GOOD FRIDAY: FINGER KNITTING
Every Friday it is always a good Friday because we get to do fun activities that we are interested in learning more about.
For example: Knitting,Sewing,Music,Sports and Cooking with other students in our whanau.
One of the activity groups I have chosen to be in is the sewing and knitting group. Last week we learnt how to do finger knitting. The key competency skill I used most was Thinking. This is because I needed to search the internet to find instructions on how to do finger knitting. I read the instructions carefully and then followed them. I followed the instructions and looked at the pictures and then started doing it at the same time.
In the weekend, I decided that I wanted to share what I learnt and teach other people how to do finger knitting. I created a presentation to share my skills with others. I took photos of me doing the finger knitting so that other people can copy me.
Here is an link to my work:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1XVs_7Mf9wPPnyJblQ5vJRg4XUfaQT1wxh3HZjBZDnyM/edit#slide=id.ga1d50c16e_0_13
Wednesday, 24 June 2015
Sunday, 21 June 2015
KEY COMPETENCIES LEARNING STORY: Working in a maths team
MATHS GROUPS LEARNING STORY
I am learning to work with my learning team to solve problems using the best strategy.
In my maths group I can participate and contribute to discussions by listening to the person that is talking and thinking about what they are saying and if I agree with them. I can use friendly arguing if I don't agree with their strategy.
When we are in our maths learning groups I can share and explain my ideas in a confident way.When we are reading the questions We have to understand what the question is asking us to do and visualise it in our heads.
I can always take a risk and give my team some ideas about which strategy is the best strategy, even if I don't know if I am right or wrong. I have a go anyway.
I also help my team to stay focused on the one part of the question before moving on to the next part of the problem. We need to work as a team to check that we have solved all of the problem. We need to use a different strategy to check if it is right.
I can help others when they are stuck on a question by explaining the problem and giving them examples.
I am learning to work with my learning team to solve problems using the best strategy.
In my maths group I can participate and contribute to discussions by listening to the person that is talking and thinking about what they are saying and if I agree with them. I can use friendly arguing if I don't agree with their strategy.
When we are in our maths learning groups I can share and explain my ideas in a confident way.When we are reading the questions We have to understand what the question is asking us to do and visualise it in our heads.
I can always take a risk and give my team some ideas about which strategy is the best strategy, even if I don't know if I am right or wrong. I have a go anyway.
I also help my team to stay focused on the one part of the question before moving on to the next part of the problem. We need to work as a team to check that we have solved all of the problem. We need to use a different strategy to check if it is right.
I can help others when they are stuck on a question by explaining the problem and giving them examples.
KEY COMPETENCIES LEARNING STORY: Netball
NETBALL LEARNING STORY
At netball training after school and every Saturday at my netball game, I am able to relate well to others, to work together with other people in my netball team. I use these skills to get to know my team so I know what their strengths are so I know what they good at. I use this strategy to know how high or low I can pass the ball to my team mates.
I can share ideas with my netball team and also listen to the coach and other peoples ideas so I can learn more about netball. I also always show respect to the referee by listening to the ref says when she blows her whistle. An example, is not talking back to the referee and not argue with them, even if I don't agree.
When I am relating to my netball team, I can make sure everyone is included and feels good about themselves. At practise I ask people to join in with learning the drills and if they don't know how to do it, I help them by showing them what to do. I can encourage them to catch the ball when someone passes it to them and to always mark their partner to stop them getting the ball. Make sure I don't scream at them when they drop the ball because we know we are a team.
At netball training after school and every Saturday at my netball game, I am able to relate well to others, to work together with other people in my netball team. I use these skills to get to know my team so I know what their strengths are so I know what they good at. I use this strategy to know how high or low I can pass the ball to my team mates.
I can share ideas with my netball team and also listen to the coach and other peoples ideas so I can learn more about netball. I also always show respect to the referee by listening to the ref says when she blows her whistle. An example, is not talking back to the referee and not argue with them, even if I don't agree.
When I am relating to my netball team, I can make sure everyone is included and feels good about themselves. At practise I ask people to join in with learning the drills and if they don't know how to do it, I help them by showing them what to do. I can encourage them to catch the ball when someone passes it to them and to always mark their partner to stop them getting the ball. Make sure I don't scream at them when they drop the ball because we know we are a team.
Writing Learning Story
In writing I have been learning to use descriptive writing like adjectives and similes in my writing to paint a picture in my headers head. I did this in my Conscription Story about World War 1. I was retelling and describing what my character felt like when his name was pulled out of the ballot.
An example of my descriptive writing is:
The sun was shining like gold. I could feel goosebumps on my arms like hundreds and hundreds of spiders crawling on my arms and legs.
When I am stuck I will remember some of the ideas from my reading book. I will look for interesting words and phrases. I talk about what they mean and think about how I can make them into my own words.
This term I have also been learning to include lots of details about Anzac Day to give the reader a good and clear picture in their head and learn a lot about Anzac day and WW1.
I can use the 5w's to tell the reader what I am writing about, who is involved and where and when it happened.
An example from my writing is:
Why is Anzac Day Important to commemorate?
