Maths

Today for maths I made a flag with five different shapes and a snake holding a lollipop. It was realy fun to make. Here is a pic of my flag.

 

3d shapes

today we did more 3d shape stuff. by drawing isometric shapes.  here is some of my work.

I found drawing the shapes tricky

I found building with the blocks easy.

I think I did well 😀

Science fair

Today we went to see the school science fair. We saw our displays and posters on the walls. I  enjoyed the Mable runs that were made from some of the littler kids. It was fun to test them by getting a marble and putting it down the marble runs.

My writing

This week for literacy we have been learning about writing beginnings. Then we wrote a story based on mood writing.

 

The Australian bush

Early morning

Wild creatures

Breeze

Fallen branch

Luca

Exploring

Where is the best place to see a wild platypus

The Australian bush was quiet in the early morning. The only sound was me walking along. The fallen branch was sadly lying there as I was on an adventure to see some animals. A soft breeze enfolded warmly. The fallen branch was next to my camp. “Where is the best place to see a wild platypus?” I wondered.

 

Maths- Elapsed Timelines

Today for maths we learnt how to make elapsed timelines to show visually how much time has passed between an event. Here are some of the questions we had.

George’s birthday party started at 4:30 p.m. The last guest left at 6:32 p.m. How long did the party last?

2 hours and 2minutes.

Question 2: Oskar started working on his homework at  5:45 p.m. It took him 1 hour and 57 minutes to complete it. What time did Oskar complete it?

7:42pm

 

Dawn of the dinosaurs: A look at some of dinosaurs from the Mesozoic era

This term we have been learning about articles. We learnt about topic sentences and how to write an article. The topic sentences are in a bold stance. My article is about dinosaurs. I have spent about a week creating it. I hope you learn something from it. 

 

 

Dawn of the dinosaurs: A look at some of the dinosaurs from the Mesozoic era

 

The dinosaurs have been well-known creatures that once ruled the world. Their name translates to “terrible lizards”. These creatures were big and small, making for interesting animals. Some of their diets may scare you but they went extinct many years ago. From the fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex, to the flying Pteranodon, We will have a look at four of these fearsome beasts. 

 

           Tyrannosaurus Rex

Commonly known as the king of dinosaurs, the Tyrannosaurus was a feared predator from the Cretaceous period. Its name translates to “King Tyrant lizard”. The Tyrannosaurus Lived in what is now The USA. It was a carnivore, meaning it ate meat. Paleontologists believe that it also ate other Tyrannosauruses  Thowe  the Tyrannosaurus may have been feared, paleontologists believe that the Tyrannosaurus was not very fast. They believe that it was a scavenger, due to its massive size. It had flesh tearing teeth, and large feet with claws.

   

Velociraptor

Nicknamed “speed thief”, the velociraptor was a very fast dinosaur. They could run up to 24 miles per hour. That’s about as fast as a car! They had very sharp teeth, and a hooked claw, which they used to hook onto prey so it couldn’t escape. It would hunt in packs and would eat some of the other dinosaurs that lived in Asia at the time, like protoceratops and Shuvuuia. A full grown velociraptor would have been about the size of a turkey. They had feathers, which many paleontologists think.

 

Pteranodon             

The pteranodon is another well known dinosaur. It was about the size  of a family car. It ate fish and other prehistoric marine life. It lived near the ocean and built nests like modern birds. They had no feathers and had thick leathery wings, and when walking on the ground, it folded its wings up and would move around on all fours. Pteranodons had on teeth and just had a beak. There were many types of pterodactyls and the biggest was the Qeutzlcotalus. Some of the smallest were dimorphodons.

 

 Stegosaurus

One of the most famous and also the most deadly, the stegosaurus is one of the most popular dinosaurs. It had a sharp tail spike and giant plates on its back. It was a herbivore and ate lots of plant matter. It  needed its tail spike to defend itself, as the age of dinosaurs was full of predators. It was about the size of an African elephant.

 

Conclusion

Dinosaurs are amazing creatures. They ruled the world many years ago, along with some other strange creatures. They lived on earth until a big meteorite came and wiped them out. The only way we know about them is by fossils, which occur when an animal dies near a water source and layers of dirt and stone pile on, leaving the bones stuck in the stone. Many species of dinosaurs are present as fossils and some of the dinosaurs are only known from a tooth! After all the fossils go through and then have an eroded surface, showing the bones of the dinosaur.