Summer Learning Journey|Comment 2|Chris

LI: To comment on blogs. This week for Summer Learning Journey commented I decided to comment on Chris's blog. Chris did activity 2 of day 4 of week 1. I really wanted to try pasta salad.Chris did wonderful work on the Summer Learning Journey activity. I had fun commenting on Chris's blog.

Summer Learning Journey|Something Smells Fishy...|True Or False?

Fish Fact 1. The oldest known fish in the world is a 65 year old Australian lungfish. FALSE

Fish Fact 2. Sharks are the only fish that have eyelids. FALSE

Fish Fact 3. Starfish are a type of fish. FALSE

Fish Fact 4. Fish communicate with each other by making low-pitched sound (moans, hisses, etc) TRUE

Fish Fact 5. Fish usually swim together in groups called 'classes'. TRUE

LI: To find out if facts about fish are true or false. This week for day 1, activity 3 of week 2 of Summer Learning Journey, we had to write 5 fish facts and beside it we had to write if it was true or false. This activity was worth 10 points. This activity was sort of hard, because we had to find out if the facts were true or false.

Summer Learning Journey|The Great Taupo Cycle Challenge

List Of Three People I Want On My "Lake Taupo Cycle Race" & Why.
My Cousin Sami- He is very strong.
My Cousin Farzana- She is fill of energy.
My Cousin Mahdia- She is very fast.

LI: To list three people you want to have on your "Lake Taupo Cycle Race". This week for day 1, activity 2 of week 2 of Summer Learning Journey, we had to list three people we want to have on our "Lake Taupo Cycle Race" and why. This activity was worth 4 points. I had fun listing three people I wanted to have on my "Lake Taupo Cycle Race".

Summer Learning Journey|Surfs Up!|Favorite Summer Activity

LI: To post a image of yourself doing your favorite summer activity. This week for day 1, activity 1 of week 2 of Summer Learning Journey, we had to post a picture of us doing our favorite activity in the summer and tell why its our favorite. This activity was worth 4 points.

My favorite activity is playing in the trampoline, because you can do many cool tricks and you might not get hurt.

Summer Learning Journey|Going, going....gone|Life In New Zealand In 2018

Photo by Nzwj (CC BY-SA 3.0)
New Zealand is a country that has really nice nature. There are a lot of structures builders worked hard on. There are around 4.794 million people in New Zealand. Life in New Zealand is just amazing and nice and simple. Its mostly sunny and cloudy. On sunny and cloudy days my family and I would mostly go to the beach. The beaches are really nice. Most beaches has calm waves. We would go shopping, go to restaurants and more. You can learn about lots of things in New Zealand. Many different cultures, religions and more are accepted in New Zealand for who they are. I would never leave New Zealand, because it is a lovely place.

LI: To post people a description of life in New Zealand in 2018. This week for day 5, activity 3 of week 1 of Summer Learning Journey, we had to post a description about life in New Zealand in 2018. We could add images that were attributed. Since there were people that haven't been to New Zealand, we had to paint a picture using words. This activity was worth 10 points.

Summer Learning Journey|Living On The Edge|Letter To Cousin

Dear Farzana,
Are you having fun, because I am. It's really cold, dry and treeless around here. I've been seeing some animals I didn't know existed. They look amazing. There are a lot of animals that have been migrating and hibernating. The animals here have small tails and ears, which helps them to loose the heat in the coldness. Some of the animals change their coats/colours into white, so that they can blend into winter. Did you know that Tundra comes from a Finnish word tunturi. This actually means barren land. The plants here grow together, so they can be safe/protected from the winds which are icy. Thank you for reading this letter.

Your Sincerely
Sakina.

LI: To write a letter to a family member or a friend about your experience at Tundra. This week for day 5, activity 2 of week 1 of Summer Learning Journey, we had to write a letter to your best friend or a family member. I decided to write a letter to my cousin, Farzana. This activity was worth 4 points. I had a lot of fun writing a letter about my experience.

Summer Learning Journey|Blink and You'll Miss It|Logging Arguement

LI: To tell whether we should allow logging in New Zealand or not. This week for day 5, activity 1 of week 1 of Summer Learning Journey, we had to tell people whether we should allow logging in New Zealand or not and why. I don't think that we should allow logging native trees in New Zealand. My first reason is that the animals wouldn't have anywhere to live, so they have to find new homes. My other reason is that it can ruin our home/environment. This activity was worth 4 points.

