Similes and Metaphors

Kia ora everybody.  For the past few days we have been learning about similes and metaphors. We made similes then from similes we had to turn them into metaphors. Here is a pic

Similes

Learn:

1. Why poets like to use similes in a poem.

2.  The different sentence structures and word types
needed in ‘like’, ‘as’, and ‘than’ similes.

Use colour coding to highlight:

nouns which are being compared       verb phrases which both nouns can do  

adjectives which suit both nouns       comparative adjectives  

Similes

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We have been learning about similes using like and as. We matched these pictures to make our own.

The socks sink like the trash can. The sock are as stinky as a trash can	The warrior is strong like the lion. The warrior is as strong as the lion
The girl’s hair floated in the wind like a flag . The girl’s hair was as floaty as the flag.
The elephant is tall like the tree. The elephant is as tall as the tree.
The owl’s eyes are round like the bowl. The owl’s eyes are as round as a bowl.

Swimming T1 2018

Hi everyone,
This year we have been practising streamlining our arms and legs. We have also been practising  breathing techniques . We also had Swim Safe to teach us survival skills. I can swim the length of the pool in one breath. I need to work on my back stroke. I am good at  breaststroke.

                                                                   

Maths Graphs

Hello 

Everybody today we learnt how to make graphs on google sheets.

We did a graph on how many Vegetable Were sold and The temperatures of the week. Here are my graphs.

 The vegetables that were sold were carrots

The hotest day was Friday
The coldest day was Thursday
Monday and Wednesday have the same Temperture.

Couplet poem

Kia orana

Everyone, We have done some couplet poems here is the learning out come.

Learn:

1. How to identify rhythm and rhyme in a couplet poem.

2.  What a couplet  is.

Poem Friday

Kia ora, 

everyone last week we did another poem for poem Friday. The challenge last week was to change all the nouns in a nursery rhyme I chose Jack and Jill.