Simplifying Fractions

8/12 =⅔

6/16 = ⅜  

6/9  =⅔  

Improper Fractions

18/6 =3                                                            23/6 =3 5/6

21/7 =3                                                            24/7 = 3 3/7

16/4 =4                                                            18/4 = 4 2/4

Finding parts of a whole number

What is ⅗ of 25 =⅕ is 5 so ⅗ is 15

What is 4/6 of 36 =⅙ is 6 so 4/6 is 24

What is ⅝ of 40 =⅛ is 8 so ⅝ is 25  

What is ⅔ of 30 =⅓ is 3 so ⅔ is 20

Adding Fractions

⅓ + ⅓ =⅔                                                  ⅙ + ⅙ =2/6

⅛ + 2/8 =⅜                                               2/7 + 3/7 =5/7

4/9 + 2/9 =6/9                                             ⅕ + ⅗ =⅘

Swim for life 

on the 4 week  of term one we had swim for life people come to teach us how to survive in water.One the first day they came I was scared to go but I had to do it so I went and got changed.When we got changed they asked us to line up on one side of the pool with the life jacket they gave us. We had to fall in the pool side ways was really scared but I did it.When I fell into the pool it was cold they taught us to do the huddle the chain and the line.After we finished that we got into 4 groups and one group on each corner of the pool then we came in together and joined into one huddle then the chain and the line and that was the first day of swim for life.

           Writing Term One Name:_____Cyrus________

Persuasive Writing

Prompt: Is it wrong to fight?

We are learning to: tell my opinion and write my opinion

Brainstorm ideas: It’s wrong to fight Firstly,secondly,thirdly Onomatopoeia

In my belief I think it’s wrong to fight Firstly you could hurt someone and make them feel sad. Secondly they could hurt you back and start a huge and everyone will get in trouble. Thirdly you could hurt someone so much that Bang! They could be dead in just 5 seconds. So I believe it’s wrong to fight because if you hurt them what if you were them would you like it if that was you?

Pleading a Cause - Persuasive Writing       

Pretend you are the King of Athens.  Write a letter to King Minos, pleading for the lives of the youths who are to be fed to the Minotaur.

Give at least 3 reasons why their lives should be spared.

Remember to write a conclusion at the end to link your reasons together.

Dear King Minos,

I am writing to you about the fate of the nine doomed youths.I ask for you that you will let go of my people and.My first reason is I think it’s wrong to feed my innocent people to you giant beast because they have done nothing wrong.My second reason is why can’t you just feed animals to it and leave our people alone. And my last reason is he eats whoever comes in his labyrinth.so think about my reasons and I hope you agree with me   

Yours faithfully,

King of Athens

The summer holidays

On the hot holidays I went down to Auckland to move the rest of our stuff from our old house to our new house. We also went to my cousins house to take some stuff like their pigeons because they were moving to Australia. After that we drove 4 hours back up north. When we arrived I was exhausted so I got out of our car but when I got out my dog jumped on me.The first thing I went to was the baby chickens there are about fifteen of them.

After that I went to take all the stuff down.But we forgot about the pigeons so we took them down and put them with the baby chickens I was nervous that they might step on them. 2 hours later we had dinner, we had noodles and sausages at 6 o'clock then we watched tv for a bit.Then we went to bed. In the morning I fed my dog, then I fed the baby chickens, while my brother fed the other chickens. Then I went to pick blackberries with my dog.Then 2 weeks later I was driving to Auckland I took two full containers of blackberries when I got there we had pizza for dinner.A month later we were waiting for my mums friend to come when they arrive we had dinner and they had a long talk when it was bed time so we went to bed until my mum woke me up at 9:00 pm and told us to go to the car and said that we had to go to the hospital for my mum i didn't know why.when we got there my mum went in when she went in the car we went home when we arrived it was 12:30 pm but something was missing our dog was gone I was worried we shouted every where for her but she was gone in the morning we went to look for her but all we found was her colla we were really upset 3 days later we heard a bark we followed it and it lead us to our dog we found her but she couldn't move she was hit by a car it was in the middle of a spike bush we tried to pull her but she was a big dog so my mum lifted her on a sheet we took her to the vet but before that she dropped us to school I hoped that she would be Ok but I didn't think she would survive when it was home time my mum told me that she passed away I felt really sad so we went home and did something.2 weeks later we went to uckland to visit my auntie we go to Auckland every end of month when we were going to come back our dad told us that we were going to get a cat so but we had to go to Ohaeawai so we can pick it up. When we got there my mum told me to stay in the car so I did when my mum took it out it wasn't a cat it was a dog I was tricked it was a puppy dog we named her Chelsy because at our old house in Auckland there was a dog named Chelsy and it was a border collie like our new puppy it used to go to the playground next to our old school and play there and it comes back at the right time every day and we are trying to teach our dog to be like her and that's how I got my new dog.

By Cyrus

My Chimera

  For my art I did a chimera

A chimera is a mythical creature

that has different body parts from

different things.My chimeras name is blaze I drew a big dragon breathing fire with a human head it had colourful bright scales and had brown wings it also had a brown background.But my chimera was a bit small.