Do's And Don'ts

W.A.L.T. Entertain

Task: Make a do's and don'ts list.

Description: For writing we were doing a do's and don'ts list. The do has to be the same as the don't so they match. Her is my do's and don'ts.

(1) Do go toilet with the door closed/ Don't leave the door open and ask some one to come and look.

(2) Do eat with forks and knifes at a restaurants/ Don't eat with your hands and feet at the restaurant table.
(3) Do put trash away/ Don't leave trash around for someone to slip and fall down.
(4) Do paint the house/ Don't paint Troy's white clean shirt.
(5) Do play pranks on friends/ Don't play pranks on Troy.
(6) Do eat the hen's eggs/ Don't eat the hen.
(7) Do to the hair dressers/ Don't go to the meat store.
(8) Do like spider man/ Don't like spider pig.

Drama Reflections

Every Wednesday room 12, 11, 13, 14, 9 and 6 have been doing some inquiry. I have been doing some drama with Nic. We did a reflection about it and put it on our blog. Here it is.

Learning Pit

WALA: The Learning Pit

Description: We have been learning about when good learning happens. At the bottom of the learning pit it is where it gets a bit challenging and hard for you. But when your up top it is easy and sometimes it gets a bit boring.

Task: Share what you know about the learning pit.

Criteria:
Draw the Learning Pit.
List at least 3 feelings that you might have when you are in the pit.
List at least 3 strategies that you could use to get out of the pit.
Label where good learning happens. Good learning happens in the bottom.
List 3 things you could say to yourself when you are in the pit. I can do this. Belevive in myself. I know I can dothis.

Evaluation:

Reflect on a time when you have been in the pit. I have been in the learning pit at half hui because I am bad at te Reo maori.

How did you feel when you were in the pit? I feel happy because I know I have been learning something.

What did you do to work out of the pit? I kept on beleiving I could do it.

Feedback/Feedforward:   We'll done Taylor  like like the way you  said I keeped believing myself next time you could work on reflecting on a different time you were in the pit Emma :)

My Home Work Story

WALT:  Entertain

Description: We read the poem “My Remarkable Journey” which inspired us to write our own remarkable journeys about why our homework wasn’t at school today.

<your story goes here>

Criteria:

We decided that a quality piece of writing has the following things. Reflect on whether these things are in your story:

Introduction: It hooks the reader in the first few lines making them want to read more

Punctuation: Is your writing ready for a reader? Does your punctuation make it easy for them to read?

Short sentences: Do you create suspense by using these in your writing?

Onomatopoeia: Are these in your writing to create impact?

Alliteration: Are these in your writing to create impact?

Similes/Metaphors: Are these in your writing to create impact?

Evaluation:

1. What do you think is the best part of your story? When I went through the portal and ended up in a beach.

2. What was the hardest part about completing this portfolio sample? The part that was most hard was writing in my book because it took for ages.

3.  Next time, what is a goal you can work towards? My goal is to be faster at writing if I ever did this again.

Feedback/Feedforward:  Good work Taylor I think that was a very good story. But next time you should make it a bit shorter. #Olivia.

Here is my story.

It was I normal morning well not really. The alarm went homework day, homework day, homework day. If you are asking it always sounds like that on a Monday. Mum said "Taylor your alarm went come down stairs" so I went down stairs, carelessly because I had Mr Rotter today and he is the worst teacher in history. He gives me more homework then anyone in the school. I got ready for and headed for school with my friends.

The bell rang and we got in class. Mr Rotter gave us our homework and said in a grouchy voice "go home now and do your homework it is due tomorrow."

I walked home and said to myself "30 pages that's not fare." I opened my door and went up stairs.

I was sitting on my bed with my dog called Fareless doing my homework. Fareless heard a sound. "What is it boy" I said. Suddenly lightning came out of no where. "Why is there lightning? Its not even been raining." I said. Then a ugly which came out of the lightning. She was on her broom stick. My dog tried to hide under my bed covers but it didn't work because his bottom was sticking out with his tail.

The which turned my dog into a fire breathing dog with it's flamed tail. I tried to calm him but it wouldn't work. Put hey were after my homework. The which's broom was a homework eating broom. The broom charged down at me almost about to reach my homework. But I ran faster.

