Colors in Samoan

 Today for Samoan language week and we got given some different choices of what we could learn about. I chose to do colors and days. This is the colors slide show I made.

Brainstorming

 This week for literacy we got given one task for Monday one task for Tuesday and one task for Wednesday,. Before we did the brain storming we had to chose a metaphor to base our piece of writing on.

 Mondays brainstorming task was four columns where we had to write four of the main ideas for the text. I didn't especially enjoy doing this type of brainstorming because i prefer writing as the words come to me instead of planning exactly what is going to happen, I like having a rough idea of what is going to happen. 

Tuesdays task had four columns again, the first column was named ' characters' the second was ' places' the third was ' actions and interaction' and the final was named ' big ideas' I really liked using this brainstorming planner. It kind of set a base structure around my writing, I could really use this type of planning sheet more!!! 

Wednesdays task had four columns that were named ' nouns' 'verbs' ' adjectives' and ' onomatopoeia'. I did not like this way of planning because it didn't set a structure around my writing. 

I definitely prefer using Tuesdays idea of brainstorming. It made writing the story feel a lot easier. 

Division

 Today in maths we not only did a multiplication google form but a division one as well. I got the score of 99 out of one hundred. I got the question 40 divided by 5 wrong. But I know how to work it out now. 

Green - correct

Blue - Wrong

                                                  

Multiplication

 Today in maths we did a Google form on multiplication. I got 99 out of one hundred. I think that is have got the times tables in my mind and I now remember what I got wrong and how to figure it out. I got the question 8 x 7  wrong, but the answer is 56. The green in right and the blue is wrong. 

Quick write

 Great Aunt Emery sits in that chair, the empty one. The story had been told. Passed down for generations. And now its my turn to know. I turn to face Grama Lousie,

“ Em, listen up, It is tradition for her seat to be their your Great Aunt Emery, born in 1940” 

“ really, thats old”

“ shhh. Now, Emery made a habbit for being late. It was her thing. But that was what killed her.” She was only 12, her rabbit was missing and she refused to come and sit for the family photo. The photographer was getting antsy, he was threatening to leave, but he was the only one who would take our photo” 

“ what happened next” I ask

“ Well our ancestors were hated among the village square, we were the outcasts, our clothes were rags and we had to beg for food. Many people would kill us at the chance.”

My Grama pauses and then really enters the moment, “ She ran down the corridor calling out the rabbits name. She looked up to a creaking sound above her, a knife was hanging down. She screamed and her mother came running. The girl pushed her mother back, taking the full blow of the knife into her head. The family came running to see the girl on the floor with warm blood running down her side.” 

“ Gory” I state. I sit up straight and pose for the camera. That same strangled scream that Grama did comes from the hall.

Cross country story

 Cross country story

• 3 Onomatopoeia ..

• 3 similes..

• 2 metaphors..

 

My feet pitter pat across the wooden bridge, my breath hammering through the air. My knees give in like a block of concrete has dropped onto my weak shoulders. I pick up my pace, not wanting the others to pass me, I overtake one runner, then another, then another. 2nd place, not too bad. I run around the playground, adrenaline pumping. Crash, someone falls behind me. My chest feels like it could burst. My feet bring me faster than a cheater, bad idea, I slow down. Bam bam bam, the rhythm of my feet is like a calming medicine to my brain. I can hear someone's exasperated breath behind me

Inclusive GIF

 For literacy we made GIFs for someone who is coming to our school from a different environment. The person I made my GIF for was someone that had been bullied previously for their appearance. 

This is my GIF

I hope you like it

Pink shirt day speech

For pink shirt day me and three other people are doing a speech. We all are doing a little bit of the speech. The first two paragraphs are what I am doing. We are presenting this speech to the years 4 to 6's at our school. The bully free week is the week of Friday the 21st.

Hi My name is Isla and this is Meg, Poppy and Zoey. We are here to talk about pink shirt day. Pink shirt day is about a man who gets bullied for wearing a pink shirt. Bullying because of Colors to genders is something that happens very often, but males and females can wear whatever colors they want. Bullying throughout nz has spread so much. It isn’t OK and it needs to stop.

Bullying can vary from cyber bullying, name calling, rumors and physical fighting
. Bullying isn’t something that happens once, It is something that is repetitive and continues over a long period of time.


If you see someone being bullied you should go and help them and tell the bully to stop Bullying throughout NZ has spread so much. We need to stand together and stop bullying.


Did you know that nearly 1 in 10 people are afraid of being bullied, that's 16% of NZ. NZ is one of the world's worst countries for bullying. 68% of people believe bullying highs in Year 4 to 6.


We need to stop this. Don’t be a Bystander be an up stander.

Any Questions.

Maths: Histograms

Today in maths we learnt how to make a histogram, a histogram is like a line graph except there arent any gaps between the data. We then found the median, mode and the range. This is my histogram

?e also learnt how to do a Stem and leaf graph, which is where you line up all your data, with the ones on the right of the line and the tens of the left. It is what you use if you have lots of data.

Te Ao Maori

 In class we have been separating into year groups, In those groups we have been learning how to speak Te Ao Maori. We have been learning the basics such as how to introduce yourself and how to say where are you going, how someone is feeling and how to reply back to people when they say how are you. 

Tena Koe -Hello to one

Tena Korua - Hello to two

Tena kouto - hello to three or more

Ke te pehea koe - How are you

Ke te __ - I am __

Pai - Good, Makariri - Cold, Ngenge - Tired ( these are only some reply's )

Ke te haere koe - where are you going.

I have been really enjoying learning Maori, it makes me feel like I am expanding my knowledge of their culture.

Migration Inquiry

For our inquiry we are doing research based on migration. It could be anything from, art, Boats and many more things. I choose to do Animals that were introduced to NZ. We made a big question using the seven sisters - Who, When, Where, Why, How, Which and What - I have decided to present my learning on a google slide because I like using slides. This is my Question ( feel free to give feedback )


Animals that were introduced in NZ | What was the first animal that was brought to NZ? Why were more animals brought to NZ? How were the animals transported? Who was the person to think of bringing animals to NZ? What were the uses of the animals that were introduced to NZ? When was the first animal brought to NZ? Which animal was released in the biggest number? Where were the animals mainly released? What animals mainly killed our native species.