Spelling Test

On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday we had a spelling test. We had to spell 300 words. I need to practise 24 words. Those 24 words will go in my spelling book. I am really happy with  how many words I got right.

Reflection: I think I did pretty well with how many words I got right.

Learning

Learning means everything to a learner. Learning is important. If you didn't learn then you would always be the same, a non learning kid, then when you grow up you wouldn't be important to people because they will think that you are dum.
                             Important please read below.
But I don't think that you are dum if you don't learn because I read a book about a boy and that he was different and everyone said that they didn't like him because of his face but here is what I learnt from the story: Don't judge a boy by his face. I learnt something else from that morel too it is: Don't judge a person at all, from its disabilities or it's personalities, get to know the person first then once you know him well and if he is mean to you then just walk away. Don't do something mean back because others can follow from older people so be the older person and mayde one day you can tell that to your childreen and say never do that to someone else.

Blood Moon Eclipes

Wow did you hear about the Blood Moon? Did you see it? We saw it from our house. It was a really light colour like a bright red paint being in water and turning a lighter colour. Do you know something about a blood moon? If you do then please leave a comment because I would love to hear all about it. Here is a picture of the Blood Moon on April the 15th. It was a thrilling experience.

Raffle For A Ride

WALT:To write a news report to inform people about the day
Success criteria:
Write a news report


WALT:to write a News report
Success criteria:
To write a News report to inform people about the day.

Here is my story that I made about the day.

                                     Raffle For A Ride

At Russell Street School on Thursday Morning the rain poured down as children stand waiting and watching for all of the rides to come. They were al, standing out in the rain because it was raffle for a ride today.

There were race cars, motor bikes, Ambulances, Fire trucks and more.

The morning breeze created a morning fog on the windows.

The kids didn't care about the rain they just went out there to have some fun. Cheerful faces dulled the field.

The event was letting 30 lucky kids to win a cool ride to school. I didn't get a ride but I am happy about the people that did get in.

Weetbix Tri

                                                      Weetbix Triathalon

WALT: share an experience with an audience

Success Criteria:

Share an experience so that someone else feels as thought they are experiencing it with you.

Share what you learnt

Share what you would do differently next time

Reflection:I think that I followed the criteria well because I shared what I would do differently next time.

I did the Weetbix kids Triathlon. It was really fun. You have to wear a top that says Weetbix Triathlon. Everyone was wearing blue shirts so it was really hard to see who is who. We had to wear a swimming cap too. The year 9s cap colour was orange. It was a really awesome day.

                             What the best part of was.....
                                Getting to do the Weetbix Triathalon.

                                                    What I was best at......
                         I think that I was best at the bike because I past a lot of people.

                          What I could of improved on.........
                       I could improve on my running because I slowed down near the end.

                           What was I most proud of........
                                     I was proud of giving it a go and trying my hardest.

Self-Managing Dispositions

WALT: make good choices about my learning

I am a Self-Managing Learner. Look at the photo to see my Two Stars and One Wish Poster.

Koutahitanga

WALT: show kotahitanga

Success Criteria:

Use photos to share our camp experiences

Use text to explain the kotahitanga

Reflection:I think I did great with using text to explain the Koutahitanga.

This is my Koutahitanga poster that I made with Rosalind and Olivia. We thought that it would be cool to do a poster and to put lots of colour in to it to make it stand out. We all think that we did a great job. We spent a lot of time on this poster. We think that we did an awesome job.

Swimming With Buddy's

WAlT:Evaluate

Yesterday we went to our pool and swam with our buddy's. I loved swimming with my buddy. The
pool was nice and cool to swim in. Here is a photo of all of our class and our buddy class swimming.

Anzac Poster

WALT:Research

This week our class is learning about Anzac Day. Me and my friend Lilly made a poster about Anzac Day. Here is the poster.

Practising Mean, Median And Mode

WALT: use appropriate strategies to solve problems.

Today I practised the mean,median and mode on a website to help us learn about the Mean,Median and the Mode.

Maths

Today I did some working out on a Brocken Calculator game to help with our maths. You have got to find out all of the numbers from 1 to 20. Here is mine.

2 Stars 1 Wish

WALT:Evaluate on our learning

This week we did 2 Stars 1 Wish. The 2 Stars mean something that you did do really well and the wish means something that you could get better at. Here is my 2 Stars 1 Wish.

Learner Dispositions

WALT:Evaluate on our learning

I think that I am a Self Managing learner because I can stay on task most of the time.

Time:I use my time appropriately by not talking and getting on with my work.

Choices:I make good choices about where I choose to work and who I work next to.

To be able to move to being a Self Directed learner I must stay on task independently.

Time: I will fill in my timetable in the time given

Choices: I will make good choices like sitting next to someone who is not a blocker to me

This is what I am going to do to move to being a self directed learner: make good choices of where I sit.

Stats Sharp Shooting

Statistics

WALT:calculate the mean, median, mode and range for a set of data.
Success criteria:
Find out
Remember our scores
Reflection:I think I did well to remember my scores and everyone else's scores.

TASK Elly and Troy want to find out once and for all:
which Activity Group has the overall best score, (mean)
which Activity Group has the highest middle number, (median)
what score was the most common, (mode)
which activity group has the highest range. (range)

In everyday life people collect data to look for trends and make decisions. In order to analyse the information, we need to understand the different ways to lOOK at the data.

