Happiness

 LI: To edit our writing using DRAFT

This week for writing we wrote abstract noun poems in pairs. An abstract noun is something that exists but cannot be touched. Our abstract noun poem was about happiness. An abstract noun includes the 5 senses (Touch/ feel, taste, hear, see and smell), punctuation ( Capital letters, .), complex sentences, metaphors and similes After we finished writing our poems we used the DRAFT (Delete, Rearrange, Add, Fix, Talk)  process to check our poem, with draft we can make correct errors in our writing.

Forming an opinion

 LI: To consider both perspectives

For this task we chose one of the seven places  Maori in legends and looked at the evidence for the stories being real or not. After we have looked at the evidence we as a group were tasked to form an opinion about the place and if we think if the stories are real or not. 

Venn Diagram

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

For this task we compared the text “The beginning” and the video of rangi and papa’s story on a venn diagram. A Venn Diagram is used to show the similarities and differences between two or more things, the parts of the circle that overlap the other are for writing similarities and the parts that do not overlap are for writing the differences between the two things.

Summary

 L.I to explain in fewer words what the text is about

A summary is a quick and short way to explain the main points of a story or text. For this activity we watched a Video about Rangi and Papa and their story. From the video we had to choose twenty important words from the story. Then we chose the six most important words and wrote a short summary that tells the reader what the story is about.

Main Ideas

LI: To identify the main ideas in a text 

For this task we watched a video about the story of how maui slowed the sun. From this video we had to pick the ideas in the video, the four main ideas in the story and the three main ideas of the story. The main idea is the point of a text, story, book, etc..

Rock Paper Scissors

 L.I to learn how to code the microbit to play Rock Paper Scissors and understand how the flowchart matches the code.

Link to DLO

This week for tech we played rock paper scissors on the microbit. FIrst we had to code the microbit which is on the DLO. Once you have downloaded the code you have to shake the microbit and it will choose a random number bwetween 1 and 3. I have to make a variable called handand set this to the random number.

If the number is 1 the microbit the symbol for paper. If the number is 2 the microbit will the symbol for rock. If the number is 3 the microbit will show the symbol for scissors.

Failure

 L.I to write an abstract noun senses poem

Abstract nouns are nouns you can feel but can’t physically feel/ see, smell, taste, hear and feel. For example: Happiness is the key to my heart. A metaphor is descrigbing someting without using like or as. To write the poem we used the 5 senses which are Hearing, Smelling, Feeling, Tasting and Seeing.

Narrative

 L.I to use the ideas on your plan to write a narritive

THis week for writing we looked at narratives, a narrative is a story of a sries of events or experiences that can be fictonal or non fictonal. We wrote a narritive about a pair of  shoes that were in a really bad condition. My partner and I wrote the narritive in first person. Before e wrote our narritives we had to ask our selves these questions about the shoes: 

How did they get here?

What happened along the way?

How did they feel?  

What did they see?

What did they hear?

What did they smell?

What did they touch?

Narrative: 

New to old

LI: To use the 5 senses and personification to help us paint a picture with words.

LI: To devise a writing plan

LI: To use the ideas on your plan to write a narrative

There I was, old, abandoned and mistreated. I was left on the dark and dangerous streets all alone ownerless, But I wasn’t like this before.

Once I was prized possession of a young little boy called Jake. He wore me everywhere, to school, to the mall and even in his house. He wore me a lot, maybe a little bit too much.. The more he wore me the less durable I was getting. One day he put me on to go hiking with his friends, that was the last time he wore me.

One day, Jake went hiking with his friends where he slipped on a rock and he ripped me in half.He was so sad that he glued me back together. But it didn’t last. I thought it was all over, but fortunately Jake had another solution.

He took me to a shoe shop and he repaired me. When I was repaired I looked good as new. Old to new It was a miracle.

FLow charts and Dice

 L.I to learn how to use flowcharts to plan coding

Link Google Drawing

SImple machines

L.I to find information about simple machines

We collaborated in our group to find information about simple machines. 

Tere are the 6 simple machines

Our challenge was to create labelled diagrams (information pictures) to show the different parts that the simples machines have. We also summarized out facts in 25 words.

DIalogue

 L.I to use and correctly puntuate dialogue dialogue when writing

This week we looked at dialogue and how to porperly use it. Dialogue is a conversation between two people in a book, text or play. To indicate dialogue you use speechmarks at the begginging and the end of the conversation. Dialogue is important because you can show what is heppening in the text instead of telling what is happeneing.

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 reaassembled it. We then tested it with some codes to make sure that it worked correctly.

Here are the parts of the Mbot that I took apart

 

Here is the reassembled mbot 

Here is the code that I used

PB4L

 LI: to understand the behavior we should present in school and to juniors.

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. I found this activity interesting because we talked about expectatiosn in our class.

Main Ideas - New New Zealanders

L.I to identify the main ideas 

We were tasked to read a story called "New New Zealanders," it was about how a boy named Christian Kaka and his family seeked for a better life in New Zealand due to the war going on at Syria. After the story we were tasked to identify the main ideas in the text. For the Three Vital Ideas were Registered refugees can't be sent back to their country, The Refugees wanted people to know their story and many families moved to New Zealand because their country is to dangerous.

This activity was interesting because I found out what Syria is going through and that there are many problems outside of New Zealand.

Cinquain Poem

 L.I to write a cinquain poem that describes a sports star

We have been learning to write cinquain poems to help us strengthen our connections to description. A cinquain poem has 5 lines. Each line has a different purpose. Line 1 is a noun which is a name. Line 2 has 2 adjectives that describe the noun. Line 3 has 3 verbs that end in ‘ing’ and describe the actions. Line 4 is a noun phrase which is a group of words (not a sentence) that go together to describe the noun. Line 5 is a synonym which is a word with a similar meaning to the noun.

I enjoyed this activity because we made a poem about a athlethe you like.

My Reading Pathway

L.I 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 the Dem Slayer manga  because it has lots of fights and it has a good story.