This week for R.E (Religious Education), It was All Saints day. We had to create a Google drawing or a Google Slide so we could make our All Saints Day Poster.
I wrote the Title which is All Saints Day then I changed the background colour.
I enjoyed making my All Saints Day Poster.
I didn't really find anything difficult.
Here is my All Saints Day Poster!
This week for reading, we've been learning about Parihaka and what it's about. We were told to read the story of Parihaka and another one about Parihaka. After that we needed watch 2 videos about Parihaka.
For our create tasks we had to click a link which will take us to a google drawing to make our own Albatross feather. Then we had to make a we-video interview.
I enjoyed making my own Albatross feather. I also enjoyed watching the videos.
I didn't really find anything challenging.
Here is my Albatross feather!
Today for inquiry, we were reflecting in October. We need to do this every month so we can to reflect the things we did. I enjoyed this month because of all the fun things me and my class did.
I enjoyed filling in the template and writing in the school athletics part.
I didn't really find anything challenging.
Here is my October reflection!
I enjoyed painting Frida Kahlo and painting the background orange and on the other side red.
I found it challenging to finish it in time.
Please look below to see my Frida Kahlo art!
This week for reading I was learning to infer. In a group we've been reading a book called " Jungle Law". Our task was to do 4 activities.
I enjoyed reading the book Jungle law and working with my group.
I found it challenging doing some of the activities.
Here is one of my activities!
This week for writing, my class was learning about narratives. Narratives is like fiction and things that are maked up and not real.
We needed to watch a film called " Dragon Slayer ". Then we had to write about the Dragon Slayer in our writing books.
I enjoyed writing about Dragon slayer and watching the film.
I found it tricky to develop the problem in my writing.
Click here to see my writing!
Today our class was doing a September Reflection Newsletter. We do this every month so we can reflect our learning we did during this month.
I enjoyed doing the Reflection because we get to reflect all the things we did. I also enjoyed filling in the reading and the speech bit.
I didn't find anything tricky.
Please look at my Reflection bellow!
This week our class for writing, we were presenting our speeches. We needed to do our brainstorm first. Once we finished brainstorming, we started writing our speeches. My speech topic was Why you should play a Musical instrument.
I enjoyed writing my speech topic and presenting my speech in front of the class.
I found it hard saying my speech. It took a lot of courage to get up in front of the whole class.
Here is a Screencastify of me saying my speech!
This week for writing we were learning how to structure a persuasive writing. My persuasive text topic was about why mr wolf is or is not guilty for 1st degree murder. I chose that he is guilty for 1st degree murder. I used the help of my brainstorm to list my 4 reasons why mr wolf is guilty.
I enjoyed listing my 4 reasons why mr wolf is guilty. I also enjoyed trying persuading my readers why he is guilty.
I found it difficult picking a topic because I wasn't sure which topic I should do. But I chose that he is guilty. My digital learning object shows that I can post my writing onto my blog.
Here is my writing!
Is Mr Wolf Guilty For 1st Degree Murder?
I firmly believe that Mr Wolf is Guilty of 1st degree murder. In this piece of writing I will explain 4 arguments on why Mr Wolf is guilty.
Firstly, I think it’s obvious that he is guilty because he broke and entered Grandma's house without her consent. I think he should be in prison for doing that.
Secondly, he held grandma against her will and locked up Grandma in a cupboard.
Thirdly, he impersonated Grandma by dressing up as her, so red could be tricked into believing Mr Wolf is the Grandma.
Lastly, attempted murder. The wolf tried to kill Red Riding Hood and her Grandma. But in the end the Woodchopper saved Red and Grandma.
Conclusion: I firmly believe that Mr Wolf is guilty
This week was Maori language week. Since it was Maori language week, for Cybersmart Mrs Torrie gave us a slide to do and to celebrate. We watched two videos then Mrs Torrie showed us some ways to say a Maori word.
