Literacy

Here is where I will show you all the things I do in literacy

Kylie The Carnival Fairy

Today I read Kylie The Carnival Fairy by Daisy Meadows. My favorite characters are Kylie, Rachel and Kirsty because they are all trying to make the carnival fun again. I don't like Jack Frost and his Goblins because they are trying to wreck the carnival. This book is very interesting because there is a Band Leader and a Carnival Master. They both have hats that make the band play good and in time and the Carnival Masters hat that makes the rides run smoothly.

This is a picture of the front cover. I rate this book 10/10.

THE GRAVEYARD BOOK

I AM READING THE GRAVEYARD BOOK BY NEIL GAIMAN.

I WANTED TO READ THIS BOOK BECAUSE IT SOUNDS INTERESTING BY THE NAME. THE FIRST PAGE OF THIS BOOK IS ABOUT A MAN WHO IS HOLDING A KNIFE AND CLEANS IT WITH HIS HANDKERCHIEF.

I THINK THE PICTURES ARE SCARY BECAUSE THEY HAVE LOTS OF DETAIL AND THEY LOOK CREEPY.

I THINK THE FRONT COVER IS GOOD BECAUSE IT RELATES TO ITS NAME. SO FAR FROM WHAT I HAVE READ IS REALLY GOOD BECAUSE IT IS VERY DIFFERENT TO OTHER STOREYS.

I RATE THINS BOOK 10/10. PLEASE READ IT.

Coles Plastic Bag Challenge

Our school is joining in the plastic bag challenge that is being run by Coles. My class 4/5R is holding it for our school. The Coles plastic bag challenge is to reduce the amount of landfill and the death of animals, such as: Turtles, Whales, Birds and other marine life. The people in my class that are running it are called Jade, Sian, Jack, Ryan and Erin. I think it is a very good idea to do this so the animals don't get instinct.

Did You Know? Over A trillion(100,000,000,00,00) Plastic bags are being made every year.

Every minute in Australia 7000 plastic bags are being thrown out.

By the 23rd October my school is trying to get 3000 or more plastic bags. To do this we NEED YOUR HELP!!!

Please leave a comment if you would like to do this yourself.

Tashi Concert

On the last day of term the 4/5 classes each performed a Tashi play that we practiced in drama.

My class 4/5R did a play about the book, Tashi and the Forbidden Room. I think this book is very interesting because a bad man called Blue Beard locked up 5 of his wife's for doing things like talking to the neighbored. The character I play was called Granny Wight Eyes. She is blind. All of the kids did really well in there play. It was really fun and exiting.

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Felicity Wishes

Today I read Felicity Wishes by Emma Thomson.

This book has 3 story's in it and I am on the last one. It is called Snowy Surprise. These three story's are about Felicity's Christmas with her friends. She had a pretty good Christmas besides when she got swept up in a snow storm, but she ended up having a good Christmas where she landed. I don't have a favorite character because all of Felicity's friends Polly, Holly, Daisy and Winnie are all very kind and if they are stuck they all share ideas.

This is an easy read. I rate it 10/10. PLEASE READ THIS BOOK. If you have read this book please leave me a comment and tell me what you thought of it.

My Housework

For homework we write down how we give our Time, Treasure or Talent to our family.
This is how I do.

Make bed.
Pack lunch.
Clean room.
Unpack lunch.
Set table.
Unpack table.
Pack bag.
Unpack bag.

Word Wall Words

These are the word wall words for this week in class. This is a great way to learn your words.

Sugar, Men, Earth, He's, Depart, New, Hair, Media, Turn, Story.
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Coraline

Today I read Coraline by Neil Gaiman.

This story is full of adventures and what Coraline does seems like you are there having the adventure too.

My favorite characters are Coraline and the cat. I like Coraline because she is smart and brave. I like the cat because it is helping Coraline get her parents back from the evil with, her other mother. My least favorite characters are Coraline's other mother and father because they took Coraline's real parents and has taken the souls of the other children.

If I had to write the blurb it would be like this.

When Coraline steps through a little door she unfolds a new adventure. The house looks identical to her house but what happens there is completely different. Coraline discovers her other mother and father in the house and thinks they are great, because they give her lots of attentioand give her lots of yummy food. They want Coraline to stay with them forever so they can steal her sole.

Because I think this blurb gives some more of the story away and people might think it sounds more interesting. If I were Coraline I would not have followed the Circus mouse into the little door because it would be frightening. Coraline's other mother and father have black button eyes and wanted Coraline to let them sow buttons into her eyes.

I recommend this book for people who want a scary adventure. I rate it 100/100.

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Different Phases Of The Moon Explanation

There are 8 different phases of the moon. They are called, New Moon, Waxing Crescent, 1st Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Last Quarter and Waining Crescent. The moon changes every night. It takes 291/2 days to get around the earth.



The first phase of the moon is New Moon. It is hard to see the new moon because it is on the opposite side of the earth to the sun, this is because the earth is blocking the sun's light. That also causes High and Low tide because the moon and the earth are pulling the tides. That is called gravitational pull.








The second phase of the moon is Waxing Crescent. This is when the moon looks like it is getting bigger but it is only getting shadowed by the sun's light. It is also pulling the tides because the sun, earth and moon are almost all lined up in a straight line.







The third phase of the moon is First Quarter. It is half black and half white. The white half is the one that can be seen and it gets it's light from the sun. This is when the sun and the earth are in front of the moon, so that is why only half of it can be seen.





The next phase of the moon is Waxing Gibbous. That is when it is almost a full moon so it is close to half way around the earth. The moon is almost at the top of the earth, so if the black part of the moon was lined up with some land and the bulge around the earth was big then that would be high tide.


