Acrostic Poem, Tsunami

Tsunamis are unusual waves that can cause bad damage.

Sizes of tsunamis can be quite large.

Unusual changes in the ocean can tell you that a tsunami might be coming.

Never stay to watch a tsunami.

Always be alert at the beach or at other coastal areas.

Move quickly but safely to a higher ground if there is a tsunami coming.

If the earth shakes move to a higher ground. A tsunami may soon shrike your area.

My Acrostic Poem

Earthquakes are horrifying.

An earthquakes rumbles our world.

Real earthquakes can shake the ground.

Tectonic plates can cause earthquakes.

Huge earthquakes are very big.

Quick get under a table.

U.s.a is as big as a tectonic plate.

A crack can get so deep and wide.

Kids get scared so they cry.

Extreme horrifying cracks.

Fraction Splat

Fraction Splat

Today I played a Challenging Fractions game titled Fraction Splat and I scored 175 points out of 500 and I had fun playing.

The Big Game

The Big Game

By Sue Gibbison

This story is about a family that plays soccer but once they heard that there was a rugby game in town,  they waited for the right moment to ask mum if they could go and watch the game because it was a special  pre season match and they would do anything to go although they have not really been  rugby fans.

Mum agreed  to let the children  go to the rugby game, but there were conditions  that the children had to fulfill. They had to do all the chores for mum for a  week.  Mum had wished that there were more games held in their town more often so the children could do more chores for mum.

The characters in this story are Mum, Karla, Shane and the Author.This story takes place at the Rugby Park and some parts take place at home.

I felt that it was interesting and an awesome story because the children got a chance to watch the Rugby game and it was easier for mum because the children did some chores for her.

Facts on Waves

   Facts on waves

• Local shore winds can also produce waves, but they can also destroy the quality of the breaking waves.

• In a way offshore winds are a sort of a counterbalance. Swell comes from miles away.

• On shore winds are typically known for creating choppy and bumpy waves because their effect is added to the direction of the wave.

• Waves make their way through the ocean and are affected by the differences in the ocean floor.

• In deep low pressure systems, wind speed is greater and more waves are generated by the power .

This is where I got my information:

How Waves Are Made

By Meleniate

Story Review

Story Review

Today I read a story tittled Dianne's Dream by Bill O’Brien. This story was about her dream and what her life was about.Her dream was to play tennis at the Junior Wimbledon. It was very interesting and fun reading this story.

Punctuation

Punctuation

Today I played an awesome game called Punctuation and I learnt where to put commas,speech marks full stops and capital letters.I had so much fun playing this game.

Spell It

Spell It!

Today I went on study ladder and played a game  called spell it and I learnt that you can always look at the picture when you're going to write a word or spell it out.I really had fun playing on it

The New Zealand Weka

The New Zealand Weka

• The North Island weka, once widespread, is now only found on the mainland in the hills between Matawai and Opotiki, where a few thousand survive. Since 2000, weka have been released near Russell, in the Whirinaki Forest and there is a small population on the margins of the Hauraki Gulf near

• Western weka are the most common subspecies and are found throughout the Marlborough Sounds, scattered in other regions of Nelson.

• Buff weka were once common on the eastern South Island. They have been reintroduced to The Pekekara and Wakatipu islands

• Weka occupy a range of habitats including forests, sub alpine grassland, sand dunes, rocky shores, and even modified. The fact that some weka populations persist in highly modified habitats suggests that they can adapt to a wide range of environmental conditions..

http://www.nzbirds.com/birds/weka.html

The New Zealand Kakapo

The New Zealand kakapo

• One of the world's longest living birds. They can live up to an average of 90 years to a maximum of 120.
• The world's heaviest parrot
• The world's only nocturnal parrot
• A polygynous lek breeder
• A non-flying bird
• A parachutist from trees because it cannot fly
• Featured in the documentary from BBC 'Last Chance To See
• Critically endangered

http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/native-animals/birds/birds-a-z/kakapo/

The New Zealand Kiwi

The New Zealand Kiwi

• Kiwi have a strong musky smell that is irresistible to dogs
• Little spotted kiwi and North Island.brown kiwi breed in pairs and only the male incubates the egg
• The kiwi egg is six times as big as normal for a bird its size, almost exactly the size of eggs produced by the now-extinct bush moa
• Kiwi have one of the largest egg-to-body weight ratios of any bird. A mature kiwi egg averages 20 percent of the female’s body weight (compared to 2 percent for an ostrich). In human terms this would mean a 50 kilogram woman delivering a 10 kilogram baby!
• A female kiwi can lay up to 100 eggs in her lifetime

  http://www.chemistry.o.nz/kiwibird.htm

The New Zealand Moa Bird

The New Zealand Moa Bird

• Moas were unique among flightless birds, having lost any trace that they once had wings.
• Not even tiny wing bones or a wishbone were left.
• As well as bones, mummified moas and well preserved feathers have been found.
• Fragments have been found at many sites, including prehistoric Maori settlements, where the eggs had been cooked and eaten.
• Related to the ostriches and emus, there were 11 species of moa, from the turkey-sized Euryapteryx curtus to the huge Dinornis giganteus.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Moa

Bio Poems

Bio Poems

Melenaite

Helpful,friendly and gamey

Lover of drawing ,playing,singing and eating Sushi

Who feels excited when going somewhere fun

Who wonders if ghosts and mermaids are real

Who fears spiders and ghosts

Who would like a limo

Who is able to run and swim

Who dreams of being a teacher.

By Melenaite