For Literacy we have been using our Inquiry knowledge to help us write questions that we might have asked Reverend Samuel Marsden had we had the chance to meet him and talk to him. This was a fun activity because we took on the roles of Samuel Marsden and the Time Traveller’s Podcast team. It was like we experienced actually meeting him.
We learned that when you are recording a podcast expression is everything! It makes what we have to say more engaging.
For this activity we needed to create a map that shows how long the kuaka birds fly for and where the kuaka birds migrate to.
Kuaka birds, also known as bar-tailed godwits, love to hang out near the water, especially in places like estuaries, mudflats, beaches, and coastal marshes, where they find lots of yummy food.
Every year, as winter approaches, the Kuaka fly north to the breeding grounds of Alaska, stopping off in Korea and Japan for a rest and some food on the way. On the return journey, as our summer approaches, they fly directly to New Zealand, a trip of endurance with no food, water, or rest; nearly 12,000 km non-stop.
Did you know that the Kuaka bird holds the world record for the longest flight?
LI: To draw the lines between the words to show how the connections you have made.
For this activity, we created a DLO showing our Dot to Dot Connections of the Kuaka Bird. We used the scribble tool to connect each word and write down information that is related to the text. For example : Migration and Habitat (The Kuaka birds migrate from Alaska to NZ to have a safe environment). We used our prior knowledge to figure out some information about the Kuaka Bird. Something we enjoyed while doing this activity was collaborating and communicating to each other to grab different ideas and learn from one another.
LI: To create an infographic that tells others about the migration of the kuaka
For this task we had worked in our reading groups but had completed this task individually I enjoyed researching about the kuaka and how they survived.
Something interesting I found out about the Kuaka was the have a nonstop flight from New Zealand to Alaska and they can fly one place to another under a week!! That really amazed me, I had never known there could be a bird breed that strong to fly one place to another under a week.
From this DLO I can see a lot of information about the Kuaka bird appearance, fun facts, habitat and diet talking about where it lives and what it eats and super fun facts about it and when did they come to New Zealand.
LI: To understand the concept of visual storytelling
On tuesday our tamariki of Panmure Bridge School went for a walk down our Tamaki river.
Our task for today was to create a collage with many diffrent photos from our hike but our challenge was too place these photos in sequently order. sequently order means to go in time order for example These photos are represented in time order , like.. we had crossed the road before starting our walk ( first photo top left ).. .. next we walked aside to our left so other people were welcome to walk on the right for more space to walk (second image top right) , and thats what i mean by the photos are placed in time order.
I enjoyed myself when walking and i think everyone else had too!
When walking i noticed many palm trees and beutifull flowers.
One thing i had liked about our hikoi is seing all the laughter and watching everyone enjoying yourself.