Fact and Opinion | Reading

 I completed a task called fact and opinion.

The class listened to the story The Highway Rat and then we did a character study on 2 different characters from the story.

I wrote in facts about the duck from the story. Then I wrote in my opinion on the fact. After that I wrote adjectives about the character's personaliy.  

One of the facts I wrote down was that the duck tried to defend heself from the highway rat, and my opinion was the duck tried to take her cupcake from the rat. A fact is something that can be proven true, and a opinoin is all your thoughts about that thing.

I need to work on my adjectives because a lot of times I was writing verbs instead of adjectives.

SSR Selfie | Diary Of the Wimpy Kid

I read 23 pages of the book diary of the wimpy kid by Jeff Kinney.

In the story diary of the wimpy kid, Greg, Rodrick and his family were the main characters. In one of the pages Greg always hated getting picked by him because he wasn't allowed in the front, so he prayed everytime he was at the back because of Rodrick's drum sitcks.

I liked Greg in the book because he always descibe everthing in his day.

 

America's Cup

 I learnt about the America's Cup.

First, I read some imformation about the America's Cup, I then sorted the information in to the what, where, why, and when boxes. This is also known as the main ideas. I learnt that the first race took place at the island of Wight in England so I put in the where.

Next, I did some summarising. I wrote down 20 most important words from the main ideas. I then reduced these to 6 words. I then used the 6 words to write my summary sencentences. 

Lastly, I did some evaluating. I needed to write down the facts that I had learnt. I then needed to think of questions or ideas I am still interested in or want to find out more information about.

 Using these 3 stratagies can be helpful because summarising and evaulvating can help with understanding many texts or sources of information at once. So you can then show how much you understand the larger topic.

Prototec

 I tested my maths knowledge on an website called Prototec.

I did stage 4. I got 57/60 questions right. I then recoreded my results on a Google Silde. 

Next time I do this task I will try a new level like stage 6 and try and get a faster time.

LI- To become proficient in Basic Facts

The Highway Rat

 Visualistion is a reading strategy to try and get the image inside of your head.

The story was about the highway rat. The highway rat is a rat that steals food from diffierent animals like a rabbit and a squirrel. The duck had an idea, so she tricked him into an echoey cave. The duck quickly went on the highway rat's horse and ran to her friends and shared all the food that was in the horse's saddle.

My visualation looks different to hector's one because he already knew the story but I didn't so I used the visualation stratagy to get images in my head.

 

AFL Trianing

This week we had our second session of AFL training. AFL means Australian Football League. 

First coach Andre told us to practise the two skills we learnt two weeks ago. We practise the skill handball and the skill drop punt.To pass the ball one of your hands will hold the ball like a dinner plate and with the other hand make a fist. You then hit the ball with your hand that makes a fist. To drop punt you have make an m shape with your hands. Then he told us to put the laces away from your face so if your wearing bare feet it could hurt. Then you kick the ball to your partner.

After that we learnt a new technique called ruck. The ruck technique uses the tip off from the NBA. Andrea said that at the start of the game someone will throw up the ball and the two people will try and hit the ball to the ground. The teams will pick the tallest person to try and win the ruck or the tip off. 

Lastly I learnt how to tackle in AFL. He said to takle where your hips are because if you tackle at their head or their legs thats a penalty. We then practise tackleing in partners.

 I need to work on punting because when we were playing the punt the ball to your teachers game I missed all my attempts.

Reading Large Numbers

 Place value is a system that groups numbers based on their size.

The position of a digit determins its value. When we say numbers we group them within the same house. For example 15709 has fiftheeen thousands, seven hundreds and nine ones.

Understaning our base 10 place value system allows us to pronounce big numbers porperly. It also allows us to identify numbers before and after.

LI: to read numbers larger than 999.

Basic Facts Boxes | Maths

 I completed a can-do activity called basic facts boxes. 

I first went on my basic facts sheet and opend a stopwatch. I then started the basic facts sheet.

I then put in my results on a google slide. I got 100/100 and my time was 3 minutes and 49 seconds.

Next time I do this task I will try to get a faster time and do a harder level by doing my addition up to 50

and doing my addition more often.

PB4L | Correct Uniform

 I completed the PB4L task. 

I first thought about statements about how to wear our uniform correctly. I then uploaded images to match with my correct and incorrect statements.  I explained how to wear it properly and things to not do. 

I enjoyed this activity because I learnt what was the actual purpose of wearing a hat. I think the school uniforms are good because it makes us look smart

Mihi Whakatau

 Mihi Whakatau is Maori tern for a formal greeting.

Mihi Whakatau is a traditionally used for welcoming, introductions and openings. It is undertaken by the tangata whenua (local inhabitants).

The Mihi needs to acknowledge the significant aspects to the place. The Maunga (mountain), Awa (river), and Iwi (tribe) are generally used.

Introducing Ingoa (name), Oku tipuna (ancesored place) and where you live is important for the audience to understand the position of the speaker. 

Manuhiri is the term used to describe or group the visitors that are being welcomed.

