Book Review 7 : Geronimo Stilton and the shipwreck on the islands

Geronimo and the shipwreck on the islands

It is when Geronimo Stilton goes on a journey and crashes in the middle of nowhere . He blames his sister Thea Stilton for convincing him to go on an adventure . But when they find out there's treasure on the island it becomes more exciting!!! What would they do to get out of this unknown island ? This should be suitable for 10 to 11 year olds because it is a beginning for 10 and 11 year olds to start reading thicker and more intermediate books . 

By: Tino

Book Review 6 : Thea Stilton and the mountain of fire

Thea Stilton and the Mountain of fire 

It is when one of the Thea Sister's are in trouble about family business , and they all travel to Australia but when they get there some of there pets were drugged with a dangerous medicine . So they travel around Australia to find a cure .  Can they find the cure in time? I believe that this book should be for 8 to 10 year olds because this book is not based on Non-Fiction and it is more acceptable for  younger children .

By: Tino

Book Review 5 : Thea Stilton and the dancing shadows

Thea Stilton and the dancing shadows

It is about 5 mouse lets who go to Milan Italy for a International all around the world ballet competition . They met a new friend while there journey to find the mouse who is cheating in the contest !! Can the Thea Sister's stop this scheme before it's to late ? My opinion is that this book is for 8 to 9 year old's because it is based on fiction and is proper for 8 and 9 year old's and it is like a junior dictionary . 

By: Tino

Book Review 4 : Saffron

Saffron

It is about an eight year old girl who loves travelling a lot  . But when her mean teacher Mrs Wilson wants a presentation  about Hong Kong , Bangkok and Argentina , Saffron freaks out . What should she do ? She's never done a presentation before !!! I think this book should be a suitable age for 7 to 8 year olds because the book is appropriate for them and it is more like a junior chapter book . 

By: Tino

Book Review 3 : Snake and Lizard

Snake and Lizard

It is when 2 different Reptiles become friends and they are always arguing . Then one day they had a fight about,How Snake and Lizard have nothing in common . But when they start helping the community they notice they do have something in common . In my opinion this book is a opportunity for 8 to 9 year olds to learn about the meaning of the word Friendship . 

By: Tino

Book Review 2: The Suitcase Kid

The Suitcase Kid

It is about Sandrea's Parents when they have a divorce and she can't decided whether she wants to live with her Mum or her Dad . So she visits her Mum's new family and her Dad's Family . She has a toy pet ever since she was little called Radish . I recommend this book is good for 9 to 11 year olds because the book contains sadness and many more that little children should not know. 

By:Tino

Suffix Words 2

Ail: Sail ,Bail , Snail ,Nail , mail

Ake:Fake Sake Make Cake Lake

Un: Unreal Unexpected Unbelievable Unbreakable  Unacceptable

Dis:Disagree dismiss disappointed  disability , Dislike

Tion: Motion Lotion Emotion Potion Conduction

Ly:Really Carefully Slowly Brightly Lively

1. I want  to sail on a ship to  the Atlantic ocean with my family .

2.I saw a big fake plastic  crayon in a shop full of stationery .

