Cross Country Reflection T2W5 2017

Cross Country

This week Term 2 Week 5 I did cross country. If I'm being honest running is not what I'm good at but I still did it. For cross country is was in year groups and girls and boys were in separate rounds too. There were also obstacles this time round and you will have to read my writing to find out. Here is my work:

40bc George's Marvelous Medicine T1 2017

George's Marvelous Medicine

George is a eight year old boy who has a most rude selfish grandma in the WORLD, When ever George does does a nice thing for his grandma she doesn't care. When it was an hour before it was time for his grandmas medicine George has a marvelous plan to get his grandma back for being a terrible person.

Rating: 4/5

Age recommendation: 8/10

Athletics Reflection Grey Main And Grey District 2017 T4

Athletics

For the last while through the term we have been doing Athletics. I have been through four stages of the athletics but I am going to write about the first two. For the Athletics it was girls verse girls and boys verse boys and there were age groups too. Here are the 2/4 stages of the Athletics I went through:

Grey Main Athletics 

For Grey Main Athletics it was just Grey Main. No other people from other schools joined. I was in the 10 year old girls group with quite a few other girls. I wasn't their for long because I had something on but I did stay for short distance running and high jump. 

For the short distance running (i think it was 80 meters) we all lined up in our rows and when the teacher set of the gun we started running. In the end I think i got either fourth or third.

 For High Jump we lined up on either side of the jump and when the person called out a name we jumped. We had to do scissor jump for it and if we did another type it wouldn't count. I think i got either third or second place overall in that.  

Grey District

For Grey District I got in for High jump and Short distance running. For the Grey District one it was all the school kids from Greymouth that joined. 

We did the short distance running and someone jumped lines in my race so that confused me so I practically lost the race. 

For High Jump I did quite well and ended up getting first place. I'm not sure quite how high I jumped but I do know it was high up.

Shanty Town Reflection T4W7 2017

Shantytown

This week (week 7) on Thursday we went to Shantytown. Here is a slideshow showing what we did:

Literacy Reflection T4W2 2017

Literacy Reflection

Grandparents day: Last week on Friday was grandparents day so we have been doing some activity's based on that. One of them that I am posting is the grandparents word find. We got to make a word find of our own word choice. When it was made I took a screenshot of it and put it on a google drawing and worked it out. 

Here is my work:

Numeracy Reflection T3W7 2017

Numeracy Reflection

Frac-Ge-Bot: This week my maths class made 2D robots on our google drive. We had to design our robots with the following shapes: Squares, Rectangles, Triangles, Circles, Hexagons, Pentagons and Diamonds. I didn't use all of those shapes but I did use some and we also had to colour it.

Now for the maths part, so for all the shapes (and colours) we had to make a fraction out of them. For example lets say I used 10 shapes and 4 of them were circles, that would be 4/10 circles.

Here is my work:

Fraction Problem Solving: This week we got given a slide show (different for each math group) and we had to fill out the questions. As you may have seen the slide show was based on fractions. These questions were fun and easy to do. 

Here is my work:

                     

Literacy Reflection T3W7 and T3W6 2017

Lietracy Reflection

Diagram: This week/last week we had to make a diagram about the life cycle of Whitebait. We had to have all the names and parts of the life cycle. 
Here is my work:

40bc-Dragon Dawn

Dragon Dawn

Summary: Danzi is not yet 1000 years old which is quite young for a dragon compared to others. While there are wars going on it is not safe for a dragon to be on it's own without a dragon keeper. Whilst other dragons are hibernating Danzi is roaming around and to fulfill a promise to his previous dragon keeper he has to go to a city...

Author: Carole Wilkinson

Rating: 4/5

Age Recommendation: 9-10

Literacy Reflection T3W6 2017

Literacy Reflection

Connectives: This week one of our focuses was connectives. A connective is a word that can join two parts of a sentence and make it sound better. So for our activity we had to fill in some sentences with connectives and a couple more things. Here is my work:

Writing Reflection T3W5 2017

Writing Reflection

Video Notes: This week on a site called video notes allowed us to write down things whilst watching a video. The video we watched was salmon life cycle. We had to write down what we heard and put it in our own words. Here are is the facts I've gathered.

Salmon are one of the most prized fish in New Zealand. In December you might see some salmon in the water.

Salmon spend two years at sea and come back for a month so they can go to their spawning ground.Whilst doing this they try to relax wherever they can to have a break from the strong corrunt.

When they get close to their spawning ground they all group together waiting for a good time.

They hang quite close together.

The fish have become dark they haven't eaten since they were at sea.

The hens are female salmon the jacks are boy salmon.