Summer Learning Journey|Salt & Pepper|Hotels|Bonus Points

LI: To create a room for your hotel. This week for day 4, activity 3 of week 1 of Summer Learning Journey, we had to tell where we would construct our hotel and what we would use to construct it. I would construct my hotel somewhere near the beach. I would use sand to construct my hotel. This activity was worth 5 points. We could get a bonus point if we created one of the rooms of our hotel. I had a lot of fun creating a room of my hotel.

Summer Learning Journey|Pancakes & Maple Syrup?

LI: To write the recipe of your favourite food. This week for day 4, activity 2 of week 1 of Summer Learning Journey, we had to write the recipe of our favourite food. My favourite food is waffles with chocolate syrup and ice cream. This activity was worth 4 points. For this activity I enjoyed it, because I could tell everyone my favourite food and the recipe to it.

Ingredients: 
2 cups of all-purpose flour            2 eggs

1 teaspoon of salt                         1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

4 teaspoons of baking powder     1 1/2 cups of butter that is melted

2 tablespoons of white sugar       1 1/2 cup of warm milk

Whipped Cream                          Chocolate Syrup                         
                   
Steps:
First preheat the waffle iron to the temperature you want.

Then mix in the salt, flour, baking powder and sugar together.

In a different bowl stir the eggs.

Pour in the milk, vanilla extract and the melted butter into the bowl with the eggs.

Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.

Stir until its blended.

Pour your batter into the waffle iron.

Cook the waffles till it is crispy and gold.

Put the waffles onto a plate.

Add as much whipped cream and chocolate syrup as you want.

Now its ready to eat.

Summer Learning Journey| Sir Edmund Hilary| Five Questions

LI: To ask Sir Edmund Hilary 5 questions. This week for day 4, activity 1 of week one of Summer Learning Journey, we had to ask 5 questions to Sir Edmund Hilary. We had to pretend that we were interviewing him. This activity was worth 4 points. I had fun asking Sir Edmund Hilary 5 questions.

Questions:
1. Before you climbed Mount Everest, did you think that you would get to the top?

2. Did your family want you to climb Mount Everest?

3. Why was climbing Mount Everest your achievement?

4. Did you regret climbing Mount Everest, when you were climbing?

5. Did you have fun experiencing, climbing Mount Everest with Tenzing Norgay?

Summer Learning Journey|WWF/World Wildlife Fund

LI: To learn about the World Wildlife Fund. This week for day 3, activity 3 of week 1 of Summer Learning Journey, we had to find the name of animal that WWF is working to rescue, what WWF is doing to help the animal and what success they had keeping the animal safe. First we watched one of two clips. One was about saving tigers and the other was about "Saimaa Ringed Seals". The WWF was rescuing "Saimaa Ringed Seals". WWF was building snowbanks to help the endangered freshwater seals for them to give birth to pups. If there wasn't any snowbank, them the pups will not have any safety. The pups had to be born in snowbanks. This activity was worth 10 points. This activity was sort of hard and fun at the same time.

Summer Learning Journey|The Secretive Skink|DOC Rangers

LI: To list the pros and cons about DOC Rangers. This week for day 3, activity 2 of week 1 of Summer Learning Journey, we had to list three pros and cons of being a DOC ranger. DOC stand for Department Of Conservation. DOC rangers' job are to keep wild animals safe that are living on islands. I would not like to be a DOC ranger, because I fear wild animals and the animals might hurt me. This activity was worth 10 points. I had a lot of fun writing the pros and cons of being a DOC ranger.

Summer Learning Journey|Awesome Animals

 LI: To describe and post a description of your beast. This week for day 3, activity 1 of week 1, we had to think of our own beast. First we went on a book trailer, then we used our imaginations to create our own beast. Once we had created our beast, we needed to describe it and post a description. I chose to do a wolf's face with unicorn wings and a cats body. This activity was worth 4 points. I had lots of fun describing my beast.

Basic Facts Boxes|Addition & Subtraction

This week for basic facts boxes I decided to do addition and subtraction. The number range I did was up to 5. For basic facts boxes I did 50 addition equations and 50 subtraction equation. Altogether I did 100 equations. I had fun answering addition and subtraction equations.

SSR Selfie|Goosebumps The Scarecrow Walks At Midnight

LI: To summarise a story. This week for SSR Selfie I decided to read "Goosebumps|The Scarecrow Walks At Midnight". This story is about a girl named Jodie, who likes to go to her grandparents farm. Her grandpa tells good scary stories and her grandma makes really nice chocolate chip pancakes. Jodie's grandparent's farm looked quite different. Instead of the one scarecrow, there was twelve evil scarecrows. One day Jodie when was at the farm, it looked like the scarecrows were moving. It looked alive. 

