Fast facts

Choose one of these articles to read about the Commonwealth Games. Write some interesting facts in the comments box below. It could be something you learnt about the athlete or the sport that you didn't know about.

http://www.kiwikidsnews.co.nz/glasgow2014/

Summarising for Wednesday

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/reading/finding_information/play/

Maori Language Week

http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/10289294/Maori-Language-Week-celebrated-by-the-Chiefs

Read the article about how the Chiefs Rugby team are celebrating Maori Language Week. Summarise the main ideas in your reading book.

Then you can read this article about Stan Walker's new Te Reo song and watch him singing the track on the video.
http://www.3news.co.nz/Stan-Walkers-new-single-promotes-Mori-Language-Week/tabid/423/articleID/353599/Default.aspx

Planting Calendar

http://www.tuigarden.co.nz/page/planting-calendar

Once you get to the page click on the link to download the helpful planting calendar. In the comment box below make a note of some of the vegetables we should be planting in the month of June.

We will check with Mrs Masters next time we have G.T.T to see if she is planting the same things.

Predict

Mr Janse shared this great story with us today. Before we could read it we had to come up with a prediction for why we thought the crayons quit. Can you come up with your own idea for why a colour might quit?

Book Reviews by kids for kids

Check out these children who are writing book reviews and sharing them online. Make a note of any good books and you could get them from the the library next week.

http://thiskidreviewsbooks.com/

http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site`

http://www.kidsreads.com/

http://www.paperplus.co.nz/kids-book-reviews

The Sun and the Moon Story