Friday 29 September 2017

Free Rice

LI: learned synonyms and English Vocabulary
This week I was doing my Writing CanDos. I was playing Free Rice. There is a word and you have to pick the word that has the same meaning called "Synonym". If you get it right you get 10 grains of rice and then that 10 grains of rice, goes to World Food Programme.

Kiwi Can

LI: to learn how to control our emotions.
This week I went to Kiwi Can and Mr Malu and Miss Latoya was there. When we got to Kiwi Can we went straight to an activity. We were playing some relays. We had to get into two groups and had a skipping rope. We had to skip to a cone go around it and skip back to your group. My group one the first challenge. Then we played something a little similar. But more easier. You had to run to the cone skip 10 times and run back to your group. Next activity was a ball game. We had to stay in our group we were in. We had a ball and we had to catch the ball and put on the ground so that is one. We had 3 rounds of the game. Eventually my team won. 3 - 1. Then we played a elimination game. We were walking around then Miss Latoya shouted out a number and we had to get into a group of that number Miss Latoya shouted.

FlipGrid

LI: to make connections, identify main ideas, summarise, evaluate & synthesise facts through learning conversations.
This week I was making a little speech and recorded it on flipgrid. I had to make a speech about the suffragette movement with my group. Our whole speech together had to be 1 min 30 sec or 90 sec. Here is the link to the video. Link.

PencilCode

LI: to problem solve
This week I was making a 3D shape on pencil code.
It is really fun making a 3D shape but challenging at the same time.
If you want to have a try here is the link.


Thursday 28 September 2017

Padlet

LI: to learn about politics 
This week I made a Padlet talking about politics and elections.
I was talking about: 
What you have to do to vote?
What is the appropriate age to vote?
Why do we have elections?
What is an election?
What happens during a election?
What is a democracy?
How does a democracy work?

Wednesday 27 September 2017

Commenting

LI: to learn how to smart comment
This week I was blogging on Alex's blog post. He was blogging about coding. He was coding on PencilCode and made a 3D shape on the site.

Daily 6

Reading Log

Record your Sustained Silent Reading log here.

Book title: Captain Underpants and the preposterous plight of the purple potty people
Date:
Wed, 27th Sep, 2017
Summary: George and Harold are two boys. Harold is a boy with a t - shirt with red and yellow stripes and a fuzzy hair. George is the boy with the flat head and red tie. This is about time traveling. There was a kid Melvin. He made a time traveling machine disguised as a purple potty. Their last adventure they got new two pets. A bionic hamster - Sulu and a pterodactyl - Crackers. But Melvin said not to use the time machine two days in a row or something bad will happen. Then George & Harold made a stupid decision, that decision was to use the time machine two days in a row. But when they were time traveling they traveled into a different world. Everything was the opposite. What do you think will happen next? Will they escape? Or will they be trapped there forever!

LI: to learn how to summarise. 
This week I was reading a Captain Underpants book. Novel Eighth. It was full of really creative stuff. I also summarised the book, wrote the title and the date.

Raz Kids



LI: to learn about how natural disasters are caused
This week I was reading a book called "Severe Weather".
It was about violent weather and how it is caused. Did you know that the sun is responsible for all the bad weather.

Thursday 21 September 2017

Mixed Problem

                      
LI: to solve problems
This week we had some problems to solve.
Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Proportion, and Ratios.
It was really hard riddles except the Addition & Subtraction that was kinda easy.
Proportion and Ratios was really really hard. I can't believe I finished.

