1. Complete the crossword using the list words.
Across
3 A frogs call croak
4 cooked bread toast
5 promise oath
Down
1 brag boast
2 rest on top of liquid float
3 where the land and sea meet coast
2. Which list word means to hunt or fish on someone's land withoot permission or to cook gently in liquid? poach
3. Write the challenge words that mean:
to go beyond your area encroach
bank under shallow water or a group of swimming fish gloat
to hate loathe an insect cockroach to gaze with evil delight or pleasure shoal.
Word Knowledge
Add suffixes to complete the following.
An aid used to help someone float is called a floatation aid.
Someone you can approach with a problem is said to be approachable.
General Knowledge
1. Larynx, oesophagus and wind pipe are all in the throut
2. List five major towns or cities on the east coast os Australia.
Townsville, Mackay, Gladstone, Brisbane, Sydney.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Ali Baba
The men stayed inside the rock for some time but Ali Baba didn't move. At last the door opened and forty men came out. The door closed and the rock looked like an ordinary rock again. Then the men galloped away.
As soon as they were gone, Ali Baba climbed down and stared at the rock for a long time. Then he cried, ''Open Sesame!"
The door opened. Ali Baba looked inside and couldn't believe his eyes. There was treasure everywhere. Gold and silver laying heaps on the floor and jars were filled to the brim with gleaming jewels. Costly silks were thrown everywhere. Rare carpets were heaped in the corners. Money bags lay in piles.
When Ali Baba saw this, he was sure the forty men had been robbers, and that this was their treasure . ''Thank goodness they didn't see me, '' he thought.
As soon as they were gone, Ali Baba climbed down and stared at the rock for a long time. Then he cried, ''Open Sesame!"
The door opened. Ali Baba looked inside and couldn't believe his eyes. There was treasure everywhere. Gold and silver laying heaps on the floor and jars were filled to the brim with gleaming jewels. Costly silks were thrown everywhere. Rare carpets were heaped in the corners. Money bags lay in piles.
When Ali Baba saw this, he was sure the forty men had been robbers, and that this was their treasure . ''Thank goodness they didn't see me, '' he thought.
Monday, May 18, 2009
A bad day by Dragonfly
1. Where was Meg Murry?
Meg Murry was in her attic bedroom
2. From your reading say whether these statements are true or false:
It was a very stormy night at her house
3. Find the words which tell you that Meg was afraid.
Meg shook in her quilt
4. Was Meg unhappy about school? How do you know?
Yes and because she said in her mind that school wasn't good cause she is in the lowest section in her class.
5. Complete the following table:
low lower lowest
best better bestest
poor poorer poorest
full fuller fullest
early earlier earliest
6. Brilliant parents means: Cleaver parents
7. (a) One of the girls told Meg she always acted like a baby.
7. (b) Think of a reason why Meg would have been unhappy about this. The teacher said that Meg had to stay back a year.
8. Why did Meg fight the boy on the way home from school?
The boy said something about her dumb baby brother
9. Do you know whether Meg won or lost the fight?
She didn't win because she had a bruise under her eye and her blouse was torn.
10. Would you have fought the boy? Why or why not?
No I wouldn't because boys are 10 times stronger then us.
11. Where Meg's brothers, Sandy and Dennys, understanding about her fight.
The two brothers were disgusted the she fought a boy.
12. Use your dictionary to find out what delinquent means. Explain it in your own words.
Meg Murry was in her attic bedroom
2. From your reading say whether these statements are true or false:
It was a very stormy night at her house
3. Find the words which tell you that Meg was afraid.
Meg shook in her quilt
4. Was Meg unhappy about school? How do you know?
Yes and because she said in her mind that school wasn't good cause she is in the lowest section in her class.
5. Complete the following table:
low lower lowest
best better bestest
poor poorer poorest
full fuller fullest
early earlier earliest
6. Brilliant parents means: Cleaver parents
7. (a) One of the girls told Meg she always acted like a baby.
