Reading | Mrs Twit

LI: To novel study.

This week for reading we were reading to our expectations. 'My expectation was up to the end of Mrs. Twit gets a stretching'. The book I chose was called 'The Twits'. The Twits is about two partners that are twits. Mr and Mrs Twit are horrible people. This week we started our novel activities. I chose 'Describe a Character', and my character that I chose was Mrs. Twit. I described her personality, appearance and explained a bit about her. I enjoyed writing about Mrs. Twit.

Kiwi Sport | Tennis

LI: To learn the basic grip on a tennis racket.

This week was our first session of kiwi sport. We are learning how to play tennis with Coach Peter. We started with a warm up.

In our pairs one person had to drop a tennis ball and the other person had to try and catch the ball. The person trying to catch the ball had to position the palm of their hands facing the ground and had to flip their hand to catch the ball. This warmed up our reactions. We then did the activity.

For the activity we were learning about the forehand and backhand technique. The forehand is when you place your dominant hand (the hand you write with) on the bottom of the tennis racket. The backhand is when you place your other hand above your dominant hand.

Cybersmart | Legal & Illegal Images

LI: To understand the legal use of images.

This week for cybersmart we were learning about legal and illegal use of images. We first had to define what legal and illegal mean. Legall means when you have the right to use something and illegal means when you don't have the right to use something. We had to find two illegal and legal websites of images. Two legal websites are: Pixabay & StockVault. Two illegal websites are: Flickr (some photos) & Shutterstock. For the legal box we had to add in one example of a legal to use image and for the illegal box we had to add two illegal to use images.

Maori

LI: To learn new Maori words.

This week for Maori we translated Maori words into English words. We had to translate a short scene to English because it was in Maori.We also translated questions and answering them.  We had to answer these following questions: Who is your friend?, Who are your friends?, Who is your grandmother? Who is your grandfather?, Who is your mother?, Who is your father?, Who is your brother?, Who is your sister? and Who is your older sibling? I enjoyed today's Maori session.

Kiwi Can

LI: To learn how to respect ourselves and others people.

This week for kiwi can we were learning about how to take the responsibility of a leader. For our energizer we played a game that had four challenges but we had done only two of the challenges.

There was one leader of a group and they went up to Ms. Mack to get the challenge. Our first challenge was a taking steps forward, taking steps backwards, hoping backwards and hoping forwards. We did manage to get the challenge at the end. For the next challenge we had to change leaders. Our challenge was to spell 'RESPECTFUL' with our group. I said "R-E", Jaylee said "S-P", John said "E-C", Joshua said "T-F" and Kruse said "U-L".

We then had a talk about strengths. We had to name the things we are good at or our strengths. I think that I am a little bit good at Netball.

After that we went on with our activity which was called 'Human Knot'. We had to get into two groups and make a circle. We had to hold hands with someone, but we couldn't hold hands with the people beside us. We then made a knot with our hands then had to try and untangle ourselves. My group didn't manage to untangle the knot but the other group did. I think one of the major things we needed to do more was communicate with eachother.

We still had some time left so we had played GKQ (General Knowledge Questions). We played master. Ayden started us off and Bella ended the game.

Catchphrase - "Kiwi Can says, Respect ourselves, Eat healthy, And rest well.

Commenting

LI: To give feedback to someone's blogpost.

This week for commenting I decided to comment on Alayah's blogpost about Maori. I like how she added what she did in order. I think she needed to add what sources she got the Maori words from. I asked her if she enjoyed the activity. I've done the activity too with my group.

SSR Selfie

LI: To summarise and retell a text.

This week for SSR Selfie I read a book called 'The Taming of the Shrew'. It is a Shakespeare story. I enjoy reading Shakespeare stories because they are interesting. The Taming of the Shrew is a story about a girl named Katherina who is a shrew and is really moody. Petruchio wants to marry Katherina. Bianca who is Katherina's little sister can't marry anyone until Katherina has got married.

Inquiry | Businesses

LI: To learn the differences between good and services.

This week for inquiry we had to catagorise businesses into what we think it should go in. We made groups of eight then divided it. We got many businesses to catagorise and had to take a photo of each group. After that we catagorised it again but in two groups which were: Goods & Services. Goods is when you can leave with something in your hand physically. Service is when you give a business money or something and they pay you back by doing something for you. They don't give you something physicall though.

Writing | Recount

LI: To practise writing recounts.

