This term we have started with a new reading program called Reading Eggspress or Reading eggs for short. This is where you can enhance your comprehension, reading skills, and get faster at other things.
I recently asked my teacher, Mr Barks “What is the comprehension gym? Is it a place where you answer questions or maybe even do some activities?”
“Yes, you will need to make sure you get at least 12 answers right to move on to the next book” He replied.
There are several things you have to do first such as, labelling things, assessing if the book is fiction or nonfiction and many other tasks. At the end you answer 16 questions and get a percentage. I am currently on stage 3-4.
Next we have the stadium. The stadium is a place where you solve problems within sentences such as, what is the verb, adjective or noun.? You have two options which are to challenge someone around the world or simply challenge the computer. It gives you a limit of one minute to do each thing. I’m on level two which is average for me but still it challenges me to enhance my knowledge of words and sentences.
Now for the library. This of course, is where you read a book of your choice and answer questions at the end. Trust me when I say that some of these questions are TOUGH! I am still eager to read new books and responding to the difficult questions. This is a great place where you can get better at, you guessed it...READING.
One day you should try this program and I guarantee your kids or students will surely acknowledge their skills. Here is the link to the website.
Now for you people who are a bit old to know who Nicki Minaj is, well she is one of my favorite singers and rappers in the entire world. I absolutely love all her songs and I am obsessed with her amazing rapping.
Nicki Minaj was born on December 8th, 1982 which was about 30 years ago. Onika Tanya Maraj is her actual name but her stage name is her Nicki Minaj. She is also known as... The Harajuku Barbie, Nicki Lewinski and The Ninja.
Now here is the exciting part. She’s coming to New Zealand. Oh my golly gosh! I cannot wait and I bet others can’t wait too. The sad part of this is that I am not allowed to go because I am going somewhere before that. Here’s the link for all the info.
Even though I can’t go, I know that people are going to be truly overwhelmed. I also can’t wait to see all the video’s that people in my class are going to record.
Last week on a Sunday night, my sister had her 7th birthday at home. It wasn’t really all that exciting but it made her feel special and happy.
Yes, Yes, I know it was fathers day too, so this made it extra special to celebrate. But it wasn’t really exciting because for some reason everyone felt lazy. Sarcastically walking to the dairy with Tauwhare where she bought her some chocolate, lollies, and a magnum ice cream. “Where’s my goodies?” I stammered. I was extremely filled with jealousy and I just couldn’t wait for the day to end. (No offence baba) As it was getting near 8pm, my mum and dad drove down to pak’nsave and bought a cake along with lollies, m&m’s, a candle and gifts.
Setting up everything made me so determined to munch everything. I called for everyone to come to the table. “Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear baba, happy birthday to you” As she cut the cake it looked like massive chunks of chocolate just everywhere. Afterwards my face was just filled with sweets and so much chocolate on my face it wasn’t funny. “MMMM, that was delicious” I said exclusively.
I hope you had a happy birthday. Love you sister and may god be with you throughout your life. Love big sister
