Character web / The Witches

L.I to Novel study the witches.

For reading we are doing a novel study on Roald Dahl books. For novel study I was reading the withes. For the witches we had to do different activities. I have done the character web for the grand high witch. I had to say what her personality, how she acts, how she feels and how she looks.  

Figurative Language

LI To investigate figurative language. For writing we were learning about figurative language. Figurative language means like literal things and figurative things. We had to also learn about: similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole and understatement. We then did a quiz on the things we had learnt. We then had to make a quiz that has the meanings of what we learnt and it had to be different to the quiz we did. We learnt how metaphors can be and others.

Tennis

L.I to learn the basic grip on a Tennis racket. For Kiwi sport we had Tennis. Our Tennis coach was Peter. He helped us through the way. We first played a warm up where we had to get into a pairs and one person has to drop a tennis ball onto the other persons hand. Their hand has to be flipped under and when the ball is dropped the person has to flip their hand over and catch. This warms our reactions for when we get onto the court. We then talked about forehand and backhand. When we are holding the tennis racket, if you are right handed then with backhand you put your right hand at the bottom of the racket and if you are left handed then you put your left hand at the bottom. We learnt the two techniques so that we could had a rally with each other.

Legal and Illegal

LI: to understand legal use of images.

For cyber smart we were learning about legal and illegal. We talked about how you can find legal images and illegal images. You can find legal images by looking at the license. We had to find two sites that let you have free images that you can share and use. We then looked for illegal images. We then looked at the licence and wrote the definitions of legal images and illegal images.

Maori

L.I to learn about Maori . For Maori we were learning about how to speak Maori and say Maori words. We had to do the work sheet that is about gods and we have to guess what they are god of. We then had to translate the words that the people said in the scenes. From Maori to English. We then had to do 2 work sheets one is translating words and translating phrases.

Kiwi Can

L.I to respect our self and others.                                                                                                                We started off with the energizer which was where we had to Get into little groups and one person has to go and get the instructions from the teacher. The person that was leader had to rotate Around through different people. This game linked to leadership and how we can work as a team.                                                                                                                                                                                                        Then we played our activity which was tangle where we had to get into two groups and we had to get into a circle and hold peoples hands of people that are not next to you.  We then talked about what strengths and weakness's we have which means what we are good at and what we are not good at.

Commenting

L.I to help others using commenting.

Writing

        L.I to prepare our self for the test. For writing we had to write a recount of one time we won a final. We then had to remark our own writing. This was preparing us for the real test. We then had to rate our own writing and highlight the words and sentences that we would change if we had to chance to. We then got feed back from the teacher on our writing.

Company

L.I to prepare our self for testing.  For inquiry we had to sort a group of companies. Into groups like foods and clothing. We first had to split the our group of eight in half because we had to see what one half of the group would put the companies in group and the other half. We then had to show the other half of the group of what we put the companies in.

Graphic Novel

LI - Build knowledge of vocabulary, and links words create to the wider world.

For reading we are reading graphic novels. We are reading Roald Dahl books. I am reading the witches and when we are finished reading we need to remember where to start again when we read again. So we made bookmarks for us to remember where to start reading again. 

SSR Selfie

L.I to read and summarize a story. 
For SSR Selfie we had to read a book and retell what had happened and what the topic was about. We then had to take a selfie with the book and blog about it. The book I chose was the witches.   

Kiwi Can

L.I to respect our self and others.                                                                                                                We started off with the energizer which was VS. VS is a game where someone gives us a choice of one thing or the other. We then had to chose the thing we like best and explain why we like it. This game linked to our self and what is unique about our self. This also links to our personality because our personality is what makes us ourselves.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Then we played our activity which was Might vs Wisdom. In this activity we had been split into two groups. One group went to the library with Miss Mac and the other group stayed with Mr Simani. Miss Mac's group had to work in little teams to figure out the right answer to the brain tenser she told us. The other group had to three challenges where they had to get into little teams and all stand wth their back into the middle and then sit without falling or moving. Then they had to do the same thing but facing the inside. Then they all had to face one way and all sit down at the same time.