Being respectful of the land, the people and the purpose of the visit will ensure long lasting relationships and connections.

Fact Find

 I completed a can-do task called fact find. 

I did a fact find about Sir Peter Blake. I then learned some facts about him. 

I then applied the information into my fact find. I found a fact about Sir Peter Blake, Then I put it into my ow words.

I really enjoyed this task because I learned new facts about Sir Peter Blake. If your intrested in the America's Cup you should learn about Sir Peter Blake 

Comment Thread

 I completed a activity called comment thread.

I first comment on Hectors blog and wrote things about his blog post I like. I then wrote a question for him to answer to make a conversation.

Hector then replied to my comment and asked a open question to keep the conversation going. 

I enjoyed this task because I started a conversation with someone.    

 

SSR Selfie | New Zealand Hall of Fame

 I read 2 pages of the book 'New Zealand Hall of Fame' by Maria Gill and Bruce Potter. 

I first read a page about Sir Edmund Hillary. He was the first person to climb Mt Everest. Sir Edmund Hillary is on the New Zealand 5 dollar note. 

I then read a page about Sir Peter Blake. Sir Peter Blake was an America's Cup hall of fame because he won the cup for Auckland. Blake was a NZ yachtsman of the year two times. 

I enjoyed this activity because I learned new facts about Sir Peter Blake and Sir Edmund Hillary. 

 

Hand Writing

 I completed a can-do activity called hand writing. 

I first watched a video on what to do. I then wrote the alphabet in capital letters and lower case letters. 

After that I wrote the punctuation and my numbers. 

I need to improve my capital letters because I thought the letter K had no difference to a lower case k.

Print Design Rules

I learned about print design rules.

First Mr Wong introduced  four main topics about print design rules. They were composition, layout, colour, and text. 

I then applied the print design rules to create a good looking poster. 

LS1's 3 ps

We learnt about the 3 ps in the Treaty of Whaitangi and how they apply to our learning.

First Mr Ogilvie introduced the 3 ps in the Treaty of Whaitangi. 

Then in groups we wrote statements about the 3 ps in LS1. LS1 figured out the 3 ps are all connected .

After that we used our group ideas and thought about how they connect to me.

I chose these 3 statements because they will help me be successful with my learning in LS1. I need to learn about the 3 ps more often because I didn't know what they were meant for.

AFL Training

LS1 went down to the field for some AFL training. AFL means Australian Football League. 

First our coach (Mike) showed us how to pass and then we practiced it. To pass the ball you had to hold the ball like your dinner plate and the other hand you have to put it as a fist,then hit it.  Then he showed us how to kick. He first said to make a m shape with your hands. Then he told to put the laces away from your face so if your wearing bare feet it could hurt. 

After that we played a game called octopus and used the passing skill in the game. To get someone out was to use technique. 

Lastly we played a game called kick the ball at the teacher and the coach. It was my favorite game because I hit my teacher. 

I really enjoyed this session because I learnt skills about AFL.

Basic Facts Boxes

 I completed a can-do task called basic facts boxes. 

I first went on the basic facts boxes sheet and opened a stop watch on a new tab. I then started the basic facts boxes.

I then wrote my feedback on a google slide and recorded my results.  I got 100/100. My time was 4 minutes and 22 seconds. 

LI- To recall basic facts fluently and quickly.

Prototec

I completed a can-do activity called Prototec . 

I got 17 questions right out of 40. I then wrote my feedback it gave me on a google slide. 

I really need to practice my basic facts up to a 1000

LI- To become proficient in Basic Facts

 

Optical Illusion

 This week I made an optical illusion.

I first looked up optical illusions because I didn't know what they were. Optical illusions are black and white things that make it look like hypnotizing people. 

I then created an optical illusion on a google draw. I wanted it to look simple so I did squares over and over and colored them black and white. 

I really enjoyed this activity because I made an illusion and it looks realistic. 

  

Mihi Whakatau

This week I an activity called Mihi Whakatau. 

I first copied and paste the Mihi Whakatau template and pasted it on a blank google drawing. I then put in my information on sentences. I then practiced the words.

After that I recorded myself saying the Mihi Whakatau. 

I really enjoyed this activity because I learned new Maori words and I recorded my self saying a greeting in Maori.

Fitness | Wake up

 This week I did a fitness activity called wake up. 

First I went on he go noodle app and went to the fitness area and started doing one. I scroll and scroll until I found a really good fitness activity. 

I then did this fitness called wake up. This activity was kind of challenging because it was filled with lots of fitness stuff like neck rolls arm swings and other stuff.

I  really enjoyed this activity because I learned some new fitness moves.

Cultural art | Butterfly

 This week I did an a activity called cultural art. 

I first collect leaves and twigs from the garden outside. 

I then thought about which insect I should make. I wanted t do something simple like a dragon fly but I chose to do a butterfly.

Lastly put all the leaves and twigs together and made a butterfly, I put some flowers on them for some decoration. 

I really enjoyed  this activity because I got creative and made a butterfly using things from the outside