Animal Classifiction

Today we learned about how Animals are classified into groups. Animals are either Vertebrates (Which means they have a spine) or Invertebrates (Which don't have a spine). 

Invertebrates are Animals like Jellyfish, Crabs, Insects and Octopus.  

Vertebrates are put into 5 groups. They are Mammals, Fish, Birds, Reptiles and Amphibians. Mammals have fur or hair and give birth to live young. Birds have feathers and lay hard eggs. Reptiles are cold blooded and lay soft eggs. Amphibians breathe through their skin and need to keep their skin moist. Fish breathe through gills and have fins. 

5 Examples of each type:

Mammals: Cats, Dogs, Red pandas, Pandas and Bunnies.
Fish: Gold Fish, Angel Fish, Sharks, Whales and Seahorses.
Reptiles: Tuatara, Snake, Lizards, Geckos and Skinks.
Birds: Ducks, Swans, Pigeons, Kiwis and Parrots.
Newts.

Evolution

This term for topic we are studying Animals and their Evolution. There are two types of Animals. Vertebrates and Invertebrates. Vertebrates have spines and Invertebrates don't. There are 5 types of Vertebrates; Fish, Mammals, Reptiles, Birds and Amphibians. Above is my title page and list of Vertebrates.   

Cinquain

In the ballroom

We glide across the floor

We spin around quite fast
I now cha cha cha to open the door
And I waltz to my new ship mast
until I hit the floor!

On stage 
the beaming lights 
the clapping hands 
the judges fights 
the screaming, shouting fans
the feeling of my dancing tights 

Snack
little kids beg for a snack
mummy says no
little kids try to get the nack
mummy thinks so-so 
little kids crack open a snack

Drama

Over the last term we have been learning about drama. Our theme was Hansel and Gretel. Today for the last lesson we acted out parts in Hansel and Gretel. I was the witch. Here is our clip. We got to change the story up a bit.

Book review

We have been doing book reviews in class. I did my review on Mary Anne Saves The Day by Anne M. Martin. It was a cool book and I recommend it for anyone. I chose it because it shows real friendship.