Thursday 11 September 2014

Current Events Reading

Article Link: Here

P = I think this article is about Oscar Pistorious. And about how some days ago he was found "Not Guilty" for shooting hi girlfriend because he thought she was an intruder.
C = Culpable Homicide = This means he did mean to kill her but it was an accident?
Q = If he did go to jail, how long would he be in there for?
S = This article was basically about Oscar Pistorious, and how he was convicted of killing his girlfriend but was found not guilty.

P = Predict
C = Clarify
Q = Questions
S = Summarise


Tuesday 9 September 2014

Monthly Blog Post On Ginger Ninja

















Yes, Ninja is asleep on the couch (again!), and no it is not the same day that I took the last picture (I am saying this because my parents asked me if this picture was taken on the sam day as my other one). Anyway Ninja has been normal in the past few weeks. The only change in his behaviour is that he is starting to be a bit of a hungus (he gets really hungry after he just had kai). That's the only thing I can say about Ninja this month but if anything pops up I'll probably update the post or make a new one.

Homework Challenge - P5

I have completed (yet another) Homework Challenge. I have not yet "finished" it but I am preparing for later on in the year (around 1 week). This activity (as you can see from the image) is from the category "Physical Activity and the Outdoors", I have circled the task I have completed. As you can see I had to complete a season of a sport. I haven't yet completed the season but I have one game to go so I am just planning ahead. The sport that I played for one season was Hockey. Hockey is an amazing sport and is really fun. It's not also fun but also competitive. With the opposition and your team mates. You challenge yourself a lot and push yourself to your limits (if you play hard enough). My team is the B team. Not the A. Not the C. The B. We were playing a grade above our grade that we were supposed to be in. So in other words we were playing against the A teams. We did play the A Boys and A Girls. We got thrashed against both of the teams. the Boys 7-0 and the Girls 2-0. Finally I would like to summarise the sport Hockey in a couple of words. Really fun and addictive. PS We also had the best coaches ever (Mr Jens and Mrs H)

Monday 8 September 2014

Prediction and Other Things About KiwiKids Article

Article Link Here

P = I think this article will be about... Two animals that make an unusual friendship. Either that or one of them helped the other with someone eg one of them was in trouble.
C = Nothing.
Q = No questions. The article is covers everything I want to know.
S = Technically, it is more of a video than a article but still covers a bit. It is about two unlikely friends basically (well to me).

Legend/Key:
P = Predict
C = Clarify
Q = Questions
S = Summarise

Sunday 7 September 2014

Article Comprehension (C.E Reading) - Questions and Answers

Article Comprehension:
  1. What causes cavities?
  2. What was the genius idea the scientists at OraganoBalance came up with to try combat cavities?
  3. What was the experiment they conducted to test their thesis? Was it successful?

Comprehension Answers:

1. People think that sugar is the main reason you get/have cavities. It is not. It is something in your saliva that feeds of the remains of the sugar (after you have finished digesting the food) and makes the cavities. It is called "streptococci mutants". They (like I said before) feed of the remains of the sugar while sticking to your teeth. While this is happening the spit of acid, this is the cavities.
2. The people of OraganoBalance had an idea that they could use a substance called "Lactobacillus Paracasei". This is a bacteria found (naturally) in milk products. The reason they got this bacteria was so it could bind with the streptococci mutants and this could result in the streptococci mutants getting dragged away from the teeth. It was an idea that seemed good because it was tested on rats (it seemed to work then).
3. The team at OraganoBalance made two batches of mint candy, each of these batches are coated with different dead types of lactobacillus paracasei. The third batch was bacteria free. They each then tested the candies. They found that the tests were successful and they did work.