Jupiter | Planet

LI: To identify a planet.

We are learning the sustain of a human life and the elements. We have six elements of life.
Carbon dioxide, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, phosphorus, sulphur. This week we are doing the planet Jupiter. On the DLO we had a bunch of questions needed to be answered. 

Decimal poster

LI: To add and subtract decimals and place value and check using the written algorithm.

Decimals are numbers lower than a solid number but higher than zero. Decimals are use for money. In this DLO it has all the information of what decimals are. We learnt how to use decimals using the place value strategy.

Christmas stolen | Orientation

LI: To write a narrative in the form of a play.

An orientation has describe the settings and the who. This week we are doing the play christmas stolen for Mr Wongs reading groups to perform. We have started on our secound storyboard that links up with the first.

Ki O Rahi | Interschool

LI: To play ki o rahi and to have fun.
Today P.B.S has their inter school ki o rahi games. We got split up into 2 groups for year 4 and 5's .We first played ageist tamaki primary. It was a rough game but sadly we lost 3-9. We played 6 games. We then played against Tu poa and won 12-4.

We then played another game against Tu Poa and lost 10-3. After that we played Stan hope. It was a rough game and won, 13-9. Then we played saint Patrick's.

Drumming

LI: To learn African drumming.

Johnny from Rhythm Interactive taught us four different rhythms on the djembe.

Johnny taught by singing and clapping the rhythm for us to copy. One of the call and return tunes was "I like chocolate cake" and the return was " So do I". Our other rhythm was " I like drums, I like drums, I like drums drums drums.

Johnny's message was " together we can make a change" Today's lesson was enjoyable with the drums. Our learning was really enjoyable to.

Commenting

This week for commenting i have comment on Mote's. Its about his hiwi the kiwi blog post. in a blog post you should have a greeting, connection, question and a fare well.

Basic fact boxes

This week for this maths task we had to solve the maths problems at the same time we had to time ourselves. We do this task every week so then we can pratice our time tables, division, addition and subtraction.

SSR Selfie

This week i have read the book nelson mandela (Non fiction book). Its about nelson mandels journey through his life. For this task we had to read a book for 15 minutes a answer the questions that are put on the slide.

Synthesis

LI: To skim and scam.

Today I have a work in progrees DLO. Making connection means you can have a connection with a book. We had to fill in a table mat that we did for the past 2 weeks ago and we did the story white water actions. Its about a boy Manaki who love paddling canoes.

Zoo trip

We first started off with arranging our groups. After that we went and visited the serval cats. They are an African cat that looks like a cheetah. The zoo keepers made a pole that they use for the behaviour enrichment. 

Then we went through a tunnel that we could see was two cheetahs. There behaviour enrichment is a tree or a plate for that they like to use when they climb. Cheetahs can run up to 100km per 30 seconds. There claws are help with there speed ruining. they use there tail to help them change direction and when attacking prey. 

After that we went and saw the elephants named Burma and Anjalle from Sri Lanka. There BE is a sack. The zookeepers use a sack because it helps them use there trunk more often like a hand.  These elephants are Asian elephants. They are on a hay diet eating grapes and vegetables. 

The second to last animal we saw was the flamingos. They eat with a strainer in there beak. They like to eat water insects from the water. Flamingos are pink. 

And lastly we went a visited the rhino and Nyala. A rhinos horn is made from keratin which is the same as hair and fingernails. 

We would like to give a big thank you to Hohepa and the other zookeper for having us at the Auckland zoo.

Identifying decimals

LI: To identify tenths, hundredths and thousandths.

This week we are learning about decimals. Decimals can mean lower than 1 and higher that 0. For an example 2.5. We learnt the how to say desimals and use them. They are also used in place values.

Hiwi the kiwi fishing for the future

LI: To be responsible in the sea and when fishing.

Today we had a hiwi the kiwi visiting us. We learnt how to stay safe and to be responsible on the moana. It was all about learning to teach our parents how to fish. We also leared the legal fish size. Its good to take a ruler with you so you can measure how big your fish is. When we catch a fish we hold it with a wet towel because if we hold it bare hands our hand print and will die.

We listened to the minstrel and sang some songs that he wrote and did challenges. After that we answered questions.

Narrative play

LI: To write a narrative in a form as a play.
Our play is about mother christmas and she is trying to steal christmas. my group made a dialog about the narrative we made we made fake messages of our characters talking to each other. They are talking about how they can come up with a solution to solve the problem.

