What is miti in Te Reo Maori?

Homai he paraoa. Anei he paraoa.

Homai he tomato. Anei he tomato.

Homai he tihi. Anei he tihi.

Homai he retihi. Anei he retihi.

Homai he tote. Anei he tote.  

Homai he miti. Anei he miti.

Homai he pata. Anei he pata.

Homai he periti. Anei he periti.

Te Reo Tupu - He Reo Ora
We are learning reo through using it in our everyday lives.
I know I can do this when I pronounce the Maori vocabulary on making a sandwhich.

Run Rufus, run!

Fran and her dad were fishing at the river. Rufus, their dog was with them. They always had to keep an eye on him. Suddenly, Rufus pricked up his ears, then he jumped up and dived straight into the river. “Come back Rufus!”, shouted Fran. However, Rufus was swimming quickly down the river. Fran shouted at Rufus again and again but he just kept on swimming.

All of a sudden, Rufus disappeared. “Rufus, where are you?”, she yelled. Fran felt as scared as a ghost because she thought that Rufus had been taken away from her. Then, they heard Rufus barking. Fran saw Rufus playing with another dog. “Dad, Rufus is playing!”, shouted Fran.

WALT use critical thinking skills using De Bono's thinking hat.
I know this when I write an alternative ending using De Bono's green thinking hat for Rufus.

Do you think flowerhorn fish are cute?

It was a bright sunny morning. My dad wanted to go and get a pet flowerhorn fish. My whole family thought about it. "We'll see if it is cheap enough", my mum said.

First we ate some breakfast. My family and I had some cereal and milk. After that we changed into outdoor clothing. Then we went into the car and drove to Goldfish Pagoda. We arrived there at 12:00am and went back home at 1:00pm.

"Do you have any flowerhorn fish here?", my dad asked. "Oh, yes I do!", replied the owner. There were a lot of flowerhorn fish at his shop. "Dad, mum, could we get this flowerhorn?", I asked. "That's really nice and it's also cheap!", my sister thought. My whole family agreed. We brought it for $80.00. After buying the fish, we took it home with us.

The tank was already set up at my house. First, my dad got the net and took the fish out of the big bag and placed it in the large aquarium. Yay! He has a new home now! Flowerhorns might bite your hand if it is in their territory.

I called this day first pet day. My family and I loved looking at all the different types of fish especially the flowerhorn. I'd love to get another fish. That was a fun pet day.

WALT understand and use descriptive language. 
I know this when I use appropriate adjectives and verbs in my recount.

Come to Glow Worm Cave with me!

Yay! It’s the holidays! It was a beautiful sunny morning in Hamilton with my cousins and family. We all had some breakfast before we went to the Glow Worm Cave. We all felt very excited.

By the time we were ready to go, we all hopped in the car and we arrived at the Glow Worm Cave at 9:30 am. The gate was shut so we had to wait for it to open. Then, when it was 10:00 o'clock, the gate opened and an assistant took us into the cave.

It was gloomy inside the cave. The assistant told us facts about the cave. One of the remarkable facts about the cave is that if moist drops on you, it will give good luck and I got good luck! Then once we walked in the cave, we all saw glow worms and they looked stunning. Glow worms formulate silk to catch insects for their food.

Then after we explored through the cave, we went in the boat. While we were on the boat, we saw plenty of glow worms and they were flashing! We hopped off the boat after the ride was finished. Before my whole family and I were going to buy some snacks, we took a family photo. Then we finally we got to get some ice cream and drinks.

That was an amazing experience to explore the glow cave because it was like going to Stardome. My family and I would love to go back there again.

WALT use descriptive language.
I know this when I use adjectives, time words and verbs in my writing.