September Reflection

 Today I was doing my September Reflection. We do a month reflection every month to reflect on our past learning.

I enjoyed doing the reflection. I enjoyed doing the MegaMonster bit the most. I also liked writing about the zombie apocalyspe.

I didn't find anything tricky. 

Here is the reflection.

Aliens

This week for reading, we were learning how to identify the character's and/or author's point of view. This week we were reading about aliens. There were two stories to read, and no video to watch. For our create task, we had to design our own alien, or create a wanted alien poster or design an alien spaceship and label the important features.

I enjoyed designing my own alien. I really liked drawing their face and their spider legs. I also enjoyed drawing the eyes.

I found drawing the hair a little tricky because I don't really draw complicated hair all the time. 

Here is the drawing! 

Speeches

This week, my class were presenting their speeches. Lots of people chose lots of different topics and some of the topics were very interesting. My topic was about Mr Wolf.

I enjoyed writing and presenting my speeches. It took a lot of courage to get up infront of the whole class to say your speech!

I found writing my speech a little tricky, because I had to keep on changing bits and pieces in the paragraphs I wrote.

Here is a screencastify of me saying my speech!

Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori Pt. 2

This week was Maori language week. Because of this, Mrs Torrie gave us some slides to complete to celebrate. We had to watch two videos, then Mrs Torrie told us that we had to teach someone to pronounce a Maori word. 

I enjoyed completing the slides. I also liked that i gave pronouncing the longest Maori word a go. I also enjoyed attempting to teach someone on how to pronounce a Maori word.

I found pronouncing the longest word in Maori a little tricky, because there were some words I couldn't pronounce. Other than that, I found everything else fine.

Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori

 This week was Te Reo week / Maori language week. Because of this, today our teacher made us take a Te Reo quiz. We had to place them in the correct order. There were some pictures that gave us clues. We also had to do a scavenger hunt, but since it was raining outside, we did the scavenger hunt indoors.

I enjoyed taking the quiz. The pictures on the side helped lots. They were hints. For example, on Rahoroi some people play sports.

I found taking the quiz just a little tricky. I also found finding the shapes with my partner a little tricky because there weren't many stars in the class, but we found 1!

Click here for the link to the quiz!

And here is the scavenger hunt we did!

Social Justice and Beatitudes

 This week for reading, we were learning to identify the characters and/or the author's point of view. Because this week was social justice week and we were also learning about the beatitudes, my reading group was doing lots of things!

We had to read 3 texts, a bible reading and watch 1 video. Our create tasks was to fill in the social justice week and no girls allowed log. Then after that we had to make a slide with beatitudes and animals.

I enjoyed creating the beatitudes slides with my partner. I really enjoyed learning about the beatitudes and finding a picture of a animal to match the beatitude.

Here are the links to the social justice week work!

Social justice week
No girls allowed

And here is the beatitudes slides!

Is Mr Wolf Guilty For First Degree Murder? Pt. 2

 Today we were writing our speeches on if Mr Wolf is guilty of first degree murder or not. I chose that Mr Wolf was guilty, because he attempted murder and many more things.

I enjoyed writing the speech if Mr Wolf is guilty or not. I really enjoyed explaining my opinion and researching. I also enjoyed reading various stories that included Mr Wolf.

I found researching a little tricky. Different sites said different things and I had to double-check lots of them. 

Click here to look at my writing!

Is Mr Wolf Guilty For First-Degree Murder?

 Today for writing in my class, we were learning how to use persuasive language. Because speeches were coming up, we were writing our speeches on if Mr Wolf is guilty of first-degree murder or not. Our teacher gave us a brainstorm to list 4 reasons why Mr Wolf is or not guilty.

I enjoyed brainstorming and 4 reasons why Mr Wolf is or not guilty with my classmates. I also really enejoyed listening and watching the different stories of Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad wolf.

I found brainstorming some of the reasons why Mr wolf is not guilty a little tricky. In the end my classmates came up with some ideas we could add to our brainstrom.

Here is my brainstorm!

Turtles

 Today for one of our lockdown learning tasks, we were learning about turtles. We had to find facts about turtles. Thankfully, there were some sites we could go on to learn more about turtles.

For our create task, we had to draw a turtle and write 5 facts we learnt about them. There was a tutorial on how to draw a turtle, but I decided I would draw my own. After I drew my turtle, then I wrote my facts.

I enjoyed drawing the turtle. I enjoyed drawing it’s shell the most. I also enjoyed finding facts about turtles and learning more about them.

I found drawing the hexagons on the turtle’s shell a little tricky. It took some time but I got it done. I also found finding facts just a little tricky.

Here is a picture of the turtle!

Persuasive text

 Today for one of our lockdown learning tasks, we were learning about persuasive text. Persuasive text is something like a speech. In writing today, my class was learning how to write persuasive text. Our plan was about cats Vs dogs. I chose the cat side.

I enjoyed writing this persuasive text. I enjoyed researching the most, and extending my knowledge of cats. I also enjoyed attempting to persuade my audience into siding with me!

I found researching about serotonin a little tricky. I already had some prior knowledge from previous experiences, but I needed more evidence so I researched more.

Click here to view my writing!

Father’s Day card

Today for my class’s lockdown learning, we were learning how to publish a blog post in the future. This blogpost, in reality, is actually posted on the 1st of September, but the date it says it was published is the 5th of September, which is Father’s Day!

Because of the upcoming Father’s Day, one of our lockdown learning tasks was to make a card for Father’s Day! There were many options to choose from, but none of them fitted the supplies I had, so I created my own Father’s Day card in my own way!

I enjoyed drawing the Father’s Day card. I also enjoyed making the tutorial for all those people viewing my blog!

I found recording the video tricky. I was drawing with one hand and recording the tutorial with my other hand. I found editing the video a little tricky, but thats about all I had some problems with.

Here is the tutorial! (And below that you will see a photo of the final product.)