Writing - Reflection Of This Year

Today Room 5 made a reflection about this year. My partner was Anna. We used the music called "better together" by Jack Johnson. This is what we came up with.

Writing - Chromebooks

Room 5 has been doing a reflection of how we been helping our learning this year with our chromebooks. This is the reflection I have done.

The special thing I have learnt from my teacher this year is how to carry a chromebook and how to make a doc then put it on our folder because if we don’t hold our chromebook properly, it will fall from our hands then break into pieces. We have to put a doc to our folders because in the end of the year, the people will delete every document and our teachers can’t place comments in our work to improve. The things I learnt from myself is how to spell correctly without using the backspace. The things I have learnt from my friends is how to use the controls for shortcuts and how to delete a whole sentence without using the backspace. have learnt how to use a camera, blogpost our things, and how to do a specific and digital comment on someone else’s blog from Mrs. Grant. I have taught Aiden in Room 4 around the sites and how to get to the site.

Writing - Christmas Card

WALT - communicate using a card

I know I have learnt of communicating with a card by making a card to my friends or cousins. This is my Christmas card for my mum and dad.

RE - Advent

We are learning about people of Advent.

I know that I have learnt it because I have read the scripture and I have found the meaning of it. The meaning of the story is that God has given Mary a sign the she will give birth to the king. This is my picture.

Social Studies - Maori Cloaks

We are learning about Maori claoks

I know that I have learnt this because It tells a story about the person who's wearing it and it is made for special people like chiefs and war leaders. This is my feather. We chose Room 5 because we are the creators of the cloak

Topic - Maps

Inquiry - Maori Instruments

WALT - about traditional instruments.
Room five has been learning about Maori instruments. I know i have learnt about Maori instruments when I explain about the instruments.

Writing - Supergiant Star

WALT - discover the the different types of stars and communicate what life would be like as a tourist there.

Room 5 has been learning of how it will be in our star. I know I have learnt how it looks like in the star by pretending I am in the star and sending a postcard to my friends from back home We had to make our letter, our stamp, and our picture of us doing the activities.

RE - Saints

Room 5 has been learning about Saints. I know I have learnt about Saints when I make a picture of Saint Joan of Arc and making it blabberize. Here is our blabberize picture.

Maths - Fractions

Today Room 5 has been learning about fractions of a shape. I know I have learnt this lesson because one side of a triangle is a 1/3 and one side of a square is 1/4. This are my shapes.

Constellation of Orion

Today, Room 5 has been learning how to make a constellation of our own. Mrs.Richardson gave us a film caster and a piece of paper to make a constellation. My constellation was Orion. Orion was a brave man who killed a lion with a stone bat.

Sports - Squash

WALT - research a question using Google.
Room 5 has been learning to answer a question with Google. I know I have answered the question by using all my keywords. We tried to look for the rules in Squash.
Rules -
A player gets a point if the receiver fails to strike the ball before it bounces twice, if the receiver hits the ball out either on or above the out line or on the tine, or misses the front wall.  



                                                                                   
                                                                                                                      
                                                                                   

Social Studies - Matariki

Room 5 has been learning how Maori people use gourds to preserve birds in fat. We know we have answered our question by skimming and scanning on the most words in a sentense has. We first had to make a brain strom on paper. We had to under line the words that we didn't understand. We then go to a Maori site and type in our keywords. This is our groups presentation to answer how they preserve birds in fat. 

Purgatory Prayer

WALT - create a prayer for the people undergoing Purgatory.

I know I have learnt this because it is where people go after they die. They have a conversation with God of how their life was like. They go there to become their best self because in Heaven that's how they are. Here is my Purgatory prayer.

Dear loving God,

Thank you for the people that you have sent to Heaven.

May your people that have been on earth reflect on the time they have been in their life and to make the people tell the truth and to become perfect in Purgatory so they are ready for Heaven.

Please help them to behave their best selves while they reflect on what they did.

We promise we will be like Saints to become filled with the Holy Spirit and Saints that are with you

Amen

Webcam Toy - Room 1

Today Room 5 were teaching Room 1 how to use the webcam toy. On the right is my friend Feta-pa. Her                     favorite subject is writing and her favorite food is chocolate.

