Class Blogpost | Inquiry

My class blogpost for inquiry can be found here.

Class Blogpost | Kiwi Sport

My class blogpost for kiwi sport can be found here.

Touch Rugby | Planting the Ball

This week, we learnt how to plant the ball during our touch rugby kiwi sport session.

First, we got into groups behind a cone. One person from the teams had the ball, and the another person was following the person with the ball. We planted the ball at four different cones and the person behind us was dummy-half. 

After that, we practised touching people in a game. For the game, there was a non-bib group and a bib group. Each team had a certain amount of rugby balls and we needed to tag the people in the opposite team who had a rugby ball. If we got tagged we needed to plant the ball and go for a person who has a ball.

Lastly, we practiced being offence and defence. At first it was one vs one. A person from the defensive team tried to prevent the offensive team from getting a try.

I enjoyed this weeks session, but found it easy because I have played touch before.

LI: To learn skills in touch rugby.

Class Blogpost | Writing

My class blogpost for Mr Wongs writing tasks can be found here.

Class Blogpost | Reading

My class blogpost for Mr Wong's reading tasks can be found here.

Class Blogpost | Maths

My class blogpost for Mr Ogilvie's maths can be found here.

Comment Thread

Today I commented on Chisa's blogpost about her narrative. The commenting thread process is to look at talking about the learning that the person has blogged about. To keep the conversation going, we use open and closed questions. Comment threading is a good way to learn more about a persons knowledge on a topic. Comment threading can benefit you because you can share and learn new information about the topic.

Comment thread: https://pbschisau.blogspot.com/2020/10/writing-narrative.html?showComment=1603934329285#c7110949622692556724

LI: To create a comment thread.

Shelters | Inquiry

Emergency shelters are made incase of an emergency or evacuation. They help people to be safe in certain scenarios.

The Smart Shields company has created a shelter that is wind resistant. It is made from PE coated material and steel making it protective. It can stay standing even when the wind is 300kph, which means that the shelter is very strong. The shelter is solely focused on wind resistance which means that it doesn't protect people from different disasters.

The CTCN company created a shelter that protects against extreme and sudden weather change. The shelter can resist floods because it is made out of layers of thick concrete. The entrance is made from metal shutters which prevent water from leaking through the shelter.

Fire shelters are used as a last choice against wildfires. The aluminuim foil bag is heat and fire resistant. These shelters can be resistant up to 2,000 degrees for a minute. The shelter is only good for fires because if another natural disaster occured, it won't protect people from that type of disaster.

Shelters against storms are built underground because storms travel from the ground and up which is why it can protect people from storms. It is made from iron and steel. The shelter has a ventilation system. This shelter is also protective of tornadoes, hurricanes and strong wind.

Shelters are designed to protect people from different things. Some shelters don't necessarily protect people from natural disasters.

LI: To research emergency shelters.

Maori

This week, we translated words from Te Reo Maori to English. 

First, we learnt the meaning of 'roto, waho, runga, raro, mua and muri'. Roto means in, waho means out, runga means up, raro means down, mua means forward and muri means backward.

We completed a kupu revision. We translated some words that were about size, bodies of water and food. 

After that, we translated some different Maori words like places, bodies of water and food. We looked at learning the geographic features that are in Maori.

I enjoyed this activity and found translating the words harder.

LI: To revise and translate words from Te Reo Maori.

What on Earth is That? | SSR Selfie

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: 'What on Earth is That?'. The book was interesting and entertaining. This book was about the different types of animals that look weird.

LI: To summarise and retell a text.

Speed Demon Challenge | Basic Fact Boxes

Today I completed basic fact boxes up to 100. The objective of this challenge is to get quick at answering basic fact questions. I answered the equations in 3 minutes and 7 seconds. I have done better than last time. I think that I can do better and get faster at basic fact boxes.

LI: To rapidly recall basic facts. 

Narrative | Writing

Narratives are fictional stories. Narratives tend to use past tense and third person narration. The structure of a narrative is TOPES.

TOPES stand for Title, Orientation, Problem, Events and Solution. 

A title is a short phrase that talks about the main idea. 

Orientation introduces who, when, where and what. 

The problem is something that goes wrong in the story. 

The events are the steps taken to lead to a solution. 

The solution talks about the last steps for the solution and the new normal.

To plan a narrative, people usually brainstorm what the narrative is about first. Then people start to get ideas of who the characters will be, the problem and the solution. People think about how they introduce the characters and setting the scene. The solution can either fail or succeed.

To write a narrative, people write sentences and paragraphs that are inspired by their ideas.

It is important to understand the process of writing and planning a narrative because it can expand someones knowledge and bring out their ideas. 

LI: To write a narrative.

Novel Study | Matilda

Matilda is a book about a young girl, whose parents neglect her. Whenever they are noticing her, its for a bad cause.