3. It was unexpected for a girl to play football in the olden days .

World's Biggest Spider Definition

World’s Biggest Spider Definition

Arachnid :A spider or scorpion

Tarantula: Large hair spider

Puncture: Stab or Pierce

Vicious:Brutal or Cold-blooded

Distinct: Unmistakable

Velcro: Separated or pulled apart

Mucous: Nature of Mucus

Budge: Stir or go

Pierce: Perforate

Regenerate: Reborn

Encountering: Experience

Massachusetts: A member of an extinct North American people

Diameter: A straight line passing from side to side

Lanky: Slim or bony

By:Tino

Suffix Words

lble : audible , terrible , impossible , defensible,  edible

able:table,cable,unable,calculable, stable

itive: active,positive, genitive ,adjective, ative

By:Tino

Horse Facts

HORSE FACTS

There are about 75 million horses in the world.Horses are herbivores meaning plant eaters.All horses have 205 bones in their skeleton.The reason why horses are tamed because they are used for sports,pets and they are used as police horses .Did you know that horses can sleep lying down and standing up and also did you know horses sleep 3 to 4 hours a day?A male horse is  called a stallion and a female horse is called a mare . A younger male is called a colt and a young female horse is called a filly.Horses can run shortly after birth.Most horses are described as a solid -hoofed plant eating,four legged animal?.When tamed horses  are released they instantly forget about being a trained horse and become a wild horse. Horses have a better memory than elephants. Their teeth take up more space inside their head than their brain.Male horses have more teeth than female horses because male horses have 40 teeth and females have 36 teeth.New Jerseys state animal is horses. Ford’s, Mustangs,Pintos,Broncos and the dodge colts are all cars that are named after horses. Oklahoma has annual festival for horses.  The US quarters with the man and the horse represent John.F. Kennedy the 35th president of the United States of America when he died the riderless horse was named “Black Jack” it means a leader who has fallen.A horse is warm blooded. You may see a horse doing a weird expression,that looks like it’s laughing well you're right and it’s called the flehmen response .Their eyesight is really good,thanks to their strange big eyes.Horses have helped mankind  and have help them to win their biggest achievement.They use their ears,mouth,and nostrils to communicate what mood they're in.Horses and other equines have better sense than humans.If you think horses are not clever well your wrong horses are clever animals.

By:Tino and Hannah

My Poem about Jobs

My Poem about Jobs

A Inventor makes machines

A chef cooks beans

A designer makes jeans

An Actor makes a scene

A teacher’s mean[if they shout]

A preacher speaks

A mouse squeaks

By:Tino

The Cloud Washerwoman Report

The Cloud Washerwoman

Walt: Do a report about a book

Introduction

Once upon a time there lived a old lady who loved to do her washing on Mondays . But on Mondays it hails, rains or shine . And she wonder why it always rained on Mondays.

The old lady always loved to be a folk singer as she did her laundry and liked to rhyme poems .She separated  the colorful clothes from plain white clothes . Then when it rained she dried to wash the cloud but as she scrubbed and scrubbed but the clouds was still dirty . So her great granddaughter convinced her to buy a washing machine and dryer. When she put the clouds in the washing machine and dryer the clouds was whiter than her hair . So every Monday she would wash the clouds so she could enjoy her day on Monday.

By: Tino

Dogo News: The Biggest Spider

THE WORLD'S BIGGEST SPIDER

If you scream in fear for the smallest spiders in the world , then avoid going to rain forests in Southern Venezuela , Suriname , Guyana  and Northern Brazil . The Goliath Bird eater is the largest spider you have ever seen!! The Goliath Bird eater is listed as the world's biggest terrifying spider !!! . The horrible looking arachnid weighs almost the same weight of a newborn puppy! The giant earthly species who belong to the Tarantula Family live inside deep lairs in muddy or swampy areas are active for 3 to 6 years . Females can live up to 25 years .  

By:Tino

Anzac Poem

Anzac Poem

In Flanders  fields the poppies grow and grow,Beside the crosses row on row,That mark our area and skies.Still bravely singing FLY FLY FLY! Scarce heard above us all the guns stay below.Our hearts are filled with love and peace shared to us all.

By:Tino

The Performance

The Performance

I am walking after my game until my coach asked me to come there. I thought she will kick me out of the netball team. By the look of her face her eyes were blue like the ocean waves. Her hair are brown like the color of my skin color. She had skin like caramel ice cream. I am there at Auckland at AMI for a tournament. The people over there are screaming like people that are fighting for their country. My Coach and I sat down and talked and she said that my performing are amazing and thinks I should be Captain. “I am so amazed” .I see other people looking at me .We started chatting.I was sitting down on the bench.The trees are like giants covering my view.

I am holding a netball ball practicing and talking.My Coach is getting goals like a professional shooter. I can smell the fresh windy air coming to my face.I can feel the rocky netball court I am standing on.I can see a rubbish collector that picking up popcorn .

