How Mummies were made

How Mummies were made

After death, the Egyptians believed there was an afterlife.  Because a body would be needed to enter the afterlife, the Egyptians mummified the dead body.  

Firstly the body was placed on a table.  The embalmer removed the internal organs, apart from the heart, with a steel hook through the nose.  

After the body was emptied, linen was placed inside the body to suck up the moisture.  Then the body was covered with salt and left for forty days to remove any leftover moisture.  After forty days the linen was removed from the inside of the body, and sawdust and spices were inserted.  The sawdust and spices, expensive and hard to get, were required to help keep the body’s shape.

Next it was time to wrap the body.  The head and neck were wrapped first with white linen and then the rest of the body parts.  Finally a spell book was placed in the hands of the dead body.

The final resting place of the mummy was in a tomb.  Because the mummifying process was very expensive, only the very wealthy were able to do it.  

bneath the clouds of Venus by John O'Brien

Learning about the planets
Fact (Non-Fiction)	Fiction
Venus is completely covered in clouds There is no life on venus, there is   sand, air and the rain.	Venus is much brighter than any stars, and is often seen in  the west, just after sunset, There were floating islands on those ocean and waves as high as the mountain.

What I am grateful for.

This is the graphic organiser that shows what I am grateful for this year. It also shows that I want to achieve in rainbow reading. 

My holiday

                      

My Holidays

During my holidays my family and I went to my best friends house, to celebrate her birthday.

On her birthday we ate ice cream, played together and went to Mcdonald's. After that we went to buy a cake for her, then we went  to her house to eat the cake.

Then we went to the Museum. At the Museum, we took photos, saw old planes, animals, and dinosaurs.

Eventually we went back home to other relatives to celebrate her birthday as well, they also bought another cake which had chocolate fillings. I felt really happy, but tired and my holiday was fun.

Why people sleepwalk Quiz

1. Read this article on Why People Sleepwalk?

Question: 1. Which 1 is not a symptom of sleepwalking ?  

1. sleeptalking
2. no memory of sleepwalking
3. playing scrabble
4. screaming  

Sleepwalking makes you happy ? True/False

What did sleepwalking used to be called?

Criteria	Not achieved	Achieved	Excellent
Questionnaire	5 or less questions	6 or more true/false or multichoice questions	6 or more questions presented in a google form.
Content	Questions do not require the person to read the article	Questions require the reader to locate information from the text	Questions require the reader to infer information from the text.
Time Management	Did not complete 6 questions by Wednesday	Completed 6 questions by end of wednesday	Completed 6 questions early on wednesday and had time to put it into a google form to embed on blog.

sleepwalking

1. Choose ONE of the following Kiwi Kids News articles
1. Sausage Dog Racing in Melbourne
2. International Canoe Finals
3. Solar Plane
4. Why People Sleepwalk?
5. What is thunder?
6. Why do people fart?
7. Why does the earth spin?
8. Why does my stomach rumble?
2. Read it carefully and below create 6 multichoice or true/false questions for your article. Remember to choose some ‘close’ answers to make your reader think really hard. Set up the questions like this

Question: 1. Which 1 is not a symptom of sleepwalking ?  

1. sleeptalking
2. no memory of sleepwalking
3. playing scrabble
4. screaming  

Sleepwalking makes you happy ? True/False

What did sleepwalking used to be called?

Record your answers at the bottom of this page.

3. On your blog, share:

• the link to the article
• the questions (numbered)
• DO NOT share the answers.
• A sentence explaining to your readers to read the article and then answer in the comments. At the end of the week you will reply to the comments to say who was correct/incorrect.

4. Complete the rubric self-assessment below. Highlight what you achieved.  

Example:

Criteria	Not achieved	Achieved	Excellent
Questionnaire	5 or less questions	6 or more true/false or multichoice questions	6 or more questions presented in a google form.
Content	Questions do not require the person to read the article	Questions require the reader to locate information from the text	Questions require the reader to infer information from the text.
Time Management	Did not complete 6 questions by Wednesday	Completed 6 questions by end of wednesday	Completed 6 questions early on wednesday and had time to put it into a google form to embed on blog.