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.

Dr. Seuss|Types Of Rhyme

LI: To learn about the four types of rhymes. This week we learnt about the four types of rhymes. first we got into groups. In my group I had Farzana, Bella and Liletina. The four types of rhymes is end rhyme, alliteration, assonance and consonance. We created a google slide and wrote down the definition of the four types of rhymes, our own examples and Dr. Seuss examples. My group and I decided to add in the links to the four types of rhymes and we also decided to add in the Dr. Seuss stories we used for the example.

Quatrefoil Art Work

LI: To create quatrefoils using paint, pastel and colouring pencils. This week we did art. We had to go onto our three quatrefoils we made. Then we had to do the quatrefoils using paint, pastel and colouring pencils. For the Max Gimblett quatrefoil we had to use the big sized quatrefoil and we had to use paint, for the Armistice day quatrefoil we had to use the medium sized quatrefoil and we had to use pastel. Lastly for the Christmas themed quatrefoil we had to use the small sized quatrefoil and we had to use colouring pencils. First I started off with the Max Gimblett, then I did the Armistice and lastly I did the Christmas themed one. For the Max Gimblett quatrefoil, I decided to first draw the scribbles. I accidentally painted where I wasn't supposed to paint. Even though I painted where I wasn't supposed to paint, I think that I did a good job. For the Armistice quatrefoil I think that I also did pretty good, same for the Christmas quatrefoil.

The large quatrefoil is in the style of Max Gimblett. The colors green, blue, yellow and red represent my favorite colors.

The medium quatrefoil was in the style of Armistice Day. The cross represents the soldiers who died for countries, the poppies represents peace, the half green background represents the grass and the half orange and yellow represents the sunset.

The small quatrefoil is in the style of Christmas. The ornaments represent the ornaments that go on a Christmas tree, the holly represents Christmas and the candy canes represent the sweetness of Christmas.

Kiwi Can

 LI: To learn about the community and respect about the community. 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 started off with the energizer. The energizer was called remote. For remote we did remote moves. For the moves there was fast forward, rewind, pause and play. For fast forward we had to walk forward, but fast. For rewind we had to walk backwards, for pause we had to jump and for play we had to walk. If someone did the wrong move, they would be out. Once we played one round, there was a new move added. The move was stop. For stop we had to lye down. We played two round of the energizer.

After we played remote, we sat in our four lines. We talked about communities, like in houses, malls, libraries and more. We also talked about why we have communities and how we should respect them. We should respect the communities, by listening to them, giving them space and more.

Once we talked about community, we played the activity. For the activity we played invisible tag outside on the court. For invisible tag we were split into two teams. One team had to go on one side of the court and the other had to go on the opposite side. If Mr. Matt said four, four people had to run up from each team and up to the hoops and into the middle of the court. When we ran up, Mr. Matt said someone's name. The person who got called had a invisible ball. They had to run up to the other side, to win a point. After a few rounds, my team won.

After we played that game we went back to class.

Dr. Seuss|Author Study

LI: To learn about Dr. Seuss. This week we did an author study about Dr. Seuss. First we filled in information about Dr. Seuss. We had to write down Dr. Seuss's real name, country of birth, first published story, date of first published story, target audience for stories, example stories and main characteristic of stories. We also had to include a photo of Dr. Seuss, a map of where he lives, his first published story and one of Dr. Seuss's books. We had to attribute the images. I learnt a lot of information about Dr. Seuss.

Commenting

This week for commenting I decided to comment on Chris's blog. The blog post that I commented on was Max Gimblett. I think that Chris did a fantastic job. I liked the way he added his own LI and how he added a DLO to show what he did. I also liked the way he explained what he did in his blurb.  I thought that Chris's quatrefoils looked cool. I wanted to know if Chris had fun digitally drawing designs on the quatrefoils. Here is the link- Chris's Blog

Basic Fact Boxes

This week for Basic Fact Boxes I decided to do addition and subtraction. I decided to do addition and subtraction up to 5. For Basic Fact Boxes you have to choose either addition and subtraction or the times tables. If you do addition and subtraction you can to choose up to 5, up to 10, up to 20 or up to 100. This time I decided to choose up to 5. Once you click on on, you can start answering the equations. I had a lot of fun answering the addition and subtraction equations.

SSR Selfie

This week for SSR Selfie I decided to read A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. This book is about the Baudelaire orphans who is Klaus Violet and Sunny. They were called the Baudelaire orphans because their parents passes away in a fire. A man called Count Olaf want to kidnap the Baudelaire orphans. The Baudelaire orphans lived with their Aunt Josephine. When they were at Aunt Josephine's house Count Olaf disguised to kidnap the Baudelaire orphans. The Baudelaire orphans went to different houses to get away from Count Olaf. Every time, Count Olaf would find the Baudelaire orphans. 