Maori / Wiki : Kotahi

        L.I to learn about Maori. For Maori we were learning about how to speak Maori and say Maori words. We had to do the work sheet that is about gods and we have to guess what they are god of. We then had to translate the words that the people said in the scenes. From Maori to English. We then had to do 2 work sheets one is translating words and translating phrases.

Math Vocab

L.I to research.                                                                                                                                        We had to find the definitions of words and functions that relate to the topic. We had to t find the meaning of the words and how they function. We had to also predict what the topic was going to be about using the meanings of the words. The topic is about making origami planes and aerodynamics.

Commenting

L.I to help others with their blog post by commenting what they should work on. For commenting we have to comment on peoples blog post and comment. Commenting helps people with making their blog post better. You should always say things in a nice way so the person doesn't take your feedback as something else.

Basic facts boxes

L.I to remember basic maths facts.
For basic facts we have to time our self and do a challenge which is either, Speed Demon or Brain box. We have to do the challenges up to: five, ten and twenty.

SSR Selfie

L.I to summarie and retell a text.
For SSR Selfie we have to read a book for fifteen minutes and then summarise the book. We have to take a selfie with he book that we are reading. I am reading Diary of a wimpy kid old school.

Rap/Poetry

LI - Build knowledge of vocabulary, and links words create to the wider world. For reading we were making a game on rap and poetry. We had to pick lyrics from a song and a poem and see if people can guess. People have to guess which on e is a poem and which one is rap. We then had to use a vocab builder to build people vocab and for them to learn new things. We use words and have to fill the builder in for what it means and other.

Business

                                      LLI: to define & describe the terms enterprise and business
Enterprise meaning online is "a project or undertaking, especially a bold or complex one". Which means to agree on a project or some work. Business's meaning online is "a person's regular occupation, profession or trade". Which means a person's job. We first started on with an activity. We had the word Enterprise. We had to guess what the meaning of Enterprise meant in our groups. We did the same thing with the word Business. We then in our groups had to put in our definitions of Enterprise & Business, and put it aside with the real definition. We then had to get a bunch of business's, local, national, and international. We then had to write down what they sell, and their price range.

Lotto winner

L.I to revise the structure of a recount and re-firm the marking criteria. For writing we had to write a imaginative recount about winning the lotto and spending it all till the last cent. Once we had finished we had to mark our own writing and give our recount to an other person for them to mark it. We had mark our writing with the seven criteria. we had to give points from 3 to 5 for the writing points. The seven criteria are: Ideas, S&L, Organization, Vocab, Spelling, Punctuation and Sentence structure.

Math recap

L.I: to recall core skills and knowledge for addition, subtraction, multiplication, fractions, and place value.                                                                                                                                                        In math we are doing a recap on our core skills and knowledge for addition, subtraction, multiplication, fractions, and place value. We had played a game that involved math. We played Scattergories where we had to list as many ways of getting to the number for example: 6 is the number so we have to add number to make 6. We did: Adding time, subtracting time, adding decimals, subtracting decimals, times table, grouping, sharing, calculating perimeter, calculating area and fractions. We had to use different methods or strategies to get bonus points and bonus points for the correct answer.

Maori

L.I to learn Maori.                                                                                                                                  For Maori we were learning about how to speak Maori and say Maori words. We then learn about Nga Atua the gods and what they did. We then had to translate the words that the people said in the scenes. From Maori to English. We had then had to a Kupu where we had to put the meaning that we think it is for Maori.

Kiwi Can Term 4

L.I to respect our self and others.                                                                                                                  It is Niuean language week and we were talking about facts and what is special about Niue. We started with greeting kiwi can with the Niuean greeting. We then started talking about facts about Niue. We went onto the energizer which was fruity tutti.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        We had to listen to the instruction that Mr Simani gave us. The three instructions were: apple (jump forward), orange (jump back), and banana (180 jump). The activity was 1 truth 1 lie. Where we had to find the truth and win but if you find the lie then you lose. We then talked about ways that we can respect people and respect our self. We can by sleeping, smiling, showering and others.