I enjoyed going through the slides Mrs Torrie made for us, especially giving it a go saying the longest Maori word on mote.
I found it challenging saying the longest Maori word because it was my first time saying the longest Maori word. My digital learning object shows that i can embed my slide, publish to the web and post it onto my blog.
Here is my slide!
This week for maths, our class played a Te Reo quiz. We also did a shape in nature scavenger hunt. We were suppose to do the scavenger hunt outside but since it was raining this week, we did the scavenger hunt inside the classroom instead.
We needed to find the shapes around our classroom. Then we took the pictures of the shapes we needed and put it on a Google slide. I was working in a group of three.
I enjoyed finding the shapes around the classroom with my group. I also enjoyed taking the pictures of the shapes.
I found it quite challenging taking the pictures in time because I found it difficult taking some pictures of the shapes. My digital learning object shows that I can embed my slide and post it onto my blog.
Please look at my slides bellow!
This week for reading, we were learning to identify the characters and/or author's point of view. This week was also social justice week, so we were learning about Beatitudes.We needed to read two texts and a bible reading and watch one video about Beatitudes.
For our create task we had to fill in the social justice week and no girl allowed log. We also made a slide about Beatitudes and animals.
I enjoyed creating my Beatitudes slides with my partner. I also enjoyed learning about Beatitudes and reading the texts and watching a video about beatitudes.
I found it difficult to complete the no girls allowed log with my group.
Here is my social justice work!
For the past two days, we were learning about persuasive text. Because the speeches are coming up, we are writing our speeches on if Mr Wolf is guilty of first-degree murder or not. Our teacher made us a brainstorm for our persuasive text, and listed four reasons why Mr Wolf is guilty or not.
I enjoyed planning and figuring out four reasons why Mr Wolf is guilty or not. I also enjoyed listening to the Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf story.
I found it a bit tricky finding some reasons why Mr Wolf is not guilty. I think that he is mostly guilty. My digital learning object shows that I can embed my slide and post it onto my blog.
Here is my brainstorm.
Today for one of our lockdown tasks, we were learning how to say some phrases in Tongan because this week is Tongan Language Week! We watched a tutorial on how to say some words and phrases.
For the create task I used google slide and mote to record myself saying some phrases in Tongan. I put my Tongan word on the left side and the english translation on the opposite side.
I enjoyed attempting saying some words and phrases in Tongan because it was new learning for me. I also enjoyed using mote. Mote is a button where you could record yourself in Google slides.
I found it difficult pronouncing some words because I can't speak fluently in Tongan.
Please see my slides bellow!
Today one of our science/art learning tasks, we were learning about turtles. For the learn part we readed a book about "What eat Turtles" and a tutorial on how you can draw a turtle.
For our create task,we needed to draw a turtle. After I drew my turtle I coloured it in with brown, dark, brown, green and I used dark green to shade around the edges. Then I outlined my drawing with sharpie and wrote my 5 wow facts.
I enjoyed drawing the turtle, especially drawing the details on the shells. I found it hard finding some facts about turtles. I also found it difficult taking the photo on my Chromebook.
Please look at my turtle facts bellow!
Today we were learning to apply knowledge. We were also learning how to write a persuasive text and our topic was cats or dogs. We watch one video about cats and another one about dogs. After that we made a plan about cats and dogs. Then we started writing by using the help of our plan we made earlier. I chose the cat side.
I enjoyed writing a persuasive text because I haven't wrote one for a while! I enjoyed expanding my knowledge of cats and persuading people to agree with me.
I found it difficult to write a persuasive text because sometimes I find it hard to convince people to make them believe what you think is right.
Here is my plan and my persuasive writing!
Today for maths we were learning how to make a multiplication table. First we watched a video on how you can make your own multiplication table. After watching the video, we made a copy of a slide and start making our own multiplication table chart. Then we also did a Kahoot of times tables.
