That was year six

 

On Tuesday we were writing about what happened in year six and if you remembered them.  It took a while because I couldn't think of anything of what we did because my memory sucks.  The learning asset was kaikorero and I don't like writing so it was harder.

I found it easy to do that ones where we did the activities in the past days or the coolest ones.

I found it hard when I forgot most things and I had to remember some

Trip to the Museum

    We were learning about things from many years ago like when moa existed and barley any houses existed.  We started on a bus heading to the museum then we all walked in a room with lots of stuff everywhere like a bird hanging from a string and native birds from New Zealand. 

 All of us did a scavenger hunt we had to find a spinner, boat and one more thing in one of the main rooms.  Then we had to go in another room and and find two more things a hoe and I forgot the other name but it was made out of dog skin and that's very sad. 

 Then we looked at a bunch of art pieces to get an idea of what we could paint after that we traveled back to the room we started in.  The lady tells us to grab a sponge and a piece of paper grabbed a pencil and I drew a big cloud with a river below the cloud.  I had to draw pretty hard but not so hard that the sponge rips.  After I drew the cloud and river I painted over the drawing I used the color blue.  I used a brush to paint on the sponge after I did that I grabbed a roller and flipped the sponge on the paper and rolled of the back of the sponge,  and when I flipped the sponge over I could see the image on the paper it was kind of messed up but it worked.  We all had to get back on the bus and head back to school.

I enjoyed it but I have been to the museum a ton of times so nothing new except for the room we went in.

I found it easy to find everything but there was one thing that was a bit challenging to find one thing that was the spinner.

The Arts

We were learning about The Arts and what you see or do.  I was using my Whaiwhakaaro learning asset and thinking what was in that specific topic like dancing was hard because we had name dances or what you do but I only had moves for dancing that's not a dance move.  We also had to think what art is but I didn't know exactly what art was so I just guessed it.

I found it easy with the music one because we do things at school like choir, guitar, recorder and also singers and piano.

I found it hard with dancing and visual art and kind of drama dancing I couldn't remember any dances and what they were called.  Visual art was hard but I knew like art and then I got help because I didn't know anything else.  Drama was easyish but still couldn't think of anything my friend helped me on 3 and those were comedy, shows and plays.

I enjoyed this activity because I like some of these topics like drama or music or visual art.  I don't really like dancing but sometimes I do.  It was also fun figuring stuff out like thinking for the idea and I think dancing was the hardest because you  have to name dances but I don't really know any dance names.

Next time I need to maybe stay on time because I could've finished earlier but I kept on getting distracted and had to write on it 3 times but could've done it more but also I didn't have any ideas of some things.

 

Atua

 

I was learning to find pictures write the maori then the english version.  We had to copy the picture of the atua then put it on a slide and photos that represent the atua then record the maori and english version.

I found it hard to find the meaning in english but since some of the maori words like te and o.

I enjoyed doing the recordings and because sometimes I messed up and laughed.  Pronouncing the names are hard and the maori version.  

Next time I need to stay focused instead of taking forever to publish it to my blog.

The Koru

 

I was learning to look at korus and describe what they look like also learning to do many things in maori like games and words and also atua.  Using our Kaiwhakarite Self manager stay organized and manage my time effectively.

I found it easy to look at a maori pattern especially when it was a swirly pattern and swirly patterns are easy to describe.

I found it hard write and add adjectives and similes in the piece of writing.

I enjoyed writing about korus because swirly shapes are easy to write about and I like easy things.

Next time I need to add my name at the bottom and I also to manage my time effectively.

Winter Wind

 

I was learning about Winter and I could choose from 3 things snow, wind or rain I choose wind.  

We were also trying to add adjectives and similes and nouns etc.   It was a piece of writing using Kaiwhakarite (stay organized and manage my time effectively).

I found it easy to write about wind because wind is easy to know what happens because tornados and more also flipping cars when strong wind hits.

I found it hard to at similes and adjectives but I managed to find some to make my writing better than before.

I enjoyed writing about Winter because Winter is a season where most people find it hard to keep warm and also Winter has harder winds than most seasons.

Next time I need to add more reread my writing to make sure it makes sense.

What makes a good blog comment?

 

We are learning to recognise a quality blog comment and give reasons for our thinking.  Our learning assets were Kaiwhakarite, Mahi Tahi and Whaiwhakaaro. I am doing this fun activity with Brodie heres his blog: https://mk20brodieh.blogspot.com/ . I am also learning so say positive blog comments on other peoples blogs and look at posts to see if they are good or not.  We put dislikes and like images over the good or bad blog comments.

I found to easy to like/dislike some of them because you can easily tell that the blog comment is a good/bad blog comment.

I found it hard to find a good or bad comment because some looked like they would be a good blog comment because they look like it's part of the post that the owner posted.

I really enjoyed this activity because we had some laughs and found some of the comments funny also making some funny jokes.

Next time I need to use one of my learning assets which is: Kaiwhakarite and the one on their is Stay organized and manage my time effectively. 

Reading: Author's Purpose

 

We were learning about what author's purpose is.  I also learn what pie means it means Persuade Inform and Entertain.  Our learning assets were Kairangahau and Kaiwhakarite.

I found it easy to read the 2 stories because I know a lot of words so I could read all of them without trying to spell out the words.

