Basic Facts

 Basic Facts Boxes is an activity that challenges others to solve maths problems of all operations quickly. 

There are two challenges within the Basic Facts Boxes: Speed Demon Challenge and Brain Box.  I 

completed up to 10 

SSR Selfie

 SSR Selfie is a can-do activity that encourages readers to retell a story that they have read, and using detail in their summaries so that the audience can understand and find interest in that certain book.

This week, I have done my SSR Selfie activity on a book called 'Viola Vincent Reporting'.  This is a fiction book about what happened in Violas life.

Touch Rugby | Kiwi Sport

This week for kiwi sport we learnt some new skills in touch rugby, like planting the ball and we also played a game called scoop tag.

Planting the ball is when you place the ball and step over it.  The person behind you grabs the ball and you have to step back so the person can pass the ball to you.  You have to step back so it's not a forward pass. 

We also played a game of scoop tag.  To play there is 2 teams. 

The non-bibs and the bibs.  What happens is the people with the ball have to run.  The people without the ball have to tag a person from the other team. 

If you get touched you plant the ball.  Which means you place the ball on the ground and step over it.  The person who tagged you takes the ball and run.  You cannot tag the person who tagged you back.

Emergency shelters | Inquiry

Emergency Shelters are advantages that protect people from accidents and natural disasters.  

Fire shelters are used as a last resort in an emergency wildfire.  They are fire proof bags that a person has to lay in, however it doesn't stop the heat from coming into the fire shelter so it can become extremely hot.  Fire shelters are made of constructed layers of aluminium foil.

Underground storm shelters are supposed to protect you from aggressive weather.  They don't take up to much space, and are made to be installed in a garage.  Shelters against storms are made in different sizes

Shelters are used to protect people from disasters, but some are only meant to protect you from specific disasters.

Word Translations | Maori

This week, our session with Whaea Odie was based around translating Te Reo into English.

First, we looked at the meanings of: roto, waho, raro, mua, and muri.  Roto means in, waho means out.  Runga means above, raro means below, mua means forward and muri means backward

Next, we were given a list of words in Te Reo Maori to translate back into english.  There were 17 words to translate in.

After that, we did one more list that included the names of places in Te Reo Maori and words relating to sea or ocean.  We translated all of these.

I enjoyed this lesson with Whaea Odie because I learnt new.

Chris Pither | Reading

 This week for reading we did "Making Connections".  Making connections is a reading strategy that helps find the meaning in a text by connecting it to their knowledge.

We did 3 types of connections they were text to self, text to text and text to world.  We had to get 2 things from the book and write it down and then connect it to our self.  

For text to text we had to get another 2 things and write it down then connect it to another book with another text from another book that is a little similar.

Than text to world was writing down another 2 things from another part of the book and comparing it to some things around the world.

I found this activity enjoyable because it was interesting to find out more about Chris Pither.

Areas | Maths

When fashion designers use maths it's mostly used to measure the body, sketching different angles of the clothes etc.

In fashion designing, maths is important.  Fashion designing requires people to be good at: Addition, subtraction, measurement, geometry etc.

Understanding how to use maths can help people with their course in designing.

Persuasive speech plan | Writing

This week for writing I planned out my speech about why kids should be allowed to wear mufti at school.

First, I had to come up with a greeting, there are a lot of greetings but I only wrote a few.

Next, I wrote down my introduction about my topic in a catchy way for my speech.

Then, I made a rhetorical question, a rhetorical question is a question that someone asks without expecting an answer.  After, I wrote down my opinion about my argument.

Then I had to research some facts about why kids should be allowed to wear mufti I had found out that when you wear mufti you can express yourself.  After writing down all of this I wrote a solution to this and how we could fix it.

I found this activity quite enjoyable.  The most enjoyable part was researching different facts from different sites.

 

Chris Pither | Reading

This week for reading I did a table mat about Chris Pither. 

First, I read a book and put the title of the book.  Then, I went back to read the book and found 3 keywords, then chose one and explained what it meant. 

Then, I found 4 facts from the book, after I found the 4 facts I did 2 key questions.  After filling the the key questions I wrote in the questions I would ask, and some prior knowledge.

LI: to skim and scam  

Comment Thread

 This comment thread was done on a blogpost about measuring time using non-standard tools. We used proper mathematical terms for this task.

By comment threading, people can practise using open questions in a conversation. It also gives people an understanding of the activity, and the person that did the task.

Kupu | Maori

This week, our session with Whaea Odie was practising different Maori words. 

First, we answered the questions: 'He aha te ra', 'He aha te huarere' and 'Kei te pehea koe'.

Next,  we were given a list of Maori words to translate.  Once we checked the answers, we highlighted them to show that we got them right.

I enjoyed this task, and found it easy to learn new words.

Lagoon Hopping | Reading

This week I learnt about skim & scan.  Skimming & scanning are reading methods that use quick eye movement to move quickly through text for slightly different purposes. We used skimming and scanning on a book called "Lagoon Hopping".  

We had to find 3 main key words, when I found a few key words I had to define them in my own words, once I had finished writing them down I had to find an attributed image.

After, I had to find 2 key questions about the book, I also had to write down questions that the author would have asked during the making of the book. 

Next, I had to find 4 facts one of my facts were: On one special occasion a flying boat was travelling from Auckland to Tahiti.

I found this activity enjoyable because I learnt how to skim & scan.

LI: To Skim & Scan

Persuading Others

LI: What is Persuasion?

Persuading means to cause something by reason or argument.

This activity is us trying to persuade our partner we tried to persuade people in 2 different ways the first one was telling them to their face and the second one was to try and persuade them by text.

We made a poster about a topic that got chosen, we were supposed to agree with the topic or disagree with it.  below you will see the topic and why I disagreed with it.