DNA bracelet

Hello my name is shiah and I will be telling you about DNA. DNA is the coding of your body. It codes you to be who you are, for example DNA gives you blond hair.
I made a bracelet to represent my DNA.

Here is my bracelet.

 

Making Fake Whitebait Fritters

This term for our novel study, Mrs A read us Whitebait Fritters which is a novel written by a Kiwi author Kingi McKinnon.  My favourite part in Whitebait Fritters was when they made the fritters.

To wind up our learning we decided to make some fake whitebait fritters because we can’t afford to buy real whitebait. We used grated potato to take the place of whitebait and mixed it with eggs and onions. They were really tasty. Then we had to write out the recipe, put it on a Google Drawing and add some images. You can see my work below.

Maths: Geometry Safari

This term for maths we have been learning about 2D and 3D geometry.  Andrew and I were in a team. We went on a Geometry Safari around the school grounds to see how many 2D  and 3D shapes we could find. Then we had to write what we had found into a table. You can see ours below.

Science: Me and my DNA.

This term for science we are learning all about how the human body works and how special we all are. We are also trying to learn how to think and act more like a scientist. So, Miss Fletcher asked us to look at our faces in the mirror and write down notes about what we look like. The information had to be precise and clear so that when someone read it, it would help them find the person it described quickly. It was a bit like being a detective. You had to look and notice things carefully.

Miss Fletcher said that what we look like depends on our mother and father. Making a new human is a bit like making a cake.  You get some ingredients from your mum and some from your dad. The ingredients are called DNA. Everybody’s cake is different to everyone else’s. 

Miss Fletcher said the person with the most efficient description was Andrew J as he wrote: My hair is 1cm long all over. He is the only student in Team Moana with a haircut like that so he was able to be identified very easily. You can read my description below. The sentences highlighted in blue are the ones that Miss Fletcher said were not precise and clear enough. Fifteen people said they could recognise me from my description. 

Local superhero strip

This week we have been doing activities about local superheroes. I have created a comic strip about someone who gets kidnapped and then saved by a local superhero.
What I enjoyed about the activity was how short it was.
What I did not like was you cannot copy the character.
Here is my comic strip.

White Bait Fritter's activaty

This term we were reading a book called White Bait Fritters.The author is Kingi McKinnon.
The task I did was an animation about catching white bait.
What I enjoyed was how easy it was to create the truck.
What I found hard was keeping track of all the chapters.
The learning behind the task was to retell the story White Bait Fritters.

Here is my slide.