I went down a long distance hallway with the which chasing after me. I saw one of my cats called Crazy Candy. He is called that because when ever we get candy he runs after it. Anyway I picked him up and I was holding him in my arm and my homework in my hand. Crazy Candy was behind my homework. The which turned Crazy Candy into a four legged paper shredder. It was trying to get my homework. I dropped him slowly because inside I knew Crazy Candy was still in there somewher.

The which did a spell and then I ran through a portal. When I entered the portal it took me to the beach. I was still running the but on the hot hot sand and a shark with four legs chasing after me. The which turned me into a flying dolphin so then I started flying almost about to dive in the water. While I was flying I thought that maybe the which would met in the water. I dived right down into the water and the which said "I am not afraid of you or water". Then she dived in. "Aaaarrrrr" said the which. The which melted. I forgot that I had my homework and it ripped to pieces and sank to the bottom of the deep blue sea. 

I was back home and everything was back to normal except for my homework. "Everything must have gone when the which melted". My room was all tidy. I was about to go to bed when Fareless came.

I woke up getting ready for school. Once I was ready I went straight to school. "That's why I don't have my homework Mr Rotter" I said. You get a A+ for telling a great story. But seriously where is your homework said Mr Rotter. " I told you already I don't have my homework I said once again. 

I went homeland had a big nap.

Te Reo Maori Poster

WALT: communicate a message.

Description: We have been participating in 3 different workshops around colour, compositions and fonts.  We put these skills to use in a poster sharing our knowledge about Te Reo Maori.
Why? We have noticed that our posters are too cluttered and do not communicate a  message well.

Task: Make a poster about Te Reo Maori.

Criteria: Message: My message is clear and purposeful.  Everything that is on my poster relates to my message.

 Composition: My poster is balanced.

Font: My font is clear, readable and suits the message.

Colour: I have used 2-3 colours that are complementary.  My background choice makes the text pop!

Accuracy: All of the words on my poster are spelt correctly.

Evaluation:

1. What are you most proud of and why? I am most proud of my angles I put it in because if they were different on each side it would look not that good.

2. What challenged you the most and why? Choosing the right color was the most challenging because me Emma.B. and Milania did a blue background and it was hard to choose light colors because there was many light colors.

3. Next time, what is a goal you can work towards? My goal would be to do a different color background so it is not the same as this poster did.

Feedback/Feedforward: next time you should make more messages!#Olivia

I think you did very well!#Olivia 

Poster: Here is my poster

100 challenge

91
Telephone/20+5+12+5+16+8+15+14+5=100

Matariki

W.A.L.T: Gain an understanding from a text.

1) Has Matariki always been popular with New Zealanders?  Matariki hasn't been popular in New Zealand.

2) What constellation is Matariki found in? The name of the constellation is the Taurus.

3) What does Matariki translate to in English? The little eyes of the gods.

4) What does the sighting of Matariki signify? The Matariki signify is the Maori new year.

5) If Matariki is Hazy and Unclear to see, what type of season will be expected? If it was all hazy and  hard to see it would be a very cold season.

6) What are the different stories that people believe of Matariki? 

If you found a picture of the Matariki constellation to put on your post that would be great.

Sir Peter Blake-Dreams

W.A.L.T: Write for self.

Task: choose one of these topics to write about in a post on your blog.

On Monday 30th poutama had the Sir Peter Blake-Dream Team come in and talk about their dream job. Kerry, Ahjah and Garry were there names. There were two boys and one girl. Ahjah was the girl and Kerry was one of the boys and Garry was the other boy. We got cards that asked what is your dream job and what is your dream for New Zealand.

Write about what you wish for yourself for the future. 

My dream job is to work at the SPCA and the pet shop to hang out with all the pets. I would like to be a singer.

Write about what you wish for yourself for the future.

I would like to be a singer.

Write about how you might do that.

I might do this by practicing everyday and go on a singing show.

Write about how you might do that. 

To get into the SPCA I might do some violentarey work. 

My Reading Goal

My goal is to use fluency in my reading. Fluency means that I can read accurately, with expression, and understand what I read. 

Fluency is one of the words in the readers cafe. The words in the readers cafe are comprehension accuracy fluency and expanding vocabs.

Here are some pictures.