Kiwi Sport

LI: learning throwing skills
This Thursday I went to KiwiSport.
The first thing we played was called Fruit Salad. We had four groups and our group name would have to be a fruit. There was Banana, Cherries, Apples, and Watermelons. Andy - KiwiSport teacher would say two of the groups name and those two groups would have to switch positions. At the middle was Mr Ogilvie he was the fruit basket. If Andy shouted out "Fruit Basket!" we would all have to go to the person that is the fruit basket. After that we did some throwing with shot put balls. We had to get with a partner and Andy told us the skills we needed.
Skills:
Hold the ball under you jawline, under your ears, and next to your neck
Hold ball with finger tips
Chin knee toe all in a row
Low high, watch it fly
When you throw you do not take the ball away from your neck, you bring your body when you throw including your neck.
Unfortunately this was our last session/lesson with Andy.

Wednesday 20 September 2017

Persuasive speech

Persuasive speech plan

My topic: Why kids should have more recess
My argument:
Audience: Minster of Education - Principal - Teacher

How will you greet your audience?
Ladies & Gentlemen, my name is Chris. I am going to say a speech about why kids should have more recess.
How will you introduce your topic in a catchy way?
So I am going to talk about why kids should have more recess.
Do you like recess? Do you want a longer one?
Write a rhetorical question to make the audience think about your topic:
Do you like recess? Do you want a longer one?
What is your opinion? Write a statement that clearly states your point of view:
I believe this because kids can be more closer to their own friends. So they have more of a connection.
List some facts or statistics that support your opinion:
Research says recess increases focus. Dr. Olga Jarrett, with her colleagues at Georgia State University’s Department of Early Childhood Education, approached an urban school district that had a no-recess policy. They received permission for two fourth-grade classes to have recess once a week so they could observe the children’s behavior on recess and non-recess days. Their results showed that the 43 children became more on-task and less fidgety on days when they had recess. Sixty percent of the children, including five with attention deficit disorder, worked more and/or fidgeted less on recess days.
Do you have a solution to the problem?
Yes and it is letting kids or students have more recess
Say your opinion again and warn the audience what will happen if they don’t agree with your opinion.
If you don’t agree with me your kid is not going to focus on his learning, he might even have a bad education when he grows up.

Introduction of yourself
Ladies & Gentlemen, my name is Chris. I am going to say a speech about why kids should have more recess.




Introduction of topic and Rhetorical question
So I am going to talk about why kids should have more recess.
Do you like recess? Do you want a longer one?
POV and why you believe this
I believe this because kids can be more closer to their own friends. So they have more of a connection.

Reason 1
Recess increases kids focus







Facts and Statistics
Research says recess increases focus. Dr. Olga Jarrett, with her colleagues at Georgia State University’s Department of Early Childhood Education, approached an urban school district that had a no-recess policy. They received permission for two fourth-grade classes to have recess once a week so they could observe the children’s behavior on recess and non-recess days. Their results showed that the 43 children became more on-task and less fidgety on days when they had recess. Sixty percent of the children, including five with attention deficit disorder, worked more and/or fidgeted less on recess days.
Reason 2
Recess reduces a lot of stress
Facts and Statistics
Research says that recess reduces stress. The National Association for the Education of Young Children recommends unstructured physical play as a developmentally appropriate means of reducing stress—a valuable benefit given that stress has a negative impact on learning and health. For many children, especially those considered “hyperactive,” recess is an opportunity to expend energy in a healthy, suitable manner. Outside, children can engage in behavior—loud, messy and boisterous—considered unacceptable indoors. And because recess is a break from structure and expectations, children have an opportunity to take control of their world, which is a rarity in their lives.
Reason 3
Natural light improves wellness
Facts and Statistics
Natural light improves wellness. Sunlight stimulates the pineal gland, which is the part of the brain that helps regulate our biological clock. It is vital to the immune system, and simply makes us feel better. Outside light also triggers the synthesis of vitamin D, which a number of studies have demonstrated increases academic learning and productivity
Solution
The solution is that so kids can have a longer recess.