Success Criteria you will know you are successful when:
calculate the mean by adding up all the data (9 + 4 + 4 + 5 + 8 = 30) then divide the total by how many numbers there were (9, 4, 4, 5, 8 = 5 numbers so 30 ÷ 5 = 6).
calculate the median by ordering all numbers from smallest to biggest then selecting the middle number (4, 4, 5, 8, 9 = 5 is the middle number). If there are 6 numbers e.g. 4, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, then the median is halfway = 5.5.
calculate the mode by identifying which number occurs most often (4, 4, 5, 8, 9 = 4 because there are two of them). You can have more than one mode.
calculate the range by finding the difference between the highest and lowest numbers (9 - 4 = 5).

My own score

Median:31,43 and 46.

Mode: 8

Mean:24

Range:lowest 31 highest 46

My groups mean is 31

Chiclewaddle diddlewaddle doo

Walt: use rhyme patterns affectively.
We listened to a poem called a Chiddlewaddle Diddlewaddle doo. It was a funny poem. Then once we had listened to the poem we made a poem just like the Chiddlewaddle Didlewaddle doo poem. Here is my poem.

Chiddlewaddle Didlewaddle doo!

Run run, on a yummy raspberry bun,
Look look, through a big cook book,
Glue glue, a piece of stew,
Chiddlewaddle Diddlewaddle doo,
Drink drink, a glass of pink ink,
Cluck cluck, I said a yellow duck,
Climb climb, while doing a naughty crime,
Chiddlewaddle Diddlewaddle doo,
Play play,I'm having a wonderful day,
Rhyme rhyme, with very sticky slime,
Draw draw, with a colourful crayon claw,
Chiddlewaddle Diddlewaddle 
Chiddlewaddle Diddlewaddle
Chiddlewaddle Diddlewaddle doo!

Group C Presentation

WALT:Present
Success Criteria:

Know your stuff 

Loud clear voice

Share the main points

Make eye contact

Make sure every member participates
Reflection:I think that I made good eye contact with the audience but I could work on knowing my stuff.

Today it was our groups presentation before we go to camp. Our group was group c. Our presentation was about glow worms. Here is our presentation.

Raising The Money

We did some maths it was called Raising the money. It was about kids that were trying to raise money for there school to go to camp. Here is my working out.

Camp Goals

                                          Camp Goals!

WALT: set SMART goals

Success Criteria:

Set 2 goals that are sensible, measurable, achievable, relevant and timely goals

Reflect on goals after camp
I did great with setting 2 goals that are sensible and achievable.

I achieved both of my goals really well. Goal 1 for me was really scary because there are wetas and I don't like wetas.

Mt second goal was a bit hard because we were always talking to each other and it was hard to get one persons attention when you've got 7 other people talking.

Goal 1: My goal is to overcome my fear of caving.

I have chosen this goal because I don't want to be scared of caving.
I'll know I have achieved this goal when I go caving at Highland Home and discover what it is like. I can help myself achieve this goal by going caving and focusing on my goal while I am caving.

Goal 2: My goal is to work well with others.
I have chosen those goal because I want to work well with others and not have a fight.
I'll know I have achieved this when I have worked well with other people.
I can help myself achieve this goal by getting to know others better and by being kind and caring!

Buddies

I meet my buddy her name is Maya. We have lots in common and we like each other as our buddies. Here is a Comic Life about us, an discription about what we like in our poster and how good we think we went in the poster.

Reading Portfolio Samples

Nearly 40 people in Auckland have recently been diagnosed with the infectious measles disease.
Westlake Boys High School on Aucklands North Shore is one of the hardest hit communities with 20 ill students.
Several other Westlake Boys High pupils who have not been immunised against measles have been asked to stay away for the next two weeks.
Measles is a very serious disease that is highly contagious and can spread through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes.
The symptoms include fever, a cough, sore eyes and a rash. There is no treatment, and complications can be severe.
The Auckland Health Service has estimated that around 750 people are at immediate risk of catching the highly contagious disease.
Dr. Julia Peters said the Health Service had been working with the North Shore school for just over a week when the first case of measles was found there.
"This is definitely more than what we'd normally see. We're working hard to contain the measles within the Auckland region."
Dr. Peters said many people who had come down with the disease had recently been overseas and, in particular, in the Philippines.
The public health service has sent information to parents and students at Westlake Boys High and asked that those students who are not sure whether they have been immunised against measles to stay away.
"What we're trying to do is isolate those students as well as those who have measles, because students who are not immunised can get sick," she said.
Another seven cases of measles in Auckland are being investigated - three of them from the same school.
What to watch for Symptoms
* High fever.
* Runny nose, cough, red eyes.
* Small white spots inside mouth.
* Red, blotchy rash on face and neck and later over entire body.

WALT: Analysing an article
Task: Answer questions based on a Newspaper Article.
Success Criteria:
Show critical thinking in your answers.
Answer questions in full sentences.
Use correct spelling and punctuation.

1) How do people contract measles?It is contagious and you can get it off other people when they sneeze or cough.


2) Why do you think so many students at Westlake High School have contracted measles?Off family members and people from all around them when the walk past people or touch them.

3) What is the Auckland Health Services main role in this measles outbreak? They have been work on a way to help cure the measles.


4) In the article Dr. Peters said “many people who had come down with the disease had recently been overseas and, in particular, in the Philippines.” Why do you think this is? There might by lots of people with the measles overseas.


5) In your opinion what would be the best way to avoid getting measles?To get an agection and to stay away from Aukland.


Use the following criteria to assess yourself and your peer
Show critical thinking in your answers.
Answer questions in full sentences.
Use correct spelling and punctuation.

Self Assessment:I thought I did well because I did answer my questions in full sentences.

Peer Assessment:Amy did well because she showed critical thinking in her answers. Signed Kalais.