Video making

This week we were making movies. I learnt how to storyboard. Story boarding is a graphic representation of how our video will unfold, shot by shot. We drew pictures  in  squares representing each shot with notes about what's going on in the scene. Here is a video of what my group talked about.

Track the Tanker

This week in math I have been learning to understand how to use whole numbers of metric units for length, volume, capacity, weight, angle and temperature.
What I liked was learning how to divide and multiple numbers in the hundreds of thousands.
What I disliked was how my problem solving group weren't working that well together.
I investigated the math behind the everyday dairy supply. These are some of the things that we had to use to complete our work: Identify, trace, match, observe, summarise and locate.

Matariki celebration

Last week our school celebrated Matariki. We celebrate this because it is a very special thing acknowledging our Tupuna. I took part in prepping the hangi and also waking up at 5:00 to get the fire ready for when the hangi went in. The hard part was cutting the onion cause I cried. The easy part was doing the rest of the vegetables.

Exposition writting

Today in writing  I have been learning about exposition writing. Our topic was should we have animals as pets. I was on whakahe all my reason were things about less reproduction, uninterrupted cycle of life natural habitat and much more. I had to list loads of reason on why I disagree that animals should be kept as pets. I had to take a stance and argue my opinion. The skills I am learning are writing  reasons and putting them into a graphic organiser, structure a persuasive, look carefully, recognize a reason and a example and also to take a stance on your thoughts.

Angles

In math we have been learning how to draw, identify and name angles that are acute, obtuse, right and straight. An angle is formed when two lines meet at a shared point. They are measured in degrees, which are represented by the symbol °.  

Narrative writting

In writing I have been learning how to do narratives. We broke down the body of writing into  parts to learn bit by bit. First we learnt how to   to use a graphic organiser to plan my writing. Include key information for the orientation, events, closing paragraphs. Next I learnt how to write the orientation. I had to bring my story to life using adjectives and interesting vocabulary. Then I learnt how to write a middle event for a narrative. I had to write the events leading up the problem, then describe the problem in detail, and stretch out the solution! Lastly I learnt how to write a closing statement to sum the whole story up.

Here is my middle event for a narrative.

Waitangi trip

This term I am learning about the first encounter of the British and Maori. I travelled to Waitangi with my class and we learnt about the first encounters the people who were involved but the main focus was to learn and create digital objects about the encounter of British and Maori. But before we started we had to learn information about the first encounter so we went on a walk around the museum and the treaty grounds gathering information. The most memorable thing for me on the walk was the museum because it had information about our Maori Rangatira and their weapons. My favourite technology item was the Sculpt GL because you were able to create carvings.