Manu Taratahi

Manu Taratahi

 This blog is going to be about how to make a Manu Taratahi.  A Manu Taratahi is a kite. So let's get started.  

To make a Manu Taratahi you need sticks, flax, string and if you want you can use feathers for decoration.  

Start by putting three sticks on the ground like this.(In the photo)

Once you do that take one of your long sticks and put it 30 cm away from the bottom.  Now take your flax and wrap it around the long stick and one of the three sticks on the ground. It should look like a x when you have finished wrapping it around.  Do it again to one of the other two sticks on the ground just as you did to the first stick.  Do it again to the third stick and keep on repeating it but just make the stick smaller to look like a triangle.  

Now that you are done, your Manu Taratahi should look like this.

Blog commenting

Blog commenting

Today we learnt how to make quality blog commenting.  We learnt that in a blog comment we must have the following:  

a Greeting,

a connection with the writer,

a positive statement - say something nice,

add new facts
and ask a question.

We also learnt that before we publish our comment we must:

Check capital letters and punctuation,
spelling
The comment makes sense.

My comment on Tatais blog


My comment on Lianas blog

Speech marks

Speech marks

You use speech marks when someone is talking.  Today I'm going to show you how to use a speech mark. Watch out said Harry.  This is not how you use a speech mark.  "Watch out!" said Harry.  Now that's how you use a speech mark.  If your writing and you don't know how to do your speech mark just remember 66 and 99 because they look like speech marks.  Thanks for reading comment down below how you use speech marks.

Matariki

Matariki

Matariki is a traditional thing to do. What Matariki means to me is a new starting, a chance to do something good and family time.  Leave a comment down below and tell me what you think Matariki is.  Matariki is a special time it's when the seven stars come out they are also called the seven sisters Waiti, Waita, Waipuna-a-rangi, Uru-a-rangi, Tupo-a-nuku, Tupu-a-rangi and Matariki.  Matariki happens once a year on June the 25.