I liked colouring each one of the boxes and getting to know almost all my times tables! I found it a bit difficult filling in some of the times tables but I managed to fill them in. I also did pretty good with the times table Kahoot. My digital learning object shows that I can embed my slide and post it onto my blog.
Please see my times tables chart and a picture of me playing the Kahoot bellow!
Today we were learning how to make a animation by using the app Stop Motion. We made a copy of a slide then we made the plan of our animation and the materials we needed. My animation was about the cat plushy following the mouse plushy and eating it.
I liked making my Animation because I found it very interesting and pretty easy to make. I found it a bit hard moving the cat plushy onto the chair because the cat kept falling off so I just taped the cat plushy on the chair. Here is my Animation!
Today for inquiry we were doing a August Reflection. We do this every month so we look back and see what we did during this month.
I enjoyed reflecting what I learned during this month and writing about what I did in lockdown. I found it tricky writing about the age recommendations for the book in the reading box because I didn't really know at first. My digital learning object shows that I can publish to the web and embed my reflection onto my blog. Please see my August reflection bellow!
Today for Inquiry we were learning about the Paralympics. The first task was to watch a video about what the paralympics is. After watching the video we created a slide or use the template our teacher had made for us to write in our Paralympic facts in the boxes.
I enjoyed learning about the Paralympics because when a person is differently abled, they still can be just as good as the people in the Olympic games. I found it tricky finding information about the Paralympics because the Olympics were more talked about than the Paralympics.
Please see my Paralympic facts bellow!
Today for maths we tried to escape from the math room. We listened to a video for the instructions. After that we needed to click a link to try and solve the math escape room. Then we made a copy of the math escape room answer sheet. There are 11 slides to complete.
I enjoyed answering the questions because it was challenging and fun. What I found tricky was answering some of the questions because some were very difficult especially on the last slide, it said how many pizza slices were left which was 24 but the letter was E then it would be "Mastee" and it didn't really make sense. Maybe it's how many they ate and the answer is 72 which is the letter R. Here is my math code slide!
Today for reading I was learning to apply knowledge. I was also learning about Orcas/Killer Whales. First I needed to read 2 articles and 1 video about Orcas. I get to choose one create task to complete. I chose to make a Google slide and create a informative fact about Orcas.
I enjoyed writing facts about Orcas by using the articles i've read. What I found challenging was researching about Orcas because I didn't really know any facts about them. My digital learning object shows that I can embed my slides and put it onto my blog. Please see my slides bellow!
Today for writing I was learning to structure. Our teacher made us some slides that we can choose from to express our feelings or thoughts about lockdown. I chose the life in your bubble. So basically you're just telling what you did in lockdown in Alphabetical orders.
I enjoyed filling each one of the Alphabetical order box. But It took me quite a bit of time to fill the all in. I found it quite challenging writing in a Alphabetical order because sometimes I can't find a word that starts with the exact same letter.
Please look at my work bellow!
Today for writing I was learning to structure. I was also learning about composting. First I needed to watch a video and read 2 books about composting. After that we made a copy on a Google doc and we made a plan about composting. Then we started writing about composting by using our plans.
I enjoyed writing about compost because I found it really interesting. I found it complicated to find a WOW fact about composting. My digital learning object shows that I can copy my Doc and post it onto my blog.
Please see my writing bellow:
Composting
Do you want to save the planet? Well composting is an environmentally friendly way to do it.
What is it?
Compost is good for using it in your garden because it improves soil structures. You also put yard waste, worms, kitchen scraps, bugs and water into your compost bin.
How is it made?
Compost is made from leaves, dead flowers, grass clippings and more. There are two different composts, green and brown. Greens include fresh grass clippings, picked weeds and kitchen scraps. Browns include dried grass, fall leaves, and flowers. You can stack the browns and greens in layers then put bugs, fungi and water on top.
The benefits of composting
Using compost in your garden can improve the soil and increase the amount of oxygen to plants. Composting is also good for the environment.
Wow facts
Did you know that Compost has been around for 12,000 years?!
