Basic Fact Boxes | Maths

This week for basic fact boxes I did up to "twenty" this took me "three minutes & thirty six" 

The next time I do basic fact boxes I going to aim for subtraction and then going for the 100 goal. I also want to try get faster at my addition problems also the subtraction problems.

The screenshots below show the "number sentence and answers". The screens also show prove.

I really enjoyed doing this activity but I could have done it faster.

Screenshots:

SSR Selfie | Reading | Retelling Books

This week I read the "Pixel Raiders". This book is about Both characters that are trying to find out why good raiders are turning evil.

The authors were: Bajo & Hex and the illustrator is: Chris Kennett

I really enjoyed reading this book, check out the screenshot to find more information about this book.

The screenshot:

Comment Thread

This week I replied to Bella's comment on my "metaphors".

I really like how she gave me a compliment on how well written my blog post was. 

My question back for her was "do you have a good connection with figurative language".

Bella's Blog - https://pbsbellah.blogspot.com/ 

The comment she did on my blog post - Comment Thread

Here is the screenshot of a conversation.

Metaphors | Figurative Language

A metaphor is a word or phrase that is used to make a comparison between two things by saying one thing is the other. Metaphors are a kind of figurative language.  

An example is "Ben's temper was a volcano, ready to explode". The main object is Ben's temper. Ben's temper is compared to a volcano, which erupt suddenly. The meaning of this metaphor is that Ben gets angry suddenly.

People can describe things by using metaphors like: the weather, flavours & other things.

L.I: To describe things by metaphors.

Multiplication | Eight Times Tables

Multiplication is a fast way of adding the same number over again. For example: 8x8x8x8x8x8 means 6x8=48

The slides below show the eight times tables.

L.I - To learn about multiplication

WIP | T Chart | Reciprocal

This week we read two articles to find the pros and cons by using T-charts and the reciprocal reading skill.

First my group and I choose a text to read about. We read and summarized the information to get a basic idea of what container was best to use.

After reading texts we scanned through the blurbs to find the pros and cons. We used the images to find the cons. We then figured out what the purpose of why that container is a con. 

Then we repeated the same process for the next two texts.

This is a work in progress that will be finished next week. 

Multiplication | Word Problems

We were learning how to identify word problems. We also learnt about group sizes and numbers of groups which is multiplication. 

The problems were:

Tara had 2 emails. Then 8 more came in inbox. How many emails does Tara have now?

Melanie worked 3 hours for 5 days. How many hours did she work in total? 

Jack has 8 games. Alex has 5 fewer than Jack. How many games does Alex have?

We had to figure out which one was multiplication. The problem that is highlighted is a multiplication problem because the group size is 3 and the number of groups is 5 which means 5x3=15. 

L.I: To identify word problems. 

Multiplication | Maths

Multiplication is a fast way of counting the same number over again. For example: 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 means 5 x 4 = 20 in four time table.

The slides below show the four times tables

L.I - To learn about multiplication

Cook Island | Numbers & Greetings & Farewells

This week is Cook Island language week so we have been given Cook Island challenges. The challenges I did were numbers and farewells & Greetings.

Both numbers and greeting slides included both videos and the words in Cook Island also in English.

I enjoyed doing this task. I could have done the pronunciation better. Doing this challenges helped me understand more about the Cook Island culture.

L.I: To learn about the Cook Island culture.

Basic Fact Boxes | Maths

This week for basic fact boxes I did up to "twenty". I took me three minutes to do this activity. I did this in addition.

L.I: To learn basic fact boxes

Commenting Thread

This week for commenting I commented on Chisa's  blog post on " SSR Selfie". 

My question for her was " What was the second most interesting fact you found and why"?

 I really liked finding out what her book (fantastic earth facts) was about. 

Here is a link to Chisa blog.

Swimming | Kiwisport

This week we did our second session of swimming. 

First I practiced the safe pool entrance by placing both of my hands on the platform, twisting my body then I hopped in.

Next I did the freestyle by putting both hands in front of me and then doing three arm strokes (breath).

