Marco Polo

Marco Polo was an Italian merchant, explorer, and writer who traveled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295.

Using the information we gathered about Marco Polo I had to create a A3 informative poster.

I used my work from last week to help me write down the introduction.

Then I used the poster from when we started talking about Marco Polo to help me find the facts and websites.

Lastly I went to find photos of Marco Polo. Also I had to find a map of where Marco Polo traveled and a graphic about him.

I think finding the graphics was the hardest part of completing the informative poster.

LI:To create a poster on Marco Polo

3D Shape Nets

A three dimensional shape is a shape that can be measured in three different directions without moving it: left-right, up and down, in and out.

First I had to find the right shape to put on the slide that has it's name on it except for the last slide. The last we get to chose a 3 dimensional shape.

Next I have to either make the net of the shape or find one online. A net is a pattern made when the surface of a three-dimensional figure is laid out flat showing each face of the figure.

Lastly I had to find a picture of the shape in real life. I had 2 choices. I could either find the shape in my house or I can find one online.

I found the net the hardest because I had to find a transparent image of one online. Also the last slide net was harder because I had to make it.

LI:To make nets by ‘unfolding’ 3D shapes

Comment thread

This week we are going to be commenting a little differently. At the end of our comment we have to ask a question that they can reply back. For an example "Do you like animals?" and once they reply they have to ask the question about the same topic.

I commented on Siale's writing blog post. The question I asked was "Do you know how to write a compound and a complex sentences.

I enjoyed this activity because I learnt how to write a comment ending with a question which can carry on.

LI:To learn how to comment on other peoples blog

Role Models

This week for kiwi can our them is still positive relationships and our new topic is role models.

For our energizer we played "Hammer." The last man standing wins.

Our activity was called "knots and crosses." For this activity which ever team gets 5 points first wins.

I enjoyed this session because I got to meet our new kiwi can teacher and I learnt what a role model is.

Also using this blog post I was able to get my bronze respect badge.

Visulaising

Visulaising is drawing an image map, mind map, or infographic about the text that is difficult to understand.

To visualise a difficult sentence, break it up into parts and then draw each part.

If there are any words that are unknown, they should be looked up in the dictionary. Children dictionaries are best suited for young learners.

Visualising is a good way to easily understand difficult texts.

LI:To visualize a section of text to aid understand

Complex sentences

A complex sentence is a full sentence with an incomplete idea added on.

Every complex sentence uses the subordinating conjunctions. Some of them are since, if, until and, although.

A inpropper complex sentence will start with a subordinating conjunctions but when the sentence finishes people will still have no idea.

Complex sentences doesn't need to be descriptive but it always needs a subordinating conjunctions.

LI:To write meaningful and interesting complex sentences

Tessalation

This week were learning about tessellation's. A tessellation is a shape that is repeated which forms a piece of art.

We had to pick a 2D/2 dimensional shape to use in our tessellation. I did this tessellation on a A4 paper size on a google drawing.

The shape I chose was a hexagon. A hexagon is a 6 angle shape. When I put the hexagon's on I had to make sure to extend it, so it will be bigger than the page.

Next we used this website called 'Colour combos' to help us use good colours that we can use to colour in. When we put the colours on they should look good together.

I enjoyed making this tessellation because I learnt what a tessellation is and how to make one.

LI:To create a tessellation from a 2D shape

First Waka

Originally there were no people in New Zealand. The first people to settle in New Zealand came in a series of waka.

The first ten waka were named Kurahaupō, Tākitimu, Mataatua, Tainui, Ārai-te-uru, Te Arawa, Aotea, Tokomaru, Horouta and, Uruao.

Most of the waka visited the North Island. Some of the places were Te Awanui, Tauranga Moana and, Waiapu River.

The ten waka came to New Zealand to discover new lands for people to live.

LI:Early exploration

Basic Facts Boxes

This week I took the speed demon. I decided to do multiplication instead because I thought that I need to get better at  it.

Once I was finished answering the equations my time at was 6 minutes and 54 seconds. I think I my goal for next week is to get a better time.

I enjoyed this activity because I am getting faster at answer the equations and I am getting better times than last week.

 If you don't believe me my proof is on my DLO which is at the bottom of this blog post.

LI:To remember my basic math facts

Spiting numbers to make 10

Today I finished my task for math. Our task was to complete our think board about splitting numbers to make a tidy number. The spitting strategy means to cut a number into smaller parts.

First I wrote down my story problem. The equation has to be in the problem. The equation is 56+7. For an example, "Te Raumati had 56 apples but Leon gave her 7 more."

LI:To add by splitting one number to make a tidy number

Commenting thread

LI:To start a dialogical conversation with people. 

This week I commented on Shinaye's skimming and scanning blog post.

The question I asked her was, "Do you know other reading strategies?" I had to ask a question because I had to try and start a dialogical conversations with others. 