Summary
Hi my name is Chris and I am going to say a speech about “Why there should be more recess at school”. Just think about it you can have better social skills and physical skills. Here are some facts. Did you know that recess increases focus and reduces stress. Oh and I’m not done yet. Recess also helps kids develop more social and physical skills. Isn’t that amazing!
LI: to create a persuasive speech
This week I made a persuasive speech about "Why kids should have a longer recess
It was really fun making it. We had to do things in the speech. 
Things needed in a speech:
Introduction 
Presenting the topic
Rhetorical Question
3 reasons 
Facts and Statistics
Solution
Warning the audience if they don't follow your opinion
I had to do all kinds of stuff. Research some facts to backup my opinions.

Kiwi Can

LI: to learn about challenges
This week Wednesday we went to Kiwi Can and Mr Malu and Miss Latoya weren't there. There was two new Kiwi Can teachers named Mr Latu and Mrs Pipiha. We did a greeting and went straight to our energiser. It was called the Mili Mili Challenge. We had a lot of actions to do.
Actions:
Bufallo - Oooh
Tiger - Roar
Hehe - Ho!
Hands together - Slap your hands together
So we had to get in a circle and Mr Latu would point at us and say one of the actions and we would have to do it.
After that we were having a little session about what challenges mean.
Then we played a game that was really intense. We had a hoop and three cones. We had to toss the hoop in the cones. There was one cone close to you - 10 points, second cone a little bit far - 20 points, the third one was really far - 50 points. It was a challenge for the whole school.
Then we did a GKQ - General Knowledge Questions


Monday 18 September 2017

Leaders Of Parties

LI: to learn about politics and elections
This week for Inquiry I made a Template about leaders of parties.
What I picked were the two main one's of the term. National vs Labour.
Only people over the age of eighteen can vote.

Daily 6

Reading Log

Record your Sustained Silent Reading log here.

Book title: Superman/The Golden Age


Date:
Mon, Sep 18, 2017
Summary:
Superman racing faster than a bullet, leaping over buildings, lifting impossible weights, invincible skin. That is what describes the man of steel “SuperMan”.
LI: to learn how to summarise. 
This week I was reading Superman The Golden Age's. It was a really big book with all the novels together in one book.
It is probably the longest book.

Prodigy


LI: to learn how to play a maths game
This week I was playing Prodigy. It is a online maths game.

Commenting

LI: to learn how to comment on other people's blog-post politely
Today I went on Giovanni's blog-post and commented on it. He had a great DLO but not a good detail about what he learned.


Summarising

LI: to make connections, identify main ideas, summarise, evaluate and synthesise facts through learning conversations
This week I was summarising.The first thing I did was pick twenty important words from two articles. After we picked twenty words we had to discuss with our reading group and pick six important words from the twenty words we picked.Then we had to make three sentences with those six words.

Friday 15 September 2017

Hauora

LI: to learn the four walls of Haoura
This week I made a video and storyboard about Haoura. I made the video and the storyboard with a group. Alex, Julian and Joseph.
We made a video about 3 of the walls and those 3 were Physical, Mental/Emtional and Spiritual. We made a storyboard about Social health.



Thursday 14 September 2017

Maori Language Week

                   
LI: to learn about Maori
This week I was doing a DLO/Digital Learning Object for my blogpost. What I did was got some facts about Maori Language Week. I also did happy birthday in Maori, the alphabet, pepeha, numbers, and last of all greetings and goodbye's in Maori. It took me a long time to make this.


Completed Maths Art



LI: to create a piece of art using: rotation, translation, and reflection
This week we were making our piece of artwork. We are starting on painting. I also made a plan about my art last week. I will give you the link to my blogpost. It is really intense making the piece of artwork. You have to make it great but at the same time let it involve Math concepts.

Tables Conga

LI: to learn my 9 times 
This week I did my 9 Times Tables. hat I had to do was get the first number from the 9 times and had to carry on until I finished. 

Wednesday 13 September 2017

Commenting on TPS

This week I was blogging on someone from Tamaki Primary School. He was a boy and his name was Curtys. He was blogging about his piece of artwork. His art was a Traditional Tongan Turtle. It looked really good.

