Quad blogging with Paerata School

In my classroom we have been quadblogging which means we comment on other school's blogs and the word quad is there because there is 4 schools commenting on each others blogs I hope that made sense to you.

Here is a comment I posted on room 8 blog at
  http://room8paerata.blogspot.co.nz/p/maths-help.html

5.06.15 RW Speed Write Proof read : The glittering spheres beyond the heavens.

[Introduction]

Stars stars stars everywhere they appear at night and in the day how do they appear in the day? You say well here is a known fact about stars it is that stars never go away. It is just the bright sky blending in with the stars so the stars are actually hidden.

[ Appearances ]

The giant star may have disappeared from sight but it is gravity remains. There are variety of colours some are blue,purple and silver.Most stars are too small to shine as bright as the sun. The brightest star is sirus and the second brightest is canopus.Stars hotness depends on its colour. Some stars are small because they are a huge distance away from earth.

[ Star life cycle ]

Stars are born in nebulae which is a clump of dust and gas. Stars take 2 million years to form into a flat disk and then it takes 18 million years for it to become a sphere that stage is called a protostar. Then heat will begin to rise after 12 million years atoms begin to grow bigger and bigger and the pressure causes the atoms to fuse together which turns hydrogen atoms to helium atoms. Although there is a battle happening at the same time because the gravity tries to crush the stars so the stars try to find a force to resist the gravitational pull.

[types of stars]

As most of you know the sun is also a star actually it is one of the smallest star in our solar system but here is a hidden fact the sun is a gz dwarf star. Did you know A exploding star,supernova can generate shock waves so powerful that they compress a near by nebula. A supernovae are the most dynamic and energetic events in our universe. If you were wondering what supernovas are they are explosions generated by large stars when they come to the end of their life span.

[Conclusion]

There are stars that comes only on matariki those kind of star are all sisters. The light from the stars take millions of years to reach earth. By the time our sun has reached the red giant stage it will have expanded right out past mars.

4.06.15 RW Speed write:The glittering spheres beyond the heavens.

[Introduction]

Stars stars stars everywhere they appear at night and in the day how do they appear in the day? You say well here is a known fact about stars it is that stars never go away. It’s just the bright sky blending in with the stars so the stars are actually hidden.

[ Appearances ]

The giant star may have disappeared from sight but it’s gravity remains. There are variety of colours some are blue,purple and silver.Most stars are too small to shine as bright as the sun. The brightest star is sirus and the second brightest is canopus.Stars hotness depends on its colour. Some stars are small because they are a huge distance away from earth.

[ Star life cycle ]

Stars are born in nebulae which is a clump of dust and gas. Stars take 2 million years to form into a flat disk and then it takes 18 million years for it to become a sphere that stage is called a protostar. Then heat will begin to rise after 12 million years atoms begin to grow bigger and bigger and the pressure causes the atoms to fuse together which turns hydrogen atoms to helium atoms. Although there is a battle happening at the same time because the gravity tries to crush the stars so the stars try to find a force to resist the gravitational pull.

[types of stars]

As most of you know the sun is also a star actually it’s one of the smallest star in our solar system but here is a hidden fact the sun is a gz dwarf star. Did you know A exploding star,supernova can generate shock waves so powerful that they compress a near by nebula. A supernovae are the most dynamic and energetic events in our universe. If you were wondering what supernovas are they are explosions generated by large stars when they come to the end of their life span.

[Conclusion]

There are stars that comes only on matariki those kind of star are all sisters. The light from the stars take millions of years to reach earth. By the time our sun has reached the red giant stage it will have expanded right out past mars.

The mysteries of the spherical crater

In Week 6 of Term 2 our class focussed on how to write great explanations.

We wrote about the Moon’s different phases as we are in the middle of learning about Planet Earth and Beyond. Learning how to write a great explanation will help us with our self-guided topics in a few weeks time. Here is my writing, after I have self-assessed and peer-assessed my work.

Did you know the possibilities of the moon and how it changes it’s appearance? WOW THEY ACTUALLY CHANGE SHAPE! yes by the way those changes are the eight phases of the moon.The reason why the moon changes shape is because the moon is between the sun and earth as it orbit’s. And 9the reflection of the light makes part of the moon seen and the other parts are shaded when it rotates.

The Moon orbits the Earth in an opposite direction.The Moon fulfil its rotation in approximately 27.322 days. Also known as a lunar month and a little tip is that the moon is the fifth largest planet in the entire solar system.And that it takes the moon (27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, 11.6 seconds) to orbit the earth.

As I mentioned before about the moon having eight phases. known to be the New moon,waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter and waning crescent those are caused by the lights reflection of the moon.

I hope interpreting these mysteries of the moon has been helpful to your wonders and curiouser needs.If you would like to learn more about this subject you should consider using this website: http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/time/moon/facts.htm .I hope this explanation has given you inspiration to write an explore the wonders of the Moon.

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My Explanation Success Criteria:	Self	Peer
My heading:
is the question WHY DOES THE MOON LOOK DIFFERENT EVERY NIGHT?	Yes
My opening paragraph/introduction:
introduce what my writing is about in a clear way	yes
hooks the reader	yes
clear topic sentence and supporting sentences	yes
2-3 sentences maximum	yes
My main paragraphs/body paragraphs:
clear topic sentence and supporting sentences
are organised so that each paragraph is about a different aspect of the subject
give detailed information (factual descriptions)
include specific, technical vocabulary
are generally balanced (have a similar amount of detail about the different aspects I write about)
connectives and time connectives
descriptive language
formal language
My end paragraph/conclusion:
draws the report together/sums up my main points
may give a personal opinion; ask the reader a question and/or tell the reader where further information may be found
write an interesting fact