Plurals

                                                                 Grammar

Singular - Plural rule: When nouns end in “y”, change the “y” to “i” then add “es”

Pantry - Pantries

Country - Countries

Quantity - Quantities

Territory - Territory

Mystery - Mysteries

Delicacy - Delicacies

Library - Libraries

Factory - Factories

How a butterfly is formed

Butterflies are beautiful creatures, you will usually find them flying around flowers in a garden. Do you know how a butterfly is formed? I will provide you with interesting information about the life cycle of a butterfly.

A butterfly's life starts as a round, oval, or cylindrical egg. The shape of the egg depends on the type of butterfly. Butterflies will lay their eggs on the bottom of a leaf.

The butterfly choses the leaf to lay it’s eggs on. It choses the leaf that the caterpillar can start eating when it hatches. If it chooses a leaf that the caterpillar won’t be able to eat, the caterpillar will die.

After ten to fourteen days the caterpillar hatches from the egg. In the warmer weather the caterpillar will hatch after five to ten days. The time it takes to hatch depends on the climate. The caterpillar starts eating the leaf it was born on immediately. For around two weeks the caterpillar eats and eats and eats.

One day the caterpillar stops eating and starts to form into a pupa or a chrysalis. You may think that nothing is happening, but inside the caterpillar is going through a stage called metamorphosis. Metamorphosis is when a creature transforms from one form to another. The caterpillar will be transforming into a butterfly.

When it emerges from the chrysalis it will no longer be a caterpillar, it will be a butterfly. When the butterfly comes out it’s wings will be flat against its body, so the butterfly will have to pump blood into its wings. The blood helps the wings spread out because it has oxygen in it.  Once the butterfly has pumped blood into its wings it will start flying.

Next the butterfly will mate. After mating it will lay round, oval or cylindrical eggs and the cycle will start all over again.

PB4L Manaakitanga

                                                             Manaakitanga

What does manaakitanga mean? Hospitality, kindness, generosity, support, respect integrity, confidence, considerate, responsible, nurturing, reciprocity, guidance, caring for others.

How can I demonstrate manaakitanga daily?

1. Show respect to the teacher.
2. Help new students feel welcome.
3. Give things to charity.
4. Help people who are lost.
5. Give non wealthy people food and water.
6. Don’t talk when other people are talking.
7. Listen to the person who is talking.
8. Show respect to my elders.
9. Use a classroom voice.
10. Be responsible for your choices and faults.

Grammar

Rewrite these sentences in the past tense:

1. John sees that I am very angry with him. - John saw that I was very angry with him.
2. She asks if you know who she is. - She asked if you knew who she was.
3. Just as I go out, the rain begin to fall. - Just as I went out, the rain began to fall.
4. He imagines that he knows everything. - He imagined that he knew everything.
5. The fog becomes denser as we reach the top. - The fog became denser as we reached the top.
6. They all think that I am very wealthy. - They all thought that I was very wealthy.
7. She knows very well what she is doing. - She knew very well what she was doing.
8. As we walk along, she takes me by the arm. - As we walked along, she took me by the arm.

Adjectives: Adjectives are describing words. The are usually placed before nouns to make out writing interesting. Place correct adjectives before these nouns.

1. An ability person. - An able person
2. A storm sea. - A stormy sea.
3. A anxiety mother. - A anxious mother.
4. A joy event. - A joyful event.
5. A mountain country. - A mountainous country
6. A quarrel girl. - A quarrelsome girl.
7. A friend act. - A friendly act.
8. A fame pianist. - A famous pianist.
9. A fortune escape. - A fortunate escape.
10. A sense person. - A sensible person.

Rangatiratanga

                                                                Rangatiratanga

What does Rangatiratanga mean? Believing in yourself, having confidence, knowing when to lead and when to follow, being your true self, self control, managing self, ownership, self determination.

How I will show rangatiratanga in my daily life?

1. Making responsible choices.
2. Staying calm when someone annoys me.
3. Staying on task.
4. Finishing my work.
5. Believing in myself.
6. Being a leader.
7. Having control over my feelings.

Explanation writing

                                                       Explanation writing

Purpose: an explanation is written to explain how or why something in the world happens or how something works

Features of explanation writing

1. Title, telling the reader what the topic is about using words how or why.
2. A general statement to introduce the topic.
3. A series of events in logical steps.
4. Written in present tense.
5. Use of action verbs to explain.
6. Use of time connectives e.g. firstly, secondly, next, then, thereafter.
7. Use of different forms of punctuation e.g. commas, punctuation.
8. Use of topic words or technical  language e.g. hatches, migrates etc.
9. Diagrams can be used to add your explanation

Maths vocabulary