The hen make a hole in the ground for the eggs when she is ready to lay the eggs jacks will fertilize it. The jacks will fight off other jacks.

They lay eggs up to 4 thousand per time.

The baby salmon are smaller than a 10c coin.

The next time you will see them they will be a big size.

Literacy Reflection T3W4 2017

Literacy Reflection T3W4

Rugby Commentary: This week the teacher set us a task which was... rugby commentary. For this activity we had to watch a video of Damian McKenzie for 45 seconds without volume so we could pretend to be a person like Damian McKenzie himself. WALT: Write for different audiences. Here is one that I have done:

40bc- Cant Catch Me

Can't Catch Me

After loosing her best friend Hannah
 in an accident Alice is lost until her Great Auntie Fran lets her stay at her place for a while. Soon she meets a shy horse named Jessie and she slowly puts her life back together. But will Alice ever be able to let Hannah go.

Author: Elizabeth Pulford

Rating: 5/5

Age Recommendation: 8 to 10

Literacy Reflection T2W9 2017

Literacy Reflection

Word Work: This week for word work I have done the usual which is the meaning, a sentence and the origin of the word. This week I have also done eight words for my speech on the slide show for my word work as well. Here is my work:

My Speech: This week I have been working on my speech. I am not going to put my work on but I am going to tell you about it. My Speech is going to be about my trip to Australia. I have almost finished my speech but not quite yet.

Reading: This week for Reading we read a book called Mrs Wilding's Potatoes. My group took turns at reading part of the book and then we wrote some main points about the book on a slide that our teacher made. The book is about how to boys wanted to go to school to see a rugby star but they got held up because Mrs Wilding needed help with compost.

Literacy Reflection T2W8 2017

Literacy Reflection

Word Work: This week for Word Work as usual I have done my origins, sentences and meanings of the words. Here is my work

Writing: This week for writing we had to pick a family member and write a descriptive writing piece about them. I had a really hard time picking who I was going to write about. In this work I had to describe what my family member looked like what their personality was like and more. My WALT is use precise and descriptive words to describe the image/ person. Here is my work:

Topic/ Matariki: This week and last week me a buddy (Alyssa) made a slide show about Matariki. We put two stories of Matariki on and we also added some information. I thought that doing this activity was really fun. Here is my work   

Reading: This week for reading me and my group read a book in a school journal called Katie's mum. I buddied up with Katelynn and made a slide with her and put down the main points of the book on the slide. In this slide show there is animation things so if there is a blank page just press the next button or just let it play. Here is my work:

   

Literacy Reflection T2W7 2017

Literacy Reflection

Miss Reissmann Description: This week we did some writing as for last week it was Miss Reissmanns Birthday, which then we wrote some stuff about her which ended up being a whole description. We wrote about what she looked like and things about her and more. Here is my work:

In a small town called Grey mouth, there lives a woman named Helga Reissmann. She has hair that is blonde with golden flecks and streaks of brown and icy sky blue eyes. She wears such nice clothes which make her shine in the dark . She also has these terrifying earrings which I myself do not want to go into detail with.

A thing with Helga Reissmann is that she always wears high heels which is a bit typical (no meaning to be rude). She has three children named Jasmine, Telisha & Cole, Jasmine is 26 years old, Telisha is 24 and Cole is 21.

Helga Reissmann Is very tall and quite medium skinny which means she is quite skinny. Her two favorite colours are black and brown and if i’m being precise chocolate brown. Helga Reissman also has a dog which is called Millie (i’m not sure if that’s the right way to spell it).

Overall Helga Riessman Is an awesome person and teacher which makes her AMAZING.

The End

Journal Leave Summary: A week or more ago me and my literacy group read a book called leave. We chose this book and now we are writing a summary of the book. For the summary we had to write the main ideas and bits about the book. Here is my work:

Literacy Reflection T2W6 2017

Literacy Reflection

Word Work: This week for the first part of word work I did the usual which is the meaning, sentences and origins of the word. For the fun activity I did a word riddle, I got two buddies and I wrote a riddle. They got three guesses to guess the word .I thought doing this activity was really fun. Here is my work:

Description: This week It was was Miss Reissmans birthday. For Miss Reissmans birthday we did an activity, for the activity we answered some questions on a google doc about Miss Reissman. An example of one of the questions is what colour hair does this person have and more like that. I thought doing this activity was quite fun. Here is my work:

40bc-Awful Auntie 2017

Awful Auntie

Summary: Lady Stella Saxby ( young girl) has an awful auntie. As you may know, there are lots of awful aunties in the world but it would never compare to how bad Stella's Aunt Alberta is. So Stella was in an "accident" with her parents which then lead her to a coma. Aunt Alberta has a lot of tricks up her sleeve but so does Stella.