Persuasive Speech Brainstorm


LI: to create a persuasive speech
This week I was planning my own persuasive speech. I was brainstorming the persuasive speech a lot. I had to get some reasons and facts to back up my speech. Also needed some opinions as well. I did my brainstorming on Coggle. It was really fun using Coggle as well.

Making Connections Sketchnote


LI: to make connections, identify main ideas, summarise, evaluate and synthesise facts through learning conversations 
This week I made a Making Connections Sketch note with a partner. My partner was Joseph. We  had to dfine the word Vote, Radical, Change, and last of all Suffrage. If you don't know who Kate Sheppard is she was the person that asked society or the government to let women vote in political elections. If you want to know more about her press this link to go on my blogpost.

Monday 11 September 2017

Raz Kids

LI: to learn how to read on Raz Kids
Today I went on Raz Kids. It is a Online Reading Game. You have your own character that is a robot, and a place that you live that is a spaceship. Every time you read a book on the site you get points. The points you get can be spend on wardrobe for your character. Also furniture for your house.

Friday 8 September 2017

Maths Art

LI: to create a piece of art using: rotation, translation, and reflection
This week on Friday I have been working on my Maths for the Must Do Task List. We are only getting 2 weeks to do this. We had to make a piece of art. Today I chose my piece of art which was part of the Maori traditional. As you can see I have reflected some of these koru and have rotated some of these koru. This was quiet a hush but I got help from a friend in my classroom.    

Thursday 7 September 2017

Tongan Language Week

                      
LI: to learn Tongan and it's own language
What we did was make a DLO for our blog. It was really fun. We had to do it with a partner. We had to find out as many things in Tonga. My partner was Andrew and we did numbers in Tongan, colours in Tongan, and last of all animals in Tongan.

Wednesday 6 September 2017

KiwiCan

Today I went to Kiwi Can. First off we went straight into a circle. We played Bip Bop Bounce again. Miss Latoya was pointing at someone in the circle and the person she was pointing at had to say "Bang" before Miss Latoya said Bip, Bop, Bounce. If Miss Latoya didn't say the whole phrase and you said bang the means you are eliminated. The next game we played another game. What we had to do was fit everyone in a circle. We had to think of strategies. If you fit everyone in you go to the next level. There are 4 levels. So when we played that game we were really frustrated. Then Fau told them if we had to put our full body in the circle. But they didn't say we had to so we just put part of our body in the circle. We made it till level because the bell rang and because Liane couldn't reach the circle.

This week we went to Kiwi Can. We were with Mr Malu and Miss Latoya.



Peruasive Speech Practise

Persuasive speech plan

My topic: Kids should have more recess
My argument: To let kids have a longer recess because they can get along wihh more people and with their friends.
Audience: Teachers

How will you greet your audience?
Greetings teachers
How will you introduce your topic in a catchy way?
Today I am going to talk about why recess should be longer at schools.
Write a rhetorical question to make the audience think about your topic:
Don’t you people want kids to be more social and active. They can be really close with their friends. Isn’t that what you want!!
What is your opinion? Write a statement that clearly states your point of view:
Kids should have more recess at school so we can be more social or active, isn’t that what you want your kids to be like! They can be sooo close to their friends they won’t go on technology.
List some facts or statistics that support your opinion:
  1. You can be healthy
  2. You can be really social or active
  3. You can also be really close with your friends because you have been with them for a long time
Do you have a solution to the problem?
Yes the solution would be to just let kids have a longer recess.
Say your opinion again and warn the audience what will happen if they don’t agree with your opinion.
If you don’t agree with me guess what will happen. Your kids will just be watching the internet their whole life! How are they going to be a good parent. Just think about their future! THINK ABOUT IT!!

