The Moon reports

In our literacy groups we are learning to read and write information reports. Here are our first reports about the moon.

The Moon- By Jayanna

The moon is a satellite and we see it at night.

What is the moon? 
The moon is 3,476km wide. It is two times the length of New Zealand and it's four times smaller than the Earth. The moon is never still. It gets it's light from the sun. The moon is a satellite that moves 4 cm away from the Earth.

What the moon does?
The moon makes the tides on Earth. It makes the low tide, high tide and king tides.

Lunar Phases
It takes 28 days to do the phases of the moon. There's a new moon, half moon, full moon and 1st and last quarter moons.

More information
It takes 3 days to get to the moon. It's 385,000 away from the Earth. Neil Armstrong was the first person to step on the moon.


The Moon- By Rouxle
The moon is a satellite. We see the moon at night time. The moon helps make tides on Earth.

The moon is four times smaller than Earth. Only twelve people have been on the moon. Sometimes you can see the moon during the day time.


The moon has no air because their is no wind on the moon. The moon is 385,000 km away from the Earth. Meteorites have hit the moon. It is covered with fine dust that looks like dark flour.


The Moon- By Jake

The moon is a satellite. It pulls the tide in and out.

What is the moon?
The moon turns around the Earth. The moon is 385,000 km away from the Earth. It is 3,476 km wide. This is four times smaller than the Earth.

What does the moon do?
The moon pulls the tides in and out.

Lunar Phases
There is a quarter moon and a half moon and a whole moon. It takes 28 days for the moon to travel around the Earth.


Other information
It takes 3 days to travel to the moon in a space rocket. Meteorites have made craters on the moon. The first man to walk on the moon was Neil Armstrong.

The Moon- By Zoe K

The moon is a satellite that goes around the Earth. 

It takes 3 days to get to the moon. The moon is twice the size of New Zealand. 

What does the moon do? The moon brings the tide in and out. There can be a full moon and a half moon.

Gertrude McFuzz!

Today we listened to a story by Dr Seuss called "Gertrude McFuzz". Here it is for you to enjoy.

After watching the story, we wrote about Gertude McFuzz. Here are some of our stories:

Gertrude McFuzz- By Joseph A Gordine

Gertrude Mc Fuzz

Gertrude McFuzz had a teeny weeny tail that was very green. It was mouldy and droopy like cows diarrhoea.  
So she ate heaps of pill berries. She suddenly grew a big, ginormous tail. It popped past the sky! It sparkled like diamonds and was very green, blue and stripy. 

There was only one problem though... she couldn't fly and the tail got tangled! 
She decided that one tail was just right!

Gertrude McFuzz- By Joel Odoom

Gertrude being carried because she was too heavy

Gertrude McFuzz had a huge tail but the feathers were TOO heavy. It was a little green and a gold tail at the beginning. Gertrude was so sad that she had one green and gold feather. 
Gertrude was eating the pill berries. The feathers popped out... bigger and bigger! It was a giant feather tail made out of green feathers and gold feathers. The tail was gigantic! It was like a fireworks display! When she tried to fly she couldn't because her fantastic tail was TOO heavy!

Gertrude McFuzz- By Miles Penny

Lolla Lee Lou

Gertrude was silly because she ate pill berries. She tried to be like Lolla-Lee-Lou. She started off with one feather. Then she got two feathers. It got so big it sparkled like gold! She couldn't fly because it was too heavy!