Reading Book Review

Title: The Skateboarder's Club.

By Ilene Richard & Helen Strahinich.


What is it about? The skateboarder's club is about making a big skateboarder's club so they can sgining a request  asking the city to allow a skate park to be built.

What do they do? They skateboard in the city


Exciting moment in the story? Adding a new person in the club.


The main people? Ivan Viola Lia Mum.

Inquiry With Nic

WALT Develop ideas, skills and concepts in drama

1. Focus - become the character, placement, patience. Sometimes.
2. Accept Ideas and build on them. No.
3. Levels - make it interesting for the viewer. No.
4. Space - balanced, using a mixture of all the space, don’t bunch up. Yes
5. Finish on time. Yes.
6. Be Spontaneous. I don't know.
7. Centre stage - main idea is always in this position. I don't know. 
8. Contribute and participate. I don't know.

Evaluation:

1. What are you most proud of? I am proud of my moves for my tree & my sound. Why? Because I think they are very good.

2. What did you find challenging? The thing that challenged me the most was the sounds for the meteor. Why? Because I keep on getting muddle up with my meteor sounds.

3.  My next ‘Get It’ goal is? To focus more. Why? Because I am a little silly in my group.

Maths Sample

WALT: Extand a repeating picture pattern & use number strategies to think ahead.

Description: For maths this term we have been learning a range of strategies to help us solve algebra problems. 

Task:  Make a short movie to prove that you have achieved your maths goal.

Criteria:

Show, explain, prove your goal and how you did it

Clear message

Two questions to show your learning

Correct answer

Evaluation:

What are you most proud of and why? I am proud of my post because I think it is very good I think I desrive a pat on the back.

What challenged you the most and why? Making the photo because it was a bit hard to come up with the question for my photo.

Next time, what is a goal you can work towards? Continue a number pattern & find the rule for finding the next number.

Feedback/Feedforward: 

I like how you state how you felt about your maths sample.

I would like you to explain why you felt those reasons.

My Important Thing

W.A.L.T: Write simple sentences.

Description: I read the important book & my writing class are making our own important book with our important things.

Writing: The important thing about a i-pad is you can take it anywhere. You can download lots of games. Have fun with it. Play with friends. Work with it. But the important thing about a i-pad is you can take it anywhere.


Evaluation:

What are you most proud of  & why ? I am proud of my writing because I think it is very great.

What challenged you the most & why ? The thing that challenged me the most was the ideas for my writing because if I didn't think really hard I could of not come up with my ideas.

What can you approve on next time ? Make a bigger story.


Feedback/Feedforward: Nice writing Ross a lot of explaining but you could get your first draft and your picture but exsiped from that this is really good. From Fraser.

Role On The Wall

http://youtu.be/GXOTdw9IElk

Epic Food Fight

WALT:  respond.

Description:  This term we have been responding to a range of articles/stories and we realised that the way we were responding was difficult for anyone else to understand.  We have been practising writing our responses in full sentences so that anyone who reads them understands us.

Task:  Read the article “La Tomatina” and answer the questions below.

1.  What festival is held in Spain every August? The festival in Spain is called the La Tomatina.

2.  What do people do during the festival? The people during the festival squeeze a tomato & throw it at someone.

3.  How many tomatoes are used in the most epic food fight ever? 100 tons of tomatoes are used in the most epic food fight.

4.  When and why did the festival start? The festival started at 1944. Why did the festival start  because one of the city’s councilmen was attack with tomatoes. 

5.  Would you like to visit Bunol, Spain on the last Wednesday of August next year? I would not want to vist Bunol, Spain on the last Wednesday of August.  Why or why not? Why because I hate getting messy & I hate tomatoes.

Criteria:

I can answer questions using full sentences (I steal part of the question to put in my answer.)

Evaluation:

What are you most proud of and why? I'am proud of my answers because I think they are verey verey good.

What challenged you the most and why? The thing that challenged me the most was putting part of the question into the answers.

Feedback/Feedforward: I think you have done a great job of answering the questions Ross and stealing part of the question for your answer. Well done for going back and fixing up spelling and capital letters. Charlotte.

The Learning Pit

WALA: The Learning Pit

Description: We have been learning about when good learning happens.

Task: Share what you know about the learning pit.

Criteria:
Draw the Learning Pit.
List at least 3 feelings that you might have when you are in the pit. Hard challenged flustered.
List at least 3 strategies that you could use to get out of the pit.
Label where good learning happens. In the pit.
List 3 things you could say to yourself when you are in the pit.


Evaluation:
Reflect on a time when you have been in the pit.
How did you feel when you were in the pit? Worreyed because I was scared from not finishing my learning pit post.
What did you do to work out of the pit? I kept my head all the time when I was doing my post.

Feedback/Feedforward: great use of colour to help with the readers understanding.

Always check to see if you have covered all the criteria points. Sue.

Māori poster

WALT: communicate a message.

Description: We have been participating in 3 different workshops around colour, compositions and fonts.  We put these skills to use in a poster sharing our knowledge about Te Reo Maori.