Summer Learning Journey|Weird & Wonderful

LI: To solve a maths problem. This week for day 2, activity 2 of week 1, we solved a maths problem. The maths problem was to keep a cactus alive, you have to give it 3ml of water everyday. Over a year, how much water will you need to give your cactus plant?. First you have to count how many days in a whole year. There are 365 days in a year. After that you have to multipy 3 and 365. 3 x 365 = 1095, which means that over a year you have to give your cactus plant 1095ml of water.  This activity was worth 10 points. I enjoyed solving this maths problem.

Summer Learning Journey|Fabulous Ferns

LI: To list three sport teams that has the word fern in their team title. This week for day 2, activity 2 of week 1, we had to name three sport teams that had the word fern in their group title. We also put their uniforms beside it and wrote what uniform we like the best and why. This activity was worth 4 points. I had a lot of fun doing activity 2 of day 2.

The uniform that I like best is the silver ferns, because it has a big sign of the New Zealand leaf. The leaf actually shows since its big, unlike the others it doesn't really show, its just a small sign of the New Zealand leaf.

1. Silver Ferns 

2. Football Ferns 

3. Black Ferns 

Summer Learning Journey| Forest Life

LI: To tell if we want to go to Tāne Mahuta and why. This week for day 2, activity 1 of week 1, we told people if we wanted to go to Tāne Mahuta and why. This activity was worth 4 points. I had a lot of fun doing activity 1 of day 2.


I want to go to Tāne Mahuta, because it would be a huge experience for me. The tree looks really nice and ordinary, which is a good thing. I really want to see the tree in real life. I want to know if the tree nearly takes up the area. That is why I want to go to Tāne Mahuta.

Summer Learning Journey|Comment 1

LI: To comment on blogs. This week for Summer Learning Journey I decided to comment. I commented on Miiana's blog. Miiana was doing activity 2 of day 1 for the Summer Learning Journey. To me I think that Miiana did a great job at this activity. I had lots of fun commenting on Miiana's blog.
Here is the link- Miiana's Blog

Mahatma Gandhi's Biography | Presentation Week

 LI: To present our interactive notebook on our peaceful activist. This week for inquiry we finished of our interactive notebook on our peaceful activist. This week was presentation week. We presented our interactive notebooks on our peaceful activist. Charlize and I did Mahatma Gandhi. We presented our interactive notebook secondly. After presenting our work, we got feedback from the class and the teachers. Our feedback, was to speak loudly, don't repeat words and to not just talk about one thing.

Summer Learning Journey|Positive Digital Foot Print

LI: To be safe and positive online. This week for Summer Learning Journey day 1, activity 3 of week 1, we had to explain how we can create a positive digital footprint. We went on a google draw, which had a footprint. Inside the footprint we wrote how we can create a positive digital footprint. This activity was worth 10 points. I learnt how to be safe and positive online. I enjoyed this activity a lot.

Summer Learning Journey|Describing My Hometown

LI: To describe our Hometown. This week for Summer Learning Journey day 1, activity 2 of week 1, we had to describe our hometown. We had to use a lot of adjectives to describe our hometown. This activtiy was worth 4 points. My hometown is Auckland which I love. I enjoyed describing my hometown.

Describing My Hometown:
My hometown is wonderful. All the parks, the houses, shops, beaches are just beautiful. Auckland is a special place to live in. Everyone is just lovely and supportive in Auckland. I am really fortunate to live in Auckland. Auckland is a place, where it's filled with a lot of nature. Auckland is very fun to live in. I love Auckland a lot.

Summer Learning Journey| Three Fun Facts

LI: To learn facts about New Zealand. For day 1, activity 1 of week 1 of the Summer Learning Journey, we had to find three fun facts about New Zealand. We went on a website called "Tourism NZ website", to find our three fun facts. For this activity we would get four points. I learnt a lot of interesting facts about New Zealand. I had a lot of fun finding out facts about New Zealand.

Top 3 Fun Facts:
1. The Maori name of NZ is Aoetearoa, that means "land of the long white cloud".

