Christmas Acrostic

Here is one of our christmas activities that we had to do. We had to find a nine letter word related to chrismas and then make an acrostic poem. I chose greetings. 

Gladly passing the plates. 

Relavent in the word. 
Everybody Gathered aroud the tree.
Evening carols. 
Tinsel covering the tree. 
Intersting gifts. 
Naughty kids get no presents. 
Giving and receiving.

Christmas Word Find.

 Here is a christmas activity that we are doing for the last 2 weeks of term 4. I chose to do the one about all the christmas greetings in all different languages. Here it is. 

Christmas around the World

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Book Reveiw

 Harry Potter & the Philosopers stone.

Author: J K Rowling 

Genre: Fantasy and adventure

Main Characters: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasly.

Rating: *****/*****

Harry Potter & the Philosopers stone is a fantasy book about a young boy who attends Hogwarts for the first time, along with his new found friends, Ron and Hermione. I highly recommend this book for ages 10-14. It is a great read and it is thrilling. 

    

Financial Literacy

 This week we have done a new thing called financial literacy. It is where we pretend to have an income and tax. We also pretend to have a grocery bill and a fortune. We all start off with a card that tells us our income and our tax and mortgage. We then insert it into the table and then take away the tax and the mortgage. Once we've done that, we then get give a fortune card. The Fortune card willeither make you pay or let you recieve. My first fortune card made me pay $750 dollars on a root canal. Now im in debt by a LOT! You continue on doing this for the next 4 days and then stop. You then add all your other bills to the lot and then you have your overal balance. 

PMI Chart

 This week for reading we had to complete a PMI chart. For the chart we had to use 3 sources of imformation and then complete the table with the positives the negatives and the interesting. Here it is.

PMI Chart

Topic:  Are icebergs harmful or helpful?

Source of Information	Plus	Minus	Interesting
the world's largest iceberg	- the vast quantities of dust riding aboard A68a could fertilize nearby ocean plankton. - sending planktons up the food chain to fish, penguins and seals.	- could crush animals.  - block off foraging routes for thousands of penguins and seals. - potentially disrupting the island's ecosystem for a decade or more - the island ecosystem could be seriously disrupted if the berg makes landfall.	- It may be on a collision course with a wildlife haven in the South Atlantic Ocean. - It’s large enough to hold the five boroughs of New York City five times over.
Icebergs are doing something cool.	Natural fertilizer for the ocean.  When they melt they release minerals like iron into the ocean.  Growth of microscopic marine plants known as phytoplankton. The new plant growth captures carbon, helping to reduce climate change.	No negative things in this text.	Scientists can see from satellites where an iceberg has passed.  They will see the recent growth of marine life.  The Iceberg  acts like a natural fertilizer.
Ice pirate	It will source 20 percent of the population of cape town for a year.  Will give water to people in need.  Will keep the taps from running dry.  Will be paid for.	- Severe drought in 2017 led to South African city Cape Town nearly running out of water. - The mission is expected to cost around $285 million.	- In the mid 1800s, Chilean breweries would tow small icebergs.

The Life Cycle of an Iceberg.

 This week we had to make a life cycle of an Iceberg diagram. Here is mine. 

Current Events

Pistacio: The Green Dog

In The news lately there has been a mention of a very rare dog called pistacio. The puppy was born in Italy six days ago. It has a rare abnormality (green fur). Researchers say that the green fur will where off when the puppy advances into aduldhood. They say it has already worn off since it's birth. The other dogs in the litter however have stayed the normal colour. Here is a photo of Pistacio.