7. (b) Think of a reason why Meg would have been unhappy about this. The teacher said that Meg had to stay back a year.
8. Why did Meg fight the boy on the way home from school?
The boy said something about her dumb baby brother
9. Do you know whether Meg won or lost the fight?
She didn't win because she had a bruise under her eye and her blouse was torn.
10. Would you have fought the boy? Why or why not?
No I wouldn't because boys are 10 times stronger then us.
11. Where Meg's brothers, Sandy and Dennys, understanding about her fight.
The two brothers were disgusted the she fought a boy.
12. Use your dictionary to find out what delinquent means. Explain it in your own words.
My time at Tirrigai day one
Camping At Tirrigai Day 1
I woke up in the morning and I am going crazy about camp. I make sure I have everything ready in my suitcase but then I forgot to check on my puppy Two-bob. As soon as I had went to check on my puppy my brother and my dad woke up. Then I looked at the time. It is almost 9'o clock! Dad quickly tells us to get ready so that we can leave. My brother and I are always in the car before my dad gets there. He really does make an effort to hurry. My brother starts the engine, even though he is 12 he knows a lot about cars. Finally dad gets into the car and reverses. I'm dropped off first. I kiss my dad goodbye and say to my brother goodbye blankly.
I stare at my dad's car while his driving away, slowly. I take a deep breath before walking to the line and putting my bag down. I'm exited but also sad, exited because I am going to camp for 2 whole nights! Sad because I'm leaving my puppy even though we've had her for only 2 weeks. I start to think about camp and smile. I slowly walk to line with my suitcase and when I finally get there I put my suitcase down and see if Green Elephant, Emma, Pink Bunny, Butterfly, Puppy and Pink Kitty are there. I only see Emma, Pink Bunny, and Butterfly. After a little while I see Pink Kitty we all greet and are all very exited if we are in the same cabin group. As soon as the bell rings we all sit down and wait until the meeting is done. After we go straight to the front and to my surprise the bus is already there.
Mr McLeod and the bus driver were putting the suitcases in a little compartment underneath the bus. I'm now going to tell you which teachers were coming with us. The teachers that are coming with us are Ms Tiena, Ms Callers and Mr McLeod. Before Mr McLeod could let us on the bus he called out names in the roll list. The trip to Tirrigai is a 30 minute drive. Once we finally get on to the bus Mr McLeod tells us we can talk but not loudly or else it will distract the bus driver.
After 30 minutes of driving at last we're at Tirrigai. Once we get off the bus we see another school, that school was called St Nazis. When all the bags were unloaded we grabbed them and met a Boy named Ken and a girl named Susie. Ken said who he was and told us we were going to do 6 steps. Step 1 was we get a Tirrigai bottle and we go fill it up from the water tank. Step 2 we got an ANZAC cookie without nuts in it. Step 3 we go back and sit down behind any cone. Step 4 eat your cookie. Step 5 put your name on your drink bottle. Finally, step 6 go to the toilet if you need to. After Ken told us all the steps he told us which table group we were in. I was in table group number 5.
Here is our cabins.
So since I was in table group number 4, at lunch time I had to sit with whoever was in table group number 4.Here is a picture of the cabinsAfter we went to where the cabins were and Mr McLeod told us which cabin group we were in. Surprisingly I was in the same cabin group as Green Elephant, Emma, Pink Bunny, Butterfly, Puppy and Pink Kitty. We were so excited to be in the same cabin group. We all walked straight in one line. Then we put our bags down looking like we're going to scream. Then the next thing you know instead of a big squeal everyone in the cabin let out a little squeal of excitement.
I woke up in the morning and I am going crazy about camp. I make sure I have everything ready in my suitcase but then I forgot to check on my puppy Two-bob. As soon as I had went to check on my puppy my brother and my dad woke up. Then I looked at the time. It is almost 9'o clock! Dad quickly tells us to get ready so that we can leave. My brother and I are always in the car before my dad gets there. He really does make an effort to hurry. My brother starts the engine, even though he is 12 he knows a lot about cars. Finally dad gets into the car and reverses. I'm dropped off first. I kiss my dad goodbye and say to my brother goodbye blankly.