I enjoyed this task because I am now learning how to start a dialogical conversation.

Legal and illegal websites

LI:To learn what legal images are and how to find them.

Legal images is a image that is appropriate for kids and that it is understandable, and a illegal image is a image that is rude and it is inappropriate.

This week we are learning about legal and illegal websites. In a group of three we had to to find three legal and illegal websites on a google doc. We added photos to make it look interesting.

One of our legal website were "Flickr", and one of our illegal websites were "Overview."

I enjoyed this task because I learnt what are legal and illegal images are.

Listening

This week for kiwi can our them is still positive relationships and our new topic is listening.

For our energizer we played "Bop the cone" to practice listening for instructions.

Our activity was called "Kiwi Can whisper" to practice listening and hearing information.

I thought "Kiwi Can whisper was a good way to practice listening.

Skimming and scanning

This week we were learning how to do skimming and scanning. Skimming is reading topic sentences to get a basic idea of a book or text. Scanning is looking for key words to find information you need.

I had to find answers in a book called, "Bright find gold"using those 2 strategies. There were skimming question and scanning questions.

For the skimming questions I needed to use that skill to find an answer for each question.

For the scanning questions I need to explain the first, middle and last part of the text.

LI: to find specific facts by SCANNING.

LI: to find general information by SKIMMING.

Ripper rugby

Today was our third session of ripper rugby. This time all the year 5 and 6 girls are going to practice together. We also had different coaches, their names were Glory and Mj.

First we did our passing and catch drills. We lined up in four lines and then the first person in each line has to stand behind the cone on the opposite side. Then the second person in each line have to run forward and pass the ball to person next to. When we were throwing we had make sure we pass backwards and when we are catching the key is to make a W with your had. Once we got to the end the person in front of them has to pass it to them and then that person has to go to the back of the line.

After that we only had 10 minutes left of our session, so during that 10 minutes we played a game of ripper rugby. It was red verses black. I was in the red team. I was able to score more tries than last week.

After that session I was a little tiered, but I was really sore. I still enjoyed that session because I learnt how step which helped me score some tries.

LI:To learn the basics of ripper rugby

Early NZ Exploration

Kupe and Cook are 2 important explorers in New Zealand's history.

Kupe arrived in New Zealand in the 1100's. He traveled by traditional methods on a traditional sail boat. Myth has it he followed a giant octopus. He did this voyage to find new land for his people to live. His wife named New Zealand Aotearoa after seeing mountains under the clouds.

Captain Cook arrived on the 6th of October 1769. He traveled on his ship that he named the "Bark Endeavour." He was sent by the royal navy to map New Zealand. He found New Zealand by following the birds.

Kupe is important because he was the first documented person in New Zealand. Captain Cook is important because he mapped New Zealand and opened it up to the world access.

Compound sentences

A compound sentence is two sentences stuck together with a coma and a conjunction.

A compound sentence can be made by using FANBOYS. FANBOYS stands for and, nor, but, or, yet, and for.

Compound sentences needs to have a coma and a conjunction or else it will be simple sentences.

LI:To write meaningful and interesting compound sentences

Counting on in tens

Today I finished my task for math. Our task was to complete our think board about how to counting on in ten. Counting on  in tens means to continue counting on from another number in tens. This was an individual task.

First I wrote down my story problem. The equation as to be in the problem. The equation is 38+50. For an example, "Te Raumati had 38 apples but Leon gave her 50 more."

LI:To learn how to count on in tens

Minerals

This week I chose a book called "Minerals". This is a non fiction book which means everything in the book is true. This book is based on different type of minerals. 

We had to answer all the question in a full sentence unless were listing. I had to write down 3 facts, one are my facts were "Did you know cave mans are the first people to use minerals for art." Then we had to list three or more new words we learnt from the book. 

I found this activity fun because I got to learn about different minerals and how they are formed.

LI:To learn how to summaries a book or text

Basic Facts Boxes

This week I took the speed demon challenge up to 5. I only did the addition because I wanted to start of easy.

Maybe next week I will do subtraction as well. At the end my time was 4 minutes and 12 seconds. I got a better time than last weeks time.

I enjoyed this activity because I am getting faster at answer and my time is getting better every week.

 If you don't believe me my proof is on my DLO.

LI:To remember m basic math facts

Basic fact boxes

This week I took the speed demon challenge up to 10. I only did the addition because I wanted to start of easy.

Maybe next week I will do subtraction as well. At the end my time was 6 minutes and 45 seconds. I think I did better this week because I got a faster time and I didn't get any answers wrong.

I enjoyed this activity because I am getting faster at answer and getting a better time.

 If you don't believe me my proof is on my DLO.

LI:To remember m basic math facts 

Ripper rugby

Today was our second session of ripper rugby. We attempted it across the road at the curk park like last week. We are still learning how to throw and catch a rugby ball. Also we are learning how to rip. We had the same couches which were Justice and Andrew.