Comparing By Gabrielle

WALT use a venn to compare two characters in the story.

I know I have compared two characters in the story by describing the two characters what they did and write what they both wanted to know on the middle.

Factory Persuasion Writing By Gabrielle

WALT - persuade people to build/not build a factory on our courts

I agree that we should have a factory on our courts.

If they build a factory, we can have a competition and if we can win, we can design our new playground using with a wooden castle obstacles. We can run and move our muscles and it is good for our body.

If they build a factory, we can have a CCTV. If we have CCTV, our school can be guarded by cameras and it can be easier to protect our Chromebooks.

If they build a factory, we can have a small car park to take over the old junior playground. I want it to be taken over so the bird turd on the old junior playground can be washed away.

If we have a factory on our courts, they can replace the old junior playground to a car park so the bird turd on the park can be taken away, our school can own a CCTV to watch the school so it can be easier to remember the thieve's face and we can own a playground so we can use our muscles to climb ladders and hang on monkey bars.\

Writing - Activities

                        WALT - create a structure and a persuasive text and why it is important.
Today, Room 5 learning about structures. Structure is like putting things in order or putting things in the right places. I know I have learnt what a structure is when I have a thesis, three reasons and a conclusion.

Writing - Market Letter

last week, Room 5 were learning how to write letters to markets. I know I have learnt how to write a letter to a market by writing him good words instead of rude words.

Writing - AFOREST By Gabrielle

WALT - use AFOREST in a persuasive text.

I know I learnt this by making AFOREST

A Alitteration - Jack joined Jeff's jiggly jig jug jam.
F Facts and Figures - Dinosaurs could live up to 125 years old.
O Opinion - I think cats are cute.
R Rhetorical Question - Do you want to have family needs?
E Emotive Language - The class is so messy and disgusting.
S Superlatives - Snakes are the worst, I want them gone, I want them banished, I want them all to wither.
T Starting school early helps parents. The more they work, the more they get paid and the more we get family needs.

Maths - Measuring

WALT - create our own estimations, measure them, then compare them.
Today, Room 5 were learning to estimate how many standard units can fit inside a shape. I know I have learnt how many flat books by picking up books while carrying the books.
This picture shows how many books lied down on the mat.

Writing - Persuasion Map

WALT - use the correct structure to persuade someone.

Today, Room 5 were making a persuasion map. I know I have learnt the structure to persuade someone because I can write a  thesis, three reasons, facts and examples about uniforms, and a conclusion.

Maths - Non Standard Measures

WALT - use non-standard measures to find the area of the shape.
Today, Room 5 were learning about non-standard units of measure. I know I have learnt about non standard units of measure because our shape was  the same shape like the other shapes but our body wasn't the same sizes. This is called an area.

In this photo we made a shape and an estimation of how many students could fit sitting down inside the shape. We were trying to find out the area of our shape using ourselves. This is a non-standard unit of measure. A non-standard unit is the same objects but not the same sizes.                                        

In this photo we put ourselves inside  the shape. Our estimation was three,  but our estimation was wrong. The right estimation was eight. Only eight students  students could fit inside the shape. 

WALT - Goals

WALT - write goals to measure our learning

Today, Room 5 were learning how to write or goals. I know I have learnt my goals by writing how I can achieve my goal.

My goal for writing is to improve my full sentences and to use six or more exciting words. This is important because It helps me can make better sentences and more paragraphs. The steps I will take to achieve my goal will be to read my writing out loud, check with a friend or a buddy and persuade them so they will find my story interesting.

My goal for Reading  is to sound out the words that I can’t say and to learn long and big words. This is important because it helps me to understand words that I don’t know. The steps I will take to achieve my goal will be to read the story for 10 to 15 minutes to understand the story, ask a buddy to ask them if I read the word right.

My goal for Maths is to learn division with higher numbers and get five out of five in warm up activities. This is important because it can help me improve my score and answer the questions quickly. The steps I will take to achieve my goal will be to look at the higher number, combine the lower number to the higher number, and answer the questions.