A Moment in Time

A Moment in time

The boy and his dad are walking to the shop to get fish for their supper.The boy is wearing a orange jacket that reminds me of the colour of orange juice.He has eyes like the colour black like the blackness on my school jumper. He wears a demin jeans that is the colour blue grayish jeans that remind me of gnatcatchers.His shoes are black like my little brother’s hair.His skin is pale like the snowflakes coming down in  winter.

His dad has eyes like my greenish christmas tree. His dad has a jacket that is like my black coloured pencil.His dad has white pants like his son’s skin colour.

Boys Jumping off Sample Test

Boys jumping off

As I walk through the Waikato bridge , I feel the breeze on my face and the pollution through the gasy smoke. I see cars driving past me. I see two boys jumping off the bridge. They both look excited and overjoyed, I think of them as brave and fearless . I walk past them and watch them as they are playing . Then my eyes bloomed . I felt my hands shaking of fear . I think of the water as polluted. I feel disgusted . I smell the stink that remind me of socks .

My eyes were wider than an elephant .  The two boys are thinking how to paddle themselves to the raft. The two boys are feeling shocked and worried .  The first boy jumped to the raft and made it , he is trying to help the second boy . The second boy jumped and made it . I was shocked . Then the two boys ran and went somewhere else . The two boy’s action were amazing and fearless .Then I walked past the bridge and went .

By : Tino

My Sample Writing Test

A Moment in time

I am walking around the park.But then suddenly I hear this “Boom Boom”, I started to feel curious, So I followed it and it is  my grandpa. I wondered why is he at the beach?. I joined him at the beach.He said “He found seaweed”, and told me all about it.The seaweed is shaped like a string you could just break. Then my grandpa said “ Wait here and don’t look I have  something for you”.I closed my eyes in excitement, not taking one look.He says “Open your eyes now”.

I opened my eyes and I see a shaped ball with three eyes like a bowling ball.I am amazed. It is  a coconut!.He said “It is nice when you taste it with the sea”. I said “ What if the sea had bacteria?”. He had a full jug of seawater  and told me “ You are already eating it right now” he said. I said “ Wow you are right it does taste nice”.The coconut tasted like tropical juicy lemonade. I felt like I was a mermaid under the sea drinking coconut water.

I am staring at the red pink sunset going down. I start to feel this feeling where the only person that can understand me is my grandpa. Then we go home and our Moment of time is over.

By:Tino

Cultural Birthday Facts

Birthdays

WALT:identify traditions and rituals associated with celebrating Birthdays

How do Americans celebrate ritual birthdays ?

In America , people  celebrate Martin King Luther J. , George Washington and last of all Abraham Lincoln .

In parts of South America and Central America birthdays are feasted with a Pinata. A Pinata is a colourful paper mache different type of animal that has a bunch of lollies and toys filled in it . It is supposed to be hanged up on a pole or a tree . It is supposed to be hit with  a baseball bat or a metal stick . But they have to be blindfolded .

By:Tino

Why Computers are such a great tool

WALT:Write a explanation and know the technology in a computer

Computers are useful by giving us websites and information from the website and connects us to internet .It also helps us reconnect with those from different countries and visit different blogs . But in a dangerous matter kids like me go on computers and make viruses on computers .  Sometimes it can damage a computer that is why we have cyber safety and children always have to be supervised by mature parents .  

By:Tino

Tiger Son

TIGER SON

What is the story about?

The story is about when a elderly widow has only one son and he is a tiger hunter like his father and his grandfather. But one day there was a snowstorm and her son was separated from the group of hunters and ended up being food to a hungry tigress . After her son died he was her only support . So instead the hunters  had to share profits . The hunters didn’t take the agreement well because they had to feed some of their own old and young. So after they killed the tigress that killed her son , they selfishly didn’t share the profits and gave in a tigress cub . She decided to keep the cub instead of killing it . She treated it like it was her own son . But when the hunters heard she was keeping a cub they got their spears ready and their knife but the old lady defended the cub . The hunters knew that they couldn’t kill the cub without the magistrate’s permission . The magistrate agreed with the elderly widow and warned all hunters not kill the tiger and put a copper pendant around his neck that says Fu Chee , it means tiger son . The elderly widow let the tiger have a cave nearby her house . Fu Chee visited her most of the time and gave her gifts like a dead deer , or a large branch to put in the fire to keep her warm. When Chen Ma died the hunters notice that the tiger guarded the grave nightly so they left the tiger in peace but one day the tiger disappeared .

