Tom Gate Spectacular School Trip Really...

  I read 47 pages of (Tom Gate Spectacular School Trip Really...) by Liz Pichon.

This book talks about 

If Tom gets a sad face on the class achievement chart the class wouldn’t be going to a school trip. Mums gone 1970’s  and Dads got a novelty car.

I really enjoyed the book because it shows How tom is going through and how stressed out he is.

Why you should stop RACISM

I wrote down reasons why racism is bad.

First I thought of what topic I will use to persuade my audience of what I will be talking about. I wrote down the things I will use to persuade my audience and I picked why we should stop racism. I wrote down all the ideas of why we should stop rasicm.

Next I looked up more information about why we should stop racism and I looked at websites for information. I used some information I could get and wrote it all down on a document. I wrote down lot's of information and reasons.

Finally I got links to different topics about my topic. An example: According to this site before 1964 restaurants wouldn’t let dark skinned people stay and eat there, they would tell them to order take out and leave.

I learned a lot about Why racism is bad and I have to stop it.

Too much Technology

I learnt that too much technology is bad.

In the beginning, I made a synthesis doc and filled out 3 boxes. The 3 boxes were called prior knowledge, new information and new understandings. 

Afterwards I read an article called Too Much Technology. It's about the author trying to convince the audience that too much technology is bad for you. 

To finish up I made a QAR doc that had four boxes. The four boxes were called right there, on my own, author and you and think and search. I had to answer 10 questions and put the answers in the boxes.

I learned a lot about technology being bad for you.

Swimming week 3

LS1 and I went to the pools to learn water safety.

First we did back floating. Back floating helps us breathe when we float. To back float keep your head facing up, stomach above the water, hands beside your side, and kick.

Next we did back strokes. To backstroke, float on your back and wave your arms in circles backwards.

To finish up we did a dolphin dive. To do a dolphin dive, put your hands on top of each other and dive so you can touch the floor.

I enjoyed it because I learned a lot of new skills to help me in case I get stuck in a ripe place.

Inquiry

I made a whare tapa wha.

First I made a drawing about myself and what I do. There are 4 squares Taha Tinana, Taha Wairua, Taha Hinengaro, Taha Whanau. I put 3 iseas in each box.

Next I made slides including Olympic sports. I chose archery.

Finally I wrote down all the things that olympics athletes would do.

I enjoyed This activity because I like to see what I do in my spare time.

Pointless, Painful, Physical, Education

I completed two tasks called Synthesis and QAR using a text called Pointless, Painful, Physical, Education.
First, I did the Synthesis activity. I had to fill in my prior knowledge in what I already know about what the text is about, I had to read the new information in the text, and I had to combine both of the catogories into a new understandings.

After, I did a QAR activity. I had to read 10 questions and put them in the correct box with an answer. They are, right there, think and search, author and you, and on my own.

Right there is the answer could be found right in the text.

Think and search is the answer is in the text but you may have to look at different places to find the answer.

Author and you is the answer is not in the text. You have to use your own knowledge and what the author has told you to not come up with the answer.

On my own is the answer is not in the text. You could even come up with your own answer if you didn't read the text. You need to use your own background knowledge and thinking skills to come up with an answer.


I enjoyed this activity because I used my own prior knowledge to read the text.

Skip Counting and Repeated Addition

We learnt how to use skip counting and repeated addition to figure out the multiplication and division problem.

Skip counting is counting up and down using the same number. For example : Sam has seven 5 doller notes how much money does he have all together?

 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35. The answer is 35. We used 7 lots of 5 to figure the answer.                                                                                   

Repeating Addition is repeating a certain number to get a answer for a problem. For example: Sam was at the beach for five days he collected 15 sea shells every day to keep. how many shells does he have in total? 

15 +15 +15 +15 +15 =70. We used 5 lots of 15 to figure out the answer.

I learned a lot on how to use skip counting and repeating numbers.

Pursuasive Topics

I brainstormed topics that related to me, a group of people, and the world.

In the beginning, I Brainstormed topics that are related to me and a group of people. For example, Less money to pay bills and more time with friends.

Next, I brainstormed topics that relate to the world. For example, Stop racism.

Lastly, we colour coded our topics like traffic lights. Green means that is a good topic, Yellow means slow down because it isn’t interesting, and Red means stop because we’re going into problems.

I learned a lot about how to persuade someone.

Silver Respect

 

PBS vs Olympics

We compared the Oympics to Panmanure Bridge school.

First we did an activity called this vs that. We had to compare the olympic creed, the motto, the values, and the flag to PBS. We had to find out the olympic creed and motto to be able to compare the motto.

Next we did a slide deck about the differences and the similarities. For example: The Olympic creed and the PBS Whakatauki. They are both formal statements which use christian beliefs.
Afterwards we did our own logo and our own motto. My motto was life is what you make it.

What is persuading

I Watched a video from the Kid President on how to win an argument.

In the beginning, Kid President said that step 1 was to treat people like they're people. In a heated argument you can forget that you're talking to a person and yell.

Second, we watched a video on how to persuade. One of the advice they gave was to listen to what the other person says.

To finish up I made a poster of what persuading means and what argument means. I made an example of what it looks like from someone's POV.

I learned a lot about how to persuade and win an argument.

Statistical investigation.

In groups we learning about statistical investigation.

First made data of how many blog post my group we checked our blogs to see how many blog posts we had in each month.

Next we drew a data table that has all the information. January has 0 blog posts, February has 15 blog posts, March 51 blog posts, April has 50 blog posts, May has 86 blog posts, June has 57 blog posts, and July has 17 blog posts.

To finish up made a bar graph and a pie chart. After that we wrote 3 statements about the information. The statements are January is the lowest because we had school holidays. May, June, and March are the most because we were at school for a whole month. July is also the lowest because we only had 2 weeks of school

I enjoyed it because I learnt new things about statistics

Fanboys, sentences and grammar.

My group did a presentation about the compound sentence, simple sentence, and punctuation marks.

First we made two posters explaining the simple sentences and the compound sentences. A simple sentence is only explaining one piece of information. A compound sentence is two sentences with a conjunction. 

Next we created a presentation about punctuation marks. For example: Full stop, exclamation mark, comma, question mark, etc.

To finish up we made a fanboys slide and a grammar slide. We had to cut all the incorrect words and put them into the incorrect words space. All the words were homophones. Which means it sounds the same but has a different meaning and sound.

I learned a lot about punctuation, grammer, and fanboys.