Te Reo

This week we have been learning the meanings of New Zealand place names, and locating them on a map. 

 

Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori

Here are some facts we found out about Maori Language Week.

 

Visual language

We are looking at Static Images. This week the image is from Charlie's Superhero Underpants by Paul Bright & Lee Wildish. I looked at proximity for my DLO.

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Vocabulary

 

This week we were learning the names of baby animals. I chose to do a DLO on a puppy.

Visual language

 

We are looking at Static images. This week the image is from Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne. I looked at Salience for my DLO.

Analogies

 

An analogy compares two things. In our example it compares a relationships between two objects and we can think of the match for the other object.   

Visual Language

We looked at an image from the book Tiger by Nick Butterworth. Here is a DLO to explain one of the elements we talked about. 

 

Hexagon Art

We looked ate the work of Chandler Klebs. Then we made our own art that used hexagons and alternating colours.

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Index

We are learning about Non-fiction texts and how to find information . Can you answer the question we wrote?

Proverbs

Proverbs tell us little sayings that make a point. They are not always true.

 

Hooks

We use a 'hook' to interest our reader in what we are writing about. Here are some examples.

 

Contents Page

 

We are learning about Non-fiction texts and how to find information. Can you answer the question we wrote?  

 

Personification

 

Here is an example of personification.