What’s the Problem?

The problem in the story is when the hunters didn’t want to share profits so they gave a baby tiger but she was too old to kill the tiger so she kept it as her pet but when the hunter’s heard that she was keeping a cub they got their spears and knives ready  .

How can I resolve this ?

The magistrate said that one day the tiger will come against the old lady and kill her but the old lady didn’t agree to this because she treated the tiger differently than any other animal . So the magistrate gave an adoption letter to adopt the tiger .

BY:TINO

Facts about Kingfisher

Facts About Kingfisher

The Kingfisher is a small to medium colorful bird mostly found closer to water . There are nearly 100 Kingfisher Birds around worldwide . Kingfishers live in wetlands and woodlands global wide . They mostly eat fish and also insects , frogs and crayfish . Those Kingfishers that live in woodlands eat mainly reptiles , birds and more interesting small mammals! . The are three unique types of Kingfishers around the world, like the river kingfishers, the tree kingfisher’s , and last of all water kingfisher’s . They all have large heads , large pointy bills , short

legs  and chunky tails . The smallest Kingfisher out of all of them is the African Dwarf Kingfisher .

By:Tino

The Blue Whale

The Blue Whale

We are learning to proofread and edit

The largest animals ever to been seen on earth are still living today !

The Blue Whale is much bigger than the largest dinosaurs , One Blue Whale measured 34 metres and weighed more than 220 tonnes .

Everything about the Blue Whale is big , even it’s tongue may weigh up to four tonnes , they also call to each other in big voices which can be heard over 800 kilometres away . They are easily the loudest living creatures .

Because they are mammals , blue whales breathe air , this means they must come up to the surface of the ocean to breath . A whale’s waterspout , doesn't blow water out at all . It is hot breathe and water vapour .

Mothers feed their young on milk . By the time they are year old , the young calf may weigh more than 20 tonnes . They can live for up to 45 years .

By: Tino

Having Lunch

Having Lunch

by: Tino

Outside sitting on the soft grass , eating lunch with my friends in the bursting heat of the sun. I see a fountain with a huge ball on top and see little kids are touching it. I feel the gentle breeze of the wind blowing towards  me as I look at Rangitoto island. I look beside and I see Ben jumping on the trampoline happily with much gusto. I laugh at Ben and talk to my friends . As I look at Ben I can see the sandy beach, so inviting that I feel like splashing in the wild waves. I imagine I’m on that beach swimming with joy in the cold freezing water.

As I eat my lunch I have the urge to go play with my friends on the fresh grass.  I see other kids sitting under the tree on the bench looking at the view and talking about the Mary Mackillop Centre. It is a nice feeling to be in this place.

One of the Josephite Sisters are giving out free juice and I ask for a juice and drink it . What a refreshing drink, I feel I need that. I have a second helping of the juice, totally that is good. Meanwhile another Josephite Sister and come up to me, she is collecting rubbish . I said thank you for collecting my rubbish and I went off to play. I have time to play with my friends tag and run around  on the green fresh grass at the backyard . I see a tree and a small shack and a good place to hide behind. I did just that to wait for my friends to approach me. I get my bag and get my partner on the bus and go back to school .

My Peace Poem

Peace

Peace is pure as white . Peace sounds like silence in the class room . Peace looks like teamwork . Peace feels like laughter and love to all .
Peace is when the world unites and brings love and happiness  to everyone.By:Tino

Maori King in Hospital

Maori King in Hospital

Maori King , King Tuheitia has been taken to hospital after suffering from diabetes .The 59 year old was going on tests to find out what was wrong . King Tuheitia has a poor health , from cancer and diabetes . A hui will take over as Maori King well King Tuheitia is in hospital . On August the 25th 2014 , King Tuheitia whanau and family friends all gathered and prayed for King Tuheitia .

