I have been learning to find information and put it into sentences in my own words. Something that challenged me was writing my introduction and conclusion.
I am proud of my report because I tired relay hard. I liked learning about the weta and found lots of interesting information.

The Weta

                                                  Introduction

Have you ever heard of the weta? The weta is a big brown grasshopper. Weta ears are on their legs. My report will tell you about the appearance, body of the weta, why weta have long antennae, weta ears, secret calls, tree weta, weta diet, giant weta, ground weta, habitat and camoflash.

                                                              Appearance

Weta are all related to the Grasshopper and Cricket family. The weta are a big brown Grasshopper that can't fly. Over 100 different kinds of weta exist but there are 5 types of Weta in New Zealand. they‘re 5 types of weta they are tree weta, giant weta, ground weta, tusked weta and cave weta.

 Body of the weta

Did you know that a weta bones are on the outside of the weta. There is 13 parts of a weta body they are antennae, ear, foot pads, front leg, middle leg, hind leg, spiracles, tarsus, cerci, abdominal tergite, tibia, femur and pronotal shield. Each of its 6 legs basically have the same pattern.

                                       Why do weta have long antennae

If you put a cloth over your mouth and nose you mostly can’t smell anything but weta use their  antennae to smell. They wave their antennae in the night air to smell friends or enemies.

                                                               Weta ears

Did you know that a weta has there ears on their ear on their leg. On each front leg there is a white oval that is a weta ear. Weta can’t hear the music that we can hear, their ears are good at hearing weta calls.

                                                            Secret calls

Tree weta make rasping sounds to call to their mates. The noise is like rubbing your finger nail on a piece of sandpaper. Did you know that the sandpaper is in the inside of their back leg and on the side of their bodys. The weta different calls to tell another weta something.

                                                 Tree weta

This type of weta is found in the cracks of trees that grow in the bush. The tree weta have fights with the other boy weta. Different kinds of tree weta are found in north cape and south to otago. There is a Auckland weta, a Wellington weta, West Coast weta and a Canterbury weta.

                                                             Weta diet

A weta diet is mainly plants and fruit eaters or herbivores. Their salad is varied sometimes with a dead caterpillar or a dead moth. Most tree and giant weta eat leaves. Ground weta and tusked weta are meat eaters or carnivores. They mostly never have plants. Cave weta feed on dead bugs.  Weta eat meat but not human meat.

                                                  Giant weta

Not all giant weta are giants. Some are smaller than a tree weta. Giant weta look a lot similar to tree weta but they never live together. Most giant weta wander every day that means that they’re easily found by rats if the weta is found by a rat it will get eaten.

                                               Ground  Weta

The ground weta is a soft brown cricket like bug is probably a ground weta. The ground weta live in small hole in the ground and under stones. This weta can jump 1 meter in one jump. Some are as big as a tree weta but most are smaller than tree weta. At night they hunt at night.

                                                    Habitat  

Weta are found just about everywhere in New Zealand. Mostly in the bush and mountains. Some are at great barrier island. Some dig holes and go in them to sleep.

                                              Camouflage  

Weta need to camouflage to hide from predators like rats. They blend in because the ground in the bush is brown like the weta.

                                            Conclusion

There are many types of weta around the world but only 5 types live in New Zealand.  Now that you know more about the them do you think you could find one in the bush?

Abandoned Barn

Have you ever been in a 100 year old abandoned barn? I have.We parked in front of an abandoned barn Jesse and I rast(raced) to the front door waiting for Dad.ceaferle (carefully)we opened the big sliding door we walked inside.It was cold and dark as we entered the bilding. It smelt of an wooling shed it realy smelt of sheep.As we walked arond we fond some mishens.the mishens were yoused for shearing the sheep.As we looked aroned we fond some old wool and when I toched it it felt soft.When we poshed on a door it creed(creaked) open .I look in the litte room the floor was like a cadel(cattle) stop that had a hole in it.It was not dark because there was no roof and the sun was shining in. The barn was in good order because the heritage people have been looking after it. We saw another door  we opend the door there was old  timber and a bone.The bone was shaped like a leg bone I think it belogd(belonged) to a sheep. I jumped over a litte fens and went done(down) the sheep run when I squeezed done it it got smaller and smaller.When I squeezed to the end dad said “time to go” I jumped out.Before long dad saw some sheds ofer(over) in the other padick.We jumped the fens and ran to have a look.When we reched  shed we saw some doors behind the doors were two old toilets.They had wooden sets that were molde but they looked like they were new.Then it was reale time to go because we had to go to our next desternashon and have lunch at a river.It was fun exploring the abandoned barn.

Jesse and me in the abandoned barn 

I am proud of my writing because I try my hardest on it and made some changes on my sentence starters. I am also proud of my writing because it had lots of detail.

Something that challenged me was my sentence starters.

Something I am learning is maths.
I am leaning to split the numbers to find out the answer.
Something that was hard is figering out the answer for 99+6=.
The learning muscle I was stretching was my perseverance muscle.
I am proud of my maths because now I done't need the sticks now.
Today in Maths I used my perseverance learning muscle to subtraked.

Totara has been learning about Matariki. Matariki is about being together with your famerle (family) and friends.
Did you no that Matariki is the molde (Maori) New Year.
Matariki is also nowen (known) as the 7 sisters or the seven stars.
The name of the stars are Tupu-a-Nuku, Tupu-a-Rangi, Waiti, Waita, Waipuna-a-Rangi and Ururangi.
There are many ways to celebrate Matariki. You can celebrate Matariki by building kites, planting plants, telling stores and cooking food to share.

Bread

In science we were learning how to make bread because we were seeing how yeast activates.
After, we waited for it to rise.  Before we put it in the oven we had a look and it looked like porridge.
When it came out of the oven it had risen lots.
I put jam on it.
When we ate it it felt warm and flufe (fluffy).

Introduction:

Me and my dad were going to make hot dogs at the beach but we had no bread so

We went to the nearest 4 square and bort flower and sugar and yeast and oil but

We didn't need to by warm water because we had some in our bag.we cooked our

Bread with our small aven.Did you know that flour is the most important part of bread?

Allso the ancient egyptians came up with flower.

Allso scientist neither knew how yeast came apart in bread.

Have ever made bread?

this is my werk

Ingredient’s:

1  and 1 third cup Flour

1 Tbsp Sugar

1 tsp Yeast

1 tsp Oil

half cup Not hot water

Method:

1.Tip the flour into a bowl

2.Pour the sugar in the same bowl

3.Combine the yeast

4.Mix the oil in

5.Blend in the warm water  [NOT HOT!]

6.Stir for one minute

7.Get some cooking paper and cooking spray and spray the paper

8.Take the dough and put it on the cooking paper

9.Knead the dough but not for too long

10.Then leave it to rise

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Art

I am learning to blend the paint in so the mountains look real.

I am proud of my castle art because it look like a real castle.
Something that has challenged me is blending in the colour.
I am proud of my caste because some of the mountains look close up and some are fare away
the most easiest bit was doing the die.The die(dye) is the sun set colour.

                                

My I am Poem

Some thing that I enjoyed is my I am poem.
I liked it because it tells what I like and what I don't like. It describes everything about me.
Something that was hard was what to write in my I am sentences because that is the best word about me . My favourite bit is pretending with my bruther. My most favourite bit is my bit about being a paleontolojist.
I used  disckribing words to make my store sound more interesting and more real.

I am…

Success Criteria

Use a thesaurus to choose the best vocabulary

Choose the best nouns for the poem

Choose the best adjectives to describe some nouns

Leave the reader thinking about your poem by sharing what it inside you

I am adventurous

I wonder what i'm going to get from Auckland

I hear the kids that come over playing

I see my Nan at home time near the little kids class room

I want to by a finger bike in Auckland

I am adventurous

I pretend with Jesse that were (we’re) in a ship

I feel excited about going to Auckland because mum got cheap flight’s

I touch the keyboard on my computer it sounds like me gently tapping a door

I worry about how many times we had to stay in at lunch last year

I cry if I hurt myself

I am adventurous

I understand that boles (bullies) are mean people

I say good morning Mrs  Ramsey, Mrs Hill and Miss Jackett every morning

I dream of when i'm a paleontologist

I try to rid (ride) roller blades

I hope I can find a finger bike

I am adventurous

Model

I am a thinker, I am different

I wonder if people believe in themselves?

I hear the sparkle kind people bring to the world

I see animals teaching us each hour

I want to fix but sometimes I can’t

I am a thinker, I am different

I pretend to be a fairy twinkling about

I feel so content when people flourish

I touch silky fur and smile

I worry what others might think

I cry when people are distressed

I am a thinker, I am different

I understand that we are stars always ready to twinkle

I say what I believe (sometimes)

I dream of unicorns, mermaids and pixies

I try to make a difference

I hope that most days I do

I am a thinker, I am different