Cloze Excercise-Matilda by Roald Dahl

Matilda is a great book for readers in Grade 3-5. It tells the story of a 5 year old girl named Matilda. Matilda is a very bright girl. She started talking fluently when she was one year old and could read perfectly when she was five. All her parents thought of her was a noisy little chatterbox.

At Matilda's school there is a very mean Headmistress called Miss Trunchbull. She is very violent and doesn't seem to like children. Then there is Matilda's teacher called Miss Honey who is nice to everyone.
This wonderful book tells about the wonderful adventures of Matilda what type of special powers she gets.

If you like the sound of this book go down to your local or school library to read it and be amazed by Matilda.

Words: Fluently, readers, violent, gets, named, perfectly, wonderful, chatterbox, sound

Written by Slinky

Homework Term 2 week 9

Extension Maths:
1. Write 8:43pm in 24 hour time- 20:43am
2. Find the some of 49.68, 117.56- 6, 724- 885.24
3. Which is greater, 158, 342, 185, 324- 342
4. How many sides in a pentagonal prism- 10 sides
5. Write in figures, the number eighteen thousand and ninety-three-18, 090
6. What are the Roman numerals for 104, and 97 and 59- CIV, XCVII, LIX
7. What is one third of 52- 17.3
8. What is 3 times 50- 150

Last Words of a Bluebird-

As I went out a Crow
In a low voice said,
"Oh,I was looking for you.
How do you do?
I just came to tell you
To tell Lesley (will you?)
That her little Bluebird
Wanted me to bring word
That the north wind last night
That made the stars bright
And made ice on the trough
Almost made him cough
His tail feathers off.
He just had to fly!
But he sent her Good-by,
And said to be good,
And wear her red hood,
And look for the skunk tracks
In the snow with an ax-
And do everything!
And perhaps in the spring
He would come back and sing."

if there are any heavens my mother will(all by herself)have
one. It will not be a pansy heaven nor
a fragile heaven of lilies-of-the-valley but
it will be a heaven of blackred roses

By ee cummings

Treasure Hunt for Knowledge

Tasks:

1. How many words can you make from "elephant"?
ant, tap, pat, hat, let, pan, nap, help, eat, ate, lap, pal.

2.Write down as many words as you can for the color "red"

Ruby, sapphire, crimson, scarlet, maroon, rust, lava, terracotta, vermilion.

3. List six bones in the human body.

Skull, hip bone, ribs, jaw bone, patella, femur.

4. Find the author of "The Wind in the Willows"-

Kenneth Grahame is the author of the Wind and the Willows.

5. Draw a net of a cube and put it together.

6. List six words that have the THRASS sound "oa"

boat, moat, goat, float, toast, roast.

7. Write down the first four lines of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 18

Shall I compare thee to a summers day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all to short a date.

8. Write haiku about rain.

Droplets of rain fall
From the heavens above us,
Shining heavily

9. What are the symbols for lead, gold and silver?

Lead-Pb, Gold-Au, Silver-Ag.

Scrapbook by Butterfly

My telescope

On the 4.4.04 a girl named Butterfly turned 4 years old. It was also a very special day because the electronic telescope had been invented. Everyone was so excited. The cost of the electronic telescope was $5,000!! Butterfly desperately wanted to get the telescope because telescopes were her favorite object.

Then she realized that she hadn't got her birthday present yet. So she asked her parents if she could have her present and they gave her $5,000!! She made the biggest smile ever. She was so happy. She said thank you to her parents and thought about what she should get.

After a few minutes she new what she was going to buy. She went to the man who was selling the telescope and asked if she could buy it. The man first counted all of the money and said you have enough money to buy the telescope. So she took the telescope from the man and ran into her room. She put the telescope next to her bed and lay down for a little rest.

Then she realized her feet were touching something at the end of the bed. She sat up and picked it up. It was a present from her Auntie and Uncle. She read the card. It said:
Dear Butterfly,
We are very proud of you. We hope you have a lovely time today for your 4th birthday. Enjoy the birthday present and take good care of it.
Love Auntie and Uncle

She opened the present and inside it was a ring with a little dolphin holding a round, beautiful small opal. She put it on her second finger and it fit perfectly. She showed it to her mum and dad and they said it was a beautiful dolphin.

She said it was the best birthday ever!!!

THE END!!

Challenge-Snow haiku

Snow is made by god
It shimmers in the light sky
How it makes me smile!

Here is a picture of a snow flake-

Queensland

Topics:

Word Bank
Emblems
Animals
Crops
Information/facts
Rivers+creeks
Lists of places
Big things
Its great to be a Koala
Capital City facts
Ranges

Pictures

Word Bank: animals, koalas, rivers, creeks, emblems, Brolga, tourist attractions, cities.

Emblems:

Floral Emblem: Cooktown Orchid
Animal Emblem: Koala
Bird Emblem: Brolga

Crops:

Bananas, chickpea, citrus, apple, sugarcane, cotton, carrots, tropical fruits, wheat and other grain.

Information/facts:

Queensland is Australia's 2nd largest state. The people that live in Queensland enjoy an outdoor life style including beaches, waterways, national parks, rain forests and tropical reefs.

Rivers/creeks:

Uragara Creek, Underilla Creek, Upland Creek, Hamilton River, Georgina River, Daintree River, Mary River, Paroo River, Noosa River.

Big things:

Big Brush, Big Peanut, Big Barramundi, Big Captain Cook, Big Cassawary, Big Marlin, Big Macadamia nut, Big pineapple.

It's great to be a KOALA!!!

A koala is a type of bear. They like eating juicy gum leaves and sleeping during daytime. The koala got it's name from an ancient Aboriginal word meaning "no drink" because it receives over 9 percent of it's hydration from the gum leaves that it eats. Koalas only drink water when they are ill or times when there is not enough moisture in the leaves. A koala is a mammal, which can only survive on a diet of juicy gum leaves.

Habitat:

Koalas are found in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. 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.

Word Bank: Koalas, trees, leaves, eucalyptus, juicy leaves, Australia, popular, mammal, societies.

Haiku:

Koalas are cute

They are so fascinating

They eat juicy leaves

Capital City facts:

Brisbane is the capital city of Queensland. It is the largest city in Queensland. Brisbane's first white settlers arrived in May 1825. Aboriginal people have been living there for at least 40,000 years!!

Ranges:

Mc Pherson Range, Nimmel Range, Conondale Range, Blackall Range, D'Aguilar Range, Selwyn Range, Expedition Range.

Here are some pictures: