Description about my mum

My mum has nice blackish and kind of brownish hair which makes her stand out and her way of dressing up is very fashionable.  My mum has nice dark brown coloured eyes. She has this nice shiny flat shoes which she loves to wear to different places.  She is almost the same height as my me.

My mum has a wonderful personality.  My mum is strong, smart and also beautiful.  She would always say family is first before anything else.  My mum has different kinds of skills she shows leadership to us kids, she is very artistic and creative in many different ways.  My Mum is the one who inspires me to become something and have a good career.  My mum is more than my mum she is also my best friend.

My mum is one of my netball coaches.   she is very helpful she teaches us different technique.  My mum always says “ Genevieve remember play as a team and play with a good attitude”.  My mum is a cheerful person she is also a supportive lady.     

Level 3 Reading

It's early morning on frog pond. As the sun rises, light sparkles on the water (1).    All sorts of  pond animals are waking up. The (2) busy day is beginning.

    At the edge of a(3) pond, a little green frog sits on a pondweed(4) in the water. He

is hidden here among  those(5) floating plants. He keeps very still and very quiet(6).

His big, bulging eyes are watching. He's watching the(7) dragonflies. He's watching for

slugs and worms. He's waiting(8) for flies. This little frog is hungry for flies(9).

    Someone else is hungry too. A dragonfly hums quietly(10) above the water. She is a fierce

hunter, looking(11) for insects. She hovers near a clump of sticks (12). She can fly in

any direction, even backwards or(13) sideways. Like the frog, she has very

big eyes(14). Suddenly she spots a fly crawling up a plant(15). She swoops down

like an arrow and grabs the(16) fly with her powerful front legs. Gripping it

as(17), she munches away at it with her sharp teeth(18) parts.

    The little frog has seen all this before(19). He turns very slightly. He's ready to pounce,

so(20) he keeps very still. He hopes that the dragonfly(21) will take off towards him

when she's finished eating(22). He hopes she won't notice him sitting

still on (23) green among the pondweed. Soon she flies off (24).

I am learning to add words to a text so it makes sense

1	water - correct	15	plant - correct
2	the - correct	16	the -  correct
3	a -	17	as -
4	pondweed -	18	teeth -
5	those -	19	before - correct
6	quiet - correct	20	so  -
7	the  - correct	21	dragonfly - correct
8	waiting - correct	22	eating - correct
9	flies - correct	23	on - correct
10	quietly - correct	24	off - correct
11	looking - correct
12	sticks  -
13	or - correct
14	eyes - correct

Level 4 Reading

The largest of all flying creatures is the albatross, which can have a wingspan of 3.5 metres.

The bill of this huge seagull is long and powerful.

The albatrosses seagull  (1) is the southern oceans of the world (2) where it

may sometimes travel great limits(3). One albatross, found near the Chilean

oceans (4), had a special identification tag fastened on (5) its neck which

had been put on (6) in New Zealand only 12 days earlier. In (7) that

brief time the bird had about (8) 4800 kilometres, an average of 400 metres(9)

daily – an amazing feat of endurance.

They(10) are capable of flying at speeds more  (11) than 90 km/h. Their

outstanding ability to fly (12) and glide far better than any

other (13) bird has led to them being named(14)

'the prince of soaring birds'.

They eat (15) mainly on squid, fish, shrimp, and

other(16) creatures that are found near the ocean(17)

of the sea. They also swoop down(18) on scraps thrown overboard from ships.

Also(19) they will follow a ship for many(20) days.

Albatrosses will alight on the ocean(21) surface, but only when it is hot (22).

They visit land in the breeding only(23) for a brief time. Adult birds go(24)

out at sea for two or even(25) three years.

Image source: T.Mattern, Department of Zoology, University of Otago

I am learning to add words to a text so it makes sense

1	seagull	15	eat
2	world  ✓	16	other  ✓
3	limits	17	ocean
4	oceans	18	down  ✓
5	on ✓	19	also
6	on ✓	20	many ✓
7	in ✓	21	ocean  ✓
8	about	22	hot   ✓
9	metres	23	only
10	they✓	24	go
11	more	25	even  ✓
12	fly
13	other  ✓
14	named ✓

Multiplication and Division

Lam able to solve multiplication and division at level 3.

 1.    When Jasmine makes lemonade she uses 6 lemons for every litre of water. How many lemon’s does she need for

i)     2 litres of water?    12 - 6 x 2 = 12 - 6 doubled is 12.

ii)    3 litres of water?    18 - 6 x 3 = 18 - 6 tripled is 18

iii)   10 litres of water?  60 - 6 x 10 = 60.

2.   Devinda is doing some baking. When he uses his mum's recipe he can make 8 muffins. When he doubled the recipe he gets 16 muffins. How many lots of the recipe does he need to make

i)     24 muffins?     8 x 24 =?, 8 x 20 = 160, 8 x 4 = 32, 160 + 32 = 192.

ii)    32 muffins?     8 x 32 =?, 8 x 30 = ?, 8 x 10 = 80, I tripled 80 and it is 220, 8 x 2 = 16, 16 + 220 = 236.

iii)   56 muffins?     8 x 56 =?, 8 x 50= ?, 8 x 10 = 80, I doubled 80 five times = 400, 8 x 6 = 48, 400 + 48 = 448.