to make a Ukutangi

How to make a Ukutangi

Do you know how to make a Ukutangi or puoro, as some people call them? Well, I call them Ukutangi. We made Ukutangi in class with our teacher. Ukutangi is a traditional Maori music instrument; it can be used to make music to worship our God.  Also, they have been used to send messages, marking the stages of life and call out to our Atua (God). This one fact that inspired the Maori used the Ukutangi for the Ukutangi can calm people down. The Ukutangi kind of sounds like an old kuia at the marae crying. You need certain ingredients to make a Ukutangi. The ingredients are: Air drying clay and water to keep it moist and so it doesn’t go hard. In this explanation, if you go further on reading it will show you how to make a Ukutangi. 

Starting off your Ukuktangi 

Firstly, our teachers sliced the clay into pieces, there were two different colours of clay: red and white. Our first instruction was to get our clay and half it into two even parts rufly. Then, we had to grab one of the clay halves and roll the clay into an imprint of your pums, then grab one of the halves again and imprint your thumb into the clay and use your indexes and your middle finger to pinch the sides of the clay and rotate it around. You need to keep rotating it until you get thick big sides after you've done that and repeat the same thing to the other half. 

Second part off making an Ukutangi

After, you’ve done molding your Ukutangi into a bowl kind of shape then you grab a toothpick and etch the rim of the bowl. When you have done the etching of both of the bowls then you combine them both together then smudge the line until there is know line. Use your pinky finger like a drill and poking it through the top, poke it through but not right through just until you can get to the space. 

 

You’ve made it

Finally, you’ve finished your Ukutangi! Make some noise by blowing half your breath in and half out.Now you can have fun and enjoy this traditional gift. Make some noise and teach others how to make a Puoro! There’s your Ukutangi done.

My reading response

This is my reading response on: The science of Rongoa My class and I have been learning how to summarise a text. I like summarising because it's a brief statement of the main point of something, I think I still need more work on it. Enjoy reading my response.