For the reading this week I was learning to apply knowledge. Applying knowledge is used for different situations and contexts. First, I watched a video on how Maui found the magical Jawbone. A part of the story is about how Maui finally found his mother Taranga. But two things bothered him. He wondered where his father was and where his mother went during the day. Maui saw his mum leaping into a deep hole. So he flew down as a Kereru in disguise. Then he saw his mother and his dad beneath a tree. Maui fluttered into the branches of the puriri tree. He pulled out berries and dropped it on his dad to attract his attention. Each day Maui brought food to his grandfather. But one day he hid the food from his grandfather because he wanted the magic Jawbone. "Give me your magic Jawbone and I will give you your kai " said Maui. "No!" said his grandfather. So every day Maui give him the food and ask him again and again, until his grandfather finally gave the magic Jawbone to him.
We got to choose to draw the magic Jawbone or the Kereru. I chose to sketch the Jawbone on a piece of paper. I found it fun sketching the magic Jawbone and colouring it. I found it challenging to take a photo because the piece of paper kept on moving. Here is my sketch of the magic Jawbone!
This week our class have been doing some writing about authors. I was learning to Paragraph in my Success Criteria. I am writing about David Walliams. I enjoyed writing a WOW fact of David Walliams and writing about his childhood. I found it difficult finding facts about David Walliams. My digital learning object shows that I can write a report on a Google Doc.
Here is my writing:
Full Name: David Walliams
Date of Birth: 20 August 1971 Place of Birth: Banstead, England
Famous for: English comedian, actor,writer and presenter.
Childhood: David grew up in Banstead, England. His Father Peter Williams was an engineer for London transport and his mother Kathleen Williams was a lab technician and he also had a sister Julie Williams. He later studied drama at the University of Bristol. In his teenage years, David loved dressing up and acting. He was also in a School swimming team. At the age of 11, David acted in his first school play, wearing a dress and making everyone laugh!
Adulthood: David Walliams started his career with writing children's books. In fact He has written over 20 children's books! In 2008 David wrote his first children's book The Boy in the Dress. He was a judge on the television talent show competition Britain's got Talent in 2012. David played the role of Greville White in the television film Capturing Mary in 2007.
WOW Facts: Did you know that David Williams changed his name into David Walliams after he joined the Acting Collage Equity and noticed that someone else was already named David Williams?
This week, for reading I've been learning to identify the author's purpose. Author's purpose means why the Author is writing about that story for persuading, informing or entertaining readers.
In reading I have been digitally making my own problem solving robot on a Google slide. We needed to think of a problem you wanted to solve and tell how you can solve it with your robot. My robot is called '' Kitt ''which is designed to help with Global Warming and Littering (It will show you in the slides).
I enjoyed designing my own robot. I also found it enjoyable to decorate each one of my slides. It was a bit difficult thinking of a name for my robot at first, but i managed to name it. Here is my work!
Today my class has been in a Google meet because there has been a new COVID-19 case in the Auckland region, so the whole of NZ went into lockdown for 3 days. Our teacher showed us what tasks we are going to do today, We had 3 tasks to complete and the one I'm doing right now is RE (Religious Education) .
In RE we are learning about the assumption of Mary which was when Mary died. When Mary died, both of her soul and body ascended into heaven just like her son Jesus. The task was to create a word cloud including words like ''Assumption'', ''Heaven'' , ''Mary'' and ect.
I found it very enjoyable creating the word cloud of Mary. I liked the way that you could change the background colour and the colour of the words. I picked a black background so that the colour of the words would stand out more. I found it a bit complicated using the site Word cloud because I didn't really know how to use it at first.
Here is my word cloud!
This week our class have been doing some writing about a NZ Olympian. I was learning to Paragraph and my Success Criteria is to stick to one topic, adding 2-3 supporting details and my last sentence is a concluding sentence. I was writing about Valerie Adams, she is a amazing shot putter. I found it a bit challenging sticking to one topic because sometimes I get mixed up on what I'm writing about. I found it very enjoyable writing about Valerie Adams and what she did in the Olympics. I will use more of my own words in my writing next time. Here is my writing!
