Surfing

 WALT: connect with papatuanuku by exploring our local area.

REFLECTION: At the beach it was fun and I liked surfing but I keep on falling off the surfboard.

QUESTION: have you ever been surfing before?

My Site

 W.A.L.T synthesise texts with your own prior knowledge to develop new ideas and understandings.

Research facts about climate change and synthesis statements about the effects of climate change.

one thing that was easy was putting my site on my blog.

one thing that was hard was making my site.

Click here to see my site

Weather graph

 WALT: Use Google Sheets to create and interpret time series graphs.

This is my weather graph we had to make it on google sheets. I had to choose two towns one in the south island and one in the north island. I picked Kaitaia and Wellington.

 REFLECTION: It was easy fun and I think I could do a bit better.

 QUESTION: have you done this before?

Mosaic art

WALT: Use 2D shapes and the polyline tool to create mosaic art on Google Drawings.

First we had to pick something to do and then we had to make it this is my mosaic art.

REFLECTION: it was hard because it was hard to pick but it was all so fun.

QUESTION: Have you made a mosaic art?

Amazing Number Lines

WALT: Make connections between fractions, decimals and percentages.

REFLECTION: It was easy but it took for ages but it was fun.

QUESTION: What is 0.9?

Here is my  amazing number line.

Climate Change

WALT: Find the word 'climate' and 'weather' in the dictionary and learn it's meaning. Find the causes and effects of climate change.

REFLECTION:  It was fun but it was very fast I wish it was a bit better.

 QUESTION: What do you know about climate change?

   

Basic facts

WALT: Understand decimals to the tenths, hundredths and thousandths and use decimals within word problems

REFLECTION: It was fun but I wish I could do better.

QUESTION: can you solve these basic facts?

Autobiography

 WALT: Find the word 'autobiography' in the dictionary and learn it's meaning. Identify famous people who have written autobiographies. Find an autobiography in our library.

REFLECTION: I had fun making the autobiography but I wish it was a bit better.

QUESTION: Do you know anyone that did a autobiography?

Calendar Art

 WALT: Create 3D digital images on Google drawings and a blended background for calendar art.

REFLECTION: My calendar our was hard but it was fun, I wish I could do a little bit better.

QUESTION: Have you created a calendar art and went on your calendar?

Peter Jackson

WALT: Find information on a famous director (Sir Peter Jackson).
REFLECTION: It was hard easy and fun.
QUESTION: Have you watch the movie lord of the rings before?

Northern Advocate article

WALT: Write a thank you letter following a formal letter structure.
Tuatara and Kotuku wrote letters to thank Jacinda ardern. We sent off and got a really awesome reply. We were super stoked that we even put it on our School Facebook page. A  reporter I saw the post and came to interview some students. We then made the news!
REFLECTION: I was delighted to get a reply from the prime minister.
QUESTION: Have you you got a letter from the prime minister before?

Here is a LINK to the article.

Camera Shots

WALT: Synthesize information from short movies to develop new ideas and understand classify and compare different camera angles.
We had to go our class site and go to the link and then it had camera shots and then we put on the shots.


REFLECTION: I had fun doing different screenshots and writing the definition

 QUESTION: Do you know your camera shots?

My holiday

We had to recount events from our holiday. This is what I created.
REFLECTION: It was really cool but I want to stay home.
QUESTION: Have you done a holiday recount before?

Covid 19 advert

WALT: Grasp and deeper understanding of COVID19 through the media
REFLECTION: It was hard but it was fun.
QUESTION: have you made a advert before?

Come see my advert.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/127QaBR_pNFy2nUjbLhZoc9_bMtuD8bHk

Mnemonic

WALT: Find a word in the dictionary and learn it's meaning, create a mnemonic to learn a spelling rule.
REFLECTION: It was a bit hard and easy I wish it was easy as.
QUESTION: Have you use a mnemonic sentence before?

All about Jasper Broughton

QUESTION: Have you wrote something about you before?

 

HOUR OF CODE

WALT: Solve problems through coding.
REFLECTION: Hour code was hard but fun.
QUESTION: Have you done a hour of code before?

subtracting from 2 and 3 digit numbers

WALT: Google Form: Use the standard written form to solve subtraction problems and learn how to create our own Google Form.

