Instructional Verbs

Rewriting Instruction

  Re-writing Instructions

Instructions should have clear, simple steps so you don’t confuse the person reading them.

Can you make these various instructions easier to understand?

Pick up an egg, gently hit it against the side of a bowl and empty the contents into a clean bowl.	Get an egg , hit against the side of the bowl and empty the egg shell into the bowl.
Open the fridge and take out the butter. Take off the lid. Get a knife and use it to scoop some butter. Rub the knife onto the toast.	Open the fridge and take off the lid, Get a knife and scoop some butter. When you are finished butter the toast.
Hold the two shortest sides of paper and bend them together. Squeeze them so that the paper is now in half.	Hold the two shortest sides of the paper and bend them so it will reach the opposite side. Next squeeze it so that the paper is now in half.
When you hear the sound of the whistle, move one leg in front of the other as quickly as you can.	When you hear the sound of the whistle move one leg in front of the other as quickly as those big legs can go.
When player One had rolled the die, they should hand it to player Two, who should then roll it too. The person with the highest score moves their counter first.	When player one had rolled the die it was player two’s turn next to get a higher number. The person with the highest number moves their counter first.
If you want to turn on the computer, look for the round, lack power button and press it once.	To turn on the computer, look for the round lack power button and press it once.
Hold the handles of the scissors and cut along the dotted line, making sure you don’t hurt yourself.	Hold the handles of the scissors and cut straight along the dotted line, make sure to not hurt yourself.
Before you start mixing the ingredients, switch on the oven and turn the dial to 140 degrees.	Before you start mixing the ingredients,turn on the oven and then turn the dial to 140 degrees.
Take the lid off the glue stick and rub the glue on the tab, being careful not to get any glue on your clothes.	Take the lid off the glue stick and rub the glue along the tab,and be careful not getting glue on your clothes.
When you have planted your seed, pick up the pot and move it it near to a window where it will get lots of sunlight.	When you have planted your seed, pick up the pot and put it on the window for lot’s of sunshine.

Fair Test : Poster

Term 4 started 4 weeks ago and our school focus for our final term,is all about science.From week 1 right up until now, I have learnt heaps of stuff about science,especially a fair test here is an example 

Science Investigation : Fair Testing

Science Investigation

Fair Testing

Fill out the following table to help you explain the Growing in the dark: Plants and light experiment

Aim - what are you trying to find out?	Which type of vinegar Produces the biggest reaction with baking soda.
Hypothesis - what do you think your results will be?	What I reckon is that that balsamic vinegar will be the biggest and the white vinegar will be the second biggest, and wine vinegar will be the least amount of reaction.
Independent Variable - what variable will you change?	White , Balsamic Vinegar and Red Wine
Dependent Variable - what variable will you measure?	Baking soda with every other Vinegar and Wine
Controlled Variable - what variables will you keep the same?	No variables will still be the same.

The students of Room 4 wanted to find out what colour of bird feeders birds preferred. FIll our the table below thinking of which variables you would make independent, dependent and controlled.

Aim - what are you trying to find out?	Do plants need light to grow
Hypothesis - what do you think your results will be?	No some don’t need light to grow
Independent Variable - what variable will you change?	Put the plants in a dark cupboard and add water
Dependent Variable - what variable will you measure?	I would measure the soil and measure how long it will take
Controlled Variable - what variables will you keep the same?	I would keep the soil the same

Algebra

This week we got a new task to work on . Throughout the past few terms I have learnt heaps about Algebrah. So I wanna thank my teachers for putting this work up for us to work on. I'm really proud of what I learnt in Maths class this year.  

Chemical VS Physical Changes

Maths Word Problem

       

This week we have been learning  about solving word problems. This is what I've been working on this week and now it is really easy for me to know what strategy to use for a word problem.

Matters Matter

Discussion Doc  

States of matter

Task

Work on this Doc together with a partner or in a 3.

Give three examples of each state of matter?

Solid	Liquid	Gas
Rocks	Milk	Oxygen
Ice	Water	Hydrogen
Iron	Soft drinks	Carbon dioxide

What’s the difference between the three states of matter?

Solids	Liquids	Gases
Solids aren't that easy to change its state	The molecules in water are not as tight as the molecules as solid.	In a gas, molecules are far apart.Mostly gas is made out of empty space.

Write 3 sentences explaining something new you learned from this reading.

