Why do we use TEEL Paragraphs?

LI: to understand how TEEL paragraphs can help us structure our information and ideas in a paragraph.

Using TEEL as a structure to write a paragraph gives people more information about the chosen topic.  When someone structures their paragraph with TEEL, it makes the information  easier to understand the text.

 

TEEL is short for Topic sentence, Elaborate, Evidence & Link. The topic sentence is the main sentence in the paragraph that gives the reader not only the general topic, but also the main idea of it.  Evidence is a text that backs up the point that I would be trying to make.  Linking the paragraphs help to make a connection that gives the reader a clue about what will be happening in the next paragraph. 

 

A good paragraph uses all the points that TEEL can help with.  I enjoyed this task because it gave a a better understanding of how to use TEEL and also how to make more developed paragraphs 

Why Is It Important To Be Hydrated?

         L.I to understand why staying hydrated is important for our health and for our learning.

This week we learnt about hydration and dehydration. Being hydrated means you body has enough fluids to function properly and dehydration means you don’t have enough water for your body to function properly.

Our task was to define the meaning of hydration, dehydration and the effects they  have on our body. One fact That I found really interesting was that drinking water helps your digestive system work properly.

        

Statistical Investigation

LI: To plan & carry out a statistical investigation.

For maths, we did a statistical investigation and found out information about LS2 students.

First, we got into pairs and thought about four different questions to ask the LS2 students. Our four questions were ‘What is your birthday month?’, ‘How old are you?’, ‘What is your favourite animal?’ and ‘What is your favourite food?’.

Next, we cut out the answers and stuck them to a large piece of paper to look like a graph. More people had their birthdays in February and June. Less people had their birthdays in December, April and September.

Finally, we looked through the information and data we collected in our statistical investigation and created a pie chart using a google draw.

I enjoyed this activity and performing this statistical investigation. Before carrying out this statistical investigation, I predicted that more people would be born in March, but instead of being right I got it wrong the correct answer was February & June

 

Summary of E Tiriti o Waitangi

LI: To explain in fewer words what the text is about

                                                            

The Treaty of Waitangi was made to bring peace to New Zealand. Our task was to read a text about how the Treaty of Waitangi began. We used used respical reading to help us understand the text more. When we completed reading the text, we were using  summarizing template to help us create a  short paragraph telling us about the story. This task was really fun because we got to learn more about our past and what happened when the britain came to New Zealand.