Basic Facts Boxes

This week I took the speed demon. I decided to do division because I wanted to challenge myself.

Once I was finished answering the equations my time at was 3 minutes and 43 seconds. I think I have a fast time but next time I'll try and get a faster time.

I found answering the question easy because I know my time tables which makes easier.

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

Sea Turtle Rescue

This week I have read a book called "Sea Turtle Rescue" This is a fiction book which means everything in this book is not real. 

I had to write down 3 things that happened, one of them were "The turtle eggs hatch"

Then we had to list three or more new words we learnt from the book. There was no new words in the book because I knew most of the words.

I found this book interesting because the thea sisters were able to save the baby turtles and other mice that was trapped on a ship.

LI:To learn how to summaries a book or text

Basic Facts Boxes

This week I took the speed demon. I decided to do multiplication because wanted to try and get a faster time.

Once I was finished answering the equations my time at was 3 minutes and 38 seconds. I think I have improved my time and I can try do division next time

I found answering the question easy and I was able to consertrate on the equations.

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

 

Comment Thread

This week I have commented on Shinaye's blog post about Inferring. Inferring is a reading strategy that is used to help understand the text.

The question I asked her was, "Do you know any other reading strategies to ehlp understand a text?"

I really enjoyed this activity because I get to learn new things from other people's blog post and learn how to start a comment thread.

Here is the link to Shinaye's blog post.

LI:To create a comment thread

Ice Treasure

This week I have read a book called "Ice Treasure" This is a fiction book which means everything in this book is not real. 

I had to write down 3 things that happened, one of them were "The thea sisters arrive at Alaska."

Then we had to list three or more new words we learnt from the book. There was no new words in the book because I knew most of the words.

I found this book interesting because the thea sisters the a misson in a very cold place.

LI:To learn how to summaries a book or text

Comment Thread

This week I decided to comment on David's blog post about his solving strategies. The point of this task was to find different strategies to solve different equations.

The question I asked him was, "Do you know any other startegies you can use to solve the equations?"

I really enjoyed this activity because I have learnt different strategies to solve different equations and ask an open question which would start a conversation.

Here is the link to David's blog post.

LI:To create a comment thread

Basic Facts Boxes

This week I took the speed demon. I decided to do multiplication because wanted to try and challenge myself.

Once I was finished answering the equations my time at was 4 minutes and 13 seconds. I think next I should try and get a faster time.

I found answering the question easy but I kept on getting distracted but next time I won't. 

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

Diary of a Wimpy Kid | Hard Luck

This week I have read a book called "Hard Luck" This is a fiction book which means everything in this book is not real. This book is based on Greg who is trying to change things around to turn things back to normal.

I had to write down 3 things that happened, one of them were "Rowley ditches his best friend (Greg)."

Then we had to list three or more new words we learnt from the book. There was no new words in the book because I knew most of the words.

I found this book interesting because Greg has been getting bad luck for his past few days.

LI:To learn how to summaries a book or text

Comment Thread

This week I decided to comment on Chisa's blog post about her character description. A character description is describes the charcters apperance, expirance, and personality.

The question I asked her was, "What did you find hard about describing the snake and why?"

I really enjoyed this activity because I have learnt how to write a character descrition and ask an open question which would start a conversation.

Here is the link to Chisa's blog post.

LI:To create a comment thread

Basic Facts Boxes

This week I took the speed demon. I decided to do up to 10.

Once I was finished answering the equations my time at was 4 minutes and 36 seconds. I think next time I do it I'll try and get a better time.

I found doing this challenge a little hard because I was getting distracted but next time I won't

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

Comment Thread

This week I decided to comment on Chisa's blog post about Prototec. Prototec is a game that helps upgrades your math skills.

The question I asked her was, "What question took the logest to answer and why?"

I really enjoyed this activity because I now know how to ask an open question. An open question is a question that can be answered with more than one word.

