Dance Mat Typing | Daily 6 (Keyboarding)

L.I: To learn touch typing.

This week I played Dancing Mat for a Daily 6 on keyboarding. First I did the level 1 stage, home row. For this, it showed us where to put your fingers on the keyboard. We had to type the letters and symbols that it wanted us to type and other words that we could make with barley moving our hands around the keyboard. I struggled because I wasn't used to the finger placing of the game and so typing the words were a bit confusing and hard. In the end I was still able finish the level 1.

Kiwi Sport

This week Thursday we had our fourth session of swimming. First the swimming coaches talked to us about water safety and the life guards. The life guards tell us not to do something only because of our safety. The water safety when getting into a river, is to go in feet first because there might be rocks and logs under and we would rather risk breaking a foot then injuring our head. Also when saving someone from out of the ocean, to be careful. When getting someone out of the situation where the water pulls you in and you start to go under the water, past them something to hold on to, to float and breathe. Then we got on with our lesson. We were seperated into the swimming coaches we worked with last week. I was with Cameron. First we did skelling where we used our hands and went in a in and out motion doing thumbs up and down. We did this on our stomachs which I could do and our backs which was more difficult. Then we swam however way across to the other platform in any way we wanted and then back. After, we all gave Cameron a high-five and got out of the pool.

Procedural Writing | Structure & Language Features

L.I: To identify the structure and language features of a procedural text.
This week for writing we looked at the structure and language features of procedural writing. We talked about the basics of procedural writing and looked at the different procedural texts. We went away in pairs and looked at a text either of instructions, directions, or a recipe. My partner was Farzana and we got an instructions paper on how to make an origami cat. We then came back and were tolled to find starting verbs in a sentence, third person and infinite text. To show all our learning about procedural writing, we had to create a poster showing the structure and language features of it. The suitable resource was a google draw. I included examples and explained the purpose and what procedural writing is.

Bridge Locations on Google Maps | International & National

L.I: To make a map of the world and locating 5 - 10 bridges on it.
This week for inquiry we had to make a map and locate 5 national, and 5 international bridges on google maps adding up to 10 bridges in total. First we did the 5 bridges we did for the this vs that so it didn't take so long to find different bridges. We found the locations for them and pinned them on the map and inserted an image and info about the year built, length (span), height, and width, cost, material, and type of bridge. Five bridges were from new zealand, and from the international, one was from Norway, one was from California, one from in Detroit, another was in Port Huan, and the last was in Creissels.

Maui | Lessons and Summary

 L.I: To try and understand the lesson behind the Maui story.

This week for reading we read a short text about Maui and had to create a D.L.O teaching about the story and the lessons it teaches others. During, Before, and After reading the text we had to fill in Reading notes. There were reading strategies in the during section, so is in the before and after. Once reading the whole text, we had to think about the lesson that it might teach the readers and write it in a D.L.O. I decided to created google presentation so I could fill in the info I needed but separate the summary from the lesson in two different slides.

Different Types of Angles | Acute, Obtuse, Right, Reflex, Straight

L.I: To construct right, acute and obtuse angles.
L.I: To begin to appreciate the degree.
L.I: To To know the degree, unit of measurement.
L.I: To know that the angle at a point is 360 degrees.
This week for math we learnt about different types of angles, Acute, Obtuse, Right, Straight, and Reflex. Then to show our learning and understanding about the angles, we had to find objects in the class that have an angle. First the math groups learnt about degrees and angles, and two angle learning games. Then we had to create a google presentation and take photos of objects we found that represent the angles. I decided to put in a short text beside each photo, what I used and how much the angle is. We also learnt the differences in acute and obtuse. Acute means small and Obtuse means bigger. I used a book, scissors, a whiteboard, ruler, and popsicles

Quick Narrative | Monster & Knight

L.I: To write a quick narrative.
This week for writing everyone chose out of 4 photos what they would like to do for their narrative. Then we went away and spent only 40 minutes to write it. I decided to choose the 4th photo of a knight and giant monster. We had to use a narrative planner and write the orientation, problem, events, and solution. The title of my narrative is "The fight of Ayvar and Jaheim" which are the main characters names. The steps that we went over when writing is B.P.D.E.P which stands for Brainstorming, Planning, Drafting, Editing, and Publishing. When editing we had to correct any spelling, sentences, or non-interesting or unnecessary ideas. You can read my finished narrative above (or below from the link), and look at the photo I used to base my story off.
View my story here - Narrative