This week our class have been learning to summarise and learning about medicinal plants in reading. I enjoyed learning about the Manuka plant and writing how to use the plant to heal. I found it challenging to pick a medicinal plant because their were so many plants to choose from. My digital learning object shows that I can embed my slide. Here is my work!
For the past few days I was learning to skim and scan in reading, Skim means get a quick look of the story on what it's about and scan means finding a fact by using the keywords in the story. Our teacher made us a slide about Japan, on the first slide it said to do 3-4 slides but I did 5 instead because I found it very enjoyable finding facts about the Japanese culture!
I found it a bit difficult choosing what slide i'm doing because they're all great ideas to choose from, I also found it challenging finding the facts about Japan.
I enjoyed decorating on each slides, adding images of the Japanese culture was also very enjoyable. Here is my work!
This week I was learning to Skim and Scan, Skim means getting a quick look of the story and Scan means finding a fact by using the keywords in the story.
My first tasks was to read about the Tokyo Olympic games and my second tasks was watching 2 videos about the Olympics. After that our teacher made us a slide about the Tokyo Olympic games that we can work on. I found it a little challenging finding out that there was a fourth medal and researching about the fourth medal.
I enjoyed researching about the Tokyo Olympic games. My digital learning shows that I can embed my slide. Here is my work!
A few days ago my class and I was creating and designing our own Olympic Mascots. We had to create something that represents New Zealand in our Mascots. We used a app called ''Chrome Canvas'' which is already installed on our chromebooks to design our Mascots.
I found it a bit difficult to draw my Mascot on my chromebook because it's hard to control. We had some ideas beforehand so that we can get an idea on what we can create. My Mascots represents the Paralympics part of the olympics.
I enjoyed designing my own Mascot and drawing it.
I decided to give my mascot with no arms, because he is a mascot representing the Paralympic games, he is differently abled. Here's a picture of my unfinished mascot!
For the past few weeks, In Cybersmart we have been learning how to code a game using the site Gamefroot. We also worked on coding our games from home, because it was our homework. I have made a start on my game, but it took a lot of time and perseverance. I found it pretty tricky since It was my first time using the site Gamefroot and I didn't really know what to do. Here is my unfinished Gamefroot that I made.
Today our class was reflecting on what we did in June this year, we do these to see what we can improve. We wrote our reflection on a Student Reflection Newsletter on a google drawing. Something I enjoyed doing this month was blending and painting the Tom Fedro art. I also enjoyed setting up the rat traps. A thing I found tricky was making a game on GameFroot since It was first time on it.
This week we were learning about Financial Literacy. Financial Literacy means saving money. A guy called Callum from ASB get wise programme came to room 1 in St Mary's. Callum teaches us how to use money wisely, how to get money and things you can do to get money! After a bit of talking about saving money, we grabbed a piece of paper, and wrote down what your goal is on the paper. We also wrote down what your good at, what you can do to get money, and when you are going to start! I enjoyed writing about my goal and how to get money. Here is my work!
This week for reading we were learning to compare and contrast. Compare and contrast means comparing something that is the same to something that's different. First we needed to go on our reading group and read a story of Matariki called "The eyes of Tawhirimatea Story" so we could find something that's the same and different then we wrote our ideas on the whiteboard. After we read " The eyes of Tawhirimatea" we read another story of Matariki, so we could compare the similarities of the other story we read before. I found out that it said there was 9 stars in the first story and the other story was seven! I enjoyed comparing and contrasting.
I found it a bit challenging finding the contrast in the story.
Here are some more similarities from the storys.