Here is the link to Chisa's blog post.

LI:To create a comment thread

Awsome Friendly Adventure

This week I have read a book called "Awsome friendly adventure" This is a fiction book which means everything in this book is not real. This book is based on a kid who goes on a quest to save his mum.

I had to write down 3 things that happened, one of them were "Rowley meets the one eye wizard."

Then we had to list three or more new words we learnt from the book. There was no new words in the book because I knew most of the words.

I found this book creative because there were well known characters and made character s in the book.

LI:To learn how to summaries a book or text

Where the 10 waka went

For this task I had to pin point the places the 10 waka went . Before we started this we first started this on a google doc. During this task I learnt that most of the waka's went to the north island because the south island has bad weather.

Here is the LINK to the google map.

 LI.To figure out where the waka went in New Zealand

Basic Facts Boxes

This week I took the speed demon. I decided to start off with the easiest challenge which is up to 5.

Once I was finished answering the equations my time at was 3 minutes and 33 seconds. I think I can challenge myself next time by doing a harder challenge like doing up to 10 or 20.

I found doing this challenge easy because I did the easiest challenge.

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

Descriptive writing

This week we ha to do a can do called "Descriptive writing". Descriptive writing is trying to describe a picture by using as much language feature (like nouns and similes) as we can.

One of my descriptions for one of the pictures was "The to naughty friends dashed up a huge pile of snow on the busy streets of New York."

LI:To describe using interesting language features

Matilda

This week I have read a book called "Matilda" This is a fiction book which means everything in this book is not real. 

I had to write down 3 things that happened, one of them were "Matilda goes to school."

Then we had to list three or more new words we learnt from the book. One of the words I found from the book is 'deleve'.

I found this book interesting because a young girl gets superpowers by reading

LI:To learn how to summaries a book or text

Where in the world | Geographic

 Today we did a task when I had to search up 3 different places. The first place the teachers told us to search for was a carrot in adventure park in Wellington. The second task was to pick 2 different countries and then we can answer the questions. We also added photos to show where the carrot is and where it is in adventure park.

LI: To build geographic knowledge 

Giving things a go | Postive Relationships

Today we learnt about giving things a go and trying new things. In CARE, Confidance would step into this because you would need confidance to try new things.

For our energizer we played a game that makes you look kid of weird but the point was to support us to be more confident.

Our activity was about pusing ourself to have confidence in side of us and try new things and try all the task.

I really enjoyed this lesson because I was able to upgrade my cofidence and I got to learn new things from the activites.

LI:To learn about giving things a go

Commenting

 This week I decided to comment on Elaario's blog post about print design rules. Print design rules are the rules we have to follow to make a good DLO.

The question I asked him was, "What print design rule was the easiest to follow and why?"

I really enjoyed this activity because I now know how to ask an open question. An open question is a question that can be answered with more than one word.

LI:To give positive feedback on completed work

Charlotte's Web

This week I have read a book called "Charlotte's Web" This is a fiction book which means everything in this book is not real. This book is based on a spider who tries and saves a pigs life by writing about him in her web.

I had to write down 3 things that happened, one of them were "Wilbur (pig) meets Charlotte (spider)."

Then we had to list three or more new words we learnt from the book. One of the words I found from the book is 'runt'.

I found this book interesting because it had different farm animals who talk to one another.

LI:To learn how to summaries a book or text

Comment Thread

This week I decided to do a comment thread on Chisa's math blog post about ping pong averages. 

The question I asked Chisa was 'What did you find hard and why?' and then she will reply back which would start a comment thread.

I enjoyed this activity because I learnt how to reply back and use an open question which will start a conversation.

Here is the link to Chisa's blog.

LI:To learn how to comment on other peoples blog

Basic Facts Boxes

This week I took the speed demon. I decided to do multiplication because I wanted to try and get a better time.

