Word Wall: Un

This week for spelling, our word that we were given was Un. The meaning of Un is not. For example Unhappy Undo and heaps more. 

Writing A Narrative Story

Today in writing Ana and I were putting together our narrative story. In this task we used T.O.P.E.S. We had to edit our writing by using D.R.A.F.T. We have changed boring words and sentences and made them more interesting. Our learning intention is to write a narrative story.

Maths Games

Today in maths games that is about rounding the between or the nearest number to that number. For example round 6,981 to the nearest ten and the answer is 6,980. I was learning to round whole numbers to the nearest ten, hundred and thousands.

Exploring Both Point Of Views

Today Cecilia and I have created a D.L.O about the Auckland Bus Strike. To complete this task we had use ifaketext to see the argument between the bus company and bus driver about why the bus company was giving the bus driver more hours but less money. The role that I have played was the bus driver and my partner Cecilia played the bus company. My partner and I were learning to see the point of views of each side.

Current Event - Auckland Bus Strikes

Today Ana and I have created a D.L.O about the bus strike that happened 2 months ago. We used our skimming and scanning skills to find interesting information and adding it to our D.L.O. We had collaborated in our current events and added a point of view about what the bus drivers opinion were compared to the public's opinion. 

Quick Write Rotation

For writing this week, we have been writing quick write stories. This writing task is called Quick Write Rotation. The key to this task is you go to the first bus stop and there is a story starter for you to finish off the story with a mood. My partner and I have finished off a story starter and you can read it at the top. Our Learning Intention was to understand how our choice of words create the mood of the story.

Word Clines

For reading I have made a D.L.O called word clines. I have chosen a word and that word is cold. I have made it into a interesting word. This task is found in our can do's.

Mathsmulti

I maths I have been practicing my timetables by playing a maths game called Mathsmulti. I was practicing my 3x 4x and my 8x. The one that felt difficult was the 8x because I keep stopping and then time runs out.

Planning A Narrative Story

Today in writing, I have been using TOPES. As you can see I have layed out my plan on a mind map. I have explained the problem and how it is solved. My learning intention is to write a plan for a narrative story

Flags

For reading I have created a D.L.O about what is so different about these 2 flags. I have researched a lot about the white flag. What was so interesting was how there is a shield on the white one but not the current flag. For this task I was learning to use my research skills.

PBS Flag Vote

Today LS2 have been creating a graph or a pie chart to explain how much students want which flag. In each classroom, every student was voting for which flag they want to keep. As you can see it is between our current flag and our new flag.