This week I was learning to understand how to shape texts for different purposes and audiences. First we needed to read what Student- led Conferencing means, and what you need to include in your Student -Led Conference Invitation. After that we went on a site to create our avatar, so we could add it onto our slide. When we finished making our avatar we had to claim a slide by putting your name on one of the slides. I enjoyed writing my invitation on a slide. I found it a bit challenging to glue my art in the middle of my invitation. Here is my Student- Led Conference Invitation!
This week for math we were learning how to measure our wrist, neck, arm span and more. I learnt about what a popliteal is. The popliteal is the measurement from the underside of your right leg behind your knee when seated, to the floor, taken with shoes off. I enjoyed measuring my height. I didn't know I am 1.29 metres now. I found it tricky to measure my buddy since she was so tall compared to me! Here is my work.
This week for reading, we were learning to infer, ( Inferring is when the story gives you clues but not the answers). We needed to make a slide on what personality Perseus have. I enjoyed describing Perseus on a google slide. I found it challenging to arrange the text boxes in the right place. My digital object shows that I can use google slides. Here is my work!
For the past few weeks, our class has been learning how write explanation. We were split into two groups for our writing. One group was focusing on including complex sentences in their writing. The other group was focusing on including a diagram in their writing so that the reader can understand more about the topic we are writing about.
I found it hard to choose a topic since their were so many topics we could choose from. Some people were stuck on their topic so our teacher gave us some ideas on the tv. The topic i chose was, How does the life cycle of a butterfly work? Our teacher said if we have the same topic as some else, we could work together!
I enjoyed writing about How does the life cycle of a butterfly work? I also found it quite fun learning new things from my topic.
Have you ever done explanation writing? Here is my writing:
How does the life cycle of a butterfly work?
The life cycle of a butterfly is truly amazing! Butterflies have four stages of life, egg, larva pupa and the adult butterfly. Each of the four stages are very unique which is part of what makes raising and watching a butterfly so much interesting!
The egg stage
All types of butterflies start as a tiny egg. The eggs usually last for about a week or two, and then at some point the egg will hatch into a butterfly larva.
Larva stage
A caterpillar is the larva stage of a butterfly. The caterpillar hatches from a very tiny egg and then it will eventually turn into an adult butterfly or moth. The larva stage usually lasts from two weeks to about a month.
The pupa stage ( Chrysalis )
The pupa of butterflies can be called “ Chrysalis “ . The pupa of many moths is protected inside a cocoon of silk. The pupa stage can last a couple of weeks, a month or even longer!
The adult stage
The adult stage looks very different from the larva. The caterpillar has tiny eyes, stubby legs and very short antennae. The adults have long legs, long antennae, and compound eyes.
Conclusion
When you learn all the different stages of a butterfly, you’ve learned that butterflies, just like all living things, have a special process of life that they go through.
This week our class made a Tapa cloth since it was Samoan week! We grabbed a paper called "Sugar paper because we didn't have a cloth so instead we used sugar paper. I found it hard to make the lines straight since we were not aloud using rulers. I also found challenging to draw the outline of the lines. I enjoyed dying the Tapa cloth. Here it is!
This week our class was sketching our favourite anime character! First our class was deciding what anime character they want to draw. I chose Todoroki. I enjoyed drawing Todoroki and watching the tutorial step by step. I found it a bit challenging to shade my drawing because I normally colour in with my felt pens. H
ave you sketch an anime character before? Here is my sketch!
This week our class was doing a May Reflection. Since it was nearly the end of May we decided to reflect on this month. For the reading section, we had to say what books you have been reading, and what type of reader we would recommend the book to. For math, it said what your confident with, and what you need to practice (division timetables subtraction ect). This month we also did lots of coding with the beebots and micro bits. We had to say what you found easy in coding and what you found tricky. We also wrote a trivia for people to answer! Can you answer the questions without looking at the answers?
This week our class went on a trip to the Museum of Technology. It was very interesting to learn about the past technology and how they use them, because this term our learning focus was the past present and future. I enjoyed to look at all the things from the olden days like old computers and wheelchairs! Did you know that they have video games in the olden days? Here's some photos of our class at the Museum of Technology!