Once I was finished answering the equations my time at was 5 minutes and 17 seconds. I think my time has gone slower but now I have a goal for next week which is trying to get a better time.

I found answer the questions hard because I keep on getting distracted but I was able to carry on.

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

The Gruffalo

This week I have read a book called "The Gruffalo" This is a fiction book which means everything in this book is not real. This book is based on a mouse who makes parts of a fake creature who ends up being real.

 I had to write down 3 things that happened, one of them were "The mouse scared of preditors by describing parts of the gruffalo."

Then we had to list three or more new words we learnt from the book. There was no new words in the book because I knew most of the words.

I found this book fun because it has different animal and a creature who has interesting body parts. 

LI:To learn how to summaries a book or text

Gruffalo Art Work | Art Collaboration

For art, we re-created the gruffalo cover as a class. We learnt new skills during these past few weeks colouring in the art work.

First, we were given out different pieces of paper that would make the gruffalo cover. The first technique that was demostrated to us was the blendng technique. The blending technique is to sumge different colours to make texture or to get a shade. We used pastels to colour in and cotten tips to help spread the pastels around and to blend.

Next, we started outlining the parts with black. The second technique we learnt was how to colour in the tree trunks. To do this we coloured all the tree trunks in brown. Then we started shading some parts of the tree trunks and then started blending it with the brown.

Lastly, we learnt how to colour in the leaves. To do this I coloured all the leaves in green. Then I added white and then started blending it until it made the colour I wanted.

I found this activity challenging because it's really hard to try and colour inside the lines.

LI:To collaberate as a group and learn new techniques to create art

Governing Topics

Governing topics are the polices that parties wish to provided to people and country. The most important topic to me is 'Te Ao Māori' and 'enviroment'.

The Te Ao Māori is about honouring the Treaty of Waitangi and protect the Māori culture.

Enviroment is about how the zero carbon act has failed to clean up our country and how farmers are mainly at fault.

If I voted and choose the governing topics I wound pick Te Ao Māori and enviroment. I would choose Te Ao Māori because I want to respect my language and I would also pick enviroment because me and my family is really passionate about trying to keep our enviroment clean.

LI:To choose topics by summarising all topics

Saftey Plan

This week we checked out the hazards, risk, and consequences that could happen during making a fire and smores.

First, we discussed different hazards and risk. Next we wrote it down. A hazard for the fire is the fire itself and the consequences is getting burnt.

Then, we discussed some consequences that could happen. Consequences can be how can we prevent it, who's responsibillity is it, and the emergency plan.

After, we made another saftey plan for making the smores with the fire. We repeated the same process but wrote down different hazards, risk and consequences. Then we made smores.

Mr Ogilvie lit up the fire and then demostrated how to roast the marshmellows. After he demostrated we made our own smores.

I found this activity really fun because we got to make smores but I also found it hard trying to roast the marshmellows without it getting burnt.

LI:To assess risk with a saftey plan

Recount

I learnt how to write a recount using the right structure and language.

First, I chose a day of a week to write a recount about. I chose Friday because it was the last day of the week. Next I wrote down key words/phrases such as: breakfast, brush teeth and shower.

Then, I put the key words/phrases in a proper sentence using past tensed (words like: walked, jumped tipped), first person (words like: I, we, me, myself, us), and the structure TREE (Title, Reveal, Envents and Ending).

After, I proof read my recount and made sure that the title, reveal, events, and ending made sence. For the events there should be four paragraphs that tells what happens before school, at school, after school, and after dinner.

I enjoyed this activity because I have learnt the proper language that is used in a recount which would help me the next time I write one.

LI:To write a daily routine

Time | Rounding

Rounding is a math strategy that uses addition and division strategies.Rounding means to circle it to the nearest ten, hundred, thousands, and more.

Addition and division are both operations the are used for rounding. To round, the person needs to find the mean, to find the mean get a set of numbers like 5,7,1,9,3 and then add them altogether which would make 25. Then divide them by the amount of numbers there are which makes 5.