Today I've learnt that everything that’s around us are made out of matter. Matter are things that has mass and takes up space. I diamond can be boiled around the temperature of 6,422 degrees fahrenheit.

Week 9 Think board.

Blog Posting

I have commented on these two students work because, I think that they have proven to the reader that the relationship between the the son and the mother in the Tauhara Street story.

Ratio

                                             This week we have been learning about Ratio and it is really fun once you know the Strategy.

George - Ratio Practice

TB

Tauhara street

This week I have learnt how to Analyze relationships between characters within a text and I have to comment on google groups about how do you feel,describing relationships and also to show how to blog it on you blog and This is what I've been learning about

Tauhara Street

Six Sentence Story

Long time ago in a small island in the south pacific , there lived an intense and a very talented young mechanic.He lived with his wife and kids in a mansion in the middle of the island.He could fix any car with any problem he was the best on the island. Sadly he doesn't have enough money for him to buy himself,some new playing tools to get cars running again.One day when he went out to buy himself a treat, when he pumped into an old friend so the kick back and a caht after a while talking, they figuered out what to do for him to money for him to use.After a couple of weeks they came together and put up the fundracer saling all of his old stuff , buying some drinks and running some foodstalls. After that day the sale was finish everything was closed down, after counting the money they got,the only thing that this young man could say is “It’s More Than Enough”.    

George-Sleeping Advice

George-Sleeping Advice

Hiwi The Kiwi

We were so blessed when Hiwi the kiwi came to pt england school.We got to learn how important what to take,do and remember when we for fishing.First Mr Minstrel taught us how to protect fish for the future.He said that  if you ever go fishing on a boat remember to take a life jacket,it doesn't matter if you know how to swim because when there is an accident and you don't have a life jacket on then it will be too late.Next leason was saving our sea birds so that it can keep our sea beautiful and nice.Last we ended up doing a mexcican wave    

Cross Country

Like a soldier ready to battle we marched to the starting line. In a straight line we all stood together as one.Finally it was time Mr Burt hold up two pieces of wood.When it was coming together it seemed like there were two giants running towards each other making a big and the most exciting sound.Whooooooooo yeah, were the only words that I could here at the time. BOOOOOOM!!!!!!! It was time to attack.   `

Thinkboard

George - Thinkboard

In our Maths class we have been learning how to multiply decimals by decimals
and it has been good

Why do our muscles get tired

Muscle Fatigue

Muscle Fatigue is what we have been learning in room one by the first two weeks. We have been experiencing what it feels like and i have been doing what the muscle fatigue book said. It is very important to stay fit and you know what to do if you get muscle fatigue

Activity One

My favourite sports in the olympics is running. There are three kinds of running events in the olympics first is "The stade". This run you have to Sprint. All the athletes have to sprint from one side of the racing court, to the very end.

The Diaulos is the second kind of run this run you have to run for two lengths of the racing field. The last one is THE DOLICHOS The athletes need to run approximately 20 lengths of the stadium. Or just follow this chart

1. Running - There were three running events in the Ancient Olympics

The stade – a sprinting race. The athletes ran from one side of the stadium to the other.

The diaulos  –  a middle distance race. The athletes ran two lengths of the stadium.

The dolichos – an endurance race. The athletes ran approximately 20 lengths of the stadium

Unpack it

George "As I See It"

George "Hands Up for Henna"

Please watch this small slides for you to know what room five has been learning this week 

Hope you enjoy.

George "NESIAN FUSION" Brainstorm

Why I Love My Country

            WHY MY COUNTRY IS THE BEST

How many times in life you wanted to be a Palagi Indian,French,Tongan,Fijian or maybe Samoan.Well for me I am really proud of who I am.

Samoa.In my country it is very important to be polite because there is a samoan saying that people know that your samoan by how you stand,how you walk infront of people and how you speak.I would love to tell you that I am very  proud of that.Samoa is coverd with beauty and magical places full with wonder ready to be explored.To conclude my story Samoa is a little island in the south pacific but we have hosted very big events like the historical match between the All Blacks and Manu Samoa,Commonwelth youth games and other big events and that is

“WHY MY COUNTRY IS THE BEST”

George Brainstorm"Fire Dancers"

It was a great performance and I hope the they could come back and perform for us.

