A harpy, a dream, a fiction.

When I was in bed dreaming, I had one of the most fascinating dreams in the world! I was asleep in my slumber dreaming, but within the dream I saw a cute little harpy hatch from an egg, it squawked like and eagle, and to my surprise, it was a tiny fierce birdie!

As soon as I found the harpy, I moved him into my house as my pet and named him Heather (because he had feathers). Each day, I would feed him mince chicken meat (or if I ran out, I would just give him pellets covered in cat food). As he grew, his feathers were fluffy and usually needed a feather cut.

When his wings were big enough, we flew off to the seven seas and usually glide there. However, one day, we flew off to the deepest of the seas in the world. There, we were hovering on the water. But as we were hovering, her feathers got wet and we fell in (I can't swim).

I tried crying for help in the water, but it just sounded like "blubber!". As the lights were disappearing. I saw her eyes closing and as I was almost dying, she let out a huge "SQUAWK!" That was her biggest squawk yet. As the squawk echoed around my body, the vibrations of the sound flew me off to the sky into the roof of our home.  I shed many manly tears and spread her ashes out to sea. There she will remember all the times we've been travelling out to sea.

As I continued to pack up her things, I checked the back of her pillows for messy feathers, but I found something else wonderful, it was an egg! I don't know when she laid the egg, but I was gladly surprised! A graceful resurrection! As I looked after it, it hatched and grew to a wonderful mighty bird, just like Heather!

Years passed by, I had total of 4,000 harpies living in my house!

As the 4,000th harpy laid the 4,001st harpy egg, it hatched gave a tiny squeaky squawk, but suddenly, boom! The largest squawk of them all! It even almost made my ears bleed. Sadly, I woke up to find that it was actually my annoying and noisy alarm clock! WOW! That was one mad alarm clock, what a way to wake up!

Choices, choices, choices... Which to choose?

We were learning how people and things can affect our choices.

I know this when I paste the things and people that affect my choices into a word cloud.

Who and what can affect my choices?

My friends can change my choices because I would want to be like them and do what they do to fit in with them.

Siblings can affect my choices because they are big and stronger than me.

Parents can affect my choices because they are the boss of everything and everyone in the house.

A complainer can influence my choices because they are noisy and kind of annoying to hear. They would keep talking until you’ve heard enough.

My friends can affect my choices by forcing me to buy something. Like blocking me from going outside the shop.

My friends can affect my choices by comparing me. Like them saying :Well I’m bigger, taller, smarter and older than you!”

My friends can affect my choices by bullying me. They would keep calling me names like a scaredy cat or a chicken.

My friends can affect my choices by gossiping about me. They would talk about embarrassing things about me.

My friends can affect my choices by persuading me. They can say that I would stink all the time if I wouldn’t buy that bar of soap.

My friends can affect my choices by excusing me. They would say that they don’t have any money to buy that bag of chips.

Magazines can affect my choices by telling how great they are and how much you need to buy it.

Prizes can affect my choices by their quality, cuteness and how big they are.

My special place something to remember!

The river with no name is known simply as Kariyan, which translated into English is river.

For me, this is an important place in the Philippines, one that I will always remember because that is where I used to swim, catch food and play with my friends. I also like the swings and slides in the water, easy to slip off but still fun.

Auntie and I would go there every weekend when it was hot. Every time we entered the reserve, we found cows eating the tall half-alive grass that was growing in the cracks created by the high temperatures. There were also  piles of smelly trash, beeping jeeps and bullfrogs tanning in the sun. It was like an oasis because it has dry land but a lot of water in the end.

In the water I usually swam in my underwear to find small fish and tiny sea snails. The fish have great speed but they cannot dodge our filters. These are made of metal and we use these to scoop up the fish when we run after them.

When it is evening we would go home to cook our findings. They are especially yummy with cooked and boiled drumstick tree leaves and soup. We usually celebrate some nights in the huts. These huts are where you can change and eat. These huts are in the water and they are made from dried bamboo and straw. A small, long wooden paddock leads to the huts.

Roll The Dice!

I conducted an investigation to see what numbers might be rolled the most in a dice roll game, rolling the dice 8 times.
1. 8 was the number that was rolled the most
2. 12 was the number that was the highest roll
3. 2 was the number that was the lowest roll

This tree is something to know about!

WALHT - Research the web about our reading group's tree.

I know this when I write down 13 facts about the Kahikatea tree in a presentation.

A Holiday To Remember!

WALHT - Writing = use the structure of a recount to share and experience.

I know this when I write a recount that informs/entertains my audience.

In the holidays, we went to lots of trips and fun birthdays, but I mostly enjoyed coming over to Nico’s house everyday because it is fun to play around with my friends and cousins Nico, Liam, Danielle and Niel. Sometimes we biked around the basketball court and the neighbourhood, but we especially enjoyed going to the downhill circle in Joe F Stanley St. In the downhill circle we sometimes watched the view of the sunset and the pukekos in the nearby swamp.

Once we reached to bottom of the road, we quickly return to the top to do it all over again, but it’s a hard step on the pedals! Once we come back to Nico’s house, we would take a break and either drink a glass of water, cola or raro. We lied around on the couch and beds like a bunch of lazy sloths. After that, we waited until it’s 5:30 p.m. so that we could go on the trampoline.

We can only go at that time because Nico’s parents were worried that we might be grilling like bacon under the sun. So when it is past 5:30 p.m. we could happily jump around in the trampoline tackling each other and playing basketball in their trampoline. However, one unlucky day, the bendy small thin poles that hold the net up broke and we couldn’t go on the trampoline.

Liam and I resolved this problem by climbing over the back fence to go and play on his neighbour Lozay’s trampoline. We only played for ten minutes and went back inside Nico’s house again. After an hour of playing on the computer and iPads, uncle Nick came back home and it was finally time for Danielle, Mamalo Niel and I to go home.

When I arrive home, I would play with my cat Panda and take a rest.

A New Year, A New Start!

Kumusta my name is Gabby and I have upgraded my brain to another level. I am looking forward  to teaching  juniors to be good role models as they grow up to be like me. This year I have become an intermediate student. I love math but I have a few troubles with my fractions. My goal for math is to finish my basic facts test under 5 minutes. I am small but quite smart and shy but strong.