For maths this week I decided to make a kahoot about angles and protractors. Below is 5 questions from it see how many you can get right! (answers at the bottom)
Answers 1. False 2. Obtuse 3. Red 4. True 5. Acute
Question: how many did you get right?
For reading this week we had to talk about pollution using a digital tool. I made a comic about it (note: the last panel is blank because it just looks like that). I hope this will teach you not pollute the ocean.
For reading this week we read a book called sustainability and we had to make 5 questions about that
(if you know any of them put that in the comments!). Here are the five questions
Why are people using fossil fuels instead of using things like hydro for energy not oil or coal?
How is dropping rubbish release greenhouse gases?
Why does sun reflect off greenhouse gases?
How does climate change work?
Why does eating insects increase sustainability?
For maths this week we had measure areas of things. We also had to measure the hub so below is a map of the hub and we used newspapers, taped them together, and then we had to measure.
For Māori this week we had to do a pick a path based on what we did in Term 3. Click on the picture below and see how many you can get right.
For maths this week we had to make a video showing our knowledge of volumes. We had to choose a volume between 96 cubic cm or 144 cubic cm here is the link to my video showing my knowledge of volumes.
For writing this week we had to do... persuasive writing AGAIN. I picked another topic this time it was how people should exercise everyday. I am for this I did 3 good reasons and we also had to have simple, compound, and complex sentences can you find them? and there is also rhetorical questions in it can you find them too.?
For reading this week we learnt about hobbies and how they can make you happy. I created a poster about 10 hobbies that can make you happy. Below is my reading create and the 10 hobbies for happiness.
For this week we did persuasive writing AGAIN our is Vary sentence beginnings, structures and length. Write simple and compound sentences (by using conjunctions). Use some complex sentences. Use simple and compound sentences with a variety of beginnings, lengths and structures. Use some complex sentences to create pace, flow and interest. Use linking words and phrases to link some paragraphs. This topic about how we shouldn't litter because littering is bad for the environment
For our writing this week we kind of had to do the same thing as last week but it is a different topic. So we had to make another persuasive piece of writing this time it is about if all schooling should be online. I am against this
Do you want to have online classes everyday? Do you want to not be able to see your friends in person on school days? I didn’t think so and that’s why we shouldn’t have school online.
We shouldn’t have schooling online because we will be on a screen the whole day and it would really hurt your eyes. It’s not very good when that happens because then you might have to get glasses.
Another reason is because the teachers can’t see what you're doing, meaning you could be on something completely different and they would never know. Also you could just not do the work and then not attend the meet.
One more reason is that you can’t see your friends in person, so then it would mess up your social skills. Without friends, you might feel a bit lonely because it’s always nice to have a friend by your side.
In summary the reasons why schooling should not be online is that it will hurt your eyes, you might be tempted not to do the work, and you could possibly feel lonely. For those reasons, that's why I think schooling shouldn’t be online.
Question: are you for or against this?
For writing this week we were writing a persuasive argument about how schools should ban junk food. I am against this. Below is my persuasive piece of writing.
Should Schools Ban Junk Food?
Would you want your kids to be unhappy? I didn’t think so, which is why I am against schools banning junk food. Kids like junk food because it so sweet and tasty. It could be a treat if a child does something good.
Some people are probably saying “but it’s got lots of sugar why would you let children have junk food?” Well I will tell you that it may have a lot of sugar, but it is okay to have some junk food sometimes.
People could be asking now “how can I control how much sugar my child is eating?” Well you could get your child to choose one type of junk food every now and again then they will be happy.
So we have talked about why Junk food could be seen as bad but there are ways to solve this problem. If you can manage how much junk food your child is eating and it being a treat now and again then there no reason to ban junk food!
Question: Are you for or against this?
For maths this week we had to choose one strategy and record it with 2 questions of the same strategy I did tidy numbers. Our goal is to solve 2 & 3 digit problems by Tidy Numbers: 29 + 18 as 30 + 17. Solve 2 & 3 digit problems by Place Value: 33 + 16 as 30 + 10 + 3 + 6. Use a broad range of mental strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems. Below is my video of the tidy number strategy.
Question: do you know this strategy?
Last week on Friday the House of Bricks came to our school and we did a bunch of very cool Lego activity's. The reason we did this is because we need to work on our character and collaboration. A few days after that we made a reflection on it. There were 3 rotations that we had to do. Below is the reflection that I made.
Question: Have you heard of the House of Bricks before?
This week we watched an award winning short film called umbrella. After we watched it, we put it on a Google doc and below is what we writ for it (Not the whole story)
Umbrella
Early one stormy evening, the door to Miss Elem’s Home For Children swung open. The girl with the lemon yellow umbrella, reluctantly stumbled into the orphanage before finding a home for her umbrella. Not wanting to be spotted, Boris quickly ducked his head behind the door frame so that he was hidden away from prying eyes. Standing off from the side the girl examined and saw the tremendous scene while the children dug through the ginormous box for hidden goodies. The girl grinned as she observed the young boy speeding across the room like a roaring Ferrari. Her smile quickly vanished off her face as she looked back at the umbrella stand and all she saw were puddles forming a track all the way up the stairs. Her sunshine bright yellow precious umbrella had been stolen.
Question: have you watched this short film before?
On the 20th of May we went to town and the Margaret Mahy park. The reason is because we need learn about the story of Christchurch. We went on a Waka, talked about the Margaret Mahy park, we went to Victoria Square, we fed the Tuna and we looked around Margaret Mahy and found 3 out of 13 maori mats.
My favourite part of the trip was when we went on the waka because we were saying HI! HA! And kept on repeating. We were also singing E minaka ana on the way there too. After the waka ride my arms were really tired.