By:Tino

The Tree of 40 fruits

The tree of 40 fruits!

Winning artist and professor Sam Van Aken’s latest experiment .  The professor Sam Van Aken experimented on different kinds of trees.

It grows all kinds of fruit like peaches , plums  , apricots , nectarines , cherries and almonds .  The blossoms are coloured crimsons , pink , purple and white . Sam had put 16 different fruit and 40 fruit trees around the United State museums . Sam hopes his project will tell  people the unique fruits of peaches , plums , apricots , nectarines , cherries and almonds .

By: Tino

127 cheers for the birthday girl !!!!

127 wishes for the birthday girl!

In Mexico an old women who has just turned 127! Her name is Leandra Becerra Lumbreas and is the oldest person to live . On 7th of September on Sunday  it is her birthday . She can’t prove it to the Guinness World Records because she lost her birth certificate 40 years ago . Leandra Becerra Lumbreas is believed to be born in 1887 in Mexico . She has five children and many grandchildren .

By:Tino

Te Tahawai Marae

Te Tahawai Marae

On a beautiful Monday Morning we went to Te Tahawai Marae for a visit . When I got out of the bus, I noticed a dead cat on the road and I was afraid to go near it . I went inside and saw there was Edgewater school near it . As we waited outside the Waharoa , We saw a girl and a boy acting silly outside . Then a lady named Brenda welcomed us inside the marae and we took of our shoes and entered . Then we started off with speeches . They spoke first,then we responded back  .Then we gave the koha . It wasn’t a donation it was a gift  . Then we sang . After we sang we did the hongi  and then washed our hands . We went into the wharekai  and ate biscuits and water . After that  we split into two groups the Year 7 and 8 girls went with the Year 6  boys . I went with the Year 5 and 6 girls . We learned about how sacred are Marae is and learned about the ancestors .  Then we learnt Te Tahawai Marae means  Edgewater  Marae  and they taught us that the marae isn’t just for Maori’s but it is for everyone . Then we drew the ancestors and mihi it . Then we went to do the other activity with Brenda . She taught us kowhaiwhai  all about koru’s .Then last of all Brenda gave us a poi each . She told us how to use it and not to hit each other . We spread out and did a song and dance with the poi . Finally we had to thank them and say goodbye . We put on our shoes and went back to school . I enjoyed  going to the Marae .

By:Tino

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Sina and the eel legend

Sina and her eel

Long ago there was a girl named Sina. Tales of her beauty spread through the pacific islands. In Fiji the magical fijian chief heard about Sina  and wanted to win  Sina as his wife. He turned into a eel and traveled to Samoa in Savaii. When Sina was getting water for her Mum’s cooking she scooped up one,then two and then three. She noticed the eel and took the eel inside and put him in a jar full of water. She looked after the eel until was too big to fit in the jar so she put it in a spring. Sina looked after it in the spring until it was too big she put it in the village pool. The eel would always hide in a corner where it was safe and no one would notice, But when Sina would swim in the village pool it would come up and circle around her. Sina was afraid of the eel and moved to nearest villages but the eel would follow her.In Safune village pool she looked in her reflection and saw the eel she was frightened and cursed it and called it Mata ole aitu pool . 

It means a demon’s eye in English.She was frightened and went into the chief’s fale and told her cousin and the chief that this eel was hunting her. Her cousin was sent to behead the eel . The eel was beheaded , before he died he said to Sina “ My beautiful Sina listen to my word in pity , fulfil my last wish . I am the Tuifiti from faraway Fiji , I came to win you as my wife . I have lost the art of magic making and therefore I am unable to change myself into a man , Sina before I die cut off my head and bury it in front of your fale . A tree will grow out that will be useful to you , Drink from these fruit , when you are thirsty , And you will be kissing me” . The poor heart broken eel died . Sina did what the eel said. The fruit had two eyes and one mouth , so every time Sina would get a fruit she will be in fact kissing the eel. That was the first coconut tree in Samoa.The two eyes and the mouth represent Sina’s eel .

By: Tino

My Comic Script on Conduction

Characters:Russell,Alexa and Mrs Smith

Russell : Oww!!!! I touched the pan !!!!

