Nga Atua

Match the Atua to their territory Nga Atua

Atua	Guess
Rangi-nui	Sky Father
Papatūānuku	Earth Mother
Tāne-mahuta	God of the Forest
Rongo-mā-Tāne	God of Cultivated Food
Tāwhiri-mātea	God of Wind and Storms
Tūmatauenga	God of War
Rūaumoko	God of Cultivated Food
Haumia-tiketike	God of Uncultivated Food
Tangaroa	God of the Sea

Reciprocal teaching

Shaft : shaft means a long narrow part or a section forming the handle of a tool.

winch : winch is like a safety rope to use when you go down  deep in a cave.

starlight cave : starlight cave is a cave that is deep down

Pie Chart

Today in class we did pie charts. First we had to put tally marks on the board. 4 people voted for red, 6 people voted for blue, 2 people voted for green, 1 person voted for yellow, and 7 people voted for purple. Next we had to answer questions about pie charts. Then we had to go on google sheets and make our pie charts about favorite colours.

Word cline

Today in class we did a word cline and we have to do a new document and write 5 sentences about each word from your word cline.

Storm in a teacup

Storm in a Teacup

L.I. - Identify literary device - Simile and Metaphor and rhyme

Read the poem

Identify the two metaphors in the poem-Marshmallow boats-refers to marshmallow floating in the hot chocolate. 

Identify the simile- like a silver typhoon refers to a spoon.

Write down the pairs of rhyming words- Wobble and bobble. Spoon and typhoon. Sink, pink and drink. 

ladybirds

1. Two insects that ladybird larvae eat.
2. Birds don’t eat ladybirds because they taste terrible.
3. Ladybirds sometimes ooze their bitter orange blood from their legs and that is how they play dead.
4. Play dead means you try to pretend to be dead.