This week for writing we had to practise writing recounts for the test. We wrote two recounts and we edited one version. I tried to add more advanced words to my writing. The structure of a recount is TREE (Title, Reveal, Events & Ending). I wrote about the last netball game of the season.

Basic Facts Boxes

LI: To remember basic maths facts.

Today I decided to do basic facts boxes up to twenty. The time I got was three minutes and fifty four seconds. To do the speed demon challenge we had to time ourselves and try to beat our previous time. I found the activity quite easy.

Orchestra Trip

LI: To watch an Orchestra performance.

This week on Wednesday a group of lucky students had an opportunity to watch a live performance of an Orchestra. When we reached the place we were early so we waited. After a few minutes we finally got into the theatre and the show was about to start. There were many people playing different instruments. There were four aeriel dancers telling a story with just their actions and they didn't use words. It was an amazing performance and I enjoyed the show.

Kiwi Can

LI: To learn about respect.

This week for kiwi can we were learning about respect. We discussed what we did last week. Our energizer was "Versus". Mr. Sumanu and Ms. Matt said two different things in the same category and we had to chose what we like better then move to that side. We had to give a reason as to why we chose that one. We had to try and give better reasoning than the other group. We got tied twice. I enjoyed the kiwi can session because it was fun.

Maori | Wiki Rua

LI: To finish tasks that relate to Maori.

This week for Maori we had to complete the tasks from last week. We finished all of our tasks so we did an extra task which was Wiki Rua. We had to translate the English countries/cities into Maori. We worked in the same group as last week. My group and I used the Maori dictionary to find out what the countries/cities Maori name was.

Reading

This week for reading we had to make bookmarks about what we think a good reader has, uses or does. Each one of us picked a Roald Dahl book to read and I chose 'The Twits'. We made the bookmarks so that we could keep track of what page we are up to. Every week we have an expectation to read. 

Maths | Research

LI: To research.

This week for maths we were researching the meaning and function of twenty one words to make a prediction of what we will be studying over the next couple of weeks. We worked in three groups. In my group there were Sione and Sulia. Our prediction was that we were going to study planes but we are actually going to study planes and aerodynamic using paper planes.

Commenting

LI: To give feedback to people.

Today I decided to comment on Sulia's blogpost about reading. I asked her is she liked the activity. I gave her feedback about how she should add how she felt. I enjoyed commenting on Sulia's blogpost because I like helping friends.

Basic Facts Boxes

LI: To remember basic maths facts.

Today I did basic facts boxes up to twenty. My time I got was three minutes and seven seconds. I did the speed demon challenge. Speed demon is timing yourself to get faster at basic facts. Our challenge for speed demon is to get a faster time than before. 

SSR Selfie

LI: To summarise and retell a text.

Today I read 'Heat'. It was about how what heat is, how we use heat, the sources of heat, the flow of heat, expansion and contraction, conduction, convection and radiation and conducters and insulators. The author is Joseph Mudthun and the illistrator is Samuel Hiti. I found out that Iron melts at 3000 degrees Fahrenheit.

Inquiry | Companies

LI: To learn what business and enterprise is.

This week for inquiry we learnt the definition of enterprise and business. The meaning of enterprise is a project or undertaking, especially a bold of complex one. Business is a company that trades or exchanges for something in return. We had to find minimum fifty or maximum one hundred companies or more by the end of this week in a group of three. We had to add what the price range is and what they sell.

Writing | A Lifetime Fortune

LI: To revise the stucture of a recound and reafferm the marking criteria.

This week for writing we were practising recounts for the test week. We wrote an imaginative recount about winning a million dollars. My title was: 'A Lifetime Fortune'. We also rated our writing. I gave myself R4's for all the things that we were looking for. All together I got 28.

Ideas:
R3 for ideas is: You listed what you bought. R4 for ideas is: You listed what you got but also added a short discription of why. R5 for ideas is: You explained what you bought, added a backstory to it, why you bought is and also added feeling to it.

Structure & Language:
R3 for S&L is: Your structure is TREE. R4 for S&L is: You used TREE and had a better title. R5 for S&L is: You explained who, when and where in the reveal using better detail.

Organisation:
R3 for org is: You don't have paragraphs but somethings in the right place. R4 for org is: You don't have paragraphs but everything is in the right place. R5 for org is: You have paragraphs and everything is in the right place.

