L.I to use TEEL paragraphs to explain out colour choice
Last week I completed the step it up challenge from the summer learning journey activities. The purpose of this task was to explain our colour choice using the language and vocabulary we learnt from watching the informational video. I used the TEEL paragraph structure to help me explain my thinking. The painting that I chose was "The veteran in a new field" I used bright colours for the clothes and sky to make it pop out.
L.I to learn how leaves make food
This was our last tech session for the term. We learnt about how plants make their own food. To make their own food plants need leaves, they then need Water, Sunlight and Carbon Dioxide. Plants get water from rain. They get Carbon Dioxide from humans when we breathe out and plants take it in, and sunlight comes from the sun. Once these three ingredients are gathers plants can star making food,n this process is called photosynthesis which happens in the leaves.T
L.I to experiment with colours
This morning we tried one of this year’s Summer Learning Journey activities. The purpose of this task was to experiment with colours by mixing colours from the original palette with pop colours. This allowed us to recolours famous painting or images of landmarks around the world. I liked doing this activity because you can personalize the paintings by adding colours of your choice. The painting that I customized was was "The Veteran in a new field" by Winslow Homer, this painting was created in 1865.
LI: to unpack the text together
Chris, Lukah, Fau, Sulia, Afatia, Azatulah and I were introduced to the activity, Book Club by Mrs Anderson. Each member of the book club has a role to take each week. The 7 roles are, The Discussion Director, Connector, Summarize, Passage Picker, Word Master, Illustrator and Meeting Report. The book that we read this week was called “Bok Choy” by Paul Mason. The moral of the story was describing the differences between the Chinese people compared to the Englishman. This was basically unpacking how racism was around those days and how it affected others. From this story we learnt to accept one another despite who we are and how we look. Once we have completed the tasks for our roles, we report back to the group and share our thoughts and ideas. .The Discussion Director’s asked questions and guided everybody to be on the right track. The Summarize, picked 20 most important words from the story, to 6, and used it to summarize the text. The Passage Picker would pick a part of the story and write why it’s important to you. The connector had to make connections to themselves, to text, and to the world from the book. I enjoyed how we shared our thinking and perspectives about the text.
L.I to learn about the Maori culture
Today we had a performance from the Te Whanau Raukura group who perform at the Auckland museum. They came to perform cultural Maori dances, teach us the meaning behind the dances and why they do them. We also showcased some of the items and weapons that they use, the first one was the taiaha which is a long spear type weapon that the Maori people used in battle. The second item they showed us were the rakau sticks which is used to play games with. The last item they showed us was the poi which is an item that use use your wrists to swing.
L.I to identify the author's purpose
Authors write for a purpose (reason). These reasons are to persuade, inform or entertain (PIE). Each day, newspaper editors around the world must make decisions about what stories they will run. We explored different current events that are happening in New Zealand, thought about why this story was made by the news and plotted a location on a google map. I found interesting that some residents in Hawke's bay are getting dirty brown water.
L.I to identify and consider the two perspectives of this provocation to help me form an opinion
A provocation is an action or speech triggers strong feelings about a topic. Today we considered both sides of the provocation 'Should masks be compulsory on NZ public transport?' We then used that information to help us form an opinion that we could justify with evidence. My opinion is that masks should be mandatory because it help stop the transmission of Covid - 19.
L.I to understand the narrative in the poem
Today for reading we learnt about the poem called The Charge of the Light Brigade which was written by Alfred Tennyson it is a ballad poem a ballad poem is a poem that tells a story. the Light Brigade is a poem it about is about a Crimean war that lasted for 11 months. At the war there were 600 men who had no choice but to join even if they were to survive or die. The Crimean war were fought by the British and Turkish forces against the Russia, the war was fought due to Russian pressure of turkey.
LI: To explain how we solved our maths equations.
For Maths we worked in mixed math groups to practice our team skills and to help us explain how we solved these word problems. The topic of these word problems were about Metric Measurements, which was more specifically about weight and mass. The word problem was about the ingredients and the weight of these ingredients. We had to find the weight of the missing ingredient by adding up the weight of the ingredients we knew, and subtracting it from the weight of the whole food.