Here comes the rounding part comes in so if the numbers are 5-9 they are called high five and the numbers that are 0-4 they are called four floor. Look for the last digit. Example: 21.85 now becomes 21.9 because 5 is above.

Rounding can help people get better at adding and dividing. Also at understanding how to round numbers in to 1 decimal place.

LI investigate units of time

Fruits in Maori

Today I was able to finish my third Maori challenge before Maori language week was finished.

The task that I have completed was pronouncing the fruits in Maori.

First I made a google slide were I'm going to put my Fruits. 

Then I started practising pronoucing the fruit so I don't make a mistake.

When I finished practising I took a video of myself pronucing the fruits and then putting it on the google slide.

I found practising saying watermelon hard but at the end I was able to figure it out.

Fact Find | Anna Kendrick

Today I did an activity/can do called fact find. Fact find is about researching a new or interesting topic like plants and a type a sport. My topic was a celebrity who is Anna Kendrick. There are four types of information that needs to be presented.

Introduction
The introduction introduces the topic so the reader knows a little bit about them/it.

5 Facts
The five facts tells the reader five facts about the topic. You can use different wedsites to help find some facts.

Images and Video
The image just shows what the topic looks like and the video uasally tells the reader more about them/it.

Sources
The sources only shows the links to the websites that was used to find the information.

I found finding the 5 facts fun beacuse I was learning new stuff at the same time.

LI:To learn something new

Colours in Maori

Today I have done my second challenge for this weeks Maori language week.

The task that I have completed was pronouncing the colours in Maori.

First I made a google slide were I'm going to put my colours. 

Then I started practising pronoucing the colours so I know it off by heart.

When I finished practising I took a video of myself pronucing the colous and then putting it on the google slide.

I this is a really helpful task to people who wants learn how to pronouce some colours in Maori during Maori language week.

Numbers in Maori

Today I decided to challenge myself and do at least 3 Maori challenges before Maori language week finishes.

The task that I have completed was pronouncing the numbers in Maori.

First I made a google slide were I'm going to put my numbers. 

Then I started practising pronoucing the numbers.

When I knew the numbers off by heart I took a video of myself pronucing the numbers and then putting it on the google slide.

I this is a really helpful task to people who wants learn how to pronouce some numbers in Maori.

Basic Facts Boxes

This week I took the speed demon. I decided to do multiplication because I wanted to try and get a better time.

Once I was finished answering the equations my time at was 3 minutes and 55 seconds. I think I'm really improved my time because last week I got 4 minutes and 16 seconds which my time was 21 seconds faster.

I found this activity a lit bit easier because I have been practising my multiplication each 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

Maori Language Week | History

Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori is a time in September when people support the Te Reo Māori language to try and get more Māori speakers.

In 2018 the Māori language week theme was 'Kia kaha Te Reo Māori' and it is the theme for this year. This translates to 'Let's keep the Māori language strong'.

The activity is about what Māori language week is and how it all started. 48 years ago people decided that Te Reo Māori should be an offical language to Aotearoa so they signed the petitions with about 30, 000 signatures.

LI:To learn about the history of Māori language week

Risk assessment

This activity is about the possibilities of a hazard, risk, consequences and likelihood during an event.

First we recapped on what a hazard and a risk is. A hazards is things that can cause harm to people, properties, and the enviroument. A risk is somethign that will cause harm to people, properties, and the enviroment.

Next we made a saftey plan for a simple activity. We wrote down what activity it is, the class level, number of students, and where the location is.

Then we had to answer questions like what could go wrong, what could cause it to go wrong, how could we prevent it, and whose resposibilty is it.

Lastly we thought of emergency plan which is going to be needed if a risk elevates to a more serious situation.

I found this activity challenging because we had to find multiple answers for the qusestions and different plans for different risk.

