LS1 Quiz Game Show | Sculpting, Drawing, Questioning

This term for inquiry LS1 has been learning about body systems, MRS GREN, and living organisms. Today was our quiz and also the last day of school. Throughout the term the groups have been working hard and earning credits so that later on we could use them to buy questions or more for the quiz. There were 3 rounds and 6 games in each one. In the first week we were focusing on MRS GREN and what living organisms are. MRS GREN is the 7 life processes that every living organism does which stand for Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion, and Nutrition. In the next couple of weeks, we were focusing on the sensitivity which is the nervous system. In the next week we were focusing on nutrition which was the digestive system. Moving on we worked on respiration which also the circulatory system. Then we made a D.L.O with our groups proving that one organism is living by showing how it follows the 7 life processes and then putting it all in a video and presenting it to the whole class. In the last week the groups started using credits until Friday for the big quiz which was today. The winning group in the end was the wolves with 6 point and we came second with 4. Our prize was chocolate.

ASB Getwise

This week Thursday we had someone from ASB getwise and teach us about how we can save and spend our money wisely. The person who came in to teach us was named Jayden. First he wrote out cash and we found words to suit in for each letter that are about money. C was for clear which is being specific about exactly what you want and making sure that the goal is clear. A was for action which means actually doing things to earn the money and taking action with the goal to get there. S was for save which is self explanatory and being responsible with how you save your money to get the amount you need for your goal. Lastly H was for how long which is how long it takes you to get the money and if you are not getting the amount you want then you can try the save process differently. We also did something where Jayden picked 2 volunteers from class and they got a flipbook that was about how much money they get per week, where they save, and the car that they got which was what their goal was. In the end person number 1 one because he saved in a bank. Sometimes throughout the lesson we would go through the 4 things of how we can spend our money wisely - Clear, Action, Save, and How long.

Matariki Celebration | Performances & Sausage Sizzle

This week Wednesday the school celebrated Matariki by having the Ukele group, Drumers group, Pacifica group, and the Kapa Haka group perform at the juniors and also by having a free sausage sizzle. Everyone sat on the junior benches as Ms Whaea Odie said a karakia translated in Maori and English. Then Ms Whaea Odi began to sing he honore and everybody joined in. The first group to perform was Kapa Haka. They danced to 3 different songs - Tamaki e, Tenei matou, Rona, and the boys preformed the haka afterwards. The junior kapa haka performed too. The next group to perform was the drummers which were Mr Matt, Andrew, Junior, and Mataio. The Ukulele group performed after the drummers and their were only 3 members - Angela, Avalon, and Florence. Ms Whaea Odi sang lean on me in the background as they played. I thought they did a great job since they didn't have much practice and the only time they did was on that day. The last group to perform was the pacifica group that I was apart of. In the end we had our sausage sizzle and everyone could get two sausages each. We sat on junior benches and ate then had our lunch time play.

Matariki | Maori

This week LS1 worked collaborative to create a D.L.O about Matariki. I worked with Afatia, Viva, and Nickaela to make a google presentation show how Matariki is celebrated, 3 facts about Matariki, the name of the 7 stars, and a song that the we learnt in Te Reo Maori. We had to discuss with each other and research to find out more information. I enjoyed and had fun working and creating the D.L.O with LS2.

Quiz | Man and Sea

L.I: To create a quiz of the text you read.
This week for reading we had to create a quiz of the text that we read last week, which for my group was Man and Sea. I created this quiz with Fau. The quiz could be made on a google form or other but we decided to choose kahoot. The two partners had to write 10 questions each so that we were putting in an equal amount of work. The questions had to be author and me or on my own. We also learnt synthesizing. Before creating the quiz we could make three D.L.O's that could help which was visualization which we could create a google draw and draw a scene from the story, make a key words and reminder list, and also the inference t-chart.

Here is the link to my quiz - Kahoot Quiz | Man and Sea
(the code is 4614413)

Narrative | Dialogue & Monologue

 L.I: To write a narrative with dialogue.
This week for reading we read a text called the silent red book which was a silent story. We learnt about dialogue which is two people talking to each other and monologue which is just one person talking. In groups of three we had to come up with some ideas for what any two people in the scene could be saying to each other because it was silent video/story. Then we had to make a narrative for this story using monologue and dialogue. I showed this using a google presentation and for each scene writing what a short sentence of what is happening and the monologue or dialogue for it. I thought the book was very interesting and very good. I also took photos of the clips and used them in the slide so that you could see the scene that it came from.

Here is a link to the video - Silentredbook

M&M Fractions

L.I: To use our understanding fractions, decimals, and percentages.
This week for math we had to use our knowledge of fractions, and percentages in our work. First we played a chocolate bar sharing activity where you had to try and get the most chocolate in the end. Next we had to get into pairs with anyone, and my pair was Farzana. Everyone was handed one M&M pack and one person had to sort them out by colour and count them all. The other person wrote down all the other information. In the end you could eat the chocolate after you got the data you needed. Using the information you had, you had to answer a list of other questions as well where we had to use our thinking and our knowledge about fractions, decimals, and percentages.  Lastly we had to make two graphs, a pie graph, and a column graph,  using the data.