Inquiry

In inquiry we have been learning to stay focus and reflect on how we stayed focused. We used ECG which means emotion cognition and growth. Here is my reflection and second video.

Reading Article

W.A.L.T: Read accurately, with expression and understand what we read.

Description: We have been reading articles from around the world about peculiar news.

Task: Respond to the article you have just read using full sentences.

1. Who is the main person or group of people in this news article? The main person in this article is 2 truck drivers and another person in the truck.

2. What was the key event from the news article? The key event in this article was the driver lost control of the wheel and the truck fell onto the grass spilling all the money.

3. Where did this event take place? The article took place Rhode Island, USA

4. When did this event take place? September 2 2014

5. Why did this event happen? The event happened because the driver found it hard to steer the wheel and lost control.

Evaluation:

1. What do you think is the best part of the article? Reading the article and finding out what happened.

2. What was the hardest part about completing this portfolio sample? It was hard to answer the question because I don't no a lot about the article and most people think they no everything.

3.  Next time, what is a goal you can work towards? Next time my goal to work on is to understand and now what I am reading.

Feedback/Feedforward:  I think that Taylor has done a great job I like how she said she doesn't know a lot about this article because people say I know everything about this and I think you could work a little more writing.

An armoured truck overturned on a highway in Rhode Island, USA,  causing bags of money to spill all over the road which quickly caught the attention of other drivers.

Police say the driver lost control and the truck swerved off the highway onto the grass and tipped onto its side.

Both the driver and the other person in the truck received cuts and bruises and possibly neck and back injuries.

The money was in clear plastic bags and canvas duffel bags and the scene of the accident was soon swarming with passers-by but police are unsure whether any money was taken.

A second truck was called and the money was transferred as police supervised and kept passers-by away from the scene

Math Sample

WALT: Extend a repeating picture patten using number strategies.

Description: For maths this term we have been learning a range of strategies to help us solve algebra problems.

Task:  Make a short movie to prove that you have achieved your maths goal.

Criteria: 

• Show, explain, prove your goal and how you did it

• Clear message
• Two questions to show your learning
• Correct answer

Evaluation:

1. What are you most proud of and why? I am most proud of my whole poster because it showed what I was learning.

2. What challenged you the most and why? Making the poster was the most challenging because it was hard for me to think what to put on my poster.

3. Next time, what is a goal you can work towards? My goal next time would be to move up a goal after I have finished my poster or movie and proved it.

Feedback/Feedforward: Great work Taylor I really liked the way you showed the understanding of how you use the goal and how you showed how you worked it out. Milania :)

My What If Story

W.A.L.T: entertain

Description: In week 6 term 3 Troy's writing group was writing about a what if story. The starting of the sentence had to be what if you woke up and all the clocks in the world went dead. Once you were done the first story you could make your own what if story.

Evaluation: What part did you most enjoy? I enjoyed the first paragraph because I think it will hook the reader in.
What was the hardest part? The hardest part for me was getting my story done because it wax a really long story to write.
What would you work on next time? Next time I would work on making my story shorter because it is a really long story.

Feedback/feedforward: I think you did a good job at your writing. I think you need to work on making your story shorter. Aalaa

Here is my what if story.

What if you woke up and all the clocks in the world went dead and the time froze? You were the only one moving and all your friends were moving too. What would you do?

Well I can tell you that I was once stuck in time and the clocks weren't moving. I was the only one moving and all my sisters and friends were moving too. Keep on reading so you know how to get out of a problem like this.

Me my sisters and friends started to pack our bags with lots of food, lots of, water bottles with different flavours, we also packed our clothes, sleeping bags, pillows and some blankets and all the stuff we needed to survive. We got our jackets on and headed out the door with our big heavy bags on our backs. At least our bags had big strong wheels on the bottom and a long elastic string that attaches to anything.

We put our scooters in our bags and put our helmets on and started riding on our bikes.     

We brought our money incase we run out of food or water but I dealt that. We started to ride down the road but then I said "I forgot the bike pump". So we turned around and got the bike pump.

We were riding down the road almost about to leave Palmerston North. We went past the sign that said Palmerston North. I turned back and all I could see was a empty city with no cars or people. 

There were no cars coming and entering Palmerston North. We were riding for a long time so we stopped and had a snack. We ate some popcorn, oranges, nut bars and some cake.

We started to hit the road on our scooters. If your wondering where our bikes would go they can fold up and fit into a bag. We were almost entering this city called Lower Hutt. 

We saw a purple thing coming from the plaza connecting to the sky. We realized that the purple thing was stopping all the clocks in the world. We put our scooters away in our bags and started to run. When we got to the plaza we went up the escalator to see who was doing this to the world.

We found the person who did all this miss. Her name was Creepy  Coney. She was so creepy nobody liked her. She stole some toys from kids. Well actually she only stole the toys from the boys that she liked.

She said she was doing it because she, was doing the same thing as her mum and dad. "Nothing can stop me now" she said.

We thought really hard and then we knew that the clocks stop working when it is wet. So maybe if we wet the purple thing maybe everything would be back to normal. We put the water on the purple thing and then everything went back to normal. We got to Palmerston North and everyone was moving. I went and hugged my mum and dad because everything was back to normal. 

What if we were stuck in snow forever?

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 :)

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