E-asttle reading

From my first e-asttle reading to now I have accelerated. In Term 1 I got 4A whereas in Term 4 I got 5B. I am proud of my results. I think I have accelerated because I have been more focused and I actually enjoy reading.

Elephant toothpaste 🐘

Today we were making elephant toothpaste. A book we read shared with us on how to make it. It was part of our inquiry as an experiment to see a chemical change which means it’s irreversible. The ingredients we used were:

1. Hydrogen peroxide
2. Food colouring
3. Dishwashing liquid
4. Warm water
5. Yeast

The elephant toothpaste was a fun experiment so the whole group contributed in some ways. We didn’t put much of the yeast mixture in which is why it worked just how we wanted it to. I enjoyed doing this yet I would have liked it more if it went faster. Here is a link to the text I read.

Word of the Day: Clarity

Halloween and Swedish National Day

Word of the Day: Concentric

Eua Island

Last week and this week I have been reading stories for tongan language week. Even though Tongan language week was last week. My task was to read 5 stories and draw pictures to indicate what was happening in the story. The picture above is the first story I drew up about how the Eua Island was created.

The tohunga

Meeting up with my goals

For the past two weeks during the reading time, I have been working on my reading activities. I completed 4/6 activities in the time frame as instructed. I did this because one of my reading goals is to find, select and retrieve information from the text. Due to most of the activities having something to do with the text, I read it again thoroughly to get more information which helped me to get my answers. I learnt about the definitions of many words like patent, which is a lisence or rights on your product so that your ideas wont be stolen.

This book will appeal to...

If I had to recommend this book to anyone it would be to my older sister. She is the only sibling I have that enjoys reading as much as I do. I think that she would enjoy this book because it’s interesting and mysterious, things that my sister likes. We also watch a lot of Korean drama which most of the time is about a boy fighting for the one he loves. Which is like the Tin soldier in this story. Even though the goblin threw the Tin soldier out the window he still stood steadfast until he returned back to the lady he loved, the paper dancer.