Sky Tower Trip

This week we had a trip to the Sky Tower. First we went on the bus and travelled to the Sky Tower. Then we got out and went inside the Sky Tower. We got split into two groups, group A and group B. I was in group B. We went down the elevator. A lady took a photo of us. After we went into a lift. A lady told us things about the Sky Tower and took us places. The level we went to was 51. It was really high. There was a clear glass where you could see how high we went. Our ears were popped. After we got out of the lift. We received little booklets and little pencils. For the booklets we had to guess places around Auckland. There was pictures to show the places. There was a clear glass's where we could see the road from the Sky Tower. We all saw somebody bungee jump. It looked fun and scary. We only had 15 minutes at level 51. After we finished looking we walked down stairs all the way to level 45. If there was a fire we had to go to 44,45 or 46. At level 45 there was first aid kits, colouring and puzzles. We looked around level 45. Once we did that we went back to the ground and watched videos that gave us information about the Sky Tower. Once we watched videos of that we went on the bus and went back to class. I had an awesome and fun day. It was my first time going to the Sky Tower. The Sky Tower year built was 1997. The height was 324 metres. When you are bungee jumping and you get to the ground it is 11 seconds. To walk down the stairs, it takes 29 minutes to walk. I learnt lots of things about the Sky Tower.

Commenting

This week for commenting I decided to comment on Fau's blog. The blog post that I commented on Bridges from around the world|Google Maps. I think that Fau did a fantastic job at doing the inquiry task. The connection that we made was that we both did this inquiry task. I like the way Fau explained what she did for the inquiry task. I also like the way she explained what she did in her blurb. I just wanted to know if Fau had fin learning about bridges. Here is the link- Fau's Blog

Dance Mat Typing

LI: To learn touch type. This week for daily 6 we could either do handwriting or keyboarding. I decided to do keyboarding. For the keyboarding we had to go on a site called Dance Mat Typing. There are three levels. Level one is that you can use the correct fingers while looking at the keyboard. Level two is that you can use the correct fingers and you don't need to look at the keyboards. Lastly level three it that you can type quickly without reminding yourselves about the correct fingers.  I decided to choose level 3. We had to type in words and letters that a character told us to type.
Here is the link- Dance Mat Typing

Multiplication & Division

LI: To memorise basic multiplication patterns (the times tables). This week for daily 6 we had to do multiplication and division. There was three levels. Level one was to recite the 2, 5 and 10 times tables and to divide any answer from the 2, 5 and 10 times tables by 1 to 10. Level two was to recite the 3, 4 and 6 times tables and to divide any answer from the 3, 4 and 6 times tables by 1 to 10. Lastly level three was to recite the 7, 8 and 9 times tables and to divide any answer from the 7, 8 and 9 times tables by 1 to 10. The level that I was aiming for was level three. I wrote down the 7, 8 and 9 times tables. I also wrote down the division.

Swimming-YMCA Pools

LI: To learn how to swim. This week for kiwi sport we had swimming at the YMCA pools. First we all sat down near the pools. Cameron and James taught us about how to ask for help when you are drowning in the ocean or river and how to save other people in the ocean or river. If you are drowning you can ask for help by yelling for help as loud as you can and you can jump and put one hand in the air. If you are wanting to help someone from drowning you can get a board and swim to the person. Then you can give them the board, so they can float. You have to stay a few metres away because they can jump on you which makes you drown to. Make sure you are between the red flags or signs. If you are not the lifeguards won't be able to help you. Once we finished learning about that we went to our stations. I was with Kelly. First we jumped into the pool safely. Then we did sculling. For sculling we had to float on our backs and bring our arms out and back together. We had to scull to the platform. Once we did that we jumped out of the pool and went to the other pool. We got pool noodles. We had to ran in big circles. Then we had to float on our backs and go in circles. When we finished doing that we had to float front and switch to back. When we did that we jumped back into the other pool and we sculled to the platform. After that we jumped out of the pool and got changed. Once we got changed we went on the bus and went back to class.

Structure & Language Features|Procedural Writing

LI: To identify the structure and language features of a procedural text. This week for writing we had to make a DLO of the structure and language features of a procedural writing. First we got a procedural writing. We got into partners. My partner was Bella. We had to get a highlighter and highlight the title, the end result, the materials used, pictures and steps. We also had to highlight sentences that start with verbs, infinitive tense and third person. Once we did that we had to make a DLO about the structure and language features of a procedural writing. For the DLO I decided to make a google draw. For the google draw I decided to write down the structure and language features, what a procedural writing is, the purpose of a procedural writing and tips for a procedural writing.

International & NZ Bridges

LI: To find maps of 10 bridges International and NZ. This week for inquiry we had to make a map of 10 bridges that were International and NZ. The NZ bridges that I did was Auckland Harbour bridge, Kopu bridge, Te Rewa Rewa bridge and Panmure bridge. The International bridges that I did was Golden Gate bridge, Royal Gorge bridge, Tower bridge, Sydney Harbour bridge, Brooklyn bridge and Viaduc de Millau bridge. For the map we had to include the map of the bridges, a picture of the bridge and information about the bridges which is the year built, the length, height, width, the construction cost, the construction materials and the type of bridge.