Why? We have noticed that our posters are too cluttered and do not communicate a  message well.

Task: Make a poster about Te Reo Maori.

Criteria:

Message: My message is clear and purposeful.  Everything that is on my poster relates to my message. 

Composition:  My poster is balanced. 

Font:  My font is clear, readable and suits the message.

Colour:  I have used 2-3 colours that are complementary.  My background choice makes the text pop!

Accuracy:  All of the words on my poster are spelt correctly.

Evaluation:

What are you most proud of and why? I am proud of the way I put the colour of my text boxes because I think I did a good job of the colour so think I need a pat on the back.

What challenged you the most and why? The thing that challenged me the most was the size of the text boxes because I really want to let people see the background.

Next time, what is a goal you can work towards? Learn more māori words at home so I can learn more words.

Feedback/Feedforward: I like the way the maori is so bold. But you could make the little words bigger.

Kobe.

Reading

Grass hopper tennis sample

WALT: improve our small ball skills like catching, throwing, and hitting.

Description: We have been participating in a tennis programme with Big John (John Salisbury) from Tennis Manawatu. He has taught us some tennis skills that help with controlling and hitting the ball. To reflect on how we are going with the tennis skills we have learnt. We will share this during our Student Led Conference. Week 8. The World.

Task: complete the rubric with targets to show your reflection. Make a comment to the questions below?

Evaluation:

1.     What are you most proud of and why? I'm proud of my hitting because I am using all of my stringth to hit the high in the sky & when it comes down the other team will miss the ball so I can win.

2.     What challenged you the most and Why? The slice the cheese one because I keep on missing the ball.

3.      Next time, what is a goal you can work towards? To practice at home so I can be better at slice the cheese.

Writing Sample

WALT: inform.

Writing: States are three things that make matter. The three things are solid,liquid and gas. Solid is a lot of atoms that not have much space to move around. Liquid has les atoms then solid. Gas has way les atoms then solid that's because gas is air.  You can't see the atoms that's because they are so tiny that you need a super microscope to see the atoms.

DESCRIPTION: Write an explanation about something you have learned about energy. We are publishing a piece of writing.To share on our blog and during our Student Led Conference.Week 6.The World. We are publishing a piece of writing. To share on our blog and during our Student Led Conference. Week 6. The World.

Evaluation: Wow I think I did the best at my post & I think my post is awesome. 

Feedback/feedforward:  You have published your writing here well. I wonder if next time you might do paragraphs.

I think it would be a good idea to work on managing your time better so you are not rushing to get the last bits on your post. Aim for the time given Ross, you can do it if you try. Ebony.

Integrity Sample

WALT: Show Integrity

Task: make a panoramic photo showing integrity 

Description: Integrity means doing the right thing when no body is looking. I used the 360 app to take the photo. To showcase our understanding of this terms value of Integrity. We will share this during our Student Led Conference. Week 7. The World.

Like for example like me putting away my mums dinner in the dishwasher with out her telling to.

Evaluation: Wow I think I did a good job at my post. I think I deserve a pat on the back.

Feedback/feedforward: I like the way you show the reason we done this.i think you should put some more effort into the description. Zac.

Science Sample

DESCRIPTION: We have been learning about energy. Make a video (no longer than 30 seconds) about our understanding of energy. i.e. States of matter, Potential and Kinetic energy, Newtons Cradle or forms of energy like Radiation, Convection, Conduction.To show what we know about how energy works, to share during our Student Led Conference. Week 6.
The World. 

Evaluation: Wow I think I did awesome at my science sample I think I did it so good that I think I desreve to have a pat on the back.

Feedback/feedforward: This video shows the difference between potential or stored energy and kinetic or moving energy very well. Sally

READING SAMPLE

WALT: We are learning to rote learn (learn off by heart).

Image:

Purpose: We are making mnemonics to help us learn our spelling words.

Process:  We made sentences out of our spelling words to help us remember how to spell each word.  We want to get 10/10.  If we make them funny it helps us to remember them.

Learning:  We learnt what mnemonics are and how they can help us.  

Evaluation: Wow I think I did grait at my post.

Feedback/Feedforward: great mnemonics Ross I like how they make senses. Next time add more mnemonics. Arlo.

MATHS SAMPLE

WALT: solve problems by using the double & half strategy. Hi I'm Ross & this is a video made on show me. I made this post to show people how good I am at math's. I learned that fives & tens are much more easyer when you use them together. In my video I used 18x5= Then I half the 18 & put a 10 9x10=90 so that means 18x5=90. Jett's feed back: good Ross it's good I thing you can do better.

Learning buddy poster

Learning buddy's are for helping you when you get stuck & work with them & be come friends.

Tables Challenge

This is a photo of my tables challenge.

Writers notebook

This is what is hot what is cold & this is a photo   my one in my writers notebook.

Spelling test

On Monday, Tuesday & Wenseday I have being doing a spelling test at school. I have 30 roing on the front & I got 120 right on the front. On the back I got 75 roing & I got 75 right on the back.

Activity Group G Presentation

Here is my prsentation & My prsinting is on the post that says WALT Research.

