I baked something without knowing what it was...

Kia ora! Welcome to my blog. This blog is about my reading, writing and maths from week 7. First I will share my reading.

In reading, we were learning about what is ok to skim and scan and what you have to read properly. We were given some intructuions to follow without knowing what we were making. I chose the baking one and here are the instructions we had to follow: 

I made it and it turned out to be scones: 

Next, my writing. Our writing this week was linked to our reading, about instructions. But instead, we were writing them this time. We had to choose something to write instuctions for how to do, and make them clear to read. I chose how to tie a shoelace.

And last, maths. This week we were learning about the four types of transformation. We had to create a logo that showed at least two. They are, reflection,rotation,translation,enlargment. Here is my logo for sunglasses.

I used all four of them. I used enlargment  for the one in the middle, translation when moving them around in an oval, rotation when rotating them different ways and I tried to make it the same on both sides. That is all for this blog today, thanks for reading!

What was your favourite part of this blog?

What's the destination?

 Kia ora and welcome back to my blog. This blog should be quick, because I only have one thing to share with you. In my math class this week, we were doing grid references and compass directions. We had to create something that showed our understanding of them. I created a map with a path to follow:

Try doing this yourself!

The directions are: 

Start at p6, then move north 3 spaces, east 2 spaces, south 3 spaces,

west 10 spaces, south 2 spaces, west 4 spaces, where are you?

Where did you end up?

5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables.

Kia ora, and welcome back to my blog. This blog is about the ten poems I wrote for our create week 6. We were learning about poem writing, and learnt about 4 different poem types. This included, Rhyming, Shape poem, Haiku and riddle. I chose a haiku, 10 actuually. The structure of a haiku is, 

First line: 5 syllables

Second line: 7 syllables

Third line: 5 syllables.

I wrote ten of these, not all of them were my best work because it was hard to think of the words but some of them I loved. Here they are:

Thank you for reading. My question for you is, what was you favourite one of my haikus and do you think you could write one about the same thing but differently?

What kind of mindset do you have?

 Kia ora welcome back to my blog. In this blog I will share about my new learning on a growth mindset. This week in Kaupeka hub we have been learning about a growth mindset and a fixed mindset. This is a growth mindset and fixed mindset.

Now that you know what a growth and fixed mindset is, I am going to share what I have created. I have created a poster on J.K Rowling to show what kind of mindset she has.

I chose to use google drawings for a poster because it clearly explains what I have learned and is really simple.

Thank you for reading my blog, what kind of mindset do you have? Maybe both?

Topple!

 Kia ora, welcome back to my blog. This week I have something AWESOME to share with you, my MATHS. This week for maths we spent Tuesday working on perimetre and area, and then Wednesday was volume and metric units. We were then tasked yesterday, to create a game for the Top Team challenge. It is all about team building, with a whole lot of challenges. If my game wins, it will be part of a top team game! We had to add all the realting units to the game, if it was going to be entered. Here is my game!

Thank you for reading my blog. I really hope my game gets through. What was your favourite part of the game?

The oil spill, Turangawaewae and Otago problem solving

 Kia ora whanau! Kei te pehea koutou? 

This week in the kaupeka hub we have been doing some very fun learning. In maths, I was chosen for a problem solving competition. We answered five questions on a test, and I can't wait to get back my results. One of the questions that I found hard was this, 

You have to figure out what the letters mean on this question. Remember, A is one letter the whole time. Same with B and C. Try figure it out and answer it in the comments.

Okay, next is my Writing. This week we were writing poems about our turangawaewae and we had to do something called show don't tell when you have to show them about your place but you write it down. It was quite hard to do but here is mine.

In the distance, you see only sky,   

Waves are crashing right before your eye,  

With the bright warm sun, way up high.

You dive in the water, it makes you freeze,

You notice the water is like a cool breeze,

Then you dive again, the sand scraping your knees.

It’s time to go home, you’ve had a lovely lucky day,

You want some ice cream, so you go and pay,

And then it's time to go to bed and pray,

That tomorrow will be just like today.

Now last but not least, reading. This week for reading we were challenging the text with questions. We did this on a google drawing and added some pictures. Here is mine so far: (I might need to change some things)

Thank you for reading my blog. Can you guess where my turangawaewae is from reading the text?

Poems

 Kia ora! Welcome back! This blog is about Week 9 Term 1. First is my Reading. This week for reading we were creating landmarks for NZ. We read some texts to insprie us, I read about The chch museum and The Eiffel tower. So I thought of an idea to make a museum tower. This is my work:

Now, Writing. This week for writing we were doing poems. We had to write it about chch and ngai tahu together in a poem. Here is my poem:

A tale of Ōtautahi where there lies stories of toil and mahi. Over 800 years ago, Ngai Tahu came to NZ. They rode the ocean navigating with the stars, as they voyaged on waka. Ngai Tahu meaning, the people of Tahu, linking to their ancestor, Tahu Potiki.By the 1830’s, Ngāi Tahu had built a thriving industry supplying whaling vessels and had become the backbone of the South Island economy.

A tale of Ōtautahi where there lies stories of toil and mahi. Time passed, and more happened, the treaty,  te tiriti o waitangi. Then the pakeha. And more. More people from other countries started living here. Then, now. Now we have sheep as our thing, and we are very good at sport. But we are also very unlucky too. The earthquakes and mosque attacks. Unlucky.

A tale of Ōtautahi where there lies stories of toil and mahi. Now as a nation, we move forward with each other. It is like, Jacinda Ardern drives the car and everybody else is in the back seat. The car is New Zealand. Schooling and Education is a lot better than what it used to be, same with clothes and food. A tale of Ōtautahi where there lies stories of toil and mahi.

And now, Maths. This week for maths we were doing transformation. We had to use this shape and show it for all types of transfrormation: Reflection, Rotation, Translation, and Enlargment:"

Then we had to create our own kowhaiwhai pattern. A kowhaiwhai pattern is when a maori design is repeated into a pattern, like mine!

Thank you for reading. What was your favourite part?

Walking through New Zealand

 Kia ora koutou! This blog is about my reading, writing and maths. Last week, I told you the name of my new place for chch, The Walk Through NZ. I finally finished it with my friend Izzy, and I think it looks really cool. I put a lot of work into it so I hope you like it!

Now maths. This week for maths we were doing a statictical investigation. A statictical investigation is when you collect data (information) and put it into a graph to show the data. My data is about Te Reo Speakers In NZ By Age. Here is the slide I made: 

Lastly, writing. This week for writing, we did a newsletter. I hasn't come out yet, but it hopefully will be soon. I wrote this article about young vinnies. My friend (Tash) is also doing one about young vinnies so please read hers too. This is mine:

Thank you for reading my blog. What part of this blog  did you like the most? Do you think the walk through nz should be a real place?

A long long time ago...

 Kia ora and Welcome back to my blog! This blog is the first one I have done this year because we are just getting into blogging. This blog is about last week's writing. We have been learning about the treay of Waitangi and important people from those times. We were tasked to create a postcard from somebody in the past, to somebody else in the past. 

I chose Henry Williams because I think he had a very important job with the treaty, translating it. The treaty was first written in English, then Henry William and his son, Edward translated it to Maori. I made my postcard to the Queen, who in that time was Queen Victoria. I even designed the stamp myself.

Thank you for reading. Did you learn anything new from this blog?

Finding Fractions

Hello and welcome back to my blog! Today I am going to share with you my new learning on Finding Fractions of whole number. I created a poster to share all of my new learning:



I hope you like my poster! Thank you for reading this blog, Bye!

Have you used this strategy?