2. You have to swear an oath of loyalty to Queen Eliabeth, to be a a New Zealand citizen.

3. In the Southern Hemisphere, the Sky Tower is the tallest freestanding building. It is 328 metres high.

Idioms

LI: To learn a whole bunch of idioms. This week for reading we learnt new idioms. First we got into a group. In my group I had Farzana and Chris. In our groups we found stories or articles online and offline, that had idioms. We recorded our idioms on a slide. For the slide we needed to add the idiom as the title, the definition that is copied and pasted with the link, a photo of the idiom you found in the text and the explanation of the idiom in the context. We went on two sites that had lists of idioms. We could do as many idioms as we wanted to. An example of an idiom is as busy as a bee which means very busy. If the idioms were found in the list we would get two points, but if the idioms weren't on the lists we would get one point. The group that had the highest points would win a treat. My group won, because we had 55 points. I had a lot of fun learning new idioms.

Subtraction Video

LI: To complete four tasks over four weeks. This week for maths we moved onto our last creation. I did the subtraction video. For this week we told Mr. Ogilvie what strategy we were going to do, the number range and how many equations we were going to do. The strategies I did was algorithm and numberline. The number range was up to 10,000 and I did 6 equations, because Mr. Ogilvie told me to do more equations and a higher number range. After that I moved onto the slide, then recorded.

Maori|Matching

LI: To match Maori places with their known names. This week for Maori we matched Maori places with their English meanings. We also wrote down which island it was on, like North Island or South Island.  We went on the Maori dictionary to find out what the Maori places mean. We went on the google maps to find out which Island it was on. I enjoyed matching the Maori places with their meanings and which island it is on.

Kiwi Can|Fun Week

This week for kiwi can we had Ms. Paige and Ms. Peehok. This week was fun week and the last week of kiwi can.  We recapped on our topics and theme on how we can respect it. The topics were respect for our school, community and environment and the theme was respect. We did a challenge using the catchphrases that we learnt. The first catchphrase was "kiwi can says take pride, in who you are,  respect the school and you'll go far". The next catchphrase was " kiwi can says we come in unity for our community". The last catchphrase was "kiwi can says respect our waters, air and trees and keep it tidy and keep it clean". We tried to memorise and say the catchphrases without the kiwi can leaders' help We played three games for fun week. The games we played was "invisible tag, ten second tag and octopus". We did GKQ, the master version. After that we went back to class. I enjoyed kiwi can a lot. The thing that I loved most about kiwi can was the activities and the energisers.

Commenting

LI: To learn how to smart comment. This week for commenting I decided to comment on Alayah's blog. The blogpost that I commented on was "Perfect Tenses". I think Alayah did a great job. The connection we made was that we both did perfect tenses. I liked the way Alayah added two paragraphs in her blurb and also a DLO of the perfect tenses. The advice that I gave her was that she should check her sentences before publishing. I had a lot of fun commenting on Alayah's blog.
Here is the link- Alayah's Blog

Basic Facts Boxes

LI: To learn our basic facts. This week for "Basic Facts Boxes". I decided to do addition and subtraction. I decided to do my addition and subtraction, up to 20. I answered 50 addition equations and 50 subtraction equations. Altogether I answered 100 equations. I had a lot of fun answering addition and subtraction equations.

SSR Selfie- Monster Minder

LI: To summarise text. This week for SSR Selfie I decided to read "Monster Minder". This story is about a girl called Trish who a expert with animals. Trish started her own pet sitting company. Trish's brother called Mac wanted to help, but Trish thought that Mac wasn't good at pet sitting. One day their great aunty pat sended a pet plant for Trish to sit. Trish realises that she needed Mac's help.

Maori Lessons

This week for Maori we did a matching activity. There were the meaning of the Maori place names in English, on one side and at the bottom there were the Maori place names. We had to match the Maori place names with the meanings. We went on the Maori dictionary to translate the Maori place names.

Steampunk Art

This week LS1 and I went to LS2 to do steampunk art. Steampunk art is machines are mixed with art. We drew steampunk art. We searched steampunk art to draw. We could use our imaginations if we wanted. I decided to draw a pizza with a light bulb, a bird with machines, a teddy bear with machines and more. I had a lot of fun drawing steampunk art. I think my steampunk art was bad, but at least I tried.

Blogpost Blurb|Analysing

LI: To analyse our own blog post blurbs. This week for cybersmart we analysed our blog post blurbs. First we chose a blogpost of our own. Then we took a screenshot of our blurb. After that, we wrote down the blogpost blurb needs and the unwants. I decided to highlight the needs and unwants, so that I could highlight my blurb with the needs and unwants. It was very easy to analyse my blurb.

