A day out in the country

A DAY OUT IN THE COUNTRY

An adult Wedge taíled eagle hovered in the sky as large, puffy clouds rolled quickly south and the day drew close to noon. It was autumn and the gum trees on the ridge were making their annual donation of brown stained leaves to the wet surface below. In the distance, a herd of cattle moved slowly in Indian file towards their favourite resting spot near the creek’s edge.

 

It was here that the Jones family were busily preparing the picnic lunch which they would share with their overdue guests, the Harris family. At l. 15 p.m., exactly 60 minutes late, Mr and Mrs Harris and their three children arrived. Mr Jones had already collected enough Wood to light a to boil the billy.

 

Meanwhile, as the four adults chattered around the fire site, the seven children played cricket close to the babbling water of the creek.

 

Questions:

  1. This story could have happened in the month of?

 

  1. What animals are mentioned in the story?   Wedge Tailed eagle

 

  1. Write the words from the story which tell us that it had rained recently. It said that the puffy clouds rolled quickly south

 

  1. How many children are in the Jones family? There are 4 

 

  1. The wedge-tailed eagle was flying in the sky at about what time?in the morning 

 

  1. Why was the herd going to the creek?becuase it was there resting spot

 

  1. At about what time was the Harris family expected to arrive? 1:15pm

 

  1. Mr Jones lit the fire so they could have a barbecue lunch True OR False?false

 

  1. From which direction was the wind blowing?south

 

  1. What would they have to drink at the picnic?water from the billy

 

  1. Was there movement in the air or was the air still?there was movement in the air 

 

  1. Give proof for your answer to question 11.An adult Wedge taíled eagle hovered in the sky as large, puffy clouds rolled quickly south

matariki

Today we had to do matariki and my teacher told all of room 4 our class to go to matariki so all of team 5 went to their class room. I was cooking matariki . We made some trifle so my teacher give us some cups and we had to put our name on it and then we had to brainstorm about matarik.

 

 and what we knew then our teacher told us to sit down on the floor and then she told us on what we are going to do.she told us on what to put down first in our cup. So when she told the class what to do we went to our table and we started to make them. In my cup I put the sponge cake first then the fruit salad then custard and whipped cream as well as chocolate sprinkles.

 

 When that was done our teacher told us that she is going to put our trifle in the fridge so it can be cold.so when she put it in the fridge she told us that we are going to do some art so she give everyone some things to colour and my group we colour in some stars for matariki.

 

Then after that we had some morning tea and then when we were done eating all of team 5 went out to play then when we were done playing our teacher said to keep on doing our art for 2 minutes. so everyone did their art for 2 minutes then our teacher said ok we are bringing out your guy’s trifle and everyone was excited and she told us to pack up our stuff and then we can eat.

 

So everyone packed up then our teacher said we have to take a picture then video then after that we went to eat and it was so good then after lunch we went back to our home class because no one had anything to do after morning tea.

 

So after lunch my home class teacher said that we can do some free time so me and baylee we did some games and then  it was time to go home.