Art Work

For the past three weeks we have been doing art sections with different teachers and this is my art work that I've been working on.I would like to thank all the teachers who came up with this amazing idea.

History of the Waka and Polynesian Navigation

This week we have been learning about how the navigators navigated in the olden days   

As I See It

Today my buddy and I had an amazing Time making Wool and Nail art. We learn how to work together as a team.We may have struggled in some area but we have made it.If you want to see an example check this out.

George Nail Art

Flax Rose

Today Our class made roses with Flax.I enjoyed it alot.I would like to thank Miss Clark for this amazing activity for us to do and,learn from it.I hope that we could do other or make some other cool staff.Flax Rose.

Johnny Angel

We have been learning about an amazing samoan artist and also a gert writer name Johnny Angel.

Our waka

This week we have been learning about waka's in PES and it is so good to know the meaning of our waka meaning and other interesting facts about them.I would like to thank all the teachers for putting this amazing task up fro us to learn

Paper mache

We were learning how to make Paper mache balloon using wool and it was amazing.Today I started the day without a smile in my face and now I have defenately got one on my face.These are the steps to make yourself one .
Step 1:You get a balloon and blow it up
Step 2:You get one lollie and put it in your balloon
Step 3:You get two meters of wool and you put into a bowl of PVA glue.
Step 4.Rap it around your balloon and you repeat what you were doing.

Waka @ PES Padlet

    These is a padlet that we have been learning about and it is about our houses.For me it is a very good to know the meaning of our names and how much it means to the maori people.

UNPACK -BRAINSTORM

we have learned about the i luminate and their amazing stories and performances thanks to the teachers for putting up this amazing activity for us to work on.   

George's Padlet

Make Kindness go Viral

Aim

Today we had two speakers that came to talk to us about how their life were and how hard it was.First speaker was Arizona,her life was amazing she got an opportunity to learn different languages from different countries of the world and she also mentioned how she accomplished her goals by dreaming big,sharing  happiness and most importantly work hard.She had a very amazing experience working in one of the most beautiful place on earth Disneyworld.Arizona said that her process did not came from her friends it began with her.

We also had the amazing Kenese Samia  his story was beyond amazing and beyond wonderful.For a kid growing up without a father and lost a brother in a very young age.I could not imagine the pain that Kenese had and his mother.It was really sad.He also explained his childhood and things going on around his enviroment,which was not good at all but what inspired me is the fact that when he tried his best and here he is today and sharing his story with us which was amazing

Thank you Andrew Patterson for putting this event together     

My Profile

Name-George Pu’epu’emai

Age-12 years of age

School-Pt England School

Culture-Samoan

Year-Year 8

My name is George Pu’epu’emai and I am  12 years of age.The eldest of three children,I started  at Pt England School this year.I  am really enjoying the relationship with teachers , friends , school work and also sports especially rugby.I am honored and thank God when the school choose me to be a prefect to replace a prefect. So this is me George the kid from Samoa

Samoan Fiafia Group

My Fiafia Night

Last night was a very special night for the whole school.There were lots of families and how were there watching their kids perform.There were lots of different items that were performed and I think that we made more than 1000 dollars on our performances. We went out on the stage and gave everything.We didn’t mine our mistakes and keep moving forward.But for me I just can’t wait for the next fiafia.THE BEST WAS THE SAMOAN GROUP ROCK N’ ROLL.  

Easter Holiday

My Easter

Easter is all about when our savior Jesus Christ died on the cross to forgive our wrong doings or our sins he did this because he loved us.To prove it there is a verse in the bible that says “God loved the world so much he sent he only son Jesus Christ to die on the cross to forgive our sins”. That verse says it all.Easter is not about Easter eggs, it is about when our saviour came back to life and he went to join his father in heaven. So Easter is all about celebrating when Jesus came back to life and joined his father in heaven and also eating Easter eggs lots and lots of those but not to much because you might not make it to school next week     

George "Under Cover Island" story

AN UNDERCOVER ISLAND

Long ago in a far away land , where you can hardly find water and  burned grass. There lived a lovely couple name Patrick & Patricia  who had known the island for a very long time. They were happy but not for a long time. Deep inside a spooky forest there was an old volcano. The couple didn’t know about a volcano in the island.