Author: David Walliams

Illustrator: Tony Ross

Rating: 4/5 stars

Age Recommendation: 8/10 age

Numeracy Reflection T2W3 2017

Numeracy Reflection
WALT: Use a variety of strategies (compensation/ partitioning/ adjusting)

Maths Check ups: This week there has been a lot of MATHS. Not quite DLO (digital learning object) work but a bit like tests except not on paper these were called maths check ups. For the maths check ups there was, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Addition and Subtraction, Plus two more for division. These were all easy at the start but then got harder and harder Which made it more challenging. In my opinion the test wasn't the worst, it was a little bit hard but other wise than that it was ok. Here are some pictures of my work.

Literacy Reflection T2W3 2017

Literacy Reflection 
WALT: With increasing confidence, logically sequences explanations or arguments.
Word Work: This week for word work I have done the usual meanings, sentences and origins, except I used a slide show. For the fun activity I did backwards words, for this activity you write the word then you write backwards and it comes out with very random results which is one of the reasons why I liked doing this activity. Here is my work:





Advertisement: This week we completed some advertisement posters. For this we had to pick a book then we had to write about parts of the book like a snappy sentence then the last thing was to make a poster. I thought making this poster was a lot of fun because it's quite creative. Here are the results of my work:

Reflection T2W1 2017

T2W1 Reflection

WALT: Read for information and make connections to what I know.
Plastic Fantastic: This week I wrote down what I know about plastic.  Here are my ideas. 

What I Know About Plastic

• Burns quickly in a fire.
• Harmful to the environment.
• Harmful to animals and sea creatures.
• There are plastic bags.
• Lots of things are made out of plastic.
• Plastic makes polar fleeces.
• There are lots of types of plastic.
• Some plastics are harder than others.
• Many people hate plastic
• Most food wrappers are made of plastic

Numeracy: 
WALT: Use an algorithm to solve 2 digit by 2 digit. 
Here is my work. This week for numeracy I completed a how to do 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication in my maths book. I have done one on my chromebook but the teacher said to do it in my book. We had to write it out clearly and add colour to it.  Here is my work.

Welcome Back T2W1 2017

Welcome Back

Welcome back to my blog. It's term 2 now after a long two weeks of holiday. This first week has been great lots of things have happened like: Miss Panther has gone and there is a new teacher called Miss Reissman. 

Bonus

At assembly on Friday for good behavior I got a chocolate bar. The teacher of each class got one to give to a student. The Principal had a friend that gave her boxes of lamington chocolate and apple crumble chocolate because Cadbury is closing in New Zealand, I got the lamington chocolate.

40bc Billionaire Boy T1W11 2017

Billionaire Boy

Summary: Joe Spud has got everything a kid could ask for. Hes got his own bowling alley, Formula 1 racing car, a slide to his Olympic sized swimming pool, a Roller Coaster and so much more. One thing was that Joe Spud and his father were once not rich. It all started when his father made billions from his invention the Bum Fresh toilet paper. Though Joe has got practically everything he only wants one thing... a friend.

Author: David Williams

Illustrator: Tony Ross

Top Team Bonus Reflection T1W10 2017

Top Team

Intro

This week the whole school did Top Team Games. Your school might have done this and if you have you would know. Top Team is groups of people that go to different schools and set up fun activities for the kids to do. For an example there was a water game which we had to fill up a bucket of water and balance it on this stick thing and we had to try to get to the other end.

My Favorite part

My favorite activity for top team would have to be this game that was like a tunnel thing it was very hard to control but it was very fun. While we were doing this activity we kept falling over and it was quite funny. Here is a picture of some people doing it.

My Least favorite part
Despite that all of the activities were good there is always one that you would probably like the least. So my least favorite activity was the activity where we were in this sack with at least four other people, and for me it felt very crowded. I didn't hate this activity it just wasn't my favorite.

Numeracy Reflection T1W10 2017

Numeracy Reflection

Numeracy Reflection

Maths Buddy: This week on maths buddy I have finished contracted multiplication which is quite simple it's like 2 digit by 1 digit multiplication. Here is what you do for it.

Screen Cast: I made a screen cast this week but I put it on a different post. It is about how to do 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication. Here is a link to the post.

Literacy Reflection T1W10 2017

Literacy Reflection

Writing: This week for writing the class has written written off story starters this website is called pobble 365. For the story starters I did mother of dragons it's about how zoya has a dragon which thinks zoya is her mother. I have not completely finished this writing but here is my work. Here is the link to pobble (The blue is the story starter).

Mother Of Dragons

When the dragon had hatched, crawling out of its shell onto her bed, Zoya knew that her life would never be the same again.

