This week for reading we were inferring pictures. We had to create a DLO inferring pictures. We had to answer the questions and write why we think that.
I am a Year 8 student at Panmure Bridge School in Auckland, NZ. I am in Learning Space 2 and my teachers are Mrs Anderson and Ms Kirkpatrick.
Monday, 30 May 2016
Thursday, 26 May 2016
Maths Strategies
This week in Maths we have revised our skills on strategies to solve multiplication problems. We had to explain three maths strategies that we have learnt this term. I have picked Place Value,Doubling and Halving and Rounding and Compensating. Since I have learnt these strategies it has made it super easy to work out multiplication problems.
Monday, 23 May 2016
Inference
Today for reading we had to inference riddles. Our task was to quess what the word was by clicking the show a clue box and that gave you hints about the riddle. If we wanted to do another new riddle we had to click the try another riddle box.
If you want to try this out click here.
Thursday, 19 May 2016
Structure and Language Feature Of A Information Report
This week for writing Mia and I had to create a DLO of what we learned about structures and language features. We wrote down what all of the structