Kahoot

Today for writing we made a Kahoot that tell us about explanation. Then we got in a group of three. I worked with Jack and Reneir. It was fun making the question and kind of hard at the sometime because we need to make a 12 question.

Poem

Did I Miss Anything?

Question frequently asked by students after missing a class

Nothing. When we realised you weren’t here

we sat with our hands folded on our desks

in silence, for the full two hours

Everything. I gave an exam worth

40 percent of the grade for this term

and assigned some reading due today

on which I’m about to hand out a quiz

worth 50 percent

Nothing. None of the content of this course

has value or meaning

Take as many days off as you like:

any activities we undertake as a class

I assure you will not matter either to you or me

and are without purpose

Everything. A few minutes after we began the last time

a shaft of light descended and an angel

or other heavenly being appeared

and revealed to us what each woman or man must do

to attain divine wisdom in this life and the hereafter

This is the last time the class will meet

before we disperse to bring this good news to all people

on earth

Nothing. When you are not present

how could something significant occur?

Everything. Contained in this classroom

is a microcosm of human existence

assembled for you to query and examine and ponder

This is not the only place such an opportunity has been

gathered

but it was one place

And you weren’t here

(Tom Wayman)

Today for reading we read a poem by Tom Wayman. The poem is called did I miss anythings? The poem is about him miss a class that waited a long time for him to come. After we were done we answers some question then search up five fact about Tom Wayman.

Emotive Words

Today for reading we are learning about emotive words. Emotive words explain the feeling of the 

writer. There are two different kinds of emotive words, they are positive and negative words. 

One of the positive words that I chose was amazed and one of my negative words was grumpy.   

Kiwi Sport

This term for Kiwi Sports we are learning about Boxing and this week was our first session of boxing. First we did a worming up activity was called touch your partners shoulder or knee. If we get touched we had to do a burpee. This week we learnt two types of moves which is jab and cross. Then we also learned about the rock position and learn how to protect our face. We also learnt that boxing is mostly about foot work not a arm work. 

Tech

Today for tech we tried to finish off our phone stands and most of us finish the design that we did. The design that I needed to finish off was Goku form Dragon Ball Z. Then when we are done we put our design in a file so Ms Ferguson could 3D print it. We had a lot of fun in this tech session, and hope that we can improve our designs, and have them printed in the next session.

Formal and Informal language

For reading we talked about formal and informal language then we went off to write formal language that link to the informal language like the example in the DLO. After we done we went to make a DLO that enplane one of the example that we did and in the DLO we talk about formal and informal language.   

Poem Definition

For reading our group made a DLO about Pam Ayres. She was a comedian, English poet, comedian, songwriter and presenter of radio and more. I have written 3 facts about Pam Ayres and add my favorite joke about the narrative poem that she made and I had put a definition about a narrative poem.

Peace

This term for Inquiry we were learning about Peace. The reasons behind it is simple. We were learning about this to as an commemoration all the soldier that fought in the World War 1 and 2. Did you know that it has been 100 years since World War 1 ended. We think peace is important words to have because 'Peace is when there is freedom from war, argument and live together without violence. Also respect values and get a long together with each other'. For this activity I worked with Josh and Miki.

Tech

Today for tech we were planning our design on a piece of paper. The designs that I chose were on thingiverse. Then we went on tinker card to put our design on and edit it. 

Explanation Writing

How have camels adapted to their environment?

Are you aware that camels are a special species that live in the desert. They can go without water for a week or more, and can handle temperatures of up to 42 c because of the changes in their bodies over time.

One of the physical changes is they can drink around 46 liters of water in one go and they can go several month without food because they store fat in their hump. This fat them turns into energy to keep them strong.

Camels have a double layer of eyelashes to protect the sand from going inside their eyes. The eyebrows help the eye from shield it from the sun and they have big thick lips for the sharp cactus so they can eat it and get water out of it. Camels have a thick layer of fur to keep warm when it get cold at night. As the sand gets very hot during the day these animals have pads on their feet and stomach so they don’t get burnt.

A desert is a hot and dry place to be at and there some of the weather can cause a really strong sandstorm. Sandstorms are really dangerous because they can make you blind. Breathing in sand is another danger for camels so they have large nostril that they can open and close to protect them from the sandstorm.

Camels have adapted so they can survive in the desert.

This week we wrote an explanation about camels and how they adapted to the environment. We have also been looking about how their physical changes. Like what helped the camel survive in the desert. Our group watched a video that tell us information about the camels.

Kiwi Can

For kiwi can we was talk about respect for our school. Our rules is No phone to school, No lollies and no fizzy drink. We have rules so there no conflict and to make our school safer. Our Care Values in our school is Confidence, Attitude, Respect and Excellence and Innovation. Should we drink fizzy drink at school? No, it has to mach sugar and it is bad for us. We should have rules because our school can be safer.

Shake Out

Today was New Zealand shake out day, we were asked to make a DLO that explains what earthquakes are as well as what causes an earthquake. We also needed to write about what happened when  earthquakes happened in Christchurch and Napier. We were also practicing what to do for when there was an earthquake. We needed to get down low and find a sturdy table to hold on to. We used a site call shakeout.govt.nz to find out most of our information.

Math sheet

This week for math I have been practicing my basic facts up to 100. We use Mr Wong's challenge
sheet. It was hard for me because we had 2 week holiday. It was kind pf hard because I am not good with my hundreds. But at the sometime it was easy for me because some of the question I don't need to think about it to long.        

Formal - Informal

For today we talked about formal and informal language. Formal language is used when you have a job interview, or sending a greeting card to someone important like you boss, writing a letter to your parents and informal writing is when you talk to your friends, text you friends, how you usually text and write grocery lists.