Something I learnt was when Victoria square was called market square they used wakas to transport to market square. On the way they would get eels and trade them at the market. Another thing I learnt was that the tiles on the ground at the playground created a song. I also found out that you had to shout out hi and ha really loud so everyone can hear and know what to do.
The thing I found the most interesting was that eels favourite food is Cat food that was very surprising when I heard that eels eat cat food. I knew that eels eat cat food when the teacher pulled out cat food from her bag.
This trip has helped me with my PBL because now that I have learnt tons of things about Christchurch and Margaret Mahy. It will help me to write a lot more facts and information. Now that I lots more Information to write and create a lot more work and finish it faster so we can do the funner stuff.
Today we collected data about people's birthday months. We used google sheets to make this possible. We also added our teams (classes) onto the graph. The teams Rāta, Mānia, Korokio and Kōhia. I used the graphs bar graph and smooth line graph I put them on a google drawing below are my two graphs about birthday months. First we collected all the data as a whole hub then copied it and then turned it into 2 different types of graphs. That is how we did the statistical investigation.
Our Goals: choose an appropriate data, display using more than one variable, interpret information from graphs plan an investigation.
Question: Have you done a statistical investigation before?
For writing this term I have made the Greek myth the Minotaur into the story Theseus and the Minotaur but with a few changes to it to make it better. If you don't know what it is about it is about this Greek hero Theseus to was sent to the dark labyrinth where the Minotaur lived below is the full story of it.
For my maths this week I have created a slideshow about 5 strategies each with 2 examples. Our goal is at the front of the slideshow. The goal is using a broad range of strategies to solve multiplication and division strategies. Below are my examples and strategies.
For religious education this week we are creating a quiz or a game or a visual representation of the new testament I have created a quiz about the new testament. Let's see how well you know the new testament of the bible.
For Literacy this week we are learning about matariki which is the Maori new year. I have done 3 connections on 2 stories connections are like things that relate to things. that you have seen before below are my connections on matariki stories. Our goal for the week is making connections between texts and own life experiences.
So for my create task this week I was doing the tidy numbers strategy and the place value below is my google drawing of how I solved these questions. I did 2 addition and subtraction questions her is my google drawing
This my 5th math that I have blogged the question is 3+8 solved in 4 different ways below you will see my slide of my math board
For my math this week we are using ratios to divide multiply them below is a google drawing of an example of my goal this week. I did it about school band with flutes, ukulele, guitar and drums have a look at the example.
this is the 4th math board I have blogged this question 33 x 3 again I have to give a visual solution, solve it numerically, write a word problem and solve it another way her it is
For reading this week I have read the story I need my monster and chose one of the characters and described the character's name, appearance, personality and what your character does in the story then you have to draw a picture of the character below is how have described it
for part of my literacy this week I have created a graphic novel explaining what happened in the story "Harrys war" Note: this took me an hour! below is my graphic novel of Harrys war
For R.E this week I have created a google drawing vine. Each grape on it represents a good thing that you should do pretend the vine is a like classroom treaty that tells you to do good things below is my wondrous vine
me and my friend Oscar have been working on a slideshow called Cuphead and it is a video game about i have embedded the slide today it is work in progress but we will add more to it
my favourite things to do is
go on my trampoline and put the sprinkler under it
play video games (Cuphead)
read tons of books
go to my friends house and pet their dog ( their names Tara)
being with my family
What's you're favourite things to do?
For my create task this week we were looking at division using a board range of strategies to solve them i used place value and compensating here is my google drawing of my create task Week 9
Do you know the answer to these questions without looking at the answers?
here is my 3rd math board of the term i did 14x3. I solved it in the same ways I did before. I did solving it as a visual solution, solving it numerically, a word problem and solving it another way here is my 3rd math board
this is my maths board this week the question is 14+245 here is the ways I have got the answer here is my maths board
Here is my create task for this week the goal is using a broad range of strategies to solve multiplication and division with whole numbers. So I did the place value strategy and the doubling and halving strategy below is my example of solving questions these ways .Do you know any ways to answer these questions?
Since we do a create task every week this blog post is about using a board range of strategies with multiplication and division problems. There are 2 hard and 2 easy ones, they are both different strategies. I don't think using the easy question strategy wouldn't really be useful for the harder questions. So to solve the harder questions you can use my strategy or a different one if you want to. So here is my create task oh and also have you done a create task before?
This week my must do is making a maths board every week we do a maths board its a cool thing and I like it. There are 4 things to make a math board a visual solution solving it another way solving numerically and a word problem. Here is my maths board
My create task for maths this week is that we made a poster about using the strategy rounding and compensating. It makes it way easier for me does it make it easier for you?. The strategy is useful for harder questions and recommend it if you're doing questions like 23476+75324. You could also use tidy numbers as well if you wanted to. Here is my create.
During Te reo this week we practised a Maori Conversation about greetings. This is a presentation that demonstrates this.
Hello for R.E this week we did research about archbishop Oscar Romero here is a google drawing about him.
What do you know about Oscar Romero?
Hello I am going to be telling you how to make a quality blog post and comment. Firstly I am going to show you how to make a quality blog post. First you're gonna need an introduction (like how I just did at the start). Once you have done that now you need to write about a theme. It could be about what you did in the holiday's, or some work that you thought was interesting. Now you just need to add an ending like "thanks for reading this post I hope you enjoyed".
Now i'm going to show how to make a quality blog comment. First you need to think of something thoughtful like maybe add some more detail or maybe write a little bit more. Another thing you could add would be asking a question or answering a question from their blog. That would maybe encourage them to edit it a little bit. One more thing you could do is add something helpful like if you were in school maybe next time don't sit next to someone that will distract you so you can write more.
Thank you for reading how to make a quality blog post and comment.