Alexa: That is your fault for touching it while it is melting the butter!

Mrs Smith:Well done Russell you just found out one of the topics of heat!!

Russell and Alexa: What??

Mrs Smith: You have found out Conduction

Alexa :What is Conduction?

Mrs Smith: Conduction is direct contact with something else or someone like here’s a example I’m touching you Russell right?

Russell: Yeah?

Mrs Smith: My hands warm right so I am passing the warmness to you now if you touch Alexa she will pass it on .

Alexa: So that’s Conduction.

By: Tino

My Comment on Kaydence

I chose Kaydence's blog because her one was interesting and lovely.She worked hard on her Book Review and used fantastic words on her Book Review

Insulation

Insulation

Why is there a need for insulation?

Insulation saves money and energy.It helps to fight global warming and a climate change.

What are the types for insulation?

Cellulose is a type of insulation that builds cavities through holes drilled.Poly-encapsulated insulation that keeps your attic entirely in plastic.

Facing insulation is a facing that is attached to it.Facing acts is like vapour retarder.

By:Tino

About me being wild

About  me being wild

My name is Tino but when I made myself wild my name is Elena.I am half antelope,half tiger and half butterfly and half human.I live in the zoo in america where my buddy Alex the lion and Marty the zebra and Melman the giraffe and my friend Gloria  the hippo all wanted to say hi.Also they escaped the zoo and went to explore with these mysterious penguins.I wanted to go but I loved the zoo so I went with them and came back.I am just not an ordinary tiger I am the Siberian tiger.And also I am Roodle the red nose reindeer the troublemaker.

By:Tino

Martin Luther King J.R

MARTIN LUTHER KING J.R

Martin Luther King was a civil rights leader and was a human rights fighter and was remembered for his I have a dream speech. Martin Luther King, fought for the equality for the Afro Americans . Martin was from Atlanta Georgia in 1929.He never gave up to fight and bring justice and equality to all Americans in different colours.

Martin Luther King’s birth place still stands in Atlanta Georgia.Martin Luther King and his wife Coretta Scott King led many Americans on the 4 day of march to Georgia to Washington.Martin Luther King was arrested many times in his lifetime.In 1960s he joined black collage students in a protest. John F. Kennedy interceded and released Martin from Jail, and this helped Kennedy to be elected for President.
Martin Luther King always spoke to a large crowd. He was raised in a family. He had one younger brother and one older sister.Martin Luther King skipped 2 grades in Morehouse College and graduated when he was 15 and got a doctor degree in Boston University.Martin’s Dad was a preacher and his Mum was a teacher so he was encouraged from his dad for his confidence and wisdom to speak in large crowds and was encouraged from his Mum to teach good stuff and lead many people to wisdom.In 1953 he married Coretta Scott King and had 4 children Yolanda, Martin,Dexter and Bernice.On the fourth day on March,over 250,ooo people attended to Martin’s I have a dream speech.Martin’s speech is still famous in this history.Martin was assasinated in Apirl the fourth 1968.He was shot from James Earls Rays.

By:Tino

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My Animal

My Animal

Have you ever heard about the ugly beast meaning is cheetwolf? well the ugly beast is known as a special specie.It is different from it’s kind.The ugly beast lives in a deep cave where no animal lives and the  crystal clear water where it washes off  and it can see the twinkly stars.My animal is a carnivore and it hates being tamed.My animal doesn’t like the smell of pigs.It likes to be alone so it will be quiet .

By:Tino

Book Review

The Giraffe and the Pelly and me

A boy in England wishes  to turn a old wooden house into a lovely creative

sweet shop with thousands of candy. Suddenly he finds a Giraffe and a  Pelly and a Monkey working in the Ladder less Window cleaning Company!!! Who needs a ladder when you have a Giraffe? They all become friends and they meet the richest man in England, The Governor. Can Billy’s dream come true?

I recommend that the giraffe and the Pelly and me is a good book for children because it is a really fascinating book of animals cleaning windows and my opinion is that this book is for 7 to 9.

By Tino