Anzac day is on 25th April. This date is important to remember because it was when the Anzacs soldiers arrived on a tiny beach on the Gallipoli Peninsula on Turkey.They arrived early in the morning. When they arrived the Turks were hiding in there trenches up at a high cliff.The Turks were all waiting for the Anzacs to arrive.They were getting ready setting up and all preparing to shoot the Anzacs.
An example of my descriptive writing is:
The sun was shining like gold. I could feel goosebumps on my arms like hundreds and hundreds of spiders crawling on my arms and legs.
When I am stuck I will remember some of the ideas from my reading book. I will look for interesting words and phrases. I talk about what they mean and think about how I can make them into my own words.
This term I have also been learning to include lots of details about Anzac Day to give the reader a good and clear picture in their head and learn a lot about Anzac day and WW1.
I can use the 5w's to tell the reader what I am writing about, who is involved and where and when it happened.
An example from my writing is:
Why is Anzac Day Important to commemorate?
Anzac day is on 25th April. This date is important to remember because it was when the Anzacs soldiers arrived on a tiny beach on the Gallipoli Peninsula on Turkey.They arrived early in the morning. When they arrived the Turks were hiding in there trenches up at a high cliff.The Turks were all waiting for the Anzacs to arrive.They were getting ready setting up and all preparing to shoot the Anzacs.
Reading Learning Story
In Reading I have been learning to find information about the Vietnam War. I wanted to find out who was involved and where did it take place. I used these websites to help me find answers to my wondering questions.:
To help me research about the Vietnam war, I also used books in the library to find out more information about the Vietnam war.
When I researching to find the answers I had to skim and scan to read and also find answers to the questions faster. Sometimes me and my buddy will have to read in between the lines to find some clues to help us understand what the author means when he doesn't just tell us.
When we find the answer we write notes about it so we can go back and talk about them. We have to work out what is the key information and what will help answer our questions. We then summarise it in our own words so we can explain what we learnt.
This is a link to my research:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OcXgpN76R70LObF7MFn82jyjSUMm80IhAE-8LbY6RMo/edit
I have found out that the Vietnam War took place in Vietnam from 1959-1975, but NZ went in 1963. New Zealand only supported a little bit compared to world war 1 and world war 2.
The war was against South Vietnam and North Vietnam.
New Zealand went to Vietnam war because North Vietnam was a communist country and we didn't want to be a communist country too.
This is a link to a video of me reading the journal story
"Lest we for get"
To help me research about the Vietnam war, I also used books in the library to find out more information about the Vietnam war.
When I researching to find the answers I had to skim and scan to read and also find answers to the questions faster. Sometimes me and my buddy will have to read in between the lines to find some clues to help us understand what the author means when he doesn't just tell us.
When we find the answer we write notes about it so we can go back and talk about them. We have to work out what is the key information and what will help answer our questions. We then summarise it in our own words so we can explain what we learnt.
This is a link to my research:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OcXgpN76R70LObF7MFn82jyjSUMm80IhAE-8LbY6RMo/edit
I have found out that the Vietnam War took place in Vietnam from 1959-1975, but NZ went in 1963. New Zealand only supported a little bit compared to world war 1 and world war 2.
The war was against South Vietnam and North Vietnam.
New Zealand went to Vietnam war because North Vietnam was a communist country and we didn't want to be a communist country too.
This is a link to a video of me reading the journal story
"Lest we for get"
This is a level 4 text book and its a year 8 journal book.
Maths learning story
In maths I have been learning to work as a team to share and explain my ideas about how to solve the problem. I can use what I already know to help me make connections to solve questions easily. I have learnt most of my timetables and I can use them instead of doing repeated addition. It's a faster way to solve the problem.
When we did problems about Anzacs, I could use what I learnt about the soldiers in the boats at Gallipoli to help me visualise what the problem was asking me to do.
I knew there were 78 boats, on each boats there are 15 soldiers. We went 78x15=? The numbers were to large to times so we had to times the tens and the ones.
78x15=?
(10x70=700) + (5x70=350) + (5x8=40) + (10x8=80)
The answer was 2070 soldiers on 78 boats.
When I am working with my learning team I give my team some ideas about how to solve the problem. I encourage my team to work together and make sure they read the problem and understand what the problem is asking them to do. If they don't know I can explain it to them and repeat it if they still don't know.
I like maths because I get to help people learn maths and solve problems. I get to work with other people like my friends. I also like maths because you get to find what the answer is and it is so much fun.
When we did problems about Anzacs, I could use what I learnt about the soldiers in the boats at Gallipoli to help me visualise what the problem was asking me to do.
I knew there were 78 boats, on each boats there are 15 soldiers. We went 78x15=? The numbers were to large to times so we had to times the tens and the ones.
78x15=?
(10x70=700) + (5x70=350) + (5x8=40) + (10x8=80)
The answer was 2070 soldiers on 78 boats.
When I am working with my learning team I give my team some ideas about how to solve the problem. I encourage my team to work together and make sure they read the problem and understand what the problem is asking them to do. If they don't know I can explain it to them and repeat it if they still don't know.
I like maths because I get to help people learn maths and solve problems. I get to work with other people like my friends. I also like maths because you get to find what the answer is and it is so much fun.
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