Book Review

Title: The Haunting Of Nadia Author: Julia Jarman

Date started: /07/2013   Date finished: 31/07/2013

What was the book about?

What I have been reading is about a girl named Nadia. She is a girl that does not believe in Jenny Greenteeth. Jenny Greenteeth is known for taking naughty children into the pond and eating them. At the disco Nadia goes dressed as Jenny and her best friend Jamie tries to talk her out of it but she can’t. That night Nadia’s brother goes to a birthday party dressed as a Pirate and when the party was over Nadia went with Jamie to the disco and Nadia’s mum went to pick her brother up and he wasn’t there. Nadia starts looking for him then she hears her brothers voice, at the pond. Nadia calle’s him when her brother was going to jump into the pond, just as he jump Nadia jumped in after him to get him. Nadia couldn’t see much because the pond was disgusting and slimy, and Nadia feels something so she pulls. Just then Nadia saved her brothers life and her mum came and calls for the ambulance. A few weeks later the government digs up the pond and fills it in with dirt. But is Jenny Greenteeth still alive?.    

What did you like about the book?

I liked that the book gave me shivers.

What was your favourite part of the book?

My favourite part is when Nadia saves her little brother Robs.

How many stars would you give this book? Colour the stars.

(5 – Excellent, 1 – Poor)

Maths Problems.

Every hour I used 50 ml of sunblock to protect me from the sun. How much sunblock did I use for the 6 hours I was at the fair?

50 ml x 6 = ?

300 ml of sunblock was used at the fair because,

5 x 6 = 30, but it was 50 x 6 = 300.

Fraction Problems.

I have learnt how to use multiplication and division to solve a fraction problem.

E.g - Five people share an apple pie equally. Each person gets 1/5 of the pie.

25 slices of apples are put on top of the pie, which are also spread evenly amongst the slices of pie.

How many apple slices does each person get?

Answer: Each person gets 5 apple slices on each piece of pie.

5 divided by 25 = 5            5 x 5=25

Report Writing About Cross Country.

Cross country is running. Every year Saint Pius X Catholic School have a running day, The junior syndicate run on school grounds, and the senior run out of school grounds, they run around the block. Every year the school gathers in the courts, and everyone sits in their age lines and get ready to run. First the junior’s run and when the two blocks band together then they start running and everyone that is sitting in the courts or out cheer them on.

When the juniors finish running, the senior’s leave, first the older people start off so that when everyone leaves they follow, 13, 12, 11, 10 year olds run, the boy’s start off, then the girls run, they line up at the starting line as soon as the block banged together, all the girls and boys ran.

They ran down the hill, past Melling Street, continued up a hill. They came past many dogs, vehicles and even people watching from their houses. Everyone ran, walk, jog and even stop just to wait up for friends. The track was actually up or down hill.

At each turn there was always a teacher waiting for everyone to run, if they saw someone walking then the teacher would tell them “Come on you're nearly there” and so they run. When everyone make it to the end they run as fast as they could and run straight into the courts and see Mrs Williams and they come either 1st, 2nd, or 3rd. Then they receive a certificate.             

Multiplication

I am learning to use Multiplication strategies in level 3.

1.    When Jasmine makes lemonade she uses 6 lemons for every litre of water. How many lemons does she need for

i)     2 litres of water?   12 -  6x2=12 - 6 doubled = 12

ii)    3 litres of water?   18 - 6x3=18 - 6 tripled is 18

iii)   10 litres of water?  60 - 6x10=60

2.   Devinda is doing some baking. When he uses his mum's recipe he can make 8 muffins. When he doubles the recipe he gets 16 muffins. How many lots of the recipe does he need to make

i)     24 muffins?     24x8=? - 10x8=80 - 10x8=80 - 80+80= 160. 8x4= 32 +160= 192

ii)    32 muffins?     32x8=? - 10x8=80 - 80 tripled is 220. 8x2=16+220= 236

iii)   56 muffins?      8x56=? - 8x10=80 - doubled 5 times = 80 doubled is 160. 160 doubled is 320 + 80 = 400. 8x6= 48 400+48=448

 

Fractions

I am able to work out Fraction problems in level 3.

A farmer is selling some of his animals.

1.  The farmer sells ¼ of his 72 cows.  Show how to work out how many cows he Sell.

1/4 of 72.

72 divided by 4= 18

18 x 1 = 18

4 x 18 = ?

2 x 18 = ?

2 x 10 = 20

2 x 8 = 16

20 +16 = 36

36 doubled = 72

4 x 18 = ?

2 x 18 = ?

2 x 10 = 20

2 x 8 = 16

20 +16 = 36

1/2 of 36 is 18

36 doubled = 72 = 144

2. He sells ⅓ of his 45 pigs.  Show how to work out how many pigs he sells.

1/3 of 45

45 divided by 3 = 15
15 x 1 = 15

3.   He sells ⅙ of his 84 sheep.  Show how to work out how many sheep he sells.

1/6 of 84

84 divided by 6 = 14
14 x 1 = 14

Addition and Subtraction

I am able to work out addition and subtraction strategies in level 3.

1.  Maraea is saving to buy a cat.  In 3 weeks she has saved $9, $56 and $72.

Show how to work out how much she has saved altogether.

$72+$56+$9=?

$72+$8=$80.

$56+$1=57.

$80+$50=$130+7=137

2.  Tom saves his money each month to buy a dog.  In 4 months he has saved $36, $78, $203, and $123.  Show how to work out how much he has saved altogether.

$203+ $123+ $78+36=? -

$200+$120=$320

$80+$40=$120

$120+$320=440

3.   Te Ao is saving to buy a horse.  So far she has saved $17, $160, $72, and $148.  Show how to work out how much she has saved altogether.

$160+$148+$72+$17=? -

70+20=90-5=85.

150+160= 310+85=395

4.  Petelo has $ 147 as a present.  He spent $78 at the shop.  How much has he got left?

147-78=?

150-80=70-5=65