Word Clouds

Today for Daily 5 we created Word Clouds using the ABCYA website, and we saved them directly onto our google drive. Here are a few.
 

Disco

Pukekos

We have talking about Pukekos in Room 12.  We drew Pukekos for our Calendar Art, we made 3D Pukekos with Mrs M for Art and we coloured in Pukeko pictures to use the Colarmix app on the iPad to get them to turn into 3D creatures.

We wrote some Information Reports about Pukekos as well.  Here are a few:

Ashley's Information Report:
This story is about Pukekos. Pukekos have got a blue body and a black feather. Pukekos also have red legs and a red beak and red eyes. Pukekos go looking for food such as worms and bugs. Pukekos live  around swampy areas. Pukekos are a member of the rail family of birds. Pukekos can grow about 51 centimetres long. Pukekos can be about the size of a hen. Pukekos can be aggressive. Pukekos are found all over New Zealand. Although Pukekos don’t have webbed feet they are extremely good swimmers. I think Pukekos are an interesting animal.

Julia's Information Report:
My information report is about pukeko’s. Pukeko’s have a red beak and have red legs.  They live in grass areas and they eat bugs and attack people. They also live in swamps. Their body is blue and black. They have some white in their tail. The rest of their tail is black. I like Pukeko’s because the babies are cute and the saddest part is when they eat baby ducks that I feel sad for them. I really do feel sorry for them.

Trinity's Information Report:
Pukekos are  a bird that can not fly They are a swomp bird.They also eat the head’s off of little baby ducklings. They have red beaks.  And have blue tummy’s and red leg’s and black wing’s. They have red eyes.They eat heads off little ducklings. And live in the swamp.Sometimes they are could swamp hen’s. I think the pukekos are very cool and they deserve respect.

My Tiny Dragon

Mrs Jones gave us the following picture of a tiny dragon and these questions to think about as a writing prompt:

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  The Tiny Dragon

  Where is it from?
• Why is it so small?
• Are there more like him?
• Where does he live?
• How will you look after it?
• Will you keep it a secret or tell someone?
• What is it called?
• Is it magic?  What magic can it do?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  My Tiny Dragon - by Ben
  One day I found a little dragon. He looked sad so I took him home and gave him a bath and cleaned him. He had lots of mud on him. He is cute and cuddly. He eats candy but we don't have to feed him because his magic is that he can make candy when he wants. He said he lives in a small dark cave. We take really good care of him. He used to be a big dragon but his father made him drink a shrinking potion so that is why he is small. His friend is super man.  The cool thing is that he has a razor sharp blade.
  
  
  The Ender Dragon - by Jared
  One day I was at the house by myself and then there was a package at the front door. I opened it. I saw a little baby ender dragon. First I was afraid of it. I ran. Then I came back. I made it a bed and a  cage. I got some rotten flesh.  I feed him the rotten flesh, then I taught him to fly. Soon he was flying around the house. Then mum and dad got home.  I hid the the dragon and the cage in my room.  I came out of my room.  My mum and dad came to my room.  I said there is not any thing in here.  They went to the lounge to watch TV.  I ran outside in to my hut.  My dragon was safe, well thats what I thought.  Then my next door neighbour came over, they went to my hut and they just about stood my tiny dragon.  I said lets go inside.  We had lunch then they went back to their house.  The next day I told my parents I had a dragon. At first they thought I was playing a trick on them but I showed them the dragon. First the dragon got scared of my mum and dad and then I told him there was nothing to be scared of.  Then he came out of his hole. Mum went out to get some chicken.
  
  
  The Tiny Flame Dragon - by Summer N
  Once upon a time there was a tiny flame dragon that was lost. The baby dragon looked scared and really terrified. He looked really sad. So I kept him. I named him Flamy. He looked so adorable. I kept it a secret. Until he had magic I knew, he did. There was this weird sound in the house and Flamy was floating without his wings flapping!!!! I screamed really loud because it freaked me out! I had this tingling feeling on my body and I floated as well! I didn’t know it can happen, but I loved it! it was so cool, I felt like I had a smile inside! As he grew I let him live outside, I always wanted to ride him. He was cool when he had violet scales.
  
  
  Zane the Tiny Dragon - by Mason
  One day I went on a plane to Saturn and I went underwater and found a tiny dragon and a potion.    So I took him home. But I found the rest of the family. So I took them all home. The first tiny dragon I found was Zane the father and he was married to Nicky and has three sons called Ash, Aqua and Finn and has two daughters called Amy and Isabella. Zane loves adventures and music.  Nicky loves to run till dinner. Ash likes to play games and relax. Aqua likes to read with her sister Isabella,dance with her sister Amy and tell stories. Finn likes to annoy Her sister Amy and scare everyone. Amy loves to write, be creative and dance with Her brother Aqua. Isabella likes to read with her brother Aqua and go on her phone. There aren’t more like Zane. His home is Rainbow Land above our house in the clouds. I look after Zane by giving him water, feeding him gold marshmallows and playing catch with him. I keep it a secret because the person I tell might tell everyone. Zane is magical and he can summon storms,shoot fireballs and teleport. Zane is blue with red stars. Zane can turn big so I can ride on him. I love Zane.
  
  
  The Amazing Dragon Sisters - by Ella
  Once upon a time there was a dragon who lived in cloud land.  But one day she drank a potion on cloud land. She drank so much she fell right through the cloud and landed in my bag when I was going to school. After school I went home.  Me and Ashley got into our room.  I said, “Ashley did you feel something fall into your bag when we were going to school?”  Ashley said, “ yes”.  “Me too”.  We went to open our bag and a dragon popped out of our bags. We went closer, I picked up our dragons and Ashley said “can we keep them?”  I said “yes”. Ashley said “I am going to call mine Intendo.”  I  said “I'll call mine Skippy.”  Me and Ashley put Skippy and Intendo into our pockets and skipped to the mall.  We got some beds. When we got home we put Skippy and Intendo in the little cave.  They loved it.  We said “we will always play with you.”   “We are tired,”  we said.  So we put on the campfire  and roasted marshmallows with the dragons. Then I said to Ashley, “we will never tell anyone.”  Ashley said. “No never never”.  The next day we went to get Skippy and Intendo and they were not there.  Then I saw clouds.  I turned around and I saw my dragon flying.  I said, “you are a  cloud dragon, that is awesome.” and Ashley said, “Intendo is a candy dragon, that is even more awesome.”  So they eat candy and made clouds for the rest of their lives. The End.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Book Reviews

We have been using the Chromebooks to make Book Reviews.  Here are a few fabulous Book Reviews that were made completely independently with no help at all from Mrs Jones.