The fifth phase of the moon is Full Moon. The Full Moon is all white because the sun can get to all of it and the earth is not blocking it. This is when the sun moon and earth are all lined up.


The next phase of the moon is Waining Gibbous. People can only see three quarters of this phase of the moon because the moon is moving around the earth and the sun is shinning on it.


Next is Last Quarter. The Last Quarter is when only half of the moon is visible. It is also known as the Half Moon. At this point the moon has almost made a whole circle around the earth.


The last phase of the moon is Waining Crescent. This is when the moon has finished it's cycle around the earth. It is almost a New Moon again so it is almost all blocked by the earth and the sun is not shinning on even half of it. The tide is not as high when it is a Waining Crescent then when it is a New or Full moon because they are lined up with the bulge and the Waining Crescent is not.


The moon and the sun are very important because the sun gives us light and the moon gives us High and Low tide. The tides give us jobs like being fisherman and if there were no tides there would be no homes for the sea creatures and no sea food for us.

Basketball Blues

Today I read Basketball Blues by Thalia Kalkipsakis. This book is part of the Go GIRL! series.

My favorite Character is Angie because she got called a boy because she is so good at basketball then she quit because she got offended but then she realized that her team needed her so she forgot about that and went back to her team.

If I were Angie I would not have worried about being called a boy.

I recommend this book for girls.

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Go Girl! Books

I have decided to make a list of all of the Go Girl! books I have read because I think they are great to read and I think that anyone could enjoy one if they really tried.

The worst gymnast.

Sister spirit.

Lunchtime rules.

Camp chaos.

Basketball blues.

The new girl.

The secret club.

Kiss chasey.

The big split.

Karate kicks.

Horse tails.

Boys vs Girls.

Class captain.

Secrets out.

Sink or swim.

The Go Girl! difference 2 Bush Babies.

Reading

In my class we do silent reading and we read books we get from the school library.

My class reads books like:

Hugo Cabret.

Andy Griffiths.

Go Girl!

100 Cupboards.

Animal books.

Car and plane books.

I think reading is good fun and it gets you thinking. Please leave a comment and tell me what books you have been reading.

Secret's Out

Today I read Secret's Out by Chrissie Perry.

I think this is a good book because Tamsin tells Casey's biggest secret that she hasn't ever told anyone before.

I feel sorry for Casey because all of her friends new her secret. It was funny when Casey was serving the lunch because when it was Dylan's turn to have his served Casey spilled it all over the floor.

I recommend this book for girls. If you want to know want to know Casey's secret you will have to read the fantastic book.

Lunchtime Rules

Today I read Lunchtime Rules by Vicki Seggall. It is a part of a series of books called Go Girl!

My favorite character is Ant (short for Samantha) because people called her to small and slow to play her favorite game football, but she got over it because her librarian gave her a book about a famous tennis player. Ant did running training with her mum and at the school running carnival she got a ribbon for second place.

I think Ant is a very brave and kind person. I recommend this book for people who want to read a great book.

Sink Or Swim

Today I read a book called Sink Or Swim.

It is about a girl called Bec who was in a swimming class and her coach thinks she should join the junior squad. But that meant Bec would have to try even harder if she wanted to be the fastest in the class. She had a friend called Holly who was really nice to Bec like when it was the trials and Bec got nervous and came last. I think Bec was lucky because to get into the State Championships you had to come first in one of the trial races, But they needed one more contestant and they chose Bec. Bec tried her best and got a 3rd place medal and was very happy.

I recommend this book for people who like swimming and want an exiting read.

A Series Of Unfotunate Events

I am reading A Series Of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket.

I wanted to read it because I have seen the movie and it is great. It is about the Baudelaire children, Violet, Klaus and Sunny who's parents perished in a fire witch was started by an evil man named Count Olaf. The children firstly had to live with Count Olaf when their parents died but they had to go somewhere else because he parked the car in the middle of a train track when the train was coming. Next they had to live with Uncle Monty, he is a very nice welcoming man who lost his family in a fire as well so he new what it was like, but then Count Olaf killed him, to try and get to the children. Next the kids went with Aunt Josephine who is a very scared person, but Count Olaf killed her to, he did that by throwing her into a lake full of leeches. The only reason Count Olaf did all of that was to get the parents fortune they had left behind so that is why he killed their parents. My favorite characters are Violet because she can invent lots of things, Klaus because he is very smart, Sunny because she bites things and Uncle Monty because he is kind.

I really like this book and I recommend it for people who want a good but very sad read.

Clarice Bean

Today I read Clarice Bean Spells Trouble by Lauren Child. My favorite character is Clarice because she is smart and funny. My favorite part of the book so far is when Clarice said my friend is called Karl Wrenbury because then people think she is just as bad even if she tries to be good. Karl Wrenbury is the naughtiest kid in the school because he has a zingy thing inside him as Clarice puts it.

I think this is a great book to read.

I rate it 10/10.

The Suitcase Kid

I am reading The Suitcase Kid, by Jacqueline Wilson.

So far I am on chapter 4 it is called C is for Cottage. It is a great book and I cant put it down.

This is my letter to the author.

Dear Jacqueline Wilson I am reading The Suitcase Kid, it is really good but sad because Andy's parents are separated. I have read lots of your books and my favorite is Candyfloss. Keep writing. From Selina.

I recommend this book for people who want a good story to read.

My Jobs

For homework we have to write down our jobs and how we give our TIME,TREASURE and TALENT to our family.

These are my jobs.

Unpack dishwasher, Unpack lunch box, Pack lunch box, Clean room, Feed cats, Make bed, Clean bathroom after shower and Put away what I get out.