Ripper rugby similar to rugby but in ripper rugby you have tags on your waist. When you get ripped you have to pass it to someone in your team. If you get ripped 5 or 6 times it's a hand over.

First we did started of practicing our throwing and catching.We lined up in four lines and then the first person in each line has to stand behind the cone on the opposite side. Then the second person in each line have to run forward and pass the ball to person next to. When we were throwing we had make sure we pass backwards and when we are catching the key is to make a W with your had. Once we got to the end the person in front of them has to pass it to them and then that person has to go to the back of the line.

Next we played an activity, this activity included the tags. For this activity we had to stay in a square and then we had to try to rip each others tags. The tags you ripped we had to give it to Justice. If both of our tags get ripped then we're out. We played two rounds of this activity. I won the last round.

Lastly we played a game of ripper rugby. It was girls verses boys. Since there were more boy than girls Justice and Andrew helped us. I was able to score one try. At the end of the game it ended being a tie. I scored one point for the girls and Taua scored one point for the boys. It was a close game.

After the session I was exhausted. I still enjoyed this session because I learnt how to rip better. I think this is a good sport to play.

LI:To learn the basics of ripper rugby

Commenting

This week we are going to be commenting a little differently. At the end of our comment we have to ask a question that they can reply back. For an example "Do you like animals?" and once they reply they have to ask the question about the same topic.

I commented on my friend Chisa's blog post about her SSR Selfie. The question I asked was "Do you like reading non-fiction books?"

I enjoyed this activity because I learnt how to write a comment ending with a question which can carry on.

LI:To learn how to comment on other peoples blog

Explorers and adventures

Explorers and adventures are people who travel and discover new things.

Explorers are people who travel to find new things and record them for the community. Such as Captain James Cook, Kupe, Sir Peter Blank, and William Adams.

Adventurers are people who travel to take part in something for themselves. Such as Amelia Eahart, Ferdinand Magellan, Jane Goodall, and Robert Ballard.

Explorers and adventurers need to have or show many different attitude and attributes. Such as being knowledgeable so they know where their going.

Both explorers and adventurers travel to new places and need similar qualities although their goal are different.

LI:To learn about explorers and adventurers

Keywords

Keywords are words that help to research specific information about a chosen topic. They can also give appropriate information to young learners.

Keywords are for narrowing down the information gained by an internet search.

Keywords can be used to find information that is understandable and readable by children.

Keywords are useful tools that should be used in every research.

LI:To identify keywords to search

Simple sentences

A simple sentence is one idea. An idea is action performed by one actor.

A simple sentence can be made by following steps that consider the actor, action, and descriptions.

Simple sentences have one idea but it doesn't need to be short.

LI:To  write meaningful and interesting simple sentences

                            

Legal and illegal images

A legal image is a image that can be used with permission by law.

Image creators give legal permission to use their images by adding a sharing license.

It's important to use a legal image it so you don't offend the law. 

When you use legal images make sure you have permission and attribute the image. Also using websites you can find free and appropriate images.  

LI:To understand what legal and illegal images

Crystals and gemstones

LI:To summaries and retell a text

This week I chose a book called "Crystals and Gemstones". This is a non fiction book which means everything in the book is true. This book is based on different type of crystals and gemstones. 

We had to answer all the question in a full sentence unless were listing. I had to write down 3 facts, one are my facts were "Did you know diamonds are the hardest crystals." Then we had to list three or more new words we learnt from the book. 

I found this activity fun because I got to learn about different crystals and facts about them. 

Counting on

LI:To add by counting on from the last number

Today I finished my task for math. Our task was to complete our google slide about how to count on. Counting on means to continue counting on from another number. This was an individual task.

First I wrote down my story problem. The equation as to be in the problem. The equation is 75+5. For an example, "Te Raumati had 75 apples but Leon give her 4 more."

Next I had to practice answering 9 addition equations using the counting on skill. The number we are adding to the number is between 1-5 because it's faster to count on.

After that I had to draw my diagram which was a number line. I used the line tool to help me draw my number line. 

Lastly I had to explain how I solved the equation. When I explain my strategy has to be counting on.

At the end I think that I did great. I enjoyed attempting this task and I thought that it was really interesting.  

Art house

LI:To create a geometric piece of art only using shapes and lines

Today I finished my digital geometric art work. On a google drawing we had to make this house using shapes and the line tool. I used shapes like triangle, rectangle, square, cloud and sun. The rest of I used the line tool.

First we had to make the furthest thing which was the sky and we had to start doing the furthest to closest. At first I started doing the main things which were the sky, grass and the house. Once I finished the main things I started putting more detail in. The details I drew were clouds, sun and the steps.

At the end I think that my art work looked amazing. My favourite part was drawing the house. I also think that I improved at drawing this artwork using my skills. I found this activity fun and interesting.