What I Have Learnt In Spanish

Hello Readers,

During the last two weeks, we have been learning Spanish with Mrs. Davies. We have learned heaps of words and grammar rules and this is a reflection of what I have learned. We used PearDeck for the lessons which made them super interactive and fun. Here is what I learned.

How to Count

Uno
Dos
Tres
Cuatro
Cinco
Seis
Siete 
Ocho
Nieve
Diez

Days of the week 

lunes
martes
miercoles
jueves
viernes
sabado
domingo

Months of the year

enero
febrero
marzo
abril
mayo
junio
julio
agosto
septiembre
octubre
noviembre
diciembre

Masculine and feminine nouns

Colours
rojo
naraja
amarillo
verde
azul
rosa
blanco
negre

As you can see we learned a lot during this short amount of time and hopefully, I can remember it all.  Have you ever used PearDeck?

Spanish Llama Animation

Hello Readers,

For two weeks this term our class is learning Spanish. While the other groups in the class have been at school swimming, other groups have been learning Spanish. Today we learned some basic greetings, here is an animation I made showing two llamas having a basic conversation in Spanish.

As you can see the conversation is very basic because we haven't gone very in depth yet. Llamas are one of my favourite animals, did you know llama has properly pronounced "yama"?

See you next time!

Inuit Culture Slide

Hello Readers,

For Inquiry, we have been doing rotations and learning about different cultures, this time it is learning about the Inuit culture. Inuit live in very cold places and are sometimes referred to as Eskimos, but this is offensive to them because they are not Eskimos. Here is a slide answering a lot of questions about the Inuit culture.

 

As you can see the Inuit are a culture that survives by using nature, they use snow to make their houses and they catch their own food. Have you ever heard of Inuit before?

See you next time!

African Culture Inquiry

Hello Readers,

For today's Inquiry rotation we researched the African culture and made an adobe slide about it. The categories were: Country, People, and Animals. Here it is.

Have you ever been to Africa?

Japanese Culture

In Inquiry this week we have been learning about Japanese culture.

E-astell writing test

Kia Ora readers, we have been practicing for the easttle writing test, this is the story I wrote in
45 minutes, it isn't quite finished yet and the prompt was, The day things started disappearing.
Do you practice for your writing easttle?

Sophie woke up as soon as her alarm went off at 6; am and rolled out of bed. She was the early bird and got ready while the rest of her family stayed in bed to sleep, Everything was normal, or so she thought. As the clock rung 7:00 she glanced up at the window just above the kitchen bench, to see the sunrise as it always does at this time. Except for this time, there was no sunrise, the moon still stood still in the night and the only bird in earshot was the owl on the roof.

“That’s odd,” thought Sophie as she opened the door to say hello to the early morning joggers.
But there were no joggers with the cheery faces and happy smiles. 

This is when she began to worry, “Why has the sun not risen, and why are Carol, Lindsay,
and Raymond not jogging down the street?” she thought for a minute then decided she would
still take the bus to school and try not to think about. So she left the house and walked down the
bus stop getting ready to greet all her friends there. But her friends were nowhere in sight.
Now she really was worried but told herself that it was flu season and they might just be sick.
She waited patiently on the bus stop just outside Docey’s market. “This feels very odd to be
sitting here waiting while the moon is still in the sky,” she thought. When she got tired of
waiting she went to take her phone out of her pocket to play some games, it was only then
when she realized she was still in her pajamas. She couldn’t wear her pajamas to school
so she sprinted back to her house........

Animal patterns

In maths, we have been finding patterns in shapes as they grow. The equation for my turtle pattern is age x 4 x 2 +25= the total amount of blocks in my turtle. Can you work out how many blocks would be in my turtle when it is at age 127?

Sci Fi video essay

Newspaper Inquiry

In Inquiry this term my group is making a newspaper, India, Mia, and I are making short news stories for little kids.

Print Media

In inquiry this term we are doing a rotation to learn all about the media. With Mrs Davies, we have been learning about print media. Print media is a physical form of media where you can hold it in your hands and read it.

My animation

This is an animation of a scene in Coraline.

Map Blog Post

What do you think the black numbers are? How much higher the land is than sea level.

What are all the dots on the map? buildings

What do you imagine it would look like in real life? It would look like mountains and a river.

What does the green represent? grass/plants and trees

What is the steepest hill? Mt Olympus

What is the highest hill? Mt Olympus

Geometry Shape Poster

This is a poster made at math. The little lines are showing what lines are the same length.

Goal Reflection - Term 1

Reading Goal: 

I will read novels and be able to analyse the characters, settings, plot and themes in great detail.

Reading Reflection: I have not achieved this goal yet, but I will work on it more next term.

Writing Goal:

I will proofread and edit my work for spelling, punctuation and grammar.

Writing Reflection: I think I have achieved this goal this term through my narrative this term.

Math Goal:

I will find the rule in patterns and express this rule as a formula.

Math Reflection: I have not achieved this goal this term, but I hope I will next term.

Resilience Goal:

I will take pleasure in, and be aware of learning opportunities.

Resilience Reflection: I have achieved this goal because I have I participated in lots of activities this term.

Other Goal:

I will work collaboratively with others and respect their ideas.

Other Reflection: I think I have achieved this goal.

inquiry!!!

In Inquiry this term we have to choose a powerful/influential person to research.

Maori Objects

Here are some objects in Maori and their quantities.

My Pepeha

This my Pepeha! It is to tell people more about ourselves. We used a comic strip creator to make our Pepeha!

My Vocabulary

This is a good resource to use at writing time when you are stuck for good words to use in your writing! The word in capitals is the one you can replace.

Wainui YMCA Camp 2019!!

Camp 2019 5Rs on Biteable.
The Toroa camp at Marshland school was at Wainui in 2019!!! The activities were really fun, my favourite was coasteering - coasteering is where you jump off rocks and stuff.

Graffiti Art!

This is my name written in graffiti, we used pastels and markers to colour it in!

Goals 2019

The 5 Rs - 2019

The 5 Rs on Biteable.

Respect looks like: treating others like you want to be treated, looking after the environment and looking at the teacher when they are talking.

Resilience looks like:  Getting back up again after a challenge, not giving up, having a growth mindset when things get tough and keeping a positive attitude.

Reflectiveness looks like: looking back on past work and learning from your mistakes, setting goals for yourself to challenge yourself.

Resourcefulness looks like: using lots of different resources like books, people and of course Google, being organized and using lots of different websites.

Reciprocity looks like: helping others with their work, working well in a group, solving arguments and being inclusive.