Blog Commenting

Today I decided to comment on one of Kaitlyn's blog post. It was her Myths, Legends, and Fairytales post for reading. I think she did a great job. I've done this reading task too and liked her detailed and descriptive blurb. It was als good that she explained what self monitoring is. She made her blurb very descriptive and described a lit in her blurb what things were that she talked about.

Here is her blog post and my comment below - Myths, Legends, and Fairytales

Panmure Bridge | Past, Current, and Future - Changes & Impacts

L.I: To understand the changes and impacts of the Panmure Bridge.
This week for inquiry we got into small groups of three to complete a presentation about the Panmure bridge showing a timeline, the impact, the future, and images of the bridge that interests us. I worked with Farzana, and Florence. We also looked at sites a few sites to help us finish the slides. For the first slide we each found 2 photos and in a short text, explained why it interests us. In the next slide we had to show the changes of the bridge by completing a time line of what it was like through out the years. In the next slide we had to think about the impact of how panmure bridge might have changed how people lived in the area. Everyone gave one idea for this one. In the final slide we had to think about the future and what might be in the next panmure bridge. Everyone also gave one idea for this aswell. I think this was very interesting to do because I was able to find out a little more about the history of the panmure bridge and being able to share my ideas on it.

Narrative Writing | Campfire

L.I: To write a quick narrative.

This week for writing we created a narrative based off a photo  of two kids sitting around a campfire. We did brainstorming on coggleto write down all the ideas, and planning by doing the backwards S strategy and covering the basic parts of the narrative. The characters are Jess and Jeff, and the parents are Milli and Christopher. The two kids get seperated from the parents and need to find their way back. I also included extra parts in mine. The problem was that they were lost and I also added another problem that has to do with a bear. I had a lot of ideas but decided to title it as, The Campfire.
You can also view my narrative here - Narrative

Kiwi Sport | Swimming

This week Thursday we had swimming at the panmure YMCA lagoon pools. We had to go with the swimming coaches we went with last week which was for me, Cameron. First we went over again how to get in a pool safely and how to get into a river which is two hands on the wall, push off, and rotate your body into the water to get into the pool and both hands at each side and slowly get in to get into the rivier. Then we learnt how to float on our stomachs and our backs. Also learning with me was Sandra and then later on Nicole, Jayden, Raera, and Giovanni came over too. We had to push off the plat form and float as far as we could on our back then start kicking when we stopped with our legs to go further to the platform. Then we did the same thing on our backs. We also did the dolphin dive which everyone was familiar with. With practise this a few times with Cameron. We tried to dive in and go low and also repeatedly dived up and down like a dolphin. In then end we stood on the platform and did swam back however we wanted to all the way to the other side. We gave cameron a highfive and hoped out to head back to class.

Myths, Legends, and Fairytales | Venn Diagram & Reading strategies reminder

L.I: To recall reading strategies and when they are used.
L.I: To create venn diagram to show the similarities and differences between myths, legends, and fairytales.
This week for reading we have been learning about myths, legends, and fairytales. Myths are religious or cultural beliefs or views of tradition and may contain factual information in them. Fairytales are stories which can be based around a true story that include something added to them that makes them so fantastical with good and evil and a conflict. Legends are created to give historical facts and can be people who have done something very big an rememberable. First we got in to pairs or small groups of 3 and made a slide to recall the reading strategies and when they are used. Then in our pairs/groups we created a copy of a venn diagaram to show the similarities and differences between myths, legends, and fairytales. To find out our information we read two sites and then used our knowledge that we learnt from them and written down the info on the venn diagrams.

Kiwi Can

This week Thursday we had kiwi can in room 7 with Mr Matt and Ms Lily. Our topic is goal setting and our theme is resilence. First we got into our energizer which was snatch. Everyone was given a tag to put in their pocket but have part of it hanging out so other people are capable of snatching it. You stood somewhere in the class room and when Mr Matt counted down from 3 we started. People would go around and try to snatch others tags from their pocket. The winner of the first round was Alayah then in the second round it was a draw between Alayah and Viliami. I really enjoyed this game and had a lot of fun trying to get others tags without getting out myself. Then we came back on the mat in our 4 lines and talked about our new topic, goal setting. We talked about some goals we have at school and more. Then we played an activity called Ball Trouble. First we had to find a partner, it had to be boy and girl partners. My partner was Fanini. The girls lined up on one side and the boys lined up on the other, but you had to be lined up with your partner. The first to partners went, then the next, and so on. Mr Matt would give the partners something to do with the ball, like back to back which means you had to place the ball in the middle of both you and your partners back and go to the end of the room and back. Even though for some of them we struggled, we continued on and kept trying. I also enjoyed playing this game with my partner. Then some of the partners swapped over to be on one side either team 1 or team 2. I was team 2. I was very happy when Mr Matt annouced that our team one and proud of everyone's good work. Then we came back on the mat and did the scores for this week. Our total was 24 out of 25. Lastly, we said goodbye to Ms Lily and Mr Matt and headed back to class.

Media Construction | Wordcloud List & Suitable Images

L.I: To identify the purpose of the information presented in media.

L.I: To understand that media is made for purpose. 

This week for cyber-smart we discussed amongst other peers about what we think the purpose of the infromation in media and created wordclouds of words that describe what we see in images of our self we put suitable for school and for friends/family. First we watched 2 videos and looked at a site. It was an advertisment, a trailer, and an news site. After listening to one of the articles on the news site or watching one of the videos, we had a small talk with other classmates about the purpose of the media. Then in the end the class shared some of their ideas. Then we created a copy of a google presentation of the smart media: media in construction D.L.O. Then we went down to one of the slides and uploaded two images of ourself, one suitable for blog/school, and one suitable for friends or school. Then we created wordclouds for each images listing words that describe what we see in both the images.