Matilda's parents aren't much like the everyday parents. Everyday parents normally want their children to get educated and encourage them to have manners, whereas Matilda's parents want Matilda to eat on a dinner tray and watch TV all day. Matilda wasn't in her double digits and she could cook for herself, read adult books etc.

When Mr Wormwood (Matilda's father) finally let Matilda go to school, the school she went to looked more like a prison than anything Crunchem Hall Primary School. The brick walls were old and mucky. Matilda was in a classroom and had met a teacher; Miss Honey. Miss Honey is a very kind teacher, unlike the head mistress of Crunchem Hall.

Matilda is a book, that is suitable for kids and adults. It is also very interesting and funny.

LI: To study a novel.

Medicine | Maths

Maths is used in almost every job. The jobs that use maths a lot are: medicine, science, engineering etc. Some jobs don't use maths a lot, they can just use basic addition or multiplication.

In the medical field, maths is important. Medicine requires people to be good at: measuring, trigonometry, algebra etc. 

Measuring means to find out the amount, size or level of something. Trigonometry means to handle the relation of sides and angles of a triangle. Algebra means to find out what certain symbols represent. 

Understanding how to use maths can help people to find a job in the medical field and to help people get better or prevent getting sick.

LI: To identify the maths used in jobs.

Class Blogpost | Maths

My class blogpost for maths can be found here.

Kiwi Sport | Touch Rugby

This week, we were learning how to get used to the ball and how to do the major skills in touch rugby.

First, we warmed up by playing rats and rabbits. Once we touched the person, we yelled 'touch'. 

After that, we practised tapping the ball, scoring a try and throwing the ball. We practised this by running to a cone then tapping the ball, running to another cone then scoring a try and then throwing the ball over our head on the last cone.

Lastly, we practised passing the ball, scoring a try and catching the ball. There was the offensive team, and there was a defence team. We got the ball and when the defensive person tried to touch us but before they could, we passed the ball to our partner and scored a try.

I found this session easy because I have played touch rugby before.

LI: To practise the basic skills in Touch rugby.

Class Blogpost | Writing

My class blogpost for writing can be found here.

Class Blogpost | Reading

My class blogpost for reading can be found here.

Commenting Thread

Commenting threads are a continuous conversation that consists of greeting, feedback and an open question.

Commenting threads help to unlock more knowlegde and information about the work to the reader and establish a new understanding of their work. By answering open questions they can give more detail.

The comment thread shown below was very interesting and I learned new things about weight.

Link to blogpost: https://pbsfarzanaf.blogspot.com/search?q=weight

LI: To create a comment thread.

Basic Fact Boxes

Today I completed basic fact boxes up to 100. The objective of this challenge is to get quick at answering basic fact questions. I answered the equations in 2 minutes and 25 seconds. I think that I can do better and get faster at basic fact boxes.

LI: To rapidly recall basic facts.

SSR Selfie | The BFG

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 BFG'. The book was interesting and entertaining. This book was about how the BFG took Sophie away from her dorm.

LI: To summarise and retell a text.

Narrative | Plan

This week, we were learning how to create a plan for a narrative.

First, we reminded ourselves of the structure of a narrative (TOPES). TOPES stand for title, orientation, problem, events and solution. In the orientation, you need to answer: who?, when?, where?, and what?. The problem needs to talk about something that goes wrong. The solution is the last things that the characters do to solve the problem. A solution can either fail or succeed.

After that, we watched two short films and tried to identify the structure of the movie. Both of the movie's structure lasted for a very different amount of time.

Lastly, we brainstormed an idea to write a narrative about. We could only make the story one A4 page. The film had to be 30s minimum and 2m maximum. My idea was about Mahdi voting for National during elections.

I enjoyed brainstorming ideas and planning my narrative.

LI: To write a short story that can be made into a short film.

Experimenting | Insulation

Insulasion helps to keep heat contained or controlled.

Plastic, paper and tin have the same average cooling rate. Whereas glass has an average cooling rate of 9. Polystyrene has an average of 8 as the cooling rate. Having a lower number for the average cooling rate means that the material is good at insulating, but having a higher number means that the material is bad at insulating.

Plastic has a zero average heat rate which means that plastic is a good insulator. Paper and polystyrene have the same heat rate of two. A glass's heat rate has an average of 3.5. Having a lower number as the average heat rate means that the material is good at insulating and having a higher number also means that the materal is bad at insulating.

For cool insulation, if the tempature warms up quickly it also means that it has bad isulation. This is because the heat is coming in and the coldness is not contained. A good insulator for the cold is: plastic.

It is important to know the differences between heat insulation and cool insulation because it can help people identify whether something has a bad insulation or a good insulation.

LI: To determine the insulative properties of materials.