I stare at my dad's car while his driving away, slowly. I take a deep breath before walking to the line and putting my bag down. I'm exited but also sad, exited because I am going to camp for 2 whole nights! Sad because I'm leaving my puppy even though we've had her for only 2 weeks. I start to think about camp and smile. I slowly walk to line with my suitcase and when I finally get there I put my suitcase down and see if Green Elephant, Emma, Pink Bunny, Butterfly, Puppy and Pink Kitty are there. I only see Emma, Pink Bunny, and Butterfly. After a little while I see Pink Kitty we all greet and are all very exited if we are in the same cabin group. As soon as the bell rings we all sit down and wait until the meeting is done. After we go straight to the front and to my surprise the bus is already there.
Mr McLeod and the bus driver were putting the suitcases in a little compartment underneath the bus. I'm now going to tell you which teachers were coming with us. The teachers that are coming with us are Ms Tiena, Ms Callers and Mr McLeod. Before Mr McLeod could let us on the bus he called out names in the roll list. The trip to Tirrigai is a 30 minute drive. Once we finally get on to the bus Mr McLeod tells us we can talk but not loudly or else it will distract the bus driver.
After 30 minutes of driving at last we're at Tirrigai. Once we get off the bus we see another school, that school was called St Nazis. When all the bags were unloaded we grabbed them and met a Boy named Ken and a girl named Susie. Ken said who he was and told us we were going to do 6 steps. Step 1 was we get a Tirrigai bottle and we go fill it up from the water tank. Step 2 we got an ANZAC cookie without nuts in it. Step 3 we go back and sit down behind any cone. Step 4 eat your cookie. Step 5 put your name on your drink bottle. Finally, step 6 go to the toilet if you need to. After Ken told us all the steps he told us which table group we were in. I was in table group number 5.
Here is our cabins.
So since I was in table group number 4, at lunch time I had to sit with whoever was in table group number 4.Here is a picture of the cabinsAfter we went to where the cabins were and Mr McLeod told us which cabin group we were in. Surprisingly I was in the same cabin group as Green Elephant, Emma, Pink Bunny, Butterfly, Puppy and Pink Kitty. We were so excited to be in the same cabin group. We all walked straight in one line. Then we put our bags down looking like we're going to scream. Then the next thing you know instead of a big squeal everyone in the cabin let out a little squeal of excitement.After we heard a fire alarm and we looked outside the window everybody was running to the meeting area. Mr McLeod, Ms Tia and Ms Callers were there. Mr McLeod said it was lunch so we had to go to our table group number. Once lunch had ended we went back to our cabin to get ready. Then when we were ready to go Ms Tia came to our cabin group and called us out to line up to go to the meeting area to start the activities. When everybody got there, there were 2 cones and Ken and Sooty were there. Ken was holding a sheet of paper and I was guessing we were going to be split up again and what do you know! We were going to be split up again luckily I was with two of my friends Butterfly and Puppy.
We started off with some simple stuff like the first thing we did was something like photo orienteering but a little bit different. A little while later we had dinner and for dinner we had a roast. It was delicious!! Then we went to our cabins and sat down for a bit while people showered in our cabin. Once everybody finished taking a shower, we were all in our PJ's and getting ready for something we didn't expect. As soon as I got out of the shower Ms Tia came in and said that we were going to go to a movie in the kids area. Behind a little wall with interesting things in it. Anyway we went into the little door and got ourselves all settled in. Did I mention that we got to bring our pillows with us so we were really comfy.
The movie was called " Camp Rock" it was a really cool movie, in the middle of it some of the boys jumped up and started dancing. It was kind of weird, but we just ignored them. While the boys were jumping up and down like monkeys Emma and I were singing along quietly and also calmly. At the end of the movie we went back to our cabins we brushed up then we went to bed.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Test tube aliens are they real?