Lastly I did the submerging by swimming through the hoop.

I got better at backward kicking.

L.l: To learn water safety skills

SSR Selfie | Reading

This week for SSR Selfie I retold a book called "James and The Giant Peach". This book is written by Roald DahL and illustrated by Quentin Blake. This book is about James and how he found the peach.

This book is fiction and is a interesting book to read.

L.I: To summarise a book

Venn Diagram | Space Food | Dripper Family

Similarities and differences talks about what things are the same or different. 

The book, Space Food is about a group of kids that learn how to stop food from rotting in space.The book, Dippy Dinner Dripper is about a family who are messy eaters. 

The differences between the Dinner Dripper and Space Food are the Dinner Dripper family are messy eaters and Space food gives information about germs. 

The similarities of the Dripper family and Space Food are they both are narratives.

Similarities and differences can help people find out what's the same and what's the difference.

L.I: To understand texts using reciprocal reading.

Smilies | Writing

Similes are comparing of two things using "like or as...as". 

The "as...as" simile uses adjectives to describe something. For example, "Te Raumati is as sick as a dog."

The "like" simile uses verbs to describe a action word. For example, "Bella acts like a bird."

Similes helps compare two thing by using like or as..as.

L.I: To describe things by similes

Commenting

This week for commenting I commented on David's blog post on "Strategies of Solving". 

My question for him was "Was this activity hard and why"? I really liked reading his slide deck. 

David's Blog (check his blog) - https://pbsdavidh.blogspot.com/

SSR Selfie | Retelling Texts

This week for SSR Selfie I read the book "Force and Motion". This book is about to what simple machinery and what those two topics do.

L.I- To retell a book

Punctuation Challenge

This week I learnt how to use punctuation marks properly. Punctuation marks helps separate sentences by the structure. 

The first task was sorting the right punctuation to the right meaning. I found this activity difficult because I didn't know some of the definitions.

The next task I tried to include as much punctuation marks in a sentences. I had six sentences in total that used the some of the punctuation marks. 

I really enjoyed this activity and I really like defining the definitions. 

L.I - to identify correct of different punctuation
L.I - to correct poorly used punctuation

Explain That Idiom

This week for reading we explained idioms. Idioms is phrases that means something different from what the word usually means.

We picked three idioms: crack a book (open a book and study) rip off ( too expensive) second to none (the best).

After we picked three idioms we wrote the script for each one. When we were creating the videos it was easy for us.

I found this task a easy but I enjoyed it.

The slides below show the three idioms my group done.

Swimming

This week I did our first session of swimming. The instructor, Shanti taught us the safe pool entrance, streamline, freestyle, dolphin dive & side stroke using the float board.

First I practiced the safe pool entrance by placing both of my hands on the platform, twisting my body then I hopped in.

Next I did the freestyle by putting both hands in front of me and then doing three arm strokes (breath).

Then I did the side stroke by using the float board and kicking sideways.

Lastly I did the dolphin dives by diving in the water and then coming back up and repeating the same thing.

I enjoyed doing the dolphin dives and I could've done the side stroke better because I kept kicking off to the side.

Tangram | Shapes

Today I learned how to make tangrams. I rearranged the pieces to make a shapes.

First I made a square piece of paper because tangrams are made from a big square.

Then I folded the square into various shapes and cut them out.

Lastly, I tried to make different animal shapes from the tangram pieces.

I enjoyed making a tangram and forming the different shapes into a square.

L.I - To create a form of art

Multiplication

Multiplication is a fast way of counting the same number over again. For example 6+6+6+6+6+6+6 means 7 x 6 = 42.

The slides below show the three and six times table

L.I - To learn about multiplication

Food Storage | Preservation

This week we learnt learning about food storage and preservation. Preservation is keeping something in its current state and food storage is storing food so it is organized.

We read 14 articles to find the text type. To find the text type we looked the person and the tense. Some of the articles we read were: Auckland restaurants food storage and Food preservatives. 

After reading the articles we went on to the author's purpose. The author's purpose is trying to do and what the text is for. 

