Simile poem

My sister:

When my sister kisses me it feels like going to heaven.
My sister is as precious as a gem.
When I see my sister she looks like an angel.

Similie and Metaphore

The tree was as rough as dragon's scales.

The girl's eyes sparkeld like snow and ice combined.

The movie was as boring as watching a paused world.
My sister's skin is as silky than my hair.

Eating chocolate is like spending time with friends everyday.

Being sent to the principal is like being grounded.

Great Barrier Reef

Word Bank: coral, reef, diving, seaweed, fish, water, rocks, peaceful, coral, reef, fish, sharks, ocean, beach, poison, blue, clear, species, colours, aquatic, creatures, shipwrecks, marine, life, seas, dangerous.

Facts:
The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef in the world.
The reef belongs to:
-1,500 species of fish.
-359 types of hard coral.
-4,000 different types of shellfish.
-400 different species of seaweed.
-30 different species of marine animals.
-2,900 reefs.
-940 islands and cays.

Bright colours mean "don't eat me."
A herbivore only eats plants.
The Great Barrier Reef is one of the Great Wonders of the world. It is a very popular place for Humpback Whales to breed.
The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space!

Facts about Crown-of Thorn Starfish:
The Crown-of-Thorn Starfish are a type of starfish that eats living coral.
It has been a major issue on the Great Barrier Reef and other Pacific reefs for nearly 40 years!

They eat coral reefs from the Red Sea, Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. The Crown-of-Thorns is the second largest sea star in the world. The Crown-of-Thorns can grow from the size of a grain of sand to the size of a dinner plate. Large Crown-of-Thorns can grow to be the size of a school bus tire.

Here is a picture of a Crown-of-Thorn:









Types of living creatures:

Crown-of-Thorns starfish
Sea Snails
Puffer fish
Hermit crab
Sea horse

It's great to be a Bottlenose Dolphin:

What is a Bottlenose Dolphin?
Bottlenose dolphins are actually small whales, and belong to a group called "toothed whales". They are air breathing mammals so they still must come to the surface to breathe through the blowhole on top of their heads. Their shape and colour is depending on where they are found. Dolphins have a dark grey back and a light grey belly. It helps them camouflage when predators (such as killer whales or sharks) look up from the deep, the light grey belly blends in with bright surface waters. When seen from above, the grey back blends in with the deep dark waters below.
Where do they live?
Bottlenose Dolphins are commonly found in temperate and tropical seas all over the world. Bottlenose dolphins can be found in all of Western Australia's marine parks. Bottlenose dolphins eat about 15 kilograms of food per day. They eat a wide variety of fish, squid and octopuses.

Their Threats:
Bottlenose Dolphin's natural threats are killer whales and sharks such as tiger sharks and dusky sharks. Other risks include entanglement in fishing nets (trawling, drift and gill nets).

Bottlenose dolphins are very social animals that live together in a group called pods. Inshore pods may have around 12 dolphins and offshore pods may have the about in the hundreds.

Haiku:
Dolphins swim slowly.
They dive in the peaceful sea.
Make sounds at sunset.

Here is a picture of a Bottlenose Dolphin:

Here is a scrapbook of a Bottlenose Dolphin:

Here are some pictures of the Great Barrier Reef:

Haiku:
Schools of fish swim fast.
The Reef is a peaceful place.
Dolphins dive up high.

This is a scrapbook I made on the Great Barrier Reef:

Homework-Term 3 Week 6

For basketball homework, write out and learn your 9 times tables. For extension homework take these amounts from $5.

36c=$4.64

$4.90=10c

66c=$4.34

$2.90=$3.10

18c=$4.82

$1.79=$3.21

$3.33=$1.67

$3.85=$1.15

$1.86=$3.14

89c=$4.11

Poetry Homework for this week is by Edward Lear:

The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea

In a beautiful pea-green boat:
They took some honey, and plenty of money
Wrapped up in a five-pound note.

The Owl looked up to the stars above,

And sang to a small guitar,

"O lovely Pussy, O Pussy, my love,

What a beautiful Pussy you are,

You are,

You are!

What a beautiful Pussy you are!