What you need:
water
measuring cup
bucket
Test Tube Alien
special food (You will get some when you bye the Test Tube Alien)
My prediction: is that the the test tube alien will start fizzing up when you pour in water, and it won't be very bhig when the fizzing stops.
What happened:
Ms S and I put in water so that it would start to fizz. After it stopped fizzing a class mate and I ahd to go to the bubbelers and wash it out until the coccon was fully gorn.
Haiku:
Test Tube Aliens
test tube aliens are cool
I like them so much
When it is haching:
water
measuring cup
bucket
Test Tube Alien
special food (You will get some when you bye the Test Tube Alien)
My prediction: is that the the test tube alien will start fizzing up when you pour in water, and it won't be very bhig when the fizzing stops.
What happened:
Ms S and I put in water so that it would start to fizz. After it stopped fizzing a class mate and I ahd to go to the bubbelers and wash it out until the coccon was fully gorn.
Haiku:
Test Tube Aliens
test tube aliens are cool
I like them so much
When it is haching:
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Rocket tea bags
Rocket Tea Bags
Adult Supervision
Materials:
1 tea bag
Matches
Procedure:
1. Take the string and tag off the tea bag.
2. Cut off the staple of the tea bag and empty the .
3. Make the tea bag material into more of a tube by putting your finger into it. Careful not to tear the material!
4. Stand the tube vertically on a flat dry surface, open end facing upwards.
5. Light the rocket by lighting the top end of the tea bag tube and stand back!
My production:
I predicted that it would work and it would take off to the sky because the tea is still in the bag.
What happened:
When Ms S lit the bag it started to go down to the bottom and when it got really close to the bottom then we had LIFT OFF!!!!!!!!!!
Word Bank:
tea bag, matches, box, take off, lighting, supervision, adult, production, newspaper.
Haiku about rocket tea bags:
Rocket bags are cool
They fly high to the sky
They are on fire
Adult Supervision
Materials:
1 tea bag
Matches
Procedure:
1. Take the string and tag off the tea bag.
2. Cut off the staple of the tea bag and empty the .
3. Make the tea bag material into more of a tube by putting your finger into it. Careful not to tear the material!
4. Stand the tube vertically on a flat dry surface, open end facing upwards.
5. Light the rocket by lighting the top end of the tea bag tube and stand back!
My production:
I predicted that it would work and it would take off to the sky because the tea is still in the bag.
What happened:
When Ms S lit the bag it started to go down to the bottom and when it got really close to the bottom then we had LIFT OFF!!!!!!!!!!
Word Bank:
tea bag, matches, box, take off, lighting, supervision, adult, production, newspaper.
Haiku about rocket tea bags:
Rocket bags are cool
They fly high to the sky
They are on fire
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Stalactites hold tight!
Word Bank:
week, salt, soda, cave, warm, add, Epsom salts, magnifying, crystals, diagram, ceiling
Hiaku about Stalactites:
Stalacties are sharp
They grow upside down in caves
They are sort of hold
My production:
Most of my class said that it is going to work but I think it is not going to work because I think we've put to much water in it.
What you need:
Epsom salts
18 inch piece of string
Hot water
A small plate
Glass jars
Fishing sinkers
My Word Bank:
Epsom salts, crystals, food colouring, solution, baking soda, Stalactites, Stalagmites, string soda, plate, inch, production, diagram.
What really happened:
After two weeks the stalactites actually grew, but they didn't grow like they were suppose to. They grew flat on the plate. They are suppose to grow like this.
week, salt, soda, cave, warm, add, Epsom salts, magnifying, crystals, diagram, ceiling
Hiaku about Stalactites:
Stalacties are sharp
They grow upside down in caves
They are sort of hold
My production:
Most of my class said that it is going to work but I think it is not going to work because I think we've put to much water in it.