Persuasive speech plan

My topic: Alcohol should be really expensive
My argument:
Audience: Government

How will you greet your audience?
Greetings Government
How will you introduce your topic in a catchy way?
Today I am going to talk about why alcohol should be more expensive.
Write a rhetorical question to make the audience think about your topic:
Alcohol should be more expensive because people who drink it all day are drunk. But if alcohol was really really expensive they can’t buy it because they don’t have that much cash/money.
What is your opinion? Write a statement that clearly states your point of view:
My point of view is that alcohol really should be expensive because they would just have to work harder for money. Then that much people don’t drink anymore.
List some facts or statistics that support your opinion:
  • A lot of people don’t get drunk
  • So that, that much people don’t go to jail because of alcohol.
Do you have a solution to the problem?
Is that to make alcohol, wine and anything bad expensive.
Say your opinion again and warn the audience what will happen if they don’t agree with your opinion.
If you don’t agree with me people will be drunk and they might have no control of their own body. Someone in your family
Persuasive speech plan

My topic: Why can’t kids stay up longer
My argument: Why can’t kids stay up longer at night.
Audience: Teacher

How will you greet your audience?
Greetings
How will you introduce your topic in a catchy way?
Why can’t kids stay up late it’s really not fair
Write a rhetorical question to make the audience think about your topic:
If it’s not healthy why do parents stay up late. Huh Huuh.
What is your opinion? Write a statement that clearly states your point of view:
What I mean to say is that kids should be allowed to stay up late. They can sleep when they are tired, and again if it's not healthy why do parents stay up late.
List some facts or statistics that support your opinion:
  1. If it’s not healthy why do parents do it
  2. We could be doing a big essay/homework
Do you have a solution to the problem?
We could put our alarm on until the morning so that wakes us up
Say your opinion again and warn the audience what will happen if they don’t agree with your opinion.
If it doesn’t happen the kids won’t learn how to stay up late. What if they have a job when they grow up and they have to stay there all night and day. They sleep in their job.


LI: to create a persuasive
What we did today is make 3 persuasive speech. We wrote the speeches on a template. The things we had to do was our Greetings, Rhetorical Question, What is your opinion for you point of view, listing some facts to backup your opinion, do you have a solution for the problem, and last of all warning the audience if they don't agree with your opinion.
What we did before that was go on a Padlet and we had to write some topics, and had to pick 3 topics to write about.

Tuesday 5 September 2017

Hauora

LI: to know the 4 individuals walls of Hauora
This week for Inquiry I was learning about Hauora. Hauora is 4 types of health, or walls as well. The 4 walls are Physical/Taha Tinana, Mental/Emotional/Taha Hinengaro, Spiritual/Taha Wairua, Social/Taha Whanau.
Physical is keeping your body healthy, how you exercise, how you eat.
Mental/Emotion is your feelings and well emotions.
Spiritual is who you are, your own culture and more.
Social is you and friends plus family.

Monday 4 September 2017

Katherine Wilson Sheppard/Kate Sheppard Poster


LI: to make connections, identify main ideas, summarise, evaluate and synthesise facts through learning conversations
This week for Reading we made a poster about Kate Sheppard or Katherine Wilson Sheppard. She is n New Zealand history and is in the New Zealand 10 dollar note. There was a lot of information I put in the poster. It was kinda easy getting the information online.

Prodigy

This week I was playing Prodigy.If you don't know what Prodigy is it is a Online Maths Game. You can get pets and you can level your self up and catch them to. By the way you also can evolve and level them up as well. You will also get armour. You can get spells, prizes and more things to come. 
You can go on this link to go on Prodigy

Can Do's

This week I did my Can Do's. It was called Flying High Race it involves subtraction. It's the same as the Addition Ski Game except its subtraction. The game is really intense.


Reading Log

This week for my Daily 6's I was doing my Reading Log. This time I was reading Geronimo Stilton the Curse of the Cheese Pyramid. We had to write the summary of the book.