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