I enjoyed learning about Author's Purpose because reading is my favourite subject and reading is very calming to me. 

Te Reo Introduction

 

I am learning to say my name, where I'm from, where I live, what I like and what I don't like in te reo.

Science with Book Creator

I was learning to use book creator. 

Road Safety

 Today we were learning to be safe on the road and collaborating to make a movie about road safety.  The reason why we did this is because it was road safety week.  Also trying to use mahi tahi and be a good teammate.

I found it easy to make a road safety movie because I have used imovie before so it would be easier since I have used it before.

I found it hard to get all the clips because we did most of the ones that we have already done so we didn't know anymore but we still completed them by kinda copying the other one we did.

I enjoyed creating this movie because making movies are really fun and we are also teaching people about road safety so it is much better teaching and having fun at the same time.

Next time I need to work more collaboratively with my team so we can get done and I also need to use my time effectively. 

Writing focus

 

For our writing we have been writing Narratives. We have been learning to add a great hook in or opening line to our writing and to start our sentences in different ways.

This week we also had to have a smile and alliteration in our writing. This slide shows my hook in, sentence beginnings, simile and alliteration.

We are using our Kaiwhakarite/Self Manager learning asset by reflecting on our learning.

Copyright Challange

 I was learning to create a copyright slide with explorer.  Copyright is your image getting taken by somebody else that didn't ask you for permission.

I found this easy because it says what you had to put in that exact box and also for the name and nickname you only had to write your name or nickname in that box instead of a image.

I found this hard because we had to keep the link for the person who made it and then it made it way harder to resize the image inside the box.

I really enjoyed doing this challenge because it is teaching you that you can get copyright claimed if you use them from the web.

Next time I need to be more focused on my learning and not get distracted.

Respecting the Playground

We were learning to respect many things in our playground like listening to the teacher.

I found this activity easy because for the putting rubbish in the bin we just found the rubbish around the playground and looked like we were picking the rubbish up.

I found it hard to find out what we were going to do for that respect option for what to do and exactly what it looked like.

I really enjoyed doing this activity because it was lots of fun and we laughed about what we actually did for the playing with buddies and respecting the garden.

Next time I need to focus more then we could of gotten the activity done more faster.

 

Dancing with the Stars

We were learning to collaborate together to find our dance to do on the stage (grass).  I was with Michael, Noah, Jodi and Brodie.

I found it hard to know what we were doing at the right time and people in the group telling us what to do but then we changed dance moves so I wasn't sure what to do.

I really enjoyed doing Dancing with the Stars because it was lots of fun and even though I am shy I still gave it a go and had lots of smiles.

Next time I need to listen to the person saying the ideas but also have them tell me when to do the dance move at the exact time.

 

Learning Assets

I was learning to work together as a team and make a tank wheel by walking around the hall with Xavier, Michael and Brodie.  We were learning about our Communicator learning asset.

I found it hard to do this activity because the paper got all messy and it ripped and didn't work out the best.

I really enjoyed this activity because it was about teamwork, talking and completing the challenge.

Next time I need to listen more to people's ideas and have more fun.

 

Korowai

 

We were learning to be very creative with the patterns and then we choose some colors to do the patterns on and we dyed our feathers the color that we choose.

I found it easy to dye and make the patterns on the feather and the reason I found it easy to dye is because you just have to go back and forwards.

I found it hard to cut the little slits that we had to do in the feathers and also making the orange feathers not connect to the orange feather like being right next to the same color.

I really enjoyed doing this activity because I love patterns and I did also enjoy putting the feathers on.

Next time I need to take my time and not go really fast to complete it.                                                                                                                                                                        

Triathlon

We were learning to work in a team and never give up and don't be angry about it.

I found it easy to do backstroke in the pool because it is the easiest stroke you can do because you just have to lay down and kick then you can have a rest from all the strokes and if you need a breath.

I found it hard to do freestyle in the pool because I got exhausted easy and I didn even get to the end by doing freestyle.

I really enjoyed doing the triathlon because it was lots of fun and I do like swimming and I have done the Weetbix Tryathlon.

Next time I need to practice doing freestyle so I don´t get exhausted so easily. 

Cybersmart comic

We were learning to create a comic about how you should carry and care about your own chromebook.  I did this learning with Michael.

I found it easy to create this comic because I used 2 brains and it helped a lot with this comic this comic would not be here without Michael.  I also found it easy to put all the objects into the comic like the chromebook at the characters.

I found it hard because we could not find a good table that had nothing under it and we also found it hard to delete things because we could not find the delete tool.

I really enjoyed making this comic because it was funny using Donald Trump and the teacher telling him to stop running even though he's not a kid.

Next time we need to find the best rotation and not mess around with objects and background. 

Bio poem

We were learning about making bio poems and you write many things for the bio poem like what you feel.

I found it easy to write what I need, gives, fears, and more on the bio poem also what I would want to say.

I found it hard to write some of the things like what I like to wear and also getting a good picture. The lighting was hard to get a picture that is why it is still not the best picture and the background was hard because it has people in it.

I really enjoyed creating this bio poem because it explains me and what I like and a lot of stuff like what I enjoy doing in my life.

Next time I need to be stay organised and manage my time effectively.