Today for Cybersmart we were learning how to get images safely. We went on the slide and one side was the past and the other side was what it is now. We has to remember to get the images that are labeled for reuse. I enjoyed learning about the past and present. I found it a bit challenging to use the mote button. My digital learning object shows that I can embed my slide and get images that are labeled for reuse.
This week my group was learning how to use a hook to hook a reader in with our writing! We were only writing our introduction of our story, so that is why the writing you will see below is not finished. The teacher first gave us a Y chart to brainstorm our writing on. After we finish brainstorming we had to go on the mat to write our writing. Then we had peer assessment with someone that is close to your age to do your assessment with you.
We had to glue in our learning intention in our writing book. My learning intention was using onomatopoeia (sound), dialogue (talking), short sharp sentences and describe the setting. I feel like i did pretty well on my learning intention, except dialogues. My next goal is to master my dialogues.
For our peer assessment we had to read our writings to each other and then we give two medals and a mission. I enjoyed writing the hook of my writing. I found it tricky to finish the writing in time but in the end, I finished it!
Did my writing hook you in? If not, please give me some tips on how to make it better! Here is my writing!
"Da-Dum! The sun was shining brightly as I slowly approached the stage.
Am I nervous?
Yes
Was I scared?
Yes
Why?
One reason people were shouting at me!''
This week our class was learning how to programme BeeBots! Firstly, we had to put all the numbers on the floor and then our teacher will give us a number! We took tiny steps to know how many steps we need for the code. After we figure out the distance between the start point and the number, we wrote them down on our chromebooks. Then, we put the code we had written down into the BeeBot and this is how we programmed our BeeBots! I enjoyed coding the BeeBots! I found it a bit tricky to count the right steps. Here is a picture of the Bee Bot!
This week I was learning to analyse and synthesise! Our reading task was showing people how to sign our own names in sign language on screencastify since it was sign language week. I found it very challenging to sign my name in sign language and finding a quiet place to record it. Although I did enjoy recording and showing how to sign my name in sign language! Here is the video.
This week for reading we were learning to summarize. We went on the class site and watched three articles about WW1 and what animals were there in WW1. After we read the articles we created a slide that shares informations about your favourite animal war hero. We needed to include their story, pictures what heroic things they did and a picture of their statue if they have one. I chose Corporal Wojtek as my favourite animal war hero. I enjoyed adding the facts about Corporal Wojtek. My digital learning object shows that i can use google slides. Here is my work!
This week we were making a culture presentation to explain what we do at our culture. My culture is chinese. We filled up the little boxes of what you do at your culture like cultural foods, cultural clothing and sports. I found it a bit tricky to find some facts of my culture and finishing it in time. I enjoyed adding facts about my culture into the little boxes. Here is my work
This week we were reflecting our work this month in march. We filled up the little boxes of what you're proud of in maths, your favourite line of your writing and what your really proud of from this month. We do this to remember what we do in our class. I enjoyed reflecting on my work from this month and also filling each boxes.
Last week for reading we were learning to summarise and trying to retell the story of easter. We first had to go on a class site and we had to read a story about holy week then we also had to watch a video about the story of easter (Jesus sacrifice). Then on the second step we had to grab little pup it's and colour them in and cut them out so we can screencastify it . After we coloured and cut the pup it's out, me and my classmate walked outside, we grabbed our chair and pup it's and she was holding the pup it's and i was reading out the story. What I found it tricky was that to publish in time because it took a few days to complete. I enjoyed reading out the story of easter. Here is me and my classmate retelling the story of easter!
Today our class was learning to set our goals. Our teacher first gave us two slide to work on in our google drive. Then we had to go on our learning disposition goal. We had to choose a school subject that you think you need to practice and work on, and after we done that we had to choose a learning hero from the learning disposition that have the stuff you need to do in your learning subject. The learning heros came from the Horouta waka. I enjoyed writing in my goals. I found tricky on picking one of the learning heroes because they are all so amazing! My digital learning object shows that I can embed my slides onto my blog.