Write out this poem by Edward Lear in your neatest handwriting.

Do Unit 19 in your yellow spelling book.

Unit 18

List:

salt, volt, cold, bald, myself, elf, bulb, halt, bolt, gold, wild, yourself, calf, calm, felt, silk, fold, world, himself, half, palm, belt, milk, sold, should, herself, wolf, melt, talk, hold, could, itself, gulf, gulp, adult, difficult, build, would, golf, help.

1. Which list words mean...?

a magical creature: elf
an onion-like root: bulb
a measurement of electric force: volt
a sport: golf
swallow quickly: gulp
a large bay: gulf

2. Write in the missing letters to make list words.
salt
half
palm
talk

3. Write three different questions beginning with: should, would and could.

Could I please go to my friends house?

Would I be able to do soccer lessons?

Should I go to the shops to buy groceries?

4.Which list words are synonyms (words with with similar meanings) for these...?

crease: fold
stop: halt
Earth: world
hairless: bold

5. Which list words belong in these groups...?

fig, oak, wattle, eucalypt: palm

kitten, puppy, lamb, foal: calf

cheese, cream, butter: milk

ice, freeze, snow, shiver: cold

6. Word Building
1. A contraction is a shortened word that has been made from two words.

Write the following contractions in full.

shouldn't: should not

couldn't: could not

wouldn't: would not

2. To change most words ending with If to plurals, change the f to v and then add es.

Make the following list words into plurals.

elf: elves
calf: calves
half: halves
wolf: wolves

Koalas

Word Bank: Koala, eucalyptus, gum tree, juicy leaves, Australia, fur, herbivore, leaves, lives, baby, male, female, tree, interesting

Facts: A koala is a type of bear. A koala is a mammal, which can only survive on a diet of juicy gum leaves. They like eating juicy gum leaves and sleeping. Especially in the day time. The koala got it's name from the ancient Aboriginal word "no drink" because koalas receive over of it's hydration from the gum leaves they eat. Koalas only drink water when they are ill or times when there is not enough moisture in the leaves. Koalas live for 12-16 years in the wild.

Habitat: Koalas are found in QLD, NSW, VIC and SA. Koalas live in societies, like humans, so they need to be able to contact with other koalas. In Australia there are over 600 types of eucalyptus but koalas only eat up to 40-50 different types.

Questions:

1. What do koalas eat?

2. How can you tell the difference between a female and a male koala?

Answers:

1. Eucalyptus leaves, gum leaves, tea trees.

2. Males are usually larger in size than females. Males have flatter, less pointed faces than females.

Here is a picture of a female koala:

What happens when you put Mentos in Coke?

What happens when you put Mentos in Coke?
When you put Mentos in Coke it lets out a mass of gas which blows up out of the bottle which causes it to make a big fountain of Coke.

Word Bank: form, expand, fizz, Coke, Mentos, explode, carbon dioxide, combine, re act, fun, minty flavour, reation, explode.

What you need:
Coke








Mentos







glass cup
spoon
adult supervision
protective clothing

What to do:
Remember to do this outside!!
Get your can of Coke and some Mentos. Place the Mentos somewhere where it won't get dirty. Open the can of Coke and carefully drop a Mentos in the Coke. After a few seconds it should explode and form a Coke fountain.

What happened:
Dragonfly poured the Coke into a glass cup. Then she put one Mentos in the glass. But the Coke didn't fizz up. It only fizzed up a tiny bit. Then Dragonfly got to drink the Coke and eat the Mentos. She said it tastes like mint with soda!!!
Diagram:

Maths times tables and measurment

Questions:

1. If I leave Canberra on the bus at 9:15am, and get into Sydney 3 hours and 15 minutes later, what time will it be?

2. If I had to be at a meeting at 11:30, and it takes 37 minutes to get there, what time will I have to leave home?

3. If it takes 25 minutes to read a chapter in my book, and I want to read three chapters, how long will it take me?

4. If I am going to bake cookies, and each tray takes twelve minutes to bake, how long will it take, in hours and minutes, to bake six trays?

5. If I leave Sydney at 3.30pm, and drive for two hours, then have a fifteen minute break in Berrima, then drive for another hour and a half, how long will it take to get to Canberra.