REFLECTION: 

QUESTION: Can you do my quiz?

CLICK HERE to play my quiz.

Personification

WALT: find words in the dictionary and the thesaurus and write in complex sentences.
REFLECTION: It was hard but I had fun
QUESTION: Do you know a personification?

Essential Letter

WALT: Write for a particular audience and purpose.
REFLECTION: It was hard.
QUESTION: Have you Writ a letter to anyone before?

Arachnophobia

WALT: find words in the dictionary and the thesaurus and write in complex sentences.
REFLECTION: It was a bit easy.
QUESTION: do you have Arachnophobia?

Jacinda ardern

WALT:  Write a formal thank you letter following the correct structure. Write for a particular audience and purpose.
REFLECTION: It was hard at first but the end was easy.
QUESTION: have you written a letter to Jacinda ardern before?

12 days of quarantine song

WALT:Create a song to share our experiences of our COVID-19 lock down.
REFLECTION: It was hard.
QUESTION: have you made a song before?

MAORI

WALT:used to Maori sport vocabulary and use iMovie to create a film

COUNTRY STUDY

 
REFLECTION: Complicated
QUESTION: Do you know how to make this?

birthday chart

Jacinda ardern

WALT: Create a portrait using the drawing tools on Google Drawings.
REFLECTION: It was sort of hard but it got easier in the end.
QUESTION: Have you done a google drawing before?

LIGHT BLUE Mana potential

WALT: Make woven paper fish to represent light blue / Taongaroa.
REFLECTION: It was easy I wish I could make more.
QUESTION: Have you made a fish before?

𝕭𝖆𝖘𝖎𝖈 𝕱𝖆𝖈𝖙𝖘 𝕽𝖊𝖘𝖚𝖑𝖙𝖘

WALT: First we had to do a maths test but we had to do it before 4 minutes and the score of 60
 REFLECTION: It was hard on level 5 but not hard on level 4 I wish I was faster on level 4 QUESTION: What level are you on?

3D Shapes

WALT: Draw 3D objects using isometric dot paper.

REFLECTION: We had to get a dot paper a ruler and a pencil and then these 3D shapes.

QUESTION: Have you made 3D shapes before?

HOUR OF CODE.

WALT: Use coding to work out problems.

REFLECTION: I had fun play it
QUESTION: Have you done hour of code?

HOUR OF CODE

WALT: Use coding to work out problems.

REFLECTION: I had fun play it
QUESTION: Have you done hour of code?

INNER ANIMAL

WALT: Explore the red part in our mana potential mahi by finding our inner animal instinct.
First we had to do a quiz to find our inner animal then I got a lion so did a lion then I finish.
REFLECTION: I had fun making the lion.
QUESTION: What is your inner animal?

Camp

REFLECTION: First we had to pack our stuff at our house  and the go to school then we had to put our bag's on the grass outside Kotuku class and then we had to wait for the bell to ring and then go to Kotuku class then we went for a walk st Paul's rock and then we to Tauranga Bay our camp then we set up our tents then we had some thing to eat and the we played terminator tag and soccer then we did the roll and then we put our stuff in our tents.

Financial Literacy

WALT:we are learning to add decimal fractions and understand place value

First we had to pick one of the three shops ether between Kmart,Rebel sports and the Warehouse and then we had only $100 to spend first I picked the Warehouse then I picked Rebel sports and then I picked Kmart.

REFLECTION: I wish I had $1000
QUESTION: have you made one of these before?

MY GIF

WALT: Write a onomatopoeia to portray 'orange' as an emotion.

First we had to build the stuff we need but we were only allowed one thing off the internet and then we had to build the other stuff and then we had to duplicate the slide then move the picture a little bit each time we duplicate the slide.

REFLECTION: I really enjoyed making my 16 slide GIF and it was fun.
QUESTION: Have you made a GIF before?

Beach day

WALT use similes to make our writing interesting

The waves were like a giant tsunami crashing on everyone.

The sand was so soft it was like quicksand.

My sand ball was so heavy it was like I was holding a big mountain.

ACROSTIC POEM

WALT: We had to create an acrostic poem using positive character traits.
REFLECTION: We had to find the letters in our name and then we had to find some personality traits about our self.
QUESTION: Have you made a acrostic poem before?