Manaiakalani Film Festival

On Wednesday the 7th of November, we had the Manaiakalani Film Festival at the Sylvia Park Cinema. I was really excited to watch other schools movies and our class's movie. My class's movie was about how Fau and Charlize won the challenge a bit dicey. Alayah and Victoria think that they cheated, so they get into a fight with Charlize and Fau. They start to kick and punch each other. At the end Mr. Johnston comes and they all go to Mr. Johnston's office. Once we watched all the schools movies we went on the bus and went back to class. I think that my class's movie was really cool and funny. My favourite part was when Mr. Johnston came and also when Victoria and Alayah thought that Fau and Charlize cheated. I really liked how our movie was a parody on dubbed martial art movies.

Here is the link- LS1's Film Festival Movie

Maori Lessons

This week for Maori we had Whaea Odie. First Whaea Odie read us a book which was called Paikea. The book was about how a brother who rode on a taniwha. His brother was jealous of riding the taniwha, so he killed his brother. The brother who killed his brother rode on the taniwha. His name was changed to Paikea, so it could match the name of the taniwha. Once we listened to the story we had to search Whangara School and Whakatane on google maps. Then we had to find out the distance between Whangara School and the sea. We also had to find out the distance between Whakatane and Whangara School. We had to use our smart searching skills to find out the information. Whakatane l is 212.6 km from Whangara School, and the sea is 509.7 km from Whangara School. After that we had to listen to a song called Paikea.

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 talked about the community. Community is a group of people who lives in the same area you live in.

Once we talked about the community we moved onto the energiser, which was called catch me if you can. For this game we had to get into a circle. Then we had to put our left hand out. We also had to put our index finger on the person's hand next to us. When Mr. Matt said go we had to catch the person's finger and we also had to try and not let the other person catch our finger. If someone did catch our finger we were out. We had to sit near the windows and watch the others play.

After that we played 10 second tag. For this game there was a tagger. The tagger had to try and tag other people. If someone got tagged they were in and had to try and tag someone. They couldn't tag the same person that they got tagged from. Mr. Matt had to count down from 10 seconds. When 10 seconds ended we had to stop. The last person that got tagged war out. We practised in class, then we went down to the court to play.

When we finished playing this game we went back to class.

Max Gimblett- Quatrefoils

LI: To learn about Max Gimblett and to make quatrefoils digitally. This week we learnt about Max Gimblett. First we got into partners. My partner was Miiana. Then we had to go onto a slide. For the slide we had to write down when Max Gimblett was born, when he grew up, where his art was displayed, what happened in 2015 and what happened in 2016. Then we had to write down the definition of quatrefoil, why Max uses this design and we had to include 6 images. After that we had to write down what was the installation of Art of Remembrance. We also had to include a image and a video of the Art of Remembrance. Once we did that we had to design three quatrefoils. One had to be Max Gimblett's work, the Armistice day and Christmas.

Film Festival Commenting

LI: To comment on school's manaiakalani film festival movies. This week we had to comment on a school's manaiakalani film festival movie. I decided to comment on Tamaki College's movie. The movie that I commented on was called Services Academy Induction Camp. This movie was about doing camp activities and working together to finish the activities. I had a lot of fun watching the movie. Here is the link- Tamaki College Services Academy Induction Camp

Armistice Remembrance

LI: To learn about the Armistice Remembrance. This week for inquiry we learnt about the Armistice Remembrance. First we got into partners. My partner was Liletina. After that we went on a google slide. For the slide we had to learn about the Last Post, For the Fallen and Ode and the Poppy. For the Last Post we had to watch two videos, the traditional song and the guitar song. Then we had to write down what the Last Post is and why it is played. For the Fallen and Ode we had to watch a video of for the Fallen and two videos of the Ode. After that we had to write down information about for the Fallen and why we use the Ode of Remembrance. Lastly for the Poppy we had to write down why the Poppy is used and examples of the Poppy art remembrance.

Commenting

This week for commenting I decided to comment on Bella's blog. The blog post that I commented on was Kiwi Can. I think that Bella did a amazing job. I liked the way Bella added her own LI: for kiwi can. I liked the way she added a DLO and how she added photos. I also liked the way she explained what she did for kiwi can in her blurb. Here is the link- Bella's Blog

SSR Selfie

This week for a daily 6 I decided to do SSR Selfie. For SSR Selfie you have to read a book and and retell it in your own words. The book that I read was Esio Trot. This book is about a man called Mr. Happy who loves a lady called Mrs Silver and flowers he had grown on his balcony. He would do anything to win Mrs. Silvers heart. Mrs. Silver only loved his tortoise called Alfie. Mrs. Silver wants her tortoise to grow. Mr. Happy helps Alfie grow bigger. Mr. Happy's plan was to find a tortoise that weighed fifteen ounces. Mr. Happy used a kitchen scale to find out how much tortoises would weigh. The next day Mrs. Silver was very happy because her tortoise grew bigger. One day Mr. Happy used magic and cabbage to make Mrs. Silver love Mr. Happy. 

Interactive Notebook|WW1

LI: To learn about the causes, conflict and resolution to World War 1 (WW1). This week for inquiry we had to do the interactive notebook. First we had to do the new weapons of WW1. We had to write down the weapons in air, sea and land. We also had to include images and the effect the weapons had on the war. There were links on the slide to give us the information we needed. Once we did that we did the battle of WW1. For this we had to answer questions about the war. There were links on this slide too. I learnt a lot of new things about the war.