She had brought the dragon far away from her village; away from the people who would hurt it and take it away from her. As she held it in her hands, feeling its claws affectionately digging into her fingers through her gloves, Zoya knew that exactly what she had to do. What they had to do. Together.

The dragon gazed at her. She could see the flames burning within its eyes. It was totally dependant on her, as a new-born child is to its mother. And yet, strangely, she felt dependant upon the dragon as well; dependant upon what it was and what it would become in time.

They would become inseparable. Their futures were entwined. Their adventures were only just beginning…

This wasn’t the only dragon that zoya had bonded with before. She had once had another dragon but the people from her village took him away. That’s why she wasn’t sure if she

could take care of the new dragon.

Just while Zoya was thinking so many thoughts in her head, the dragon made the weirdest noise that anybody had ever heard. Then it all went silent for at least 2 minutes. Then she heard voices and for some reason she couldn’t help but think that she knew this person. It was her father. She hadn’t seen him for years and he must have come back to hear that Zoya was missing, he must have got out a search party. The only problem was that her father dislikes dragons and also wasn’t very fond of her, so she ran with her dragon.

Word Work: This week for word work as usual I wrote the meaning, the sentence of the word and Origin. For the activities this week I did across and down. For that activity I had to write my words across and down.  Then for the extra activity I did pyramid writing. I had to write one letter at a time so for the first time next two letters for the next. Here is my work.

Appearance

Meaning: What you look like or the way someone looks at you.

She was not happy with her appearance.

Origin: Latin, Late Latin, Old French and English

Luxury

Meaning: In great comfort or elegance.

Her life was luxury.

Origin: Latin and Old French

Jewellery

Meaning: Jewellery is like necklaces, earrings, some bracelets and more.

Her drawers were full of jewellery.

Origin: Old French and English

Proceed

Meaning: Begin something you proceed something.

Let’s proceed with our plan.

Origin: Latin and Old French

Decrease

Meaning: Make something smaller like amounts, intensity and degree.

The war makes the amount of people decrease.

Origin: Latin and Old French

Ceremony

Meaning: A public occasion or religious occasion celebrating an event.

It was a big ceremony.

Origin: Old French and Latin

Guarantee

Meaning: an assurance that something will happen.

The guarantee was wrong.

Origin: Spanish, French and English.

Buried

Meaning: bury something in the ground or put something in the ground.

He was buried alive.

Origin: West Germanic, Old English and English.

2 Digit By 2 Digit Multiplication T1W10 2017

2 Digit By 2 Digit Multiplication

This week I have finished my 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication screencastify.  I had done this a while back but I did not press present but this time it's new and improved. For this screen cast I had to explain step by step how to work out the 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication.

Here is my screen cast.

Literacy Reflection T1W9 2017

Literacy Reflection

Writing: This week for writing I have started on my camp reflection. It still might need a bit more detail in it but here is what I have so far.

In week 6 term 1 the Mamaku syndicate separately went on camp and we stayed in a lodge place in Westport. My class M2 went on camp in week 6 on wednesday Term 1. We went to this camp for fun education. Mr B also went on this camp along with our teacher, some parent helpers and of course the kids. One extra thing the food was great. We did lots of fun activities on camp like walks historical museums coal mines and more.

Word Work: This week for word work like last week I have written down the meaning of my word, the origin of my word and a sentence with my word in it. This week for word work I have also done two activities one of them was word code and the other one was blue vowels. For word code I had to use a shape for each letter and then I would use the shapes to spell out my word. For blue vowels I had to write down ten of my words and colour all the vowels in blue. Here is my work.

Command

Meaning: Give an order or commanding someone to do something.

I command you to eat spaghetti.

Origin: Late Latin and Old French

Length

Meaning: The measurement of something like it was 1 metre long

The length of the tree was only 2 metres.

Origin: Germanic, Old English, Dutch and English

Benefit

Meaning: a benefit is when you get an advantage from something

It was a big benefit.

Origin: Latin and Old French

Citizen

Meaning: The people of some place

They were english citizens.

Origin: Latin, Old French, Anglo-Norman French and English

Expense

Meaning: The cost of something

The expense was big.

Origin: Unsure

Temperature

Meaning: The heat of something

The temperature was very cold.

Origin: French, Latin and English

Relative

Meaning: The relation of somebody like somebodys family.

I have lots of relatives.

Origin: Late Latin, Old French and English

Witness

Meaning: A person who sees something that has happened

The witness was terrified.

Origin: Old French and English

Influence

Meaning: An effect on somebody in good way or bad

She was a bad influence.

Origin: Latin, Old French, Medieval Latin, Scholastic Latin and English