Mahatma Gandhi

LI: To create a interactive notebook about a peaceful activist. This week for inquiry we made a interactive notebook of a peaceful activist. First we got into partners or groups. My partner was Charlize. In our groups we chose a peaceful activist. We decided to do Mahatma Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi was a peaceful activist who stopped British from ruling over India. Mahatma Gandhi's protest was fasting for 21 days and non violence. Here is the link- Mahatma Gandhi (Notes)

Perfect Tenses

LI: To identify the verb tenses: past perfect, present perfect and future perfect. This week for writing we made short videos of the past, present and future perfect tenses. First we got into partners. My partner was Farzana. We made twenty verbs that weren't from the last few weeks. We made seven videos of seven verbs. The words that Farzana and I chose was reiterate, mimic, transform, teleport, command, draw and vibrate. We also inflected the verbs. I had a lot of fun recording. I learnt about the past, present and the future perfect tenses.

Boxing

LI: To learn boxing combinations. This week we had boxing in class with Pax. This was the last boxing session. First we got into partners. My partner was Alayah. In our partners we decided who was partner one and who was partner two. Alayah was partner two and I was partner one. Partner one had to put on the boxing gear and partner two had to get two pool noodles. After that we moved onto our first combination. The combination was jab, cross, guard, right uppercut, left hook. Partner two had to hold the pool noodles, so that partner one could box. The second combination was jab, jab, cross, bridge, lefthook. Partner two did the same thing. The last combination was jab, cross, lefthook, roll lefthook. After that, we swapped over. We did the same combinations, but before doing the combinations, we did a warm up. Partner two had to do ten punches and a burpee. After that we moved onto the combinations. Once partner two had a turn, we put the gear away. We revised the combinations from last week and this week. I had a lot of fun boxing.

Multiplication Poster

LI: To complete four tasks over four weeks. This week for maths we moved onto our third task. I decided to do the poster, which was on multiplication. This week we we had to write our answers in three different languages. I decided to do Spanish, Japanese and English. We had to make three equations, 10 digit, 100 digit and 1000 digit. We could do any technique we wanted to do. I decided to do the lattice method. I had a lot fun creating a poster of multiplication. I learnt how to say numbers in three different languages.

Find, Draw, Animate, Act

 LI: To learn a whole bunch of new words. This week for reading we learnt new words. First we got into groups. In my group I had Farzana, Fau and Bella. Then we did a example. The words we had to find, draw, animate and act were thwart, encroach, opulent and fetid. After we did the example, we then found new words. We searched the definitions of the words. We did the find, draw, animate and act activity. For the activity we had to find images of the definition, we had to draw it, animate it and act it out. My group and I decided to find, draw, animate and act 16 words.

Inquiry|Peace

LI: To explore some definitions of peace./LI: To investigate and recognize characteristics, actions and symbols of peaceful activists. This week for inquiry we learnt about what peace is. First we got into groups of five. In my group I had Charlize, Victoria, Florence and Alayah. In our groups we wrote the antonyms and synonyms of peace. After we did that, we split ourselves in one group of three and a pair. I was with Charlize. In our pair or group we looked at photos and wrote down one to three words that describe the photo, what each image makes us feel and what we think the peoples perspectives are. We also made sentences using the word we used to describe the image. After that, we made a google draw and wrote what we think that peace means.

Verb Tenses

LI: To identify the verb tenses: present simple, past continuous and future continuous. This week for writing we made short videos of the present simple, past continuous and future continuous tenses. First we got into partners. We couldn't work with the same partner from last week. My partner was Angelica. We had to make twenty verbs which were not the verbs from last week. We only made seven videos of seven verbs. We had to inflect all of the verbs.

Boxing

LI: To learn defenses with counters. This week we had boxing in the hall with Pax. First we started off with a warm up. For the warm up there was four taggers that had pool noodles. The taggers had to try and tag people with the pool noodle. We could only tag people from their stomach to feet. If someone got tagged they had to do a burpee. For the first round the taggers were Angelica, Mojtaba, Lorenzo and I. When we finished playing one round we gave the pool noodles to someone else on the second round. 

After we did the warm up, we got into partners. My partner was Alayah. We got ourselves into partner one and partner two. I was partner one. Partner one had to put on the gloves and the boxing gloves. Partner two got the two pool noodles and helped partner one put on the boxing gloves. 

We then moved onto our defenses with counters. The first defense was guard, jab and cross. Partner two had to hit us with both the pool noodles while partner had to guard then jab and cross. 

