Greek gods

LI: To use our smart searching skills to find information about the Greek gods

Today David shared his reading challenge with us. It is all about the Greek gods and helps us to practise the skills we have been learning in our reading lessons with our teachers. 

David created this task as part of his CARE award challenges. We earn CARE award badges in year 7 and 8 to show that we understand our school values. In this activity we used our smart searching skills to find information to help us complete the table.

I found this activity intresting because it was fun learning about the greek gods.

The Greek god I found most interesting was hades because he was the god of the under world he was the god who decided if people go to hell or heaven.

Anger

L.I To use metaphors and the five senses to describe the abstract noun.

Our task was to create a DLO of writing a poem using a abstract noun. Abstract nouns are things that we can feel but we can't physically touch it. The 5 senses are sight, hearing, taste, smell and feel. First we had to pick a word from the list. And me and my group choose luxury. After we picked the word, we looked for a structure in a example of given to us. After writing the poem we had to make a poem of us describing the word we have picken. We really enjoyed this activity, because it taught us how to create metaphors and poems, using abstract nouns.

Tech

 This week for Tech we learnt how to dissect a hibiscus. First we wrote why flower are spealil and what you noticed aout a flower. The equement we used were. slide- glass, cutting board, and a knife. 

First we Remove one petal. Next we Pinch the side of the Ovule. last we cut a straight line on the Pollen tube. Then we pick one polen and used it on the microw scope. I learnt parts about the flower. The parts are, Hibiscus, Stigma, Style,Anther, Pollen Tube,Sepal,Thalamus,Male Gametophyte,Petal,Ovule, Female Gametophyte.

Life

LI: To write an abstract noun senses poem.

An abstract noun refers to an idea, quality or state that you can't see, hear, touch or smell. 

For example: Life looks like a busy street bustling with people beginging their day.

The five senses are hear, smell, taste, touch, feel.

A metaphor is comparing two things, saying one thing is the other without using 'like' or 'as'.

for example Happiness is rhe sun rising in my heart.

Main Ideas

 LI: to identify the main ideas in the text

Our next activity was to continue our learning with Matariki and Maori Stories. 

For this activity we talked about the general important ideas, the 4 very important ideas, and the 3 vital ideas of the story. The important ideas are composed of 4 specific things that might basically summarise the story. The 3 vital ideas are composed of key parts of the story.

Venn Diagram

 LI: to find as many similarities and differences as you can between the video and the text of “The Beginning”. 

To continue our learning of Matariki, and the Maori story of Creation our task was to create a Venn Diagram. For our Venn Diagram we compared the differences and similarities between the Video and Written Version of the Maori Creation Story. A Venn Diagram, is a diagram showcasing the differences and similarities between two different things.

Summarising

 LI: to explain in fewer words what the text is about

For our Inquiry we were learning about Matariki, and the origin story. Our task was to watch a video on the Maori Creation story and we had to summarise the video. The video was an artist representing and creating the story through sand art. Our 20 important words had to be the top important words from the video, words that represented the story. Then from the 20 we had to pick the 6 most important words Then using those 6 words we had to sum up the story in a few sentences. 

Creative writing

LI: To understand how to use descriptive words to make your writing more interesting.

Our focus for writing this week was to use descriptive writing, which means using words that are powerful, making your text more exciting to read and add more detail into your writing. We were tasked to work collaboratively in pairs to complete this task. Our task was to describe one of the two pictures that we were given. To make this task easier we would use our prior knowledge of sentence structures, nouns, verbs, adjectives, and descriptive words to create a piece of writing that uses descriptive words to make the text exciting to read. 

Tech (Science)

This week for tech we learned about sinking, floating, and semi floating.

Sinking is an object with no air in it. Floating is a object with air in it. Semi floating is something that is heavy but has a little air in it. We tested objects to see if they would float or sink like Golf balls, Tennis balls, Marbells. 

Following Classroom Rules & Expectations | PB4L

LI: To follow the rules and expectations, expected from teachers. 

This weeks PB4L learning is about following classroom rules and expectations. PB4L is a acronym describing Positive Behavior for Learning. PB4L helps us understand the correct behavior for inside classroom learning and outer learning. This consist of Classroom discussions, walking to assembly, behaviour on school trips, wet day procedure eg. respecting wet day monitors. All of these prospects will help us develop a strong and healthy learning enviroment.  I found this activity fun because we could teach people about respect and rules.

Science (Tech)

LI: To try using labortory equipment

Today I went tech at tamaki college. Mrs Shama showed us what equipments were for and then we used them in a experement. We had to time how long it takes for the sugar to evolve in water.

The temputure of the cold water was 24c, The temuture for the hot water was 82c, it took 1min and 4 sec for the sugar to elvolve in the cold water, and  it took 28 sec for the sugar to elvolve in the hot water

Exploring Current Events

 LI: To find the important information in a current event

This week for Reading we learnt about author's purpose. Authors write for a purpose/reason. These reasons are to Persuade, Inform, Explain or Entertain (PIE). First we looked at Kiwi Kids News to find a article. Then, we made a copy of the Current Events DLO and answered these questions: What is the article about? When the article was created? Where was the article was made? Why the author wrote the article? How it was made? Why do you think the author wanted you to learn from the article?

I found this activity fun and intresting because I learned what was going on around the New Zealand.

Exploring Current Events

LI: To find the important information in a current event

This week for Reading we learnt about author's purpose. Authors write for a purpose/reason. These reasons are to Persuade, Inform, Explain or Entertain (PIE). First we looked at Kiwi Kids News to find a article. Then, we made a copy of the Current Events DLO and answered these questions: What is the article about? When the article was created? Where was the article was made? Why the author wrote the article? How it was made? Why do you think the author wanted you to learn from the article?

I found this activity fun and intresting because I learned what was going on around the world.

Science (Tech)

LI: To identify equipment in the labortory. 

Today I went to tech at Tamaki College.

We learned about equipment that Scientest use and what they use it for when they are doing an experiment.

Then she gave us a Beaker, a Measuring Cylinder, and a Dropper to measure water about 40ml.

Once we measured 40ml we used the dropper to measure up to 43ml.

 

Cinquain Poem

LI: To write a cinquain poem to describe a sports star

We have been learning to write cinquain poems to help us strengthen our connections to description. A cinquain poem has 5 lines. Each line has a different purpose. Line 1 is a noun which is a name. Line 2 has 2 adjectives taht describe the noun. Line 3 has 3 verbs that end in ‘ing’ and describe the actions. Line 4 is a noun phrase which is a group of words (not a sentence) that go together to describe the noun. Line 5 is a synonym which is a word with a similar meaning to the noun.

My Reading Pathway

LI: To show my personal journey through books

This week is book week at Panmure Bridge School, which means every class participates in a number of reading activities. One of our activities was to create a reading pathway that shows how my favourite books have changed over time. At the moment I like reading because I could learn new words.