What are your goals for this year? Who would be your learning hero? please tell me in the comment section I would love to read them!
Today we were reflecting on what we did in february. First we had to say what we enjoy from reading, I enjoyed making the chinese new year poster from reading. Then we talk about what our special projects we did in February and one of them is setting up the rat traps and the possum traps. We also talked about our maths goals, what you think you did well in maths and what you think you need to improve in maths. And the last thing we need to do is talk about what we enjoyed in writing from february, I enjoyed writing about my favourite toy we played with when we were little.
Two weeks ago were learning about ash wednesday. Ash wednesday is the first day of lent, so the teacher gave us a activity to do for RE which was an lenten promise. She gave us a sheet of paper to write, colour and cut out. First we had to write what to do in lent, for an example for fasting it means that you have to give up at least one thing for lent, like that you gave up eating chocolate or lollies and some other things that you can give up on. On the second step after we finish writing the promises for lent, we had to colour it in. And the last step we had to cut the pieces out. I really did enjoy colouring the lenten promise sheet, i also enjoyed learning about lent. I found it a bit tricky to post it in time and cutting the pieces out. What did you give up for lent? what are you promising to do? what are you doing for almsgiving? Please tell me what one of these that you did in the comments!
Today we learning to describe in our writing. In our success criteria is i will use specific nouns, i will use adjectives and i will use juicy verbs. First we had to read a story of a person called yasmin, so we could have some ideas to write about our favourite toys. after we read it we highlight how many adjectives, verbs and nouns she has. We had to put our title the name of our favourite toy. The first paragraph is describing what your favourite toy looks like, and on the second paragraph it was about what you did with your toy when you were little and where it is now. After we finish our writing we had to go on canvas to publish our stories that we wrote. It was a bit tricky since i haven't use it before, but then one of my amazing friend helped me on canvas to publish my writing. I enjoyed using canva and experimenting something new. I also enjoyed writing about my favourite toy named floppy when i was little. What is your favourite toy? Is it a teddy like mine? or maybe a doll? You can tell me in the comments what you did with your favourite toy when you were little, I would love to read them!
For the past few weeks we were learning to gather, sort and display multivariate data. We had to try to ask everyone in the class. I was trying to see how much people have a cat, dog, fish or none,and we also had to use tally-marks to gather our information. Then we put how much your tally-marks are on a google sheet, then we made a graph with some help of tutorials on the classsite. I thought it was a bit tricky for me to finish in time because i didn't really know how to make a graph before but then i know now because one amazing person made a tutorial of how to make a graph if you don't know how to and i'm one of them so i watched the tutorial and i managed to do it very quickly because of how she explained on the tutorial. I found out that cats had the most tally marks! Cats have 11, dogs have 8, fish and none is 2, i might have missed some people but i tried to question a few or even a couple of the people in my class. Here is my work.
Last week we were doing a experiment about fingerprints. First we were sticking our fingers on the ink pad, i stick my thumb first then i try it on my index finger, my pinky and my ring finger. They look a bit different on each finger, my ring finger has a whorl and my thumb has thin lines in them. Here is my work.
Hi. My name is Sophia. I go to St Mary's School and I'm from Gisborne. I have a mum, dad, 2 brothers and 0 sisters.
I enjoy doing maths, science, art and writing. My challenges and goals for this year are trying to focus on my writing plus using verbs, adjectives and nouns in my writing. My hobbies are drawing and playing piano.
I’m looking forward to getting better with answering questions in my reading and I'm also looking forward to posting more of my learning and connecting with others on my blog.
Today i was doing a activity about kawa of care. It was pretty easy to do since i already knew these stuff from last year. After i finished my kawa of care, i did file, published to the web and then i embed it. It was quite hard to publish it because i haven't post ANYTHING on my blog for a long time, but here is my work.