What you need:
Epsom salts
18 inch piece of string
Hot water
A small plate
Glass jars
Fishing sinkers
My Word Bank:
Epsom salts, crystals, food colouring, solution, baking soda, Stalactites, Stalagmites, string soda, plate, inch, production, diagram.
What really happened:
After two weeks the stalactites actually grew, but they didn't grow like they were suppose to. They grew flat on the plate. They are suppose to grow like this.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
My instect
My insect is Ants:
Word Bank:
underground, bite, dangerous, big, small, insect, times, ten, species, active, fur, building, hatching.
What do ants eat?
Ants eat lots of fruit and people foods like Sandwiches, meat. Did you know that ants can carry 10 times their size. THAT'S AMAZING!!!!!!!
How many ants are there in the world?
There are 14, 000 species in the world.
Are ants nocturnal or are they a day time insect?
Ants are active during the night but are most active in the day time.
Where do ants live?
Ants live under ground so they can hatch the babies on the roof of the hatching chamber. It is a room that they make when there building the hole ants nest.
Word Bank:
underground, bite, dangerous, big, small, insect, times, ten, species, active, fur, building, hatching.
What do ants eat?
Ants eat lots of fruit and people foods like Sandwiches, meat. Did you know that ants can carry 10 times their size. THAT'S AMAZING!!!!!!!
How many ants are there in the world?
There are 14, 000 species in the world.
Are ants nocturnal or are they a day time insect?
Ants are active during the night but are most active in the day time.
Where do ants live?
Ants live under ground so they can hatch the babies on the roof of the hatching chamber. It is a room that they make when there building the hole ants nest.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
About Lava, Crystals and Sandstone
Word Bank:
igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic, molten, magma, lava, chemical, organ, crystal, line, sand, stone, basalt, crystal, marble, quartz, limestone, granite smooth, rough, layers, hard, geologist, clastic, fossil, rock
Haikus of Crystals, Sandstones and Lava (1x each)
Lava is hot rock
It is very very hot
Lava is redish
Crystals form down deep
Made by volcanic lava
And are expensive
Sandstone is goldish
It has stripes for the pattern
Walls are built from it
About Sandstone:
Sandstone forms where sand is laid down and buried—beaches, dunes and seafloors. Usually sandstone is mostly quartz. Learn more in "About Sandstone."
About Lava:
Did you know that Lava is a molten rock. In volcanic tubes grow crystals, rubies and diamonds. On the bottom of the tube is actually water to help the lava to go up when the sun rises right on the hole in the middle on the top.
About Crystals:
Did you know that Crystals are Geodes are often lined with quartz. And like I said before Crystals grow in volcanic tubes. When Crystals are growing they form a type of square shape but when people get them they carefully carve them into beautiful diamond shapes. 
Monday, May 4, 2009
A pet journal about Bobby {my pet rock}
Word bank:
igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic, molten, magma, lava, chemical, organic, crystal, line, sand, stone, basalt, crystal, marble, quartz, limestone, granite smooth, rough, layers, hard, geologist, fossil, rock.
A flat rockA
hot glue gun
Some craft eyes
Go outside and find a big flat rock. Put some newspaper on a flat surface and get a hot glue gun. Get out some googly craft eyes and glue them on your new pet rock! Then if you want to draw a mouth on your rock it will look cuter. Now you and your cute pet rock can have a wonderful time together!!
igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic, molten, magma, lava, chemical, organic, crystal, line, sand, stone, basalt, crystal, marble, quartz, limestone, granite smooth, rough, layers, hard, geologist, fossil, rock.
What Do You Need?
A flat rockA
hot glue gun
Some craft eyes
Activity:
Go outside and find a big flat rock. Put some newspaper on a flat surface and get a hot glue gun. Get out some googly craft eyes and glue them on your new pet rock! Then if you want to draw a mouth on your rock it will look cuter. Now you and your cute pet rock can have a wonderful time together!!
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