Then we did the UTE (Usefulness and Trustworthiness Evaluation). UTE is the rating of the usefulness and trustworthiness. The  UTE rating is up to five. Rating five is when the text has information I need, its purpose is for informing,  its form a reliable source and its current.

L.I - To gather information from multiple texts 

Procedural Writing | Sandwich

I learnt to write procedural texts by writing instructions on how to make a sandwich.

First  I wrote the verbs for each sentence to explain what that thing is doing. For example, spread the butter or mayonnaise on one slice of bread. 

Next I wrote the ingredients and materials so I know what to use.

After that I put my photos in so I could give an example on what to do.

Then I wrote my end result so I could know what the procedural was about. 

I enjoyed this task and learnt how to create a set of instructions. 

L.I - To write a set of instructions 

Multiplication | Maths

Multiplication is adding groups of numbers. For example: 5+5+5+5+5 means five groups of five. 5 x 5 = 25.

The slides down below show the two and five times tables. 

L.I: To learn times tables 

Reading | Inferring

Inferring is using your prior knowledge to figure something out

To infer start with trying to understand the image, for example if someone was trying to infer a few things about this image:

First, someone uses their prior knowledge, for example, someone might know this person is in a relay race. Someone would also know that this person has the legs in the ready position.

If people would know all of that then they would be able to make a inferring statement like this:

Someone is getting ready to run in a relay race.

L.I - To infer information no written in a text

Comment Thread | Commenting

This week for commenting thread I commented on Te Raumati's blog post on her geometric masking art. 

My question for her was "What was the hardest part and why?". I liked how she explained how to make the geometric masking art. 

Go check out more of her blog post - http://pbsteraumati.blogspot.com/

 

Basic Fact Boxes | Maths

I completed my basic facts task. Basic Fact boxes are used to record your maths skills. The basic facts go up to one hundred. I went up to 20 in addition and it took me three minutes and twenty two seconds. When I do my basic facts again I am going to go up to 20 still but I will do addition and subtraction.

L.I - To remember basic fact boxes

SSR Selfie

Today I completed the SSR selfie task. The SSR Selfie task is used to retell or summarise a book. The book I read was "Family Friends and Furry Creatures. This book was about how Tom made his own furry creature and when his mother woke up and had fur on her face. To find more information about the book look at the DLO.

L.I - To retell or summarise a book

Maori | 10 Pipiri LS1

In Maori we were making number chart. The number chart was used to write down the number translated into Maori.

To write numbers in Maori the place value has to be set, for example, if I wrote 20 it would be rua tekau because "rua" is two and "tekau" is the tens, so rua tekau means two groups of tens.

I enjoyed writing the numbers in Maori.

L.I - To translate English to Maori  

Volleyball | Kiwisport

In volleyball the set position is the the ready position.

To set the ball put the hands above the head  

When setting the ball to the opponent bend the legs to keep balanced.

Keep one foot in front of the other to get ready to set the ball to the opponent.
















When someone sets the ball it should always end in the set position on top of an head.

L.I - To learn the set position in volleyball. 

Masking Art | Geometric

We were learning about geometric masking art. Masking means to hiding or covering something and geometric means basic shapes such as simple curves and simple lines.

We practiced sectioning off parts on an Google Drawing. Next we started on our real copy of the geometric art. We figured out where we were going to section off parts. 

After I sectioned off the parts, I coloured in the sections. The colours I used were, black, peach ,light blue, orange, brown, pink, purple & yellow.

I enjoyed colouring in the sectioned parts, this activity was fun.

L.I - to create geometric art by using masking technique

Light & Sound | Inquiry

We were learning about light & sound vocabulary. Sound is when something travels and gets weaker and weaker. Light is to make something visible.

Our first activity was sorting out the meaning of words that relate to sound and light. We had to use our prior knowledge to find the meanings of some words. We had three different dictionary sites to look at to help find the meanings as well. 

