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Monday 25 February 2013

Quaid - Reference Section in the Library


Reference Section

L.I. - Know the reference section of the library
Understand why these books are not issued
Know what type of books are included in a reference section

1.  What book would you find the answers to these questions in?
Match a question with a reference book.
- Who was Mohatma Gandhi? Dictionary
- What is a synonym for ‘mariner’? Thesaurus
- Which countries border France? Biographical encyclopaedia
- How was gold first discovered? Encyclopaedia
- How do you pronounce the word foliage?    Atlas

2.  Delete True or False to leave the correct answer to these statements.
A biographical dictionary contains entries about places in the world. False
A globe will show you where the oceans are.  True
A road map will show you the distance between cities.  True
When you take notes, write just a word or phrase to record information.  True

3.  Delete the incorrect answers
A thesaurus is a dictionary of...
synonyms
A book of maps is...
an atlas
An index is not found in...
a dictionary

Complete these sentences:
The books found in the reference section... are books that will help you find out information about people, places, work and general lifestyle
You can’t take these books out because... these books are used only in the library.

Friday 22 February 2013

Our Library


OUR LIBRARY


This is the Senior Fiction Stand. This is a special stand because only year 7 and 8 pupils can take these novels out of the library.

This is the Magazine Stand. No one can take these magazines out of the Library. They are only to read at lunchtimes in the library.
This is the easy to read stand. These book are for the Juniors before they reach the Senior School.
These are the Sophisticated Picture books. They are hard covered books with makes it look like a picture book but with more detailed ideas.
The Non-fiction shelf has the books about subjects like Rugby, Sport, Weather and other subjects that you may like.

TuxPaint with my buddy JayJay


Thursday 21 February 2013

Wednesday 20 February 2013

My Xtra maths result

This is my Xtra maths result. I have done very well. The smiley faces are excellent and the green ticks are good.

Tuesday 19 February 2013

Tux Paint


                                               
School is cool. It really rules. Its fun and easy to do. Just like you want to do. If you want to get far in life, you have to  Strive. 
This is my Tux Paint Image.
It shows how to get far in life and is a good explanation to Try hard at 

Thursday 14 February 2013

Bug me - How to use your W.I.T.S - By Quaid

Bug Me
LI: How to use use your WITS

A kid takes your hat but they think it is theirs. What can you say or do?

1.Stand up for yourself:Say ‘That was mine. Please give it back.’
2.Tell someone: Tell the teacher.
3.Stand up for yourself: Say, ‘Hey that was mine. Don't be unfair.’

Friendship - Quaid


FRIENDSHIP


L.I. - Look at descriptive language used in poetry
Look at writing with the senses
Use a model to create our own versions of a poem

Friendship tastes like sweet colourful lollies on a plate.

Friendship smells like lovely beautiful flowers falling from a green tree.

Friendship looks like sparkling shining stars twinkling in the dark shadowy 
sky.

Sammy Fu

Look at the poem and highlight the sense words blue
Highlight the adjectives yellow
Highlight the verbs pink


FRIENDSHIP

Friendship tastes like homemade cookies freshly baked from the oven.

Friendship smells like the ripe pieces of fruit crashing from the apple tree and hitting the green grass.

Friendship feels like the silky sand between my feet and the beautiful sea shells when we go to have  a swim at the beach.

Friendship sounds like tree whistling and brushing against the house on a rainy day.

Friendship looks like two friends dancing and having a good time at the Big Birthday party.

In this activity we are learning to find the senses, verbs and adjectives. I think that I have Completed this activity just right.