Math Box Method

Description:

In Elly b's math group we have been learning a box method. We use the box method with multiplication and division problems we don't know the answer too.

Feedback/Feedforward:

Well done Taylor I agree you did struggle with it at first but then once you had done it a few times you were  really good.

- Tabitha

Evaluation:

At first when I heard Elly say 'we are going to use the box method' I had wondered what the box method was. When I learnt what the box method was I thought it would have been really hard. But when we practiced it a few more times knew how to use the box method.

Wearable Arts

Description:

Production is coming up at the end of this term. The schools theme is based on ora-life. In Poutama we will be Upcycling things to make our garment. Troy Kate and Rebecca are doing different things to do with life. Troy is doing elements, Rebecca is doing villains and heros and Kate is doing out of Africa. I am with Rebecca doing villains. I chose to do villains and heros with Rebecca because I found it very interesting to dress up in.

04/09/2015

So far I have mad my mask and some weapons. I need to paint some more layers though. All I need to start on is my wings and then I'll be done. I aim to have my mask and Amy weapons done by next week. Next week I want to start on my wings.

1) The materials that I used to create my garment were:
Black paper, plastic, plastic bags, hot glue and cardboard.
2) The most challenging thing about production for me was:
Making my wings because I didn't know what I would use to make my wings.

3) One way I demonstrated a growth mindset during production was:
Was when I said I can finish my garment in time for the production.

4) Something I am really proud of about production was:
Getting my garment done because I had finished it the week before it was due done.

5) Our school vision is to create agency, creativity and excellence. I showed this by:
Helping others with there garment because they might not have gotten done with any help.

Feedback/Feedforward:

I think that you have done a great job creating your garment. My favourite part of your costume is your wings they look stunning. If you have more time next time you could try and do another coat of paint on your mask To prevent it from chipping off! Well done! Bella.

Evaluation:

I think I have done well with creating my garment because it is original. But I think I could have added more detail to my costume.

Fish Story

Description:
We chose to focus on sentences, ideas or words for writing. Our writing task was too write a story based on a picture with fish, a man and a shark in it. We could write a narrative, recount, a report or a persuadeful piece of writing I chose a narrative.

Big Idea:
I am in Troy's writing group. I am learning to use conjunctions at the start of my sentences. In sentences we could use a mixture of long and short sentences, some complex sentences, conjunctions and varied my sentence beginnings. In words we use descriptive verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, connectives, conjunctions and similes. In ideas we have a clear idea of who our audience is, the purpose for our writing like narratives, report, description, recount and instructions.

Feedback/Feedforward:

I like the way you did paragraphs and it's easy to read. You could use more conjunctions in your piece of writing. Next time you can tell what your working on and how are you complteing it. Shaiv

Evaluation:
I think that I use a lot of conjunctions in most of my story's. But when I was writing this story I wasn't really thinking of the conjunctions in. I don't have a lot of conjunctions but I will add some in. Next time I will know to put conjunctions into my writing to make my writing awesome.

The Answer Is IPad

Description:

We chose to focus on questioning or summerising. In reading we have been doing a tic tac toe. I have been doing the questioning tic tac toe because questioning is my goal. A tic tac toe is when you can chose any three things from the nine tic tac toes to do with your goal. The questioning tic tac toes are when you find an article or anything really, and you ask questions about it, like the answer is iPad. The is iPad is when you ask questions that have the answer of an iPad.

Success Critairia:

Right there (in the text)

Think and search (in the text)

Author and me questions (not in the text)

On my own questions (not in the text)

Big Idea:

In questioning we ask questions before we read an article, while we're reading the article, and after we read an article. We use the success critairia to help us with our reading. For my tic tac toe I learnt that there can be so many questions that answer iPad. I leart that it's not easy to come up with these questions but there are lots of questions that have the answer for iPad.

Feedback/Feedforward:

I think that you did a good job a thinking of questins and adding a bit of humour in it. I think that you could  work on doing 20 questions because I think that you can do it. I think that you need to work on having better and longer questions like thick questions because you can get more information by asking them with a lot of detail.

Aalaa:)

Evaluation:

I think I have done a well with my goal questioning. When I do my tic tac toes though i notice that there aren't that many questions you could ask. But I think I could work on getting more questions for my tic tac toes because this week and the week before I haven't been getting 20 questions down like I aim to do. So next time I do a tic tac toe I am hopefully going to get 20 questions done.