Percy's Song of Freedom Reading Activity Week 5

Percy’s Song of Freedom - Pt 2, No 2, 2005

1. Find the meanings of these words from the story.

canary - A canary is a little yellow bird that sings. ✔

perch - A perch is a place where a bird sits in a nest.✔

refuse - Refuse means to say that you will not do or accept.✔

shriek - A shriek is a shrill scream.✔

2. Draw Percy singing his song.

This illustration shows Percy singing on the tallest Pine Tree.

3. Answer these comprehension questions to show your understanding of the text.

a) Where did Percy escape to? Percy escaped outside into the open air and onto a Tree. ✔

b) Why do you think Percy escaped from his cage? Percy escaped out of the cage because Carol accidently let him go when she was cleaning his cage. ✔

c) Who rescued Percy? The person who rescued Percy was the father.✔

d) What did it mean in the story when  it said ‘With the last strength of his wings’? That means that with only the last power of his wings to fly he was able to fly.  ✔

My Pool Description

I am going to describe what a pool smells like, sounds like, feels like and looks like. I am going to talk about the Pool because it has been at our school for quite a while now. Our Pool we love, so that’s why i’m going to write a description about it.

The Pool looks very big. It looks like a big rectangle and it looks blue. It looks see-through like the wind. If you looked at it from the ladder it looks like a big rectangle shaped bowl full of blue jelly wiggling and jiggling around.

The Pool sounds a bit like the rough sea, a rough sea swaying from one side to another hitting the banks with pain. When the Pool’s waves get louder and louder it sounds a bit like a Thunderstorm getting louder and louder and angrier and angrier.

The Pool feels very wet. When the Pool’s waves are really rough it feels a bit like a big whirlpool going around in circles or a big sea storm. The sides of the Pool also feels like a curvy skateboard ramp.

The Pool smells really smelly. It smells like chlorine. Chlorine to me smells really smelly. The chlorine inside the Pool’s marque smells like some wet old smelly socks and old smelly pairs of boots.

Where you can find the Pool is at the St Pius X School tennis court grounds. It is so big that you can see it from half way down our school driveway. The Pool’s marquee looks like a Circus tent but instead of the colour Red it is white.

How we use the Pool is by using it for swimming lessons. We use it to have fun and to learn something new about swimming. How we also use it is by learning something new about water. Like what we should do if we are stranded out in the Ocean or learning how to swim in different ways.

What makes our Pool special is that we only get it for a bit out of the whole year. What makes it special is that only a few schools have it once a year. That it is for us and us only and that we are lucky enough for our school to have this opportunity to receive these swimming lessons. Also it is special because it belongs to the Cluster of Schools and was given to us from the Mt Wellington Trust. All of this and alot more is what makes it special to us.

The Call to Abraham and Sarah

Abraham and Sarah were sad. They were sad because they had no children.

One day God said to Abraham, “ Go, go leave this country, I will show you where you will go. The place where you are going you can have the land and you will have a baby.“ So they left the country and followed where God wanted them to go. When they finished their journey they had come up to a land called Canaan.

A few months later since God had promised them that they were going to have a baby, they started to doubt. Then one day 2 Angels came that were disguised as men. They came to Abraham and Sarah welcomed them into their tent and had dinner and sat under a nice shady Tree. The 2 Angels said to Abraham, “Sarah is going to have a child”. Sarah heard this from the tent and laughed. “Why is Sarah laughing? Is anything too hard for God?” said the Angels. At this point of time this was when they realised that these men were actually special messengers from God.

9 months later Sarah had a baby boy, for whom they called Isaac.

God's Call to Mary

Rm 3 Gods Call To Mary from St Pius X on Vimeo.

This morning after morning tea we had Mrs Tui come in and watch us do our Religious Education. What we have been looking at for the last 2 days is God's call and God's promises. First we looked at  Abraham and Sarah's promise. Today we talked about the call to Mary. For our activity we had to do a little role play that showed when the Angel came to Mary to tell her the good news from God. Miss G read a little paragraph from the story of God's call to Mary. At the end of the role plays Mrs Tui did a little role play of hers.

My Maths

In Maths I am a Pondering Pentagon and I am stage 6.

Aim High Reading Activity Week 6

Aim High - Pt 2, No 3, 2003

1. Find the meanings of these words from the story.

observatory -  a place to study the stars

astronomer - A scientific observer of the celestial bodies.

buried - To put the in the ground and then cover up the earth.

expect - To look forward to something but then never happens.

yowl - A long cry that a cat makes.

2. Draw what you think the Dog Star might look like.

     

3. Answer these comprehension questions to show your understanding of the text.

a) Where were the boys on the trip?

For the trip they went to the Observatory.

b) Why was Nik’s Mum so sad when he got home?

Nik’s Mum was sad because their Cat Flash had died.

c) What idea did Nik have at the end?

His idea is was to get a star named after his Cat Flash.

d) What did it mean in the story when  it said ‘Nick’s face felt hot and heavy’?

He felt like he couldn’t believe that Flash was dead and gone.

Who Inspires Me!