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Syria's Exodus

 

Syria's ExoduS

What is happening to Syria? Why is ISIS attacking Syria? Why are Syrians fleeing away from their country?  Syria is in a civil war with ISIS fighting as well. ISIS is a terrorist group of Syrian people that are Muslim. The ISIS are also beheading people that don’t listen to their demands.

The people in Syria have to escape Syria because of ISIS. ISIS is making the Syrian’s leave the country so they can take over Syria.    This is called a civil war. Civil war is when you fight their own people. ISIS is doing that to Syria. Children are suffering because of this civil war. The children have to survive their long Exodus. The children suffer most are; the babies and the toddlers. This can be a crisis because the ISIS can dress up like a Syrian refugee and start killing people when they are in the other countries. That's why some countries won’t  accept Syrian refugees.  

The Syrians are fleeing away to get away from the civil war. They are fleeing away from Syria in ferries, trains or even just walking! The Syrians are crossing the borders by walking into the countries like; Germany, Austria, Greece, France,  Belgium, Hungary and most of the countries in Europe. The refugees of Syria also take ferries to go to the borders of the other countries. They catch trains and most of them go to Germany. Most of them are going to Germany because the Germans feel guilty of killing heaps of Jews, so they are taking in lots of Syrian refugees.

This is a big issue to these other countries where Syrians preferred to go. They provide them home's, security, food, education and jobs. Will they be able to provide them ?  So if you don’t want them to travel please defeat ISIS.

By: Joshua C

 

picture from: www.amnesty.ca   

Argentina

Official Language: Spanish

Currency Argentine Peso

Population: 42 632 812 Million (2015)

Capital: Buenos Aires

Nickname: La Albiceleste ( soccer nickname)

The most popular sports Argentina play are soccer, basketball, rugby union, boxing, golf, polo and tennis. Argentina comes from a Latin word silver, argentum. In the year 2001 Argentina had 5 Presidents in 10 days. The Cities in Argentina are Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Rosario, Mendoza, Tucumán, La Plata, Salta, Resistencia, Mar del Plata and more. Argentina was the country that found the Tango dance. Argentina has the current best soccer player and his name is Lionel Messi. 98% of people in Argentina can read. 92% of people in argentina are Roman Catholic, but mainly Christian. Argentina is the second largest country in the world. The Pope is Argentinian that’s why Argentina is famous. Argentina is also known as the Argentinosaurus.

By: Joshua C
 

 

 

Goals for Term 3-4 2015

My Goals:

Maths:  stage 6-7

What can I do? 
I can multiply and divide decimals and fractions , solve and compute word problems, solve and order operation of an equation (BEDMAS), as some operations some percentages and discount problems.

Where to next? 
To learn ratio & proportion, work on negative numbers, more BEDMAS exercises, more strand work: area, volume, weight, angles, distance, money, time, direction, Statistics and Geometry.

Writing: stage 4B 
What I can do? ideas R5: I can keep simple ideas and explain them further.

Structure R4: Language features appropriate to purpose and show development by describing and explaining more.

Organisation R4: I am beginning to group ideas in paragraphs and text is coherent and clear.

Vocabulary R5: I can select words and phrases that add interest and meaning .

Sentence R4: Most of my sentences are simple and correct. I am beginning to show variety in length, type and use extending phrases or clauses.

Punctuation R4: I am beginning to use some correct punctuation like commas and speech marks.

Spelling R5: I can spell high-frequency and difficult words correctly. I can attempt to spell by sounding the word and breaking them in syllables.

Where to next? 
To explain ideas more clearly and supporting it with more facts and information.
To follow the structure of writing like for example for explanation, I need to keep it present tense all the time. I have to Keep my introduction interesting.
To consistently organize ideas in paragraph and group sentences with same ideas into paragraphs.
To learn more new words or vocabulary  about the topic.
To write correct grammar in sentence, if present tense all the way present tense.
To use correct punctuation like comma, semi colon and colon.
To consistently proof read and edit work. I need to ask my friends to read my work and comment on them.

Reading:  Age Level: 11.5- 12.5

work on : inference, vocabulary, reaction.

Inquiry: What can I do? I can Write information, look for keywords, get information from the internet and find the keywords.

Where to next? Ask more interesting open-ended questions, more question to inquire.  

Joshua C

Myself

Myself

I think my friends are helpful, kind and funny.

I am excited to go to camp on November.

5 words to describe myself, I am happy, fun, active, kind and helpful.

I am good at playing soccer and problem solving.

When I grow up I would like to be a soccer star/player.

I need to work on my reading so that I will be better at writing.

Bees and pollination facts

Bees and pollination facts

• most bee species make nests in soil
• bees are amazing pollinators
• They are very fury
• pollen is very tiny that you can't see them
• pollen sticks to the bees fur and drops into the stigma
• Honey is the saliva of the bee
• Some pollinators are butterflies, bees and birds
• worker bees collect the pollen and nectar

By: Joshua C.

The Northland Brown Kiwi