Room 3 Tautoro School

7.7.15

Acrostic Poems

We wrote acrostic poems using our names.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZqOVBdeG40oHNa2lGwe94KV2ZzsbZ9GMbXf14qDXrhc/edit

Free Verse Poems

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jFq4AzTnVB1uIlQNJnENeQprhfxXCEfkiTPfgzexNQo/edit#slide=id.p

Have a look at Room 2 free verse poems.
A free verse poem has no rules it doesn't have to rhyme, it can start anywhere.
We had fun writing our poems.

1.7.15

WALT say how many 10's there are in a number

11.6.15

Matariki

For inquiry learning this term we will be looking at Matariki children were asked what they knew abut Matariki.
These are the answers they gave.

The three sisters
I don't know
kai

Then they were asked what they wanted to find out about Matariki.

who are the three sisters?
why do we have kai on Matariki?
what is matariki?
what does Matariki mean?

Keep reading our blog so we can show you what we found out about Matariki.

Tuesday 16th June

We used google to find the answer to one of our questions.
What is Matariki?
It is the Maori new year.
A time to give thanks.
It is a cluster of stars.
Mata Ariki means Eyes of God.
Mata riki means tiny eyes.