Our second activity was find, draw, animate and act four words. For the draw,  we drew a prism making a rainbow. Our animation was about vibration. Lastly our act was a video on transparent.

The words we used were transparent, vibrate, decibels and prism. 

I enjoyed drawing the picture of the prism. 

L.I - To learn the vocabulary of light and sound 

Subtraction | Place Value

We were learning about subtraction using place value. Subtraction is taking or subtracting an amount of something from another thing.

One of the problems I solved was:

227 - 163 = ?

163 = 100 + 60 + 3
First I split the number one hundred twenty seven.

227 - 3 = 22
When subtracting always start from the ones.

224 - 60 = 164
After that I took away the tens.

164 - 100 = 64
Finally I took away the hundreds.

I think using place value for subtraction is helpful because it helps me understand the equations easier.

L.I - To subtract using place values

Mental Verbs | Physical Verbs | State Of Being

Verbs are actions words, for example jump,walk and rip. There are three types of verbs, mental verbs, physical verbs & state of being.

State of being verbs are the verb "be" is, for example is, are and will.

Physical verbs are what people do, for example flick,chug and smash.

Mental verbs describe a thinking action, for example decide, imagine & remember.

Verbs help describe actions.

L.I - To learn about verbs.

Predictions | Grandparents Day

For reading we made predictions, those predictions were educated guesses. Educated guesses clues are made prior knowledge.

I thought that "the grandparents had a good day". This prediction was incorrect, the real answer was "The grandma was confused and mad, she thought that she could be able to go the grandparents day".

One more prediction I did was "I think that the grandpa won’t get anything done because he always slow at doing things". This prediction was also wrong because the grandpa was more faster then the grandma.

I think predicting is a good strategy to use in reading because it helps me understand what is going to happen next.

The book we read was - Grandparents Day

South Pacific Beats | Interactive Summary

We made an interactive summary about the article "South Pacific Beats". We learnt four different reading strategies to help us understand this article.

For my interactive summary I used my prior knowledge and skimming to help with writing down information either about Rachael Hall, the pato or the lali.

My prior knowledge helped me by me write what I already new about Rachael Hall, the pato and the lali. The reading strategy skimming also helped me so I could understand the article.

L.I - To create an interactive summary of the article South Pacific Beats

Properties Of Light

Light is a source make objects visible and easier the see or find.

One of the properties of light is that, light cannot go through opaque objects. This was proven when the opaque object blocked the light from passing through. 

Another property of light is transparent objects can go through light. When the light was going through the glass it went through because the object is transparent. 

Another property of light is that light can change positions depending on the angle of the mirror. 

When the light shined into the mirror it reflected.

One more property of light is that light can form a rainbow using a prism. If a light source is put on top of a prism it forms a rainbow. The prism makes a rainbow because the white light is split into many colours.

Check the embed document for more properties of light.

L.I - To observe the properties of light 

Reading Large Numbers

Reading large numbers can be hard to read because they are large and sometimes if they have millions.

To read 547 829 316 first read the millions.The millions is read like, five hundred and forty seven million.

Next read the thousands as eight hundred and twenty nine thousand.The last part is to read the ones like, three hundred and sixteen.

L.I - To read and recall numbers greater than 100

Aboriginal Art | Australia

For art we were making a story that connects to us using aboriginal symbols. Aboriginal art comes from Australia. Aboriginal art tells a story of aborigines beliefs. People call this "Dreamtime stories".

First we practiced the different symbols on a piece of paper. The different symbols are: footprints, stars, waterholes, traveling sign, people sitting and the campsite. After practicing the symbols we created our story. 

My art told a story how the koala settled into wildlife. I put the traveling sign underneath the koala for the representation of traveling. The different symbols I used were, stars, waterholes, footprints and traveling sign.

I learned new things about the Aboriginal culture and art. I enjoyed telling my story using paint.

LI: To create art that tells a story using traditional methods.

   

   

Place Value Counting

Ancient Egyptian numbers are drawn with different symbols.

The short rope represents tens, the coils represents hundreds, the rods represents ones,  the flower represents the thousand and the frog represents the hundred thousands.