The next defense with the counters was the bridge, move forward and the cross. Partner two had to try and hit us again. 

The third defense was slip, cross, left hook and cross. Before we did slip, cross, left hook and cross we learnt how to do the slip, because last week we didn't have enough time. To do the slip you have to get into your rock position and move your body to the left of right, so that when someone hits you, they hit your shoulder. Partner two had to do the same thing with the pool noodles.

For the last defense we did roll, cross, left or right uppercut and cross. Partner two had to put the pool noodles on our shoulder, so we could roll. Partner two also had to put it vertically, so we could do the attacks.

Once we did the defenses, we went back to class.

Addition Animation

LI: To complete four tasks over four weeks. This week for maths we completed our second task. We went on the google sheets to see what we wanted to do. I decided to do the animation. The operation I chose was addition. For the animation we had to use the algorithm strategy to figure out 6 digit equations. The animation was hard because we had to write down letter by letter and more.

Maori Place Names

This week for Maori we had Whaea Odie. First we went on a google doc and tried to match the Maori places with its meanings. On one side there was the Maori places. Next to it was the meanings. The meanings were wrong, so we searched the place names on the Maori dictionary. Altogether we had to match twenty place names with its meaning. Whaea Odie called us up to test us with our Maori. She asked questions like who are you and where are you from. She said the questions in Maori. We were give a piece of paper that had a drawing of a fruit. I had the tomatoe. With the fruit Whaea Odie said give me the tomatoe or the other fruits. She also said that in Maori. When Whaea Odie said give me the fruit, we had to say here in Maori. Once we got tested, we all checked on the Maori place names. We didn't know all of the maori place names and their meanings.

Kiwi Can

This week for kiwi can we had Mr. Matt and Ms. Paige. Our theme was respect and our new topic was respect for our environment.

First we started off with the energizer which was called "Snake". For this game someone was the tagger. The tagger had to act like a snake and had to tag people. The tagger had to lye down on their stomach. If someone got tagged they also had to act like a snake and try to tag people. For the first round Mojtaba was the tagger and for the other round Alayah was the tagger. The last person standing would be the winner.

After that, we sat into our four lines and talked about how we can respect the environment. We respect the environment by picking up rubbish and more.

Once we talked about how we can respect the environment, we moved onto the activity which was called "Tic Tac Toe". For "Tic Tac Toe" we got into groups of five and one group of six. In my group I had Florence, Victoria, Alayah, Miiana and Sulia. We had to name our group. Our group name was "Islanders". For this game there were nine chairs which was placed like "Tic Tac Toe". There was two groups who was versing at a time. Each person had to run to a chair and sit down. One group were the o's and the other were the x's. The winner of this activity was " The Footballers".

We did GKQ/General Knowledge questions after playing "Tic Tac Toe". For GKQ/Geneneral Knowledge we played the master version. We all got into a circle. Someone was the master. They had to go to someone. Mr. Matt and Ms. Paige would ask questions. If someone answered correctly, they would be the master.

Once we played GKQ/General Knowledge Questions, we did our class catch phrase and went back to class.

Cybersmart|Smart Surfing

LI: To recall how to surf the internet safely. This week for cybersmart we learnt about smart surfing. First we went on a game called "FBI | Safe Online Surfing". For the game we had to answer safe online surfing questions. There were different grades we could go on. There were 7 activities to play.  After we played the game we went on a google form and made a quiz about smart surfing. I decided to make ten questions for other people to answer. Here is the link- Smart Surfing Quiz

Inferences|Thoughts & Emotions

LI: To infer thoughts and emotions. This week for reading we made inferences from a video called "For The Birds' ". The inferences we made were the birds' thoughts and emotions. For the inferences we needed the evidence, screenshots of the video and a link to the part of the inference of the video. We made one inference together as a group and the other inferences were made individually. We could do any amount of inferences. I made six individual inferences for example, one inference is the birds' are being mean and the evidence is they are making fun of the tall bird and laughing . I enjoyed making inferences about the video.

Commenting

This week for commenting I decided to comment on Farzana's blog. The blog post that I commented on was subtraction. I think Farzana did a fantastic job. I thought that Farzana's blurb explained what she did for maths which was good. I liked the way she added a video of subtraction. I learnt a lot from the video. I had fun commenting on Farzana's blog. Here is the link- Farzana's Blog

Basic Facts Boxes

This week for basic facts boxes I decided to do addition and subtraction. This time I decided to do up to 20. For basic facts boxes you have to choose either addition and subtraction or the times tables. For addition and subtraction you have to choose up to 5, up to 20 or up to 100. Then you have to complete the addition and subtraction equations. There are 10 boxes with 10 equations. I answered 100 equations all together.

