vision board

 

 This is my vision board showing what my goals are and what I want to achieve this year. One of my goals is trying to get accepted in to Tamaki College. I also want to get a certificate this year to celebrate my achiviement. This activity was really fun to create. 

Dream

 L.I to edit our writing using draft

 

This week for writing we has been working on Abstract Noun Poems. Me and my partner's abstract noun is about Dream. An Abstract noun is something that exists but you cannot touch, an abstract noun also comes with metaphors and 5 senses. The 5 senses we use to make our poem powerful is using (smell,taste,hear,feeling and see). Something that helped us out of writing our abstract nouns is using Metaphors , Simile , complex sentences , punctuation, complex sentences and word hippo.

Then the next day we edited our poems using DRAFT (Delete, Rearange, Add, Fix, Talk)

Something we found interesting is how the DRAFT System works.

Something we learnt is how the DRAFT system works

 for writing this week 

Rock Paper Sizzors

 LI to learn how to code microbots to play rock paper sizzsors and understand how to use a flow chart .

link to DLO

1. When I shake the microbit, it will choose a random number between 1 and 3
2. I have to make a variable called hand and set this to the random number
3. If the number is 1 - the microbit will show the symbol for paper
4. If the number is 2 - the microbit will show the symbol for rock 
5. If the number is 3 - the microbit will show the symbol for scissors

Success

LI: To write a abstract noun senses poem

Our task was to create a poem using metaphors and abstract nouns. 

A metaphor is a comparison of two things, saying one thing is the other without using ‘like’ or ‘as’.

Abstract nouns are things the we can see but we can't physically touch it.

The 5 senses are sight, hearing, taste, smell and feel. 

First, we chose a word from the list, our group picked success. After picking the word,we looked for the structure in the example given to us. Then, we created a poem with the structure. After writing the poem, we created a DLO about the poem.

The word that our group chose was Success.

We really enjoyed this activity, because it taught us how to create metaphors and poems, using abstract nouns. 

Venn Diagram

 

LI: to find as many similarities and differences as you can between the video and the text of “The Beginning”. 

To continue our learning of Matariki, and the Maori story of Creation our task was to create a Venn Diagram. For our Venn Diagram we compared the differences and similarities between the Video and Written Version of the Maori Creation Story.

A Venn Diagram, is a diagram showcasing the differences and similarities between two different things.

Did this Happen?

 

LI: to consider both perspectives. 

To continue our learning of Matariki, and the Maori story of Creation our task was to create a DLO to explain the evidence and perspective of a maori story. We read about Sacred Spots from Māori Mythology. We used the different evidence from the articles to create an opinion on whether we think it is true or false. 

The story we chose to do was about the Tongariro National Park. This story talked about the mountains that surrounded Taupo lake, they were all male except for one. Her name was Pihanga. They fought for the love of Pihanga, only one came out victorious. That mountain was Tongariro. 

main ideas

LI: to identify the main ideas in the text. 

To continue our learning of Matariki, and the Maori story of Creation our task was to create a DLO explaining the main ideas of the story of how maui slowed the sun. We watched a video explaining the story of how maui slowed the sun and why.

Maui and the villagers weren’t able to finish off their tasks during the day because the sun went by too fast. They got sick of it so maui and his brother made a plan to slow the sun. They used flax ropes and he magical jawbone Maui was given by his grandmother. 

summerising

 

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

For our Inquiry we were learning about Matariki, and the origin story. Our task was to watch a video on the Maori Creation story and we had to summarise the video. The video was an artist representing and creating the story through sand art. 

Our 20 important words had to be the top important words from the video, words that represented the story. Then from the 20 we had to pick the 6 most important words Then using those 6 words we had to sum up the story in a few sentences. 

flowchart and Dice

  Learning Intention - To learn how to use flowcharts to plan coding.

Link Google Drawing

Following Classroom Rules & Expectations | PB4L

L.I: To follow the rules and expectations, expected from teachers. 

This weeks PB4L learning is about following classroom rules and expectations. PB4L is a acronym describing Positive Behavior for Learning. PB4L helps us understand the correct behavior for inside classroom learning and outer learning. This consist of Classroom discussions, walking to assembly, behaviour on school trips, wet day procedure eg. respecting wet day monitors. All of these prospects will help us develop a strong and healthy learning enviroment.

Building an mbot

  L.I To understand how the mBot is put together so that I can fix it when something goes wrong.

Today, we took an mBot apart and then reassembled it. We then tested it with some code to make sure that it worked correctly.

Here are the parts of the mBot that I took apart.

Here is the code that I used to test that it worked.

current events

 LI: To find the important information in a current event.

LI: To identify the author's purpose.

This week for Reading we learnt about author's purpose. Authors write for a purpose/reason. These reasons are to Persuade, Inform, Explain or Entertain (PIE).First we looked at Kiwi Kids News to find a article. Then, we made a copy of the Current Events DLO and answered these questions:

What is the article about?

When the article was created?

Where was the article was made?

Why the author wrote the article?

How it was made?

Why do you think the author wanted you to learn from the article?

I found this activity really intresting because

current events

L.I to findd the important information in a current event  

This week for Reading we learnt about author's purpose. Authors write for a purpose/reason. These reasons are to Persuade, Inform, Explain or Entertain (PIE).First we looked at Kiwi Kids News to find a article. Then, we made a copy of the Current Events DLO and answered these questions:What is the article about?

When the article was created?

Where was the article was made?

Why the author wrote the article?

How it was made?

Why do you think the author wanted you to learn from the article?

I found this acivity really fun because it gives me more infomation

Book week

 L.I To celebrate reading 

we had book week so we dressed up into our favorite book caracter. I wold like to say a thank you to Mr joe for dressing up as spiderman and putting on a show for the little kids . 

today was a really fun day and  everyone had a really good laugh .

Student led confrence

 L.I to share our learning with our families 

I had my parents come to my school to let them see what I have done during the year it is a oppritunity for my parents to look at my work this is really fun because I got to get feedback from my mum. getting feedback is really good because I know what I need to learn and what I need to do more.

Being a jedi in coding

 L.I to code a robot to try and make it move forward and back without touching it 

My robot will wait until i have pressed the onboard button before it does anything. We used an "IF - THEN - ELSE" block as this gives the robot two choices of things to do. We are using the ULTRASONIC  SENSORon the of the robot and we need to sense if something 10cm in front of it. IF something is 10cm or LESS in front of the robot , it will move backwards. IF something is NOT less han 10cm in the front of the robot, it wil move forwards (ELSE). This is all put into a forever block so that the robot constantly senses what is in front of it.

Reading Pathway

 LI: To show my personal journey through books

This week is book week at Panmure Bridge School, which means every class participates in a number of reading activities. One of our activities was to create a reading pathway that shows how my favourite books have changed over time. At the moment I like reading comic books because they are really intresting and cool.