The number 576 is written as five coil ropes, seven long ropes and 6 short ropes.

L.I - To count using Ancient Egyptian for different place value

Properties Of Sound | Light & Sound

Sound is volume that something or someone can hear. Property means belonging. 

One property of sound is how sound can travel in different directions. Mr Wong proved this by using a meter ruler and making a sound to see what decibels it was. No matter where the clap came from the decibels were around the same number.

The second property is how sound can travel around corners. The experiment was proven by Mr Wong calping around the corner from the recording device. When Mr Wong clapped the microphone picked up the clap.

The last property is how sound gets weaker and weaker. This was proven by dropping a ball closer to the laptop to see if the sound traveled to the other side, Mr Oglives meter was 59 decibels and Mr Wong's meter was 81 decibels. This proves that the closer the sound to the meter the loud it was, therefore sound loses volume as it travels.

L.I - to observe the properties of sound.

Functions Of Adjectives

All things can use describing words. Describing words are called adjectives. There are three types of adjectives, they are absolute, comparative, and superlative.

Superlative adjectives say that something that is in a high degree or quality, for example meanest boy.

Comparative adjectives are used to compare things to things, for example meaner boy.

Absolute adjectives describe something by itself, for example mean boy.

When people write an adjective it has to start with a lowercase letter because they are not unique.   

Using adjectives helps people describe things clearly.

L.I - to learn about adjectives.

South Pacific Beats | Test | Lali & Pato

South Pacific Beats is an article about Rachael Hall and music instruments, the lali and pato.

Rachael Hall is a designer that went to Massey University. Rachael how loved the sound of the lali so she wanted to rejuvenate it so it could be mixed with modern music.

The machines she used to make the new pato were the milling machine and the lathe.

The Pato was inspired by the lali. The Pato is an electronic instrument. The sound effects the pato uses are the delay and the reverb.

The resonance chamber,volume dial and the pitch adjuster.

L.I - To read, understand, and recall the article, South Pacific Beats.

I took a test to show my understanding of the article South Pacific Beats.

Basic Fact Boxes

L.I - to remember basic maths facts 


Today I completed my basic fact boxes challenge. I did up to ten in addition, it took me three minutes and 27 mins. Next week I am going up to twenty and I am going to subtraction and addition. My goal is to get faster on my addition.

Scanning | Keywords

Scanning is a reading strategy that I use to scan for specific information.

I researched about Rachael Hall, my required question was what inspired the new instrument?. The keywords I used was inspired and instrument. I read to contents pages, the article had no contents so I looked at the headings then I scanned for the keywords to find the information about the new instrument (Patō).


Scanning helped me find information faster.

L.I - To scan for keywords in articles or books.

Nouns | Pro Nouns | Proper Nouns

Everything has a name. Those names are called nouns,proper nouns and pronouns.

Different types of nouns can help someone with vocabulary. 

When someone writes a proper noun it has to start with a capital letter because it is unique, for example a name of a person,a country or something that has only one version of.

L.I - Learn about nouns,pronouns and proper nouns.

Number Sentence Order | Maths

Number problems are in an order that is called a number sentence.

The first number is how much a person has currently.

The second number shows how much is going to be subtracted or added.

If a number problem changes around the whole meaning changes.


L.I - To learn the order of subtractions

Art | Tongan Ngatu | At School

On Wednesday we created a piece of art named Tongan Ngatu, we created it by looking at designs on a piece of paper. Tongan ngatu is a traditional art over in tongan. We had to create 4 designs and choose 2 design to draw on a small bit of paper. I choose a type of flower and a type star thing.

Complex Sentences | Writing

This week for Writing we were learning about complex sentences. 

A Complex sentence is one full simple sentence with a complete idea and another sentence with incomplete idea. They are joined by a conjunction. 

We had to complete a google slides which showed us the complete sentences. 

The structure of complex sentences is AAAWWUBBIS. (Look this up so you can find out what the lettets  stand for). 


My DLO shows what complex sentences are and some examples.