LI:To accessrisk with a simple activity

Rewriting|Gruffalo

Rewriting a narritive is getting an idea from the story and changes the story that will flow with the original story.

There are three guiding questions that help changes the story and they are: where do they live?, what's the gruffalo's favourite food and where would they meet the mouse.

The owl was changed into a eagle because they are both types of birds. The eagle lives in a clifftop house because most eagles live on a cliff. The gruffalo's favourite food is eagle whipped cream because it cream rhymes with stream.

Rewriting a story can help think of creative idea to flow with a story.

LI:To re write a narritive

Making connections

Connections allow people to conect with themselves, other text, and the world. There are 3 differents kinds of connections and they are: text to self, text to text, and text to world.

Text to self is comparing something in the text to yourself. To make a text to self connection the reading needs to get an idea from the text and compare it to themself. Example: Mouse lied to the other animals. I have lied.

Text to text is comparing something in the text to another text. To make a text to text connection the reading needs to get an idea from the text and compare it to another text. Example: The mouse tricked the gruffalo. The Twits tricked each other.

Text to world is connecting the text to the world. To make a text to world connection the reader needs get an idea from the text and then compare it to the world. Example: The mouse had no house. Some people around the world are homless.

Making connections can help the reader understand a text by linking ideas to another idea.

LI:To identify and describe connections

Time|Rounding

Rounding is a math strategy that uses addition and division strategies.Rounding means to circle it to the nearest ten, hundred, thousands, and more.

Addition and division are both operations the are used for rounding. To round, the person needs to find the mean, to find the mean get a set of numbers like 5,7,1,9,3 and then add them altogether which would make 25. Then divide them by the amount of numbers there are which makes 5.

Here comes the rounding part comes in so if the numbers are 5-9 they are called high five and the numbers that are 0-4 they are called four floor. Look for the last digit. Example: 21.85 now becomes 21.9 because 5 is above.

Rounding can help people get better at adding and dividing. Also at understanding how to round numbers in to 1 decimal place.

LI investigate units of time

Sunflower

This week I chose a book called "Sunflower" This is a non-fiction book which means the facts in the book is real. This book is based on sunflowers.

 I had to write down 3 things facts, one of them were "Sunflowers can go from 1 inch to 6 feet  tall in about 3 months"

Then we had to list three or more new words we learnt from the book. One of the words I learnt from the book was 'Pollinate'.

I found this activity interesting because I learnt more information about sunflowers.

LI:To learn how to summaries a book or text

Basic Facts Boxes

This week I took the speed demon. I decided to do multiplication because I wanted to try and get a better time.

Once I was finished answering the equations my time at was 4 minutes and 16 seconds. I think next I can improve my time

I found this activity a lit bit easier because I have been practising on xstramath to help me get better.

 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

Time | Skipping Average

Time is an ongoing sequance of events taking place.

There are three words that start with 'm' and they are: mean median and mode. Mean or know as average is found by adding the numbers and then divded that number it by how many numbers there are. Example: 2+4+6+8+10=30, 30÷5=6. The mean is 6.

Median is found by putting the numbers from least to greatest and then find the number that is in the middle. Example: 1 2 3 4 5. The median is 3. If there is an even amount find the two numbers in the middle and then add them together. Example: 1 2 3 4, 2+3=5. The median is 5.

Mode is found by orginzing the numbers from least to greatest and then finding the numbers that are the same. Example: 2 2 3 4 5. The mode number is 2.

LI:Investigate units of time

Character Trait | Fact or Opinion

I learnt about fact and opinion. For this activty I had to use my infering and prior knowledge strategys.

First I talked about fact and opion. Facts is when something took place. Opinion is the inference is that we made by using the fact.

Next we wrote down the things the character did in the story (the facts). Then we wrote down the inferences we made about the fact.

Lastly I made a chracter trait by using the adjectives we came up with when doing the opinion.