Commenting Thread | Maths

A comment thread is conversation taken place in the comment section. The structure of a comment thread is: greeting, positive feedback and an open question.

An open question is a question that needs a longer answer than 'no' or 'yes'. The comment thread was based on the maths work.

 Using the proper maths terminoligy was part of this activity. One example is, proper names for the strategies.

Comment threading can unlock more knowledge behind the work put into the blogpost.

Comment thread: https://pbsdavidh.blogspot.com/2020/10/interpreting-data-frequency.html?showComment=1603226518259#c2180805287647441954

LI: To create a comment thread using the correct mathematical terminology.

Kupu | Te Reo Maori

Our session with Whaea Odie was about translating the Maori words into English.

We did our daily routine with the questions 'He aha te ra? (What is the date today?)'  'Kei te pehea koe? (How are you doing?)' and 'He aha te huarere? (How is the weather today?)'.

We translated the Maori words into English. We translated the words we already knew about and used the Maori Dictionary to translate the words we didn't know. We also matched the cards that had a certain feeling or weather to the image.

I enjoyed today's session and learnt new words in Maori.

LI: To translate the different Maori words.

Matilda | Novel Study

Matilda is a book about a girl who's parents aren't the best. Her parent's don't like books and watch the T.V all day. She hasn't yet discovered that she is special.

Matilda's parents are mean and don't like how Matilda reads books. Whenever Mr Wormwood sees Matilda reading a book, he gets infuriated. Mr Wormwood rips the pages out of Matilda's books that she borrows from the library.

Matilda tricked her parents into thinking there was a ghost intruder in the house. She made a deal with her friend around the corner to borrow his parrot. She came up with an idea to get bck at her parents. She would get the parrot and the parrot has a human-like voice, so whenever the parrot would talk, it would seem as if there is someone in the house. Matilda put the parrot in the chimney where it wasn't visible and she waited. The family got scared and thought someone was intruding. 

Matilda is a book, that is suitable for kids and adults. It is also very interesting and funny.

LI: To study a novel.

Commenting Thread

Commenting threads are a continuous conversation that consists of greeting, feedback and an open question.

I started this comment thread and ended it. It was a very interesting comment thread and I learnt new things.

Commenting threads help to unlock more knowlegde and information about the work to the reader and establish a new understanding of their work. By answering open questions they can give more detail.

LI: To unlock new information by comment threading.

Kiwi Sport | Touch Rugby

Our kiwi sport was touch. We learned how to play touch by practising the basics. The point of this session was to build confidence with a rugby ball.

First, we learned how to get familiar with the ball. We each got a ball and threw the ball up in the air and walked from one side of the court to another. This helped us to move around because in touch, it is important to run and catch the ball.

Next, we learned how to catch and pass the ball. A technique we used to catch the ball was to make a 'W' shape with our hands. To pass the ball, we needed to aim the pass to the 'W'.

After that, we practised all of the skills we learned by playing a game. In the game, there were different coloured hoops and we ran around with a ball in our hands. Our partners were following us and when Mr Ogilvie blew the whistle and shouted a colour, we put the ball down and our partners needed to pick up the ball. This allowed us to move to the nearest hoop and our partners passed the ball to us. We timed this activity and our time we got for one hoop was 9.04s. For two coloured hoops we got 20s

I enjoyed this session and thought that it was easy because I have played touch before.

LI: To build confidence with a rugby ball.

Class Blog Post | Experiments

My class blog post for inquiry can be found here.

Commenting Thread | Informal & Formal

Commenting threads are a continuous conversation that consists of greeting, feedback and an open question.

I commented on Mahdi's blogpost about his writing. I started the comment thread by asking him where he would use formal and informal language. I liked how Mahdi included what formality helps with.

Commenting threads help to unlock more knowlegde and information about the work to the reader and establish a new understanding of their work. By answering open questions they can give more detail.

Here is the link to the comment thread: https://pbsmahdif.blogspot.com/2020/10/writing-formal-and-informal-language.html?showComment=1602717025269#c7816525679840591302

LI: To create a comment thread.

Basic Fact Boxes

Today I completed basic fact boxes up to 100. The objective of this challenge is to get quick at answering basic fact questions. I answered the equations in 3 minutes and 8 seconds. I think that I can do better and get faster at basic fact boxes. 

LI: To rapidly recall basic facts.

SSR Selfie | The Twits

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 Twits'. The book was very funny and entertaining. This book was about how Mr and Mrs Twit pranked each other and played nasty tricks. They are very mean and hideous people.

LI: To summarise and retell a text.

Commanding Conversation

The commanding conversation activity encourages people to write a conversation. We observed the image and came up with a conversation. My conversation was about a girl needing help to find a toilet.

LI: To write descriptive conversations.

Inquiry | Experiments

This week, our session was about applying experiments to get a quality result.

First, we looked at the procedure and saw that the procedure was not specific enough, because of this, we needed to add more detail. We added more detail by specifying how much water we use and how much material we needed.

Next, we chose the materials that we wanted to experiment on. The materials that we could chose were: nappies, cotton, rocks, sand and paper towels. My group chose the cotton material. The experiment was about what material can absorb the most water. 

We then prepared our experiment. We measured 100ml of water inside a beaker, got a tote tray to prevent spillage, and weighed our material to get 50g worth of cotton.

After getting the experiment ready, we started. We poured the water on the cotton and once all of the water was poured, we let the cotton absorb. Then, we took out the cotton and put the excess water in a beaker. We measured the excess water. Our experiment had the results of: 64ml was aborbed and 36ml was not absorbed. 

I enjoyed this experiment and learnt how to conduct an experiment. I also learnt that cotton is an absorbent material.

LI: To determine the absorbency of different materials using experimental materials.

Written Algorithm | Strategies

Written algorithm is a step by step process which uses place values to find an answer. Written algorithm can use all of the operations which are: addition (+), subtration (-), multiplication (x) and division (÷).

An algorithms structure has one number on top of the other number, an operation symbol to the left of a number and a line under the numbers which seperates the answer to the equation. The answer (once figured out) is put under the line in place value order.

To solve the problem, add the ones first, if the ones add up to a ten or over, carry the ten to the tens column by placing a small one on top of the tens column. Then add the tens, if the tens added up together, create a hundred or more, repeat the same process. For example: 7392 + 3829 = ????. 2+9=11. 90+20+10=120. 300+800+100=1200. 7000+3000+1000=11,000. Then add them all together. 11,000 + 200 + 20 + 1 = 11,221. 

To solve a problem with subtraction, start with an equation. For example: 7642 - 3877 = ???. First give 1000 from the 7000 to 600 because it is not possible to subtract 800 from 600. Then it makes 16, which represents 1600. Then give one hundred from the 600 to the 40 which will make 140 because it also isn't possible to subtract 70 from 40. Give ten from the 40 to the 2 which makes 12. Start subtracting: 12 - 7 = 5. 130 - 70 = 60. 1500 - 800 = 700. 6000 - 3000 = 3000. Then add: 3000 + 700 + 60 +5 = 3765.

Written algorithm is a good strategy to use when solving both complex and simple problems. When someone understands how to use written algorithm fast, they can use place values and solve problems in their head. 

LI: To improve on a skill in maths which is substantial to you.

Te Tinana | Maori

Our session with Whaea Odie was about learning the different names of body parts in Maori. 

We did our daily routine with the questions 'He aha te ra? (What is the date today?)'  'Kei te pehea koe? (How are you doing?)' and 'He aha te huarere? (How is the weather today?)'.

We matched the Maori transalated body parts to the English names,  We highlighted the words that we already knew meant to see how many Maori body parts we knew. 

We used the head, shoulders, knees and toes song in Maori to help us with identifying the body parts.

I enjoyed this task, but found it hard because Maori isn't my first language.

LI: To learn the Maori words for body parts.

Novel Study | Matilda

Matilda is a book based on a little girl who grew up with bad influencers. Matilda had yet to know that she was a special girl. She loved books, and would read many chapter books that had about 500 pages in a span of a week.

Her parents disagree with Matilda and think's that she shouldn't read books. Mr Wormwood (Matilda's father), was a very horrid person and owned a car dealer shop. Mr Wormwood would use stolen car pieces to put on the cars and sell them for a very unfair amount of money. Matilda tries to tell his dad that the way he makes money is dishonest.

Matilda loved books so much that she started to walk to the library every day by herself at the age of four. The librarian was very shocked to see that a girl so young has come without parental supervision. As time passes Matilda manages to read every childrens book and starts to read the adults books. 

Matilda wants to teach her father a lesson because of all the wrong he has cause her. 

LI: To study a novel.

Formal & Informal | Language & Situation

Formality is the requirement to follow etiquette. Formal is where the things need to be done by the rules or something that is done in an orderly form. Informal is where something doesn't need to be done properly or doesn't need to be followed by the rules. There are two areas of informality and formality. They are: situation and language.

Formal language uses words that do not sound right in an informal conversation such as: greetings, hello or good morning. Informal language is more relaxed, and uses words that are not appropiate for formal conversations such as: sup, cuz, ghee or wasuuuuuuuuuup.

Formal situations are scenarios that are important. For example, a formal situation is: assembly or a conference. Informal situations are scenarios that are not as important as a formal situation is. For example: park with friends or dinner with parents. 

By understanding formality people can learn when to use the levels of formality during formal situations like speaking to a person with a higher social status.

LI: To identify formal and informal language