RE - Respect

WALT - discover the true meaning of respect. We know that we have learnt the lesson when our golden rule represents the true meaning of respect. Our digital learning shows what we think respect means
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Today, Room 5 were learning what the true meaning of respect.  I know I have learnt this because I can show them I love my family and friends. I can show my family and friends that I love them by obeying them sometimes if I don't want to.

Art - Blending

WALT - Sketch with pencils and blend colors together.
This Term, Room 5 were learning how to blend colors together. I know I have to blend in until it goes from light to dark. Room 5 were drawing sea creatures from underwater and we colored the paper with pastels.

Mighty Maori Mihi

 WALT - Introduce my family in Maori

Today, Room 5 were learning Maori Mihi, a mihi is introducing yourself  in Maori. I know that using that instead of just putting Maori words, I can use English to make people understand

Commenting Top Tip

Last week, Room 5 were learning how to use smart commenting top tips. We drew or took a snapshot of how to use top tips. We had to put use positive comments or specific comments on the other school's blogs. This is my poster.

Jesus Heals

WALT - See that Jesus heals people

In Room 5. We are learning when Jesus heals people this man was hurt and after the man was healed. My picture was about a man who had demons inside his body and his soul and mind was hurt. This is my picture before and after he was healed by Jesus

Orienteering

In St.Patricks school, Room 5 were playing orienteering. Orienteering is a game that you use a map to see where you are going to. Sometimes there are poles around. The pole have a number on it and there are spines on the middle so we can click it once but we had to be careful not to click the pole when your finger are on it. On our paper, it even had numbers on them. So when we find a number that is the same on our paper, we click it so we know that we have done that number. Each number has a letter on it so it makes a secret word.

Healing Prayer

We are learning to write a healing prayer. This is my healing prayer.'

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Steps To Wash Your Hands

 

WALT - Teach people how to wash their hands properly

Today, Room 5 were learning about germs and how germs spread easily. I know I have learnt to wash my hands properly because I don't have any germs spreading. We made our own presentation how to wash our hands properly by steps.

R.E - Special Grace

WALT- 

recognize that each sacrament makes present its own special grace.

Today, Room 5 were learning about the anointing of the sick. Mrs.Richardson gave us letters. My letter was a letter O. In my letter, I had comfort, blessing, hope, strength, faith, courage, love, and forgiveness which are the special graces. I know that people who are having the anointing of the sick still have these.

Ten Fast Fingers Scores

Today, Room 5 were learning how to type fast in ten fast fingers. My score is thirty six, I had thirty six correct words and four words incorrect. Room 5 were trying to beat Mrs.Richardson's score, her score was forty eight. I had two hundred and five key strokes, I had twenty three keystrokes that were wrong, and a hundred and eighty two keystrokes correct. I was better than fifty six point forty two percent of all of the people. My position score was forty eight thousand, eight hundred and seventy. 

Synonym Wheel

WALT- Use exciting words in a synonym wheel

Today, Room 5 were learning how to make a synonym wheel. We made them so we can put them up our wall so we can use them to change our boring words. Some of us used our Chromebooks and some of us used a piece of paper. We had to put the boring word in the middle of the wheel and we put the exciting words around the boring word and we color them in.

Pencil shading - Art

Today, Room 5 were learning how to do shadings. We had to do five shadings per line then we had to talk to a buddy about what we did and what we could do better. Then you go down and we had to make the shadings bigger and it made it easier. We needed to do only four lines. We had to talk to a buddy again about which one you did well and what you didn't do well. Which shading do you think is perfect?

Abundance of Thinking

Last week we learned about scarcity, physical, abundance, and resources. Scarcity means there is not that much. Physical means that something that you can feel and look. Abundance means there is lots of things. And resources means something that you can eat

WALT Write our own smart comments on the other schools blog.

     



Room 5 has been learning how to write a smart comment on other peoples task. A smart comment is a positive, thoughtful and helpful. We leave comments that are specifically about the post we have read.

We are creating positive digital footprints when we leave smart comments . We are cyber smart.

Here are screenshots of comments that I have left on the blogs.

My comment is smart because I greeted her and in the end of the comment, I asked her a question

My future in ten years time.

We've been learning to create a positive digital footprint. I imagined what my footprint might look like in 10 years time.