This week for the Summer Learning Journey we were doing Where’s Wally. Everybody likes the book so we can do a fun activity but it’s gonna be different. Instead of Where’s Wally we’re going to do ” Where’s Hasna?”. Miss Tele’a & Miss White were telling us what we have to do. She showed us the video & then showed us the slides & then we went off to get our chromebooks & started doing our Summer Learning Journey. I was half way done on my Summer Learning Journey & then I was finished 10 minutes later & then started blogging, did my title, started writing my caption for my blog & then linked my work onto my blog post.
Which One Dosen’t Belong Together Kick Start / Step It Up
For the Summer Learning Journey I made a slides called Which one Doesn’t Belong. I have a challenge for your reader. At the end of my slides I made my own one for you to figure out which one doesn’t belong there. It is just not one of the shapes it all them. Once you found your answer then comment it on the comment page. Come check it out. Guess Which One Doesn’t Belong might be a challenging comment on my blog so I can see your work so I can comment on yours.
Wonder Chapter 8-10
This term in reading we are diving into a novel study for the book “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio. This week we are trying to understand the characteristics and personalities of key characters in the story. We also practiced summarisation skills by extracting relevant details from the text.
We had to read Part One Chapters 8-10 which was about Mr. Tushman into a small room across from Mrs. Garcia’s desk. He was talking as he closed the door to his office and sat down behind his big desk, though August wasn’t really paying much attention to what he was saying. August was looking around at all the things on his desk. Cool stuff, like a globe that floated in the air and a Rubik’s-type cube made with little mirrors.
Next, we used what we had read to answer our slides about the key characters.
I enjoyed reading the book. I need to improve on writing more details. I did well at blogging.
Figure it out – Gala
We are learning about solving skills and how to use our problems. I will give you one of my questions and answers. Here are the ideas that some of the students had. How many people do they think will visit each activity? Room 5 thinks one-quarter of the people at the gala will have a ride on the merry go-round, Room 6 thinks one fifth of the people will go to the ball-throwing stall, Room 7 thinks about half of the people will go play the gumboot throw, Room 8 thinks children likes to get their face painted. About half the people at the gala will be children, and about half the children at the gala will have their face painted & Room 8 thinks lots of people at the gala will get hungry. Three quarters of the people will visit the food stall.
First, Miss White told us to go to our figure it out slides and there are 14 slides to complete. Our task was to make a box using these materials. You need: A Classmate, Light Cardboard, Different shaped small boxes, Paints, Crayons, Or felt tip pens, Tape, Scissors, A ruler & Square grid paper. I went to the figure it out on slides.
Next, I had to finish slide 9 to 14. Slide 14 question was: Last year, Te Rata School held their gala in a nearby park that was this size and this shape. We had to figure out which one is bigger. The first one was 60 metres, 100 metres, 75 metres, 30 metres, 25 metres and 30 metres. The second one is 60 metres and 90 metres. For the first one I did 60 x 100 x 75 x 25 x 30 = 10125000000 and the second one is 60 x 90 = 5400. I picked the first one because it was bigger than the second one.
Lastly, I had to go on our figure it out slides and check through our work just to make sure we don’t make mistakes
I enjoyed doing this task. I did well at answering all of the questions on the google slide. I need to improve on doing more bar graphs about the school gala.
Designs
This week for inquiry I had to find out what price these materials cost for my pencil case and book mark.
First, I had to put my designs into the google slides my teacher had for the whole group. Then I had to say what material I’m using for my pencil case and bookmark and what the cost of the material is for both of my designs.
Next, my partner or one of my group members would have to do feedback on my designs like what I did well at for colours and what could I have done to make it even better. My partner or one of my group members had to say this for the colours, material design and cost to make.
Lastly, I had to do this task for my school gala. I enjoyed this task.
Here is my work and my designs:
The Unknown Ghost Blurb
This week we were doing our story blurb if you don’t know what blurbs are the blurbs are the words at the back of a book & it’s telling you what the story is about. Here is my blurb:
There was an Unknown Ghost, Nobody knew how old he is some people say he is more than 1,000 yrs old, Most people are scared of him! He is known for the Sad & Scary Ghost. Apparently his father only know how old he is and his sister, He was nice until… His father went missing for 3 days, He looked out of the haunted house to see he wasn’t there… Sofia and Him was horrified because his father was missing. The Next Day passed Sofia went out looking for her father. He was sad that his father was missing, He was mad, His evil spirit came out and went to the town… Sofia knew this wasn’t gonna be good.
Sprinting
This week for HPE we did Sprinting.
First, we had to do girls versus girls and the top three moved on to the next round. There were two sets of boys and two sets of girls to race each other (for now girls race girls and boys race boys).
Next, we had a second round that settled the top 2 going to the finals (boys and girls) (boys still racing boys and girls still racing girls).
Then, we did the final race to settle the boy and girl winner.
Lastly, I had to go back to class.
Dialogue in Wonder
This term in reading we are diving into a novel study for the book “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio. This week we are focusing on what we can learn about the characters, especially through their dialogue. Characters’ thoughts and feelings can be revealed through their dialogue. This allows readers to make inferences about their internal perspectives and motivations.
We read Part One Chapters 5-7 which was about It was a long drive home. I fell asleep in the backseat like I always do, my head on Via’s lap like she was my pillow, a towel wrapped around the seat belt so I wouldn’t drool all over her. Via fell asleep, too, and Mom and Dad talked quietly about grown-up things I didn’t care about. I don’t know how long I was sleeping, but when I woke up, there was a full moon outside the car window. It was a purple night, and we were driving on a highway full of
cars. And then I heard Mom and Dad talking about me. “We can’t keep protecting him,” Mom whispered to Dad, who was driving. “We can’t just pretend he’s going to wake up tomorrow and this isn’t going to be his reality, because it is, Nate, and we have to help him learn to deal with it. We can’t just keep avoiding situations that . . .”
Our first task was to choose dialogue from the relevant chapter and use the dialogue to infer what each of the characters’ thoughts may have been. Here is my work:
Our second task was to imagine we are part of a welcoming committee at Beecher Prep, and create a warm and inviting poster to welcome August, the main character in the story. Our poster had to reflect the school’s values of kindness, inclusivity, and diversity.
I enjoyed making the poster. I need to improve on making more positive logos. I did well at finishing the dialogue in time.
Word Problems
This week I did maths multiplication, division , addition and subtraction.
First everyone had to make their own maths question like division multiplication addition and subtraction. For Example: Per Day Elon musk makes $46,303,000, so how much does he make per Week. The Answer: 324121000. How did you solve it: I did 46,303,000 + 46,303,000 + 46,303,000 + 46,303,000 + 46,303,000 + 46,303,000 + 46,303,000 = 324121000
Next I had to make a copy of the google slides and answer the questions that they wrote down.
Poisonous Animals – SSR Selfie
This week our focus across ALL subjects is to revise.
First I had to make a copy of the SSR Selfie slide, Then I had to pick a book from epic or from our book box. I picked Poisonous Animals/Top 50 Questions. I had to fill in who is the author and the illustrator, List three new words with their meanings in my own words, what is the main topic, and what are three key pieces of information about the main topic. Then I had to link my SSR Selfie into the hand it in.