Catch me if you can

WALT: use explosive movements.

Success Criteria:

quick change of pace

quick change of direction

move/ pass to a space

Include a photo, photo story/ comic strip or movie showing how you achieve these things.

Write a reflection for each of these headings...

1. What are you most proud of? When I was going fast with pasing the ball to my team.

2. What challenged or does challenge you the most? The caching because I think the ball might hit me in the face.

3. What are your next steps? Put my hands in front of face so I can catch the & it does't hit my face.

Get a buddy to give you some feedback and feed forward.Ha Ha Ha! Funny but that is true

And you are very competitive and I think you can do all of those things good job.

Published piece of writing

When I was entering the the dark black cave my legs were wobbling like jelly. When I was in the cave and I looked up I saw a hole. in it there was something round. I moved and I had to go through a little tunnel it was a tight fit but  I got through I stoped. I looked left there was very small gap that indeed to go through and I ducked. I crawled but I was to big. I let the other people go I went back I saw the other people. I was scared. I was at the back I followed the rest  I got out of the cave some people wanted to go back in the cave so they went back into the cave.

Statistics

My gaol for next time is to remnber what the question are.

Weet bix tryathlon

The challenging  part of the weet bix tryathlon was the swimming becuase I was going slowly & it was very hard.  The most enjoying part of the tryathlon was the bounce tunnel & it was so cool when I got to the end there was losts of kids there. I learnt that I need to xasice more. Next time I well have to lrean to stop on my bike & hop on my & push my self at the same time.

WALT reasearch

Click this link to see my presentation

http://youtu.be/qDYg62BpO10 

Camp diary

This is my camp diary & camp shooting 

Camp writing final draft

This is my 3 draft of my camp writing

Camp writing 2

This is my second draft of writing.

Buddy comment:Taylor 

I liked the way you were described the cave being black and dark.

I think you could work on doing some adverbs.

Camp writing 2

This is my second draft of writing.

Buddy comment:Taylor 

I liked the way you were described the cave being black and dark.

I think you could work on doing some adverbs.

Camp writing

This is walt & success criteria.

You have Done a good job with your feelings.

You need to work on getting a bit more done and verbs.

Bella.

Set smart goals

WALT: set smart goals.

What: to do all of the activities without being scared.

Why: I jois this goals because then I whant be brave.

Who: nicks class & ebonys class.

When: next week.

How: by staying calm.

I achieved my goal because I managed to do the activities even though I was scared!

              I like the way you sad to do the activitys even though you were scared of some. Taylor

Week 3 reflection

I am proud at swimming because I got better.

I am proud of maths because  I have been doing maths at home.

I am going to get better at reading by reading more stories.

2 stars & a wish

WALT: Evaluate our learning honestly.

Kotahitanga

WALT: Share our understanding about the value.

Treaty cinquains

Cinquains are poems that are short and easy to write. They follow the format below.

They have a set number of lines that they have to be that goes like this:

1st line: One word. This acts as your title

2nd line: Two words. These are Describing words about your title

3rd line: Three words. Some Action words to do with the title

4th line: Four words: Feelings about the title

5th line: One word: That is a Synonym or word that means the same as the title

Your task is to write a Cinquain about the Treaty of Waitangi. 

Here’s how to do it:

Brainstorm words or ideas to do with the Treaty. 

Use the thesaurus to help gather more words.

Describing words: Maori’s trading, Agreements made,

Action words: fighting,

Feelings: Unfair, Miscommunication, unjust, inequitable, prejudiced, biased, discriminatory; preferential, one-sided, unequal, uneven, unbalanced, partial, distorted, warped, loaded, weighted, slanted.Synonyms: agreement, settlement, pact, deal, accord, concord, protocol, compact, convention, contract, pledge; truce; alliance.

Treaty

 Maori, English

Fighting, Trading, Sharing

Weighted unjust biased uneven

Agreement.

WALT: learn

WALT: learn!

We will know we are successful when we agree to:

• Believe in ourselves,
• Take risks in our learning,
• Manage self,
• Display leadership / initiative,
• Show integrity,
• Strive for excellence,
• Take responsibility for our learning,
• Set challenging learning goals,
• Learn from our mistakes,
• Show determination in all situations,
• Work in unity,
• Know ourselves as a learner,
• Think happy thoughts (positivity is the key!),
• Respect others’ rights to learn, to feel safe and to be respected,
• Practice being a responsible digital citizen.

Reflective Questions to answer:

1. How do you feel about these agreements? What parts of it do you particularly like? Dislike? Why? I do like the that you learn from your mistakes.
2. Which agreements will find easy to follow? Why? 
3. Believe in ourselves, because it is fall.
4. Which agreements will you find difficult to follow? Why?
5. Strive for excellence, because it is hard to do.
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Art

 WALT: use colour effectively. This is my art. I had to take a photo of myself and print it and cut it out. I put it on a black pieced of paper and drawled round it and cut it out. I stuck it on the coloured paper. My picture is fantastic because it's got 6 colours and a big me in the middle.