One day, they decided to explore the other side of the island, and when they get back Patrick will cook them a delicious meal for the two of them. So their journey had finally begun, They went past a old oak tree without leaves , not a single one. They stopped to rest in the forest, near the volcano. ‘’I’ll go find some more water’’.’’Honey there is something going on this island’’,said Patrick.’’What makes you say that’’,Patricia replied .’’Look at the camera on the tree’’, he said. After saying that he walked slowly to the other side. It took him four minutes to the other side.’’ Finally there is some water’’, he said to himself. He had a look around to see if there was something interesting to find. OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! . His heart was beating like a bomb about to explode. Just like the volcano ‘’Harry!,harry!,harry!’’,Patrick was yelling to Patricia. ‘’What?,what?’’,she was unsure what was going on with her husband.’’ It’s gonna explode in two days ,we have to get going , we have to get out of here’’,Patrick said. ‘’What is going to explode’’,? she asked. “A volcano” he replied. As soon as she heard the word volcano coming out of Patrick's mouth, she said nothing and stood straight up and she help her husband clean up.Two minutes past they were running so fast like they were in a race, even though there were lot of bushes and branches it made go even faster and faster 8 times faster than a cheetah. They were packing up all their clothes, all their belongings . But they got one little problem the noises the hawks made Patrick laugh.Out of no jumped out an evil looking aboriginal with white dots all over his body. “What is that?’’ Patrick asked. “No  idea”. “No one is leaving this island until I say so”, the black man said.Pointing his sharp weapon at them. “Who are you”?.The answered Pat back in a scary and a very uncomfortable way.”I AM YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE, I have been on these island for forty years just to look for a clue why you are here.But have failed to know the real reason why you are here. It’s nothing for you to know “BOOM” the volcano explodes. Patricia yelled to Patrick “I thought that you said that you said two more days”. “Well back bad luck” he replied.They ran to the boat both were battling as fast as they can and they left the man standing on the beach and staring  at the volcano and a rock came straight at him and smashed him. “How much longer do I have to do this”, she said. He took a look back to the island and he saw that they were far away from the explosion and they were save. THE END             

Measurements

I had learn to measure objects and put them in; centimetre, millimetre and metre

Measuremenres

I had learn a lot about twenty-four time and it has been great through out these whole week

The treaty

I learnt about the treaty

August 6th of 1840  the British crown  travelled around the world to make a treaty to the native chiefs of New Zealand. James Busby  gave the treaty to hone heke  to tell the native chiefs of NZ about it. The treaty says my dear friends a warship   has arrived with   chiefs onboard sent by the queen of england to be a governor for us both. Now he suggests for all the chiefs confederation of nz on wednesday  of this holy coming week should gather to meet him. from your friend james busby

weapons they used back in 1840

The Maori used the taiaha as traditional weapons and the mere while these weapons were feise enough the introduction of the musket from around the turn of the century changed everything

The Wild Man

Once upon a time there was these strong man who lived deep inside the forest, a small house near a lake. This forest is on a small island in the middle of the ocean. This man had been on these island more than anyone else in the world. Treasure hunting caused all this miserable in his life and his creare at work.He called himself The Wild Man, of what he had been through

He had learned lots of survivor skills on the.But he didn't know is the fact there were lazy,loud old pirates who were on the other side of the island. One hot afternoon when he was out looking for food to eat he found an old dirty,disgusting looking pig, he caught the big and he made a perfect meal. But The Wild Man  caught the pig ,and the pirates found The Wild Man.Not only the man found the big pig but a big golden and a shiny pirate hook. He had this hook not knowing what was really going on.

So the three evil pirates had an evil excellent horrible plan to kidnap him and get the treasure. As the sun rises on the south side of the island.These is when the pirates tied him up and took him to their hide-out and kept him.When The Wild Man woke up. He can’t move his arms, he was upside down and he couldn't speak.’’Finally you're awake’’said one of the evil pirates.’’what do you want disgusting looking thing, where am I any-ways’’ he asked the other pirates. ‘’It doesn't matter where you are, but what does matter is you are here know’’ the pirates replied ‘‘So what did you bring me here for’’.’’Know that you have the treasure, but there is one little problem is that you would not tell us where it is.So the pirates tried to destroy him.'' Three,two,one know''. He kicked the pirates away from him and he was able to free his hands and he set up a boom and he ran away HHhhhh. He laughed. ''What happened''.? One of the pirate asked the other pirate,it is over. The End 

New Blog

I have a blog of my own.