6. If it takes forty-five minutes to make fudge, how long does it take to make two batches?

Answers:

1. 12:30
2. 10:53
3. 1 hour, 15 minutes
4. 1 hour, 12 minutes
5. 3 hours, 45 minutes
6. 1 hour, 30 minutes

5 Random things

I've never:

1. Been skydiving
2. Been bungy jumping
3. Been to a wedding
4. Swam with dolphins
5. Been to China

I have:

1. Been bitten by a dog
2. Ridden a horse
3. Been to a sleep-over
4. Got and A in lots of things
5. Shouted at my brother

Terrarium

Word Bank: plants, seeds, moss, dirt, grow, orchid, water, glass jar, flowers, fluid, fertiliser, moist, nutrients, greenery, spores, sprout, habbitat, sow, re plant, leaves, buds, moss. mould, warmth, grass, roots, decorative, nature, garden,

Sentences using who, what, when, where, why:

Who: The person who helped me make my terrarium was Andy.

What: We made our own terrarium.

When: We made our terrarium 11.8.09

Where: We made our terrariums outside.

Why: So we could see which terrarium would survive and wouldn't.

Haiku:
Terrariums, grow
Remember to water them
It's a small, small world

Diagram:

Chemical Reactions-Alkaline versus Acid

Alkaline:
Milk
Water


Acid:
Vinegar
Soda Water

For every action there is a re action.

Prediction:
I predict that when the bicarbonate of soda is poured into the acidic drinks, it will start to fizz up and over the cup.

What happened:
Dragonfly poured in the acidic drinks in a cup each. Then she put a tea spoon of bicarbonate of soda into each acidic drink. We watched how it reacted.

Dressing up for dinner

You will need a large block of chocolate, a flat tin plate, a knife and fork, a dice, and an old hat and coat. The guests sit in a circle with the chocolate, plate, knife, fork, hat, coat etc. In the middle.

Each person rolls the dice. If a six is thrown, the player gets up, runs to the centre, puts on the hat and then, picks up the knife and fork and begins to eat the chocolate. One square is cut off at a time, and that must be just with fingers before the next piece is cut off.

While this player is eating, the rest of the team takes it turns to throw the dice. When another six is thrown, that guests runs to the centre, takes the hat and coat from the previous person, gets dressed and begins to cut the chocolate. (If many six are thrown one after the other, there is a big rush as people begin to put on the coat only to have another person race out and take it after them.)

Word Bank: Chocolate, block, hat, coat, plate, knife, fork, dice, centre, six, cut, pieces.

1. I went to the shops to buy a block of chocolate and cut it into six pieces.

2. At a clothes shop I bought a brown hat and a black coat.

3. While dinner time I dropped my knife and fork on the floor.

4. My puppy has a plastic plate to play with.

Deserts and Tropical Rainforests in Australia

(Deserts and Rainforests)

Tropical Rainforests:

Wet, tropical climate, not many animals, waterfalls, damp, tropical plants, creatures, lots of frogs,

snakes, birds, explorers.

Deserts:

Dry, hot, dusty, not many animals, dry sand, cactuses, camels, not much water, lots of lizards.

Word Bank: Deserts, tropical, climate, waterfalls, dusty, hot, camels, cactuses, dry sand, plants, rainforests, birds.

Here are some pictures of tropical rainforests and deserts:

Australian Ravens

Word Bank: Raven, diet, bird, glide, squawk, trees, beak, legs, feathers, wings, black, adults, types, swoop, seeds, bugs, reptiles, carrion, fruit, common.

Facts:

The Australian Raven is found in Eastern, Southern, Western and Central Australia. The Australian Raven only has a black body. Adult Ravens have white colored eyes and young Ravens have dark colored eyes. To swallow food the Australian Ravens wack their head back to digest their food while eating. The Latin name for a raven is Corvus.

Diet: Ravens eat seeds, insects, carrion, fruit, small reptiles, nestling and eggs,

Here are some pictures of Australian Ravens:












Haiku:
Gliding threw the air
Squawking loudly everywhere
Feathers slowly drift