Vocabulary:
R3 for vocab is: You used normal everyday language. R4 for vocab: You have some presise language. R5 for vocab: You have presise language everywhere in your paragraphs.

Spelling:
R3 for spelling: You can spell playing, walking, friend, where and outside. R4 for spelling is: You can spell multiple words correctly. R5 for spelling is: You can spell everything correctly.

Punctuation:
R3 for punctuation is: You only use full stops. R4 for punctuation is: You use full stops, commas, speech marks, explanation point and question marks. R5 for punctuation is: You use correct punctuation.

Sentences:
R3 for sentence is: 80% simple sentences and 20% compound and complex sentences. R4 for sentence is: Variety is used properly. R5 for sentence is: Compound or complex sentence then used simple sentences for effect.

Reading

LI: To build knowledge of vocabulary and links words create to the wider world.

This week for reading we had to build our vocabulary and links words create to the wider world. In our reading groups we had a task to complete two slides of the vocabulary builder and the poetic verse and rap lyric. For the vocabulary builder we had to write the label or the name of the object or word on the DLO it says 'Glasses' so our object is glasses, then we had to write the use of the word/object which in this case is to help us have better vision, after that we had to link the word/object with the association our one is: eyes and glasses because they go together, then we had to write the similarity or difference our one is: they have lenses, finally we ad the multiple meaning which is glass on the floor. 

Maths

LI: To recall skills and knowledge for addition, subtraction, multiplication, fraction and place value.

This week for maths we were practising our maths knowledge and skills. We practised: Adding and Subtracting decimal numbers, adding and subtracting time, times tables, grouping/division, calculating area and perimeter and identifying fractions of sets. The strategies we used were: Basic Facts, Tidy numbers, Place Value, Repeated Addition, Rounding & Compensating, Written Algorithm and Reversing. How to reverse: For example you have an equation which is: 55 -  32 = ?. You reverse the question which is: 32 + ? = 55. 2 + 3 = 5. 30 + 20 = 50. 20 + 3 = 23. 55 - 32 = 23.

Maori

This week for our first session of Maori we did a rotation. We had to get into groups of six and they were the people that we were going to stay with for all of the Maori sessions.

My group started with Whaea Odie. We got asked questions like: Ko wai to koe? (Who is your friend?), Ko wai tou ingoa? (What is your name?), Ko wai au? (Who am I?) & Ko wai to matua? (Who are your parents or mama/papa?).

Our second rotation was Whakapakehatia. For Whakapakehatia we had to translate sentences that were in Maori into English. The first scene was about Sione getting invited to breakfast by his friends mum and dad and the second scene was about Haami's brother Nui meeting Sione.

The third rotation was Kopu. We had to complete a digital work sheet were we had to find a translation of what the words mean.

Our fourth rotation was activity. We had to complete a table with mixed up definitions of Maori gods and we had to write down what we thought the god meant, then insert the real defition.

Kiwi Can

This week for our first session of kiwi can for the term we were introduced to a new theme and teacher. Our teacher called Mr. Semanu. Our new theme was respect and our topic was respect for ouselves. We started of with a short recap of what our theme was last term. After that we moved on to our energizer.

For our energizer we played this listening game were Mr. Lati and Mr. Semanu said: 'Orange, Apple & Banana'. When they said 'Apple' we had jump forward, for 'Orange' we had to jump backwards and for 'Banana we had to do a 180° turn. After that we had a talk about how we respect ourselves then we got into our activity.

Our activity was called 'One truth and One lie'. We had two minutes to think of a lie and a truth that is hard to guess the truth. Some people went on the steps to present their truth and lie and the rest of us had to go on a side of the room and we got on point if we got it correct. I learnt that Mr. Ogilvie has played golf with Tiger Woods, Mr. Sumanu knows how to dance & Mr. Lati is 32 years old.

I enjoyed this weeks session of kiwi can and I learnt new things about Mr. Lati, Mr. Sumanu and Mr. Ogilvie.

SSR Selfie | The World's Most Amazing Battle Facts

Today I completed the SSR Selfie can-do. The objective of the SSR Selfie can-do is to learn how to summarise or retell a text. The book I read was called: 'The World's Most Amazing Battle Facts'. The book was very interesting and I learn many new things about battle facts. One thing I learned was that: In WWI a pitbull terrier names Stubby was awarded two medals for warning toops of a gas attack and for holding a German spy until American troops arrived.

LI: To summarise and retell a text.