I understand now that a fact can have more than one opinion and to get an a opinion you need to find clues and keywords. Infering helped me find clues and keywords that could help me come up with a opinion.

LI:To infer

Setting Description

Setting description creates a picture of what the setting looks like, sounds like, smells like, and feels like.

To describe what a setting looks like, usally uses adjectives like: tall, short, big ,small. This gives the reading an idea of the settings apperance.

When describing what the setting sounds like, adjectives is also used like: noisy, quiet, loud silent. This tells the reader what it sounds like and it gives more description.

To describe what the setting smells like, people use adjectives such as: fresh, smelly, clean. This gives the reader an idea of what the setting smells like.

When describing what the setting feels like, people use adjective such as: cold, rough, wet. This tells the reader an idea of the texture.

LI:To write a setting description

Assess Likelihood

We learnt about assessing likelihood. The 5 potential risks are: low, likely, possible, elevated, and extreme.

First we rated the situations from 1 to 5 risk. As a group we discussed what level we thought fit the situation.

Next we wrote down multiple consequences on what would have happened.

After that we made our own situations that are related to that risk level.

We enjoyed this task and it was also hard to make our own situations.

LI: to assess the likelihood 

LI: to assess consequences

Time

Time is an ongoing sequance of events taking place.

There are three words that start with 'm' and they are: mean median and mode. Mean or know as average is found by adding the numbers and then divded that number it by how many numbers there are. Example: 2+4+6+8+10=30, 30÷5=6. The mean is 6.

Median is found by putting the numbers from least to greatest and then find the number that is in the middle. Example: 1 2 3 4 5. The median is 3. If there is an even amount find the two numbers in the middle and then add them together. Example: 1 2 3 4, 2+3=5. The median is 5.

Mode is found by orginzing the numbers from least to greatest and then finding the numbers that are the same. Example: 2 2 3 4 5. The mode number is 2.

LI:Investigate units of time

Hazards and Risk

I learnt about hazards and risks. In a group we thought of risk and hazards for 4 categories. 

School

For this category the hazards were playground, scissors, ruler and paint brush. Some of the risks are tripping over, cutting yourself, hitting yourself and getting paint on yourself.

Home

For this category the hazards were fire place, plate, trampoline, and washing machine. Some of the risks are burning yourself, dropping the plate, water coming, and spraining your ankle.

Sports

The hazards were tennis ball, cricket bat, discus, and rippa belt. Some risks are getting hit, hurting yourself, breaking something, and falling.

Community

 The hazards were rocks, lightning, pothole, and a plane. Some risks are tripping over the risk, getting struck by lightning, falling into a pothole, and crashing the plane.

I found this activity fun and I learnt what hazards and risk are.

LI:To demonstrate prior knowledge

Character Description

Character descriptions create a picture of a characters apperance, experiences and personality.

The appearance include descriptions of the hair, face, body and it's clothes. The experiences includes descriptions of where it lives, their friends , family, their interested, hobbies, talent and their secrets or special achevements. The personality include: descriptions of what kind of person are they, how do they behave, what do they say and what makes them interesting or different.

For the character description should include figuritive language. Figuritive language is a word or phrase that doesn't have it's literal meaning. Most people use metaphores and similes as figuritive language.

The reason for this activity is to learn to write a character which not only describes their apperance or personality but to describe all parts of the character.

LI:To write a character description

Visualising | The Gruffalo | Nogard

Visualising is a strategy that helps a person create a picture in their head of what they're reading.

The gruffalo uses this reading strategy. The little mosue describes a creature known as the gruffalo. By the end of the story people should have a picture in their head of what the gruffalo looks like.

The nogard activity also uses visualising. The nogard activity has a description of what a nogard is. At the end people should have an idea of what a nogard is. A nogard is a dragon backwards.

Visualising is a easy way to help understand diffucult text and helps focus the person's mind on what they want.

LI:To visualise the main ideas of a story