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Monday 7 September 2020

The Very Wide Load


Answer the following questions in a different colour text.
  1. Where had Mum been for the past few days?she was in the city for her job 
  2. Why did Dad groan when he looked at the road ahead?because the dirt was slowing him down 
  3. Why was the truck taking up the whole road? Because it’s a big vehicle and it’s very slow  
  4. Why did Eva want Dad to overtake the very wide load?because she didn't want her mom to be worry about them and that she didn’t want to be late 
  5. Why would it have been dangerous to try to overtake the very wide load?because the police were behind them. And the truck might drive into their car and make them crash because the truck is so  big 
  6. Why didn’t Mum receive the first message Eva sent?because they had no connection 
  7. Why did Dad say to try sending the message again when they were closer to town?so that they can get connection 
  8. Why did Eva think they had no chance of getting to the station on time?because the truck was in the way and that it was slowing down 
  9. Why do police and pilot vehicles need to travel with wide loads on the highway?so the trucks can deliver the stuff on the truck to wherever they need to drop the stuff at.

Create Tasks: Create a snakes and ladders board game using cardboard



BOARD GAMES versus VIDEO GAMES


Answer the following questions in a different colour text.
  1. What are board games?snakes and ladders 
  2. Why is it fun to play board games with friends?because you are not alone and you can pat yourself on the back after the game. 
  3. How does the sense of touch matter when playing board games?idk 
  4. Why should games be played correctly?because it will be more fun and challenging. if you’re not playing by the rules then what's the point of playing the game.
  5. Why would Cooper feel bored when playing board games?because he says it takes to long to set up the game and that you’re just playing with cards and fake money 
  6. Why do some video games allow players to choose their own powers? Because it’s just boring when you have to play the same power the whole game. and if you finish playing the game you can try out are knew power.
  7. What does no matter where they live mean?means that if you’re friend is moving on the other side of the planet you can still talk  to them and it doesn’t matter how far you are you can still play with them 
  8. What skills are needed to play video games?it depends on what game you're playing. For example if you are playing a fighting game you have to click a lot of buttons.And if you are playing a shooting game you just have to click the same bottoms  
  9. What kinds of board games or video games would someone who was blind like to play? Bilnd people can play a fighting game because you can just push a button and then your automatically fight the person and for a board game i;m not sure 

Create Tasks: Create a snakes and ladders board game using cardboard



Thursday 3 September 2020

The Amazing Planetarium


Answer the following questions in a different colour text.
  1. What is a planetarium?it’s a room of seats and and it's lit up with little points of white light 
  2. Why was the room shaped like a circle?Jack noticed that the room
 was shaped like a circle.
Then, the lights were slowly turned down,
and everything grew darker and darker.
  1. Why was the teacher at the planetarium?Next, the teacher from the planetarium told us to watch the ceiling.
Suddenly, it was lit up with little points of white light.
The teacher was shining the lights onto the ceiling.
It looked just like the sky at night, but everything was really clear.
  1. Why is it usually hard to see stars at night in a city?
  2. What are stars made of?stars are made out of hot gas 
  3. Would the surface of Mars be wet or dry?dry 
  4. What did the second planet look like?oranges
  5. Did Sophie see real stars and planets?no he saw them in planetarium 
  6. Why did Sophie want her cousin to go to the planetarium?to see what space looks like 

Create Task: Create your own planetarium on paper or google drawing

Icky Sticky Spider Web


Answer the following questions in a different colour text.
  1. Why did Sam tiptoe when he went outside to get Dad’s newspaper? He knew something was trying to get him so he tiptoe  
  2. What was stuck in Sam’s hair and eyes?spider web 
  3. Why couldn’t Sam get rid of the spider’s web?because it was really sticky 
  4. What made the spider’s web look beautiful?jackie said look at the glistening and sparkling in the sun to sam
  5. Why are these spider webs sticky?“It builds a new web every night.
It drifts on the air to spread its web, and the web floats behind it.
The spider joins all the bits of web up to make a huge insect trap
between the trees. Afterwards, it waits for insects. 
  1. How did Jackie know so much about these spiders?Sam’s sister, Jackie, came outside with a book.
“It’s a garden orb-weaver spider,”
  1. What did Jackie tell Sam that made him feel even more anxious?idk  
  2. Why didn’t Sam find the spider or egg sacs in the bushes and trees?Jackie grinned at sam. “Don’t worry,” she said.“There won’t be any more webs soon.”
  3. Why do spider eggs hatch in spring?the mom dies the end  


Taha Wairua