Book Trailers

We have been working in groups to create a book trailer. Book trailers are a great way of promoting your favourite books. As a class we watched some examples of different types of book trailers and then we decided on some criteria. We thought it was important that the book we chose was interesting for both boys and girls, it should have the main characters and that it should not have too many spoilers!

Check out our amazing book trailers...

Science Day

Today we had a Science day. We looked at some simple machines: inclined plane, pulley, gears, levers and wheels/axles. There were 10 stations set up around the room that the groups rotated through. Some were computer stations where we watched a movie about our simple machine and played some online games. At the other stations we used equipment to build some simple machines.

Inclined Plane

Pulleys

Gears

Levers

Wheel/axle

Leave a comment saying which simple machine is your favourite and why :-P

Poetry

This week we have been preparing to write our postcards for the Get NZ Writing Warehouse Stationery challenge.

Earlier this week we looked at language features. Two that we focused on were similes and metaphors. We found metaphors a little bit harder.

Today we looked at a New Zealand poet named Ian Sharp. His poem is made up of a series of metaphors. Here is his poem:

The Iain Sharp Poem

Iain Sharp is a fat parcel
of mixed groceries
tied with a clumsy knot.

Iain Sharp is a black kite
adrift on changeable winds.

Iain Sharp is a pile of scoria
tricking softly to the sea.

Whenever I peep in mirrors
Iain Sharp frowns back at me.
It’s terrifying.

Iain Sharp is a runaway tramcar.
Iain Sharp is a chunk of moonrock.

Iain Sharp is nine letters
wrenched from the Roman Alphabet.

Look there and there!
Bits of bright confetti
blow from chapel to chapel.
I chase them with outstretched hands.
They might be Iain Sharp

In groups we made up our own poems based on his poem. We had to write metaphors to answer these questions:

• If our class were a kind of vehicle what kind of vehicle would it be?
• If our class were a kid of building what kind of building would it be?
• If our class were something you find in your community what something would it be?
• If our class were a kind of meal what kind of meal would it be?
• If our class were an item of clothing what item would it be?

Room 1 & 2 poem!

Rakino one and two is a yellow lamborghini zooming to victory.

Rakino one and two is a skytower full of inspiration.

Rakino one and two is a marine reserve filled with activity.

Rakino one and two is a hotdog full of new ideas.

Rakino one and two is a tie dyed shirt full of hard work.

By Paige C Lauren A & Nathan R

Rakino 1 and 2 is a school drifting away and learning new things!

Rakino 1 and 2 is a sky tower climbing to success.

Rakino 1 and 2 are a supermarket full of learning!

Rakino 1 and 2 is a seed growing our way to success

Rakino 1 and 2 is a jacket full of pockets of fun.

Kera,

Rakino 1 and 2 are a zipping bullet train speeding away towards new goals.

Rakino 1 and 2 are a fun bundle of fish and chips.

Rakino 1 and 2 are a huge skyscraper still progressing higher towards their achievements.

Rakino 1 and 2 are a small beach full of learning.

Rakino 1 and 2 are a pair of gloves sewn together with friendship.

Rakino 1 and 2 are the best class ever.

Liam, Oliver and Mark

Rakino 1 & 2 is a race car racing up hills to             achieving    our goals!!!

Rakino  1 & 2’s mind makes the sky tower taller everyday!!!

Rakino 1 & 2 are seagulls soaring through the streets!!!

Rakino 1 & 2 are cooler than ice cream!!!

Rakino 1 & 2 are piles of clothing with their own special features!!!

May-Lee, Julia,

Rakino 1&2 are a jet soaring to victory and achieving our goals.

  

Rakino 1&2 are a burger with good and innovative ideas as the filling.

Rakino 1+2 are a shimmering skirt flowing with great and innovative ideas.

Rakino 1&2 are a police station, locking up negative things and transforming them into great successful ideas.  

Rakino 1&2 are a half built house building on confidence and getting stronger.

By Emma Tasman and Elise

Rakion 1&2 are a skyscraper reaching to the sky to discover new ideas

Rakino 1&2 are a busload of fun

Rakino 1&2 are a big scarf wrapped around the world for new ideas

Rakion 1&2 are building up with new ideas

Rakino 1&2 are a big turkey that fills up a whole plate  

Grace...

RAKINO 1 & 2 POEM

BUILDING

Room 1 & 2 is a hwacha shootingbad ideas.

COMMUNITY

Room 1 & 2 is the golden bakery working together to get class money.

CLOTHING

Room 1 & 2 is 2 big shoes running to win cross country.

MEAL

Room 1 & 2 is popping candy and exploding new ideas.

CLASSROOM

Room 1 & 2 is double decker bus working together to build a better future.

Jack R, Max,

Rakino 1&2 are a soaring plane full of cheeky and thoughtful animals  

Rakino 1&2 is a sky tower rising to our goals

Rakino 1&2 is a long noodle stretching towards achievement and never breaking  the journey  

Rakino  1&2 is a beach with waves stretching past our goals  

Rakino 1&2  is a long scarf  from our abilities and  its length goes far beyond our goals

Janielle, Kayden

Rakino 1&2 poem

Rakino one and two is a motorbike zooming with learning. Rakino one and two is a shooting skyscraper reaching for our goal’s.

Rakino one and two is a beautiful beach because of our teacher’s.

Rakino one and two is a giant cookie full of sugar to keep us moving.

Rakino one and two is a warm scarf to keep us motivated.    

Lani,

Rakino 1 & 2 are a plane squawking to achievements

Rakino 1 2 is a skyscraper reaching for victor

RAKINO 1 &  2 are a mcchicken burger with learning for a side!!

Jack B, Matthew, Marcus

Rakino Room 1 and 2 is a  bright Red ferrari , with some roaring hearts.

Rakino 1 & 2 is a skytower reaching for our goals.

Rakino 1 and 2 is a baroque cooking meat.

Room 1 and 2 is the information center of our community

Rakino 1 and 2 are the warmest jacket to everyone.

Rio, Sacha, Samuel

Rakino 1 and 2 is a mclaren drifting to victory.

Rakino 1 and 2 is` a sailing boat achieving it’s goals.

Rakino 1 and 2 is crunching nacho to success.

Rakino 1 and 2 is swimming in there togs the next level.            

Sam, Charlie, Tom

Rakino 1&2 is a rocket that flies high for a  successful   future,

Rakino 1&2s learning learning level is as high as the sky tower,

Rakino 1&2 is a happy meal boosting the morale of others,

Rakino 1&2 are a t-shirt waving in the wind having fun,

Rakino 1&2 are a police station investigating problems.

Zoe, Logan, James

Room 1 and 2 Is a…

Road train driving down a bumpy road.

Skyscraper reaching new heights in our learning.

Tor sitting proudly high above everything else.

Awesome shirt on a rack.

Pizza burning it’s box.

Hamish,