Commenting

This week for commenting i have comment on alayah blog post about her maori (Seasons). It's about

Basic fact boxes

This week for basic fact boxes i have completed it. I had to answer all the maths operation while timing myself. Basic facts boxes is a activity that we do daily. It is also a maths activity. its when you have bunch of questions to answer under 5 minutes when you time yourself. It took me 2 minutes and 13 secounds

SSR Selfie

This week for SSR Selfie I have read the book BFG It is about a little girl and a giant. We had to the sumarise the book after reading it for 15 minutes.

Frations of sets

LI: to calculate fractions of sets. 
This week we had to solve a bunch of fractions using addition, multiplication. 

Space | Inquiry

LI: To create a DLO talking about the planets in another language. 

This week we had to get into a group nd create a video (DLO) showing the planets names in another language. I had worked with Fau. The language we picked to use was niuean language. We had te choice of either Te Reo Maori or a different language. We had used Screencastify for this activity. 

Cave Creature

LI: To skim and scan
This week for reading we had to finish off making connections. We had a topic called cave creature. We used our activating prior knowledge. Our group needed to write about cave creatures. 

Play Narative

LI: To write a planer.
This week we have planed out a narrative play for Mr Wongs reading groups. We used the structure T.O.P.E.S.

T.O.P.E.S

T - Title

O - Orientation

P - Problem

E - Events

S - Situation

Maori | Seasons

LI: To learn the seasons in Te Reo Maori.

The word for seasons in maori is tau. spring, summer, autumn, and winter also have their own words. We used the Te Ara website to learn these words. 

Commenting

Today i have commented on Sulia's blog post about her writing (Explanation). It was about her explanation that she wrote about space.

Basic Fact boxes

This week for basic fact boxing we had to time ourselves and answer a bunch of questions. We had a Time limit. It took me 2 minutes and 13 secounds.

SSR Selfie

This week for SSR Selfie i have read a book for 15 minutes. On this task we had to read a book for 15 minutes.

Chris pither

LI: To skim and scan

This week we used one of our reading strategies prior knowledge. I did the story Chris Pither. It was about him being the youngest car racer in the world. On this slide it had a bunch of information that needed to be answered.

Paper and plastic fractions | Maths

LI: To relate fractions with division
This week we were learning how to divide and how to use fractions using paper and plastic. We had to cut the paper into the amount of pieces. We had to answer the questions answered on the box.

Explanation

LI:
This week for writing we had to write a explanation with any topic we wanted. My topic was the heart. We first had to plan then write working on a goggle document.

We used Times

Title
Introduction
Meaningful information
Explanation
Summary.

Kiwi Sport | Gymnastics

Today LS1 group B had their gymnastics session for kiwi sport. We first started off with playing infinity tag. When you get tagged the person that tagged you,  you have to sit down and when they get tagged you stand up and they sit.  The type of stretches we did was the L shape, Seal, Butterfly, cat, straddle, back front side support. We also did two new stretches. We do these kind of stretches because it loosens up our mussels.

Rotation 1:
Our first rotation included the beam, blue line on the stage, On the beam we had to leap onto the beam. On the blue line we had to do the knew stretch. And Finlay on the bench we had to do a forward roll.

Rotation 2: 
On the second rotation there was a trampoline to jump. Then we had to do a backwards roll on the soft ramp or the floor. With our hands by our head loooking like we are holding 2 pizza in our hand. After that we had to do a routine. And lastly there was another trampoline that we had to jump on it and do a spin.

Rotation 3:    
On our last rotation we had to do a handstand on the wall with a bar on the floor. Then we had to do the back/side/front rotation on a shape. before the parallel bars is when you have to life yourself up onto the bars.

I found the stretches difficult because when you stretch it hurts.

Kiwi can

This week for kiwi can our topic is responsibility. Responsible means to have duty or deal with something. Our energiser was called 21. We got into a circle we had to glance at a person while we say a number to 21. 

Catchphrase:
Kiwi Cans says, responsible is what I am , that's the way of kiwi can. 

Attributes

LI: How to attribute an image.
This week for cybersmart we were learning how to Attribute a image. Attribute means when you Can give credit to someone's work. We learnt what copy right is and what fair use is. When you attribute you must link the owner of the work.

Huarere | Weather | Maori

LI: To know the weathers

This we for maori we had to create a DLO about Huarere (Weather) that nedded 7 weathers on it to teach the juniors. Martariki is the maori new year that is celebrated every year.