Verb Tenses

LI: To identify verb tenses./LI: To identify the verb tenses: past, future and present continuous. This week for writing we made videos of the verbs. First we watched a 30 second clip of a owl. Before that we told each other our predictions. After we watched the clip, we told us other 10 verbs. Then we told the teacher the past, future or present word for the verb. Once we did that we got into partners. My partner was Charlize. In our partners we made a google slide to add in the videos of the verbs. We had to do 20 verbs and we couldn't use the verbs that we said before. The present continuous tells us about what something is happening now. The past tells us about what happened before. Lastly the future tells us about what will happen.

Boxing

LI: To learn boxing defenses. This week for boxing we had Pax. First we got into partners or group. I was with Alayah and Sulia.

Once we got into partner we went to a cone. Then we started off with a game called snatch the cone. For snatch the cone we had to fold our arms and snatch the cone. We played this a few time with different poses.

After we played snatch the cone, we started off with the defenses. The first defense was guard. For guard we had to get into the rock position and our hand had to go on our heads. Someone had to hit a pool noodle at us. but we had to defend ourselves by doing the defense, guard.

The second defense was the bridge. For the bridge we got into our rock position. Then we had to go back by putting our right foot and left foot back. Someone hit the pool noodle at us, so we could use the bridge defense.

The last defense was the u roll. For the u roll someone had to put the pool noodle horizontally on our shoulder. Then we had to squat and come back up on the other side of the pool noodle.

Once we did that we went back to class.

SSR Selfie

This week for SSR Selife I decided to read Charlotte's Web. This story is about a girl named Fern. Her father tries to kill a newborn pig because it was weak and small, but Fern stops her father. She was crying because she didn't want her father to kill the pig. A while later Fern's father put the little pig into a carton and he gave it to Fern. Fern was really happy. Fern took really good care of the little pig. her decided to call the pig Wilbur. Charlotte is a spider, whose spiderweb tells her of her feeling of Wilbur and Fern. Fern also loves Wilbur. 

What Can You Tell?

LI: To infer information from a picture. This week for reading we inferred images. First we got into partners. My partner was Farzana. We each had our own slide. With our partners we talked about our inference's of the images. We did four inferences with the evidence. We also pointed arrows to the inferences. At the same time this was fun, but sort of hard.

Trench Warfare|Interactive Notebook

LI: To learn information about trenches. This week for inquiry we learnt about trench warfare. First we went on the interactive notebook. Then we went onto the trench warfare slide. For the trench warfare my group and I decided to include information about sandbags, barbed wire fences, no man's land, frostbite and insects. We went on links to find the information we needed about trenches. I learnt a lot about the parts of a trench and more.

Maori|Food Poster

This week for Maori we had Whaea Odie. First we watch a video about Maui. The video was about how Maui and his brothers went fishing on a boat. Maui had his Grandma's magic hook. When Maui put the hook into the water a big fish became South Island. Then Maui and his brothers went to the sea again. It was very cold and there was a storm. Maui and his brothers froze. The boat became North Island. Once we watched the video we got into partners. My partner was Alice. We were numbered. Alice and I were 10. There was a sheet with food. We had to do bread, lettuce, sandwich and egg. Some of the words had the Maori translation. Some didn't. We had to make a poster that had the name of the Maori foods and pictures of the foods. There couldn't be any English words.

Kiwi Can

This week for kiwi can we had Mr. Matt and Ms. Paige. Our theme was respect and our topic was respect for our community.

First we got into our four lines and talked about what community is. Community is a group of people who live in the same area.

After that, we did the energizer. For the energizer we got into a circle. Our legs had to be spread out. We could only use one hand to hit the ball through other people's legs. We had to protect our legs, so the ball didn't go through our legs. If the ball went through someone's leg, they would be out. We only played one round.

Once we played that game, we got into our four lines and talked about community. We talked about how to keep our community safe, communities and how to respect our community. Some communities are the hospital, the police station, the community hall and more. To respect our community we have to listen to them and more. To keep our community safe we have to help them and more.

After we talked about community, we did the activity. For the activity we played handball. For handball we were split into two groups. We had to name our group. One group had to go on one side and the other had to go on the other side. My group's name was the cookie potatoes. We were numbered 1 to 13. I was number 5. There were cones on each side. If Mr. Matt called out a number or numbers, the people who got numbered that number had to go up and hit the ball in between the cones. The first group who got 10 points would win. For this game my group won.

We did GKQ/General Knowledge Questions after we played handball. The master was Mojtaba and the winner was Sandra.

After we did GKQ we went back to class.

Division Slide Show

LI: To complete four tasks over four weeks. This week for maths we had to complete four tasks over four weeks. First we went on a google sheet and chose what to create for each week. I chose addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. On the google sheet we had to do a poster, a slide, a animation and a video for each of the operations. For the poster I put in subtraction, for the slide I put in division, for the animation I put in addition and for the video I put in multiplication. For this week I decided to do the slide show first. Our teacher wrote down what equation we had to do. I had to do 1/4 of 24 and 1/3 of 24. For the slide I decided to include an explanation of how to solve the problems.

Mounted Art Work

LI: To mount our final results of our quatrefoils. This week we finished off our quatrefoils. Once we finished our quatrefoils we cut around it. After that, we wrote down why we chose the designs and colors on our quatrefoils. We showed our writing to the teachers, so they could proofread it. Once we showed the teacher our writing, we got a piece of white paper. On the paper we had to display our layout of the quatrefoils. We couldn't glue it yet. After that we ruled the open space to put our writing on. Once we ruled it we went on a google draw and added our writing in. On page setup we put in our measurements of the space of the white piece of paper. Once we did the page setup we asked the teachers to print it out. After that we cut around our writing. When we finished, we started gluing our quatrefoils and writing onto the piece of white paper. We also glued our names on the bottom right corner. I am very proud of my quatrefoils. I think that it turned out good.

Commenting

This week for commenting I decided to comment on Charlize's blog. The connection we made was that we both went boxing. I think Charlize did awesome work. I thought that in Charlize's blurb he explained what she did for boxing which was very good. I liked the way Charlize explained how he felt and how she had fun. I also liked he way she wrote down the three commandments and what she had to say. Here is the link- Charlize's blog

Basic Facts Boxes

This week for basic fact boxes I decided to do my times tables. For basic facts boxes you can choose either addition and subtraction or times tables. Once you choose one you answer equations. If you do your times tables you have to press go. You have to answer the times tables equations. You have to answer both multiplication and division. When you answer the equations, at the bottom it will say good or try again.

SSR Selfie

This week for SSR Selfie I decided to read ANH do weirdo. This story is about a boy named Weirdo who has a life that is strange. His life is busy and he always does something. His family is just like him. They are weird and living with a weird family which makes his life more busier. Weirdo gets into some incidents and is very silly. Weirdo's fear is ladybugs. In this story Weirdo tries out for the soccer team and he hopes he gets in. Weirdo's dad is working on his dance moves for the local talent quest. 

Boxing

This week for boxing we learnt new combinations with Pat. We first told Pat the three commandments which is respect, discipline and safety.

Then we got into partners. My partner was Angelica. Once we got into partners we played rock, paper, scissors, shoot. The partner who lost had to sit down. The partner who won was partner one. I was partner one. Partner one had to put on the gloves and had to get the boxing gloves. The other partner had to help partner one put the boxing gloves in our hands. We only had thirty seconds. If we didn't put the boxing gloves on we had to do a burpee.

Once we did that we moved onto doing the boxing combinations. The first combination was jab, jab, cross. The other partners had to hold a noodle, so partner one could hit it.

The second combination was jab, cross, left uppercut, cross. Partner two had to hold the noodle again. When partner one did the left uppercut, partner two had to face the noodle horizontal.

The last combination was jab, cross, left hook, right hook, left uppercut, right uppercut. Partner two had to do the same thing with the noodle. Once we did the three combinations we swapped. Partner two had to wear the boxing glove and do combinations. Partner one had to hold the noodle.

Once we did the three combination we went back to class.

Maori|Paikea

This week for Maori we made a poster teaching people about Paikea. First Whaea Odie read us a book called Clay Woman. This story is about a forest god who had built a sculpture of a woman. The forest god put his head on the sculpture that he created and sighed. Suddenly the woman that the forest god created, came to life. Once we listened to the story we moved onto creating the poster about Paikea. For the poster I included Whangara, Ngati Porou, the tahuhu ( the carving that is on top of the meeting house), links, the summary of Paikea and who Paikea is.