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.