My Digital Footprint

In 10 years time,Mrs Raj will see me as a famous NFL player or a Basketball player.I might not be a NFL player or a basketball player.I might be a teacher or anything when I grow up.

Maths Wiz

Picture No.1

Today I have went been Maths Wiz.I had to work a subtraction problem using a type of strategy which makes it easier to answer the equation.On the first picture I had to solve 447 - 356.When you click the wand it takes ten away from the 400 and place to the seven which makes 17 and the 400,300.After that,I did 7 - 6 = 1,4 - 5 = 1 and 4-3= 1.I put the answer together and it makes 113.So the answer is 113. 

Picture No.2

Canoeing the Whanganui River

Last summer we canoed down the Whanganui River for five days.The Whanganui River is very remote. There are no roads or towns. We paddled through beautiful bush for days. Birds were singing in the tall trees. The sun sparkled on the smooth water. We canoed through narrow gorges with high cliffs. Sometimes we paddled through rapids where there were rocks jutting out of the water. The river moved very quickly over the rapids. Our canoes bounced up and down. Once I fell out of my canoe. I had to swim down the river to catch it. That was exciting!

Each night we pulled our canoes up a bank to some flat grass. We cooked our food on stoves and we slept in tents. It was very quiet and peaceful. We enjoyed ourselves.

A. Read the story and then answer these questions.
1. What time of the year did they canoe down the Whanganui River?
They went canoeing at summer.
2. How do you know the Whanganui River is remote?
Because there are no roads or towns.
3. What is a gorge?
A narrow valley between hills or mountains, typically with steep rocky walls and a stream running through it.
4. What are rapids?
A fast flowing part of the course of a river.
5. Name three things they saw while canoeing down the river.
The saw gorges with high cliffs,rocks jutting out of the water and birds singing in tall trees.
6. Where did they camp at night?
They camped at a bank where there are some flat grass.
7. Why did they pull their canoes up a bank?
So they can have a rest and eat.
8. What was canoeing on the Whanganui River like?
It was smooth and all of a sudden it was bumpy and fast.

B. Pretend you have canoed down the Whanganui River. Write a letter to a friend about your canoeing holiday.

C.Find nouns from the story to go with the words below.
Beautiful __river___, the __Whanganui__ _River__ is very remote, high _cliffs__,
tall __trees__, the __sun__ sparkled, _canoe__ bounced up and down,
smooth _waters__, narrow __gorges___.

D. Research for information and answer the following questions.
1. Is the Whanganui River in the North Island or the South Island?
North Island
2. What is the name of the city at the mouth of the Whanganui River?
Putiki Wharenui
3. Which sea does the Whanganui River flow into?
The Tasman Sea
4. Is this on the west coast or the east coast?
West Coast
5. What is the name of the National Park through which the Whanganui River flows?
Matemateaonga Walkway
6. Name a town on the ‘upper reaches’ of the river.
King Country
7. Where is the ‘source’ of the Whanganui River?
Mt Tongariro
8. How long is the Whanganui River?
290 km
E. Make a list of things you would take on a canoeing trip. Compare your list with a partner’s list. Discuss why you think the things in your list are necessary.
Camping,canoeing,swimming,
F. Explain how and why canoes were used as a means of transport in the past.
They use canoes because that is another transport in water.
G. If you designed a canoe to use as transport in the present times, what features would your canoe have and why? (You can work with a partner)
My future designed canoe is going to have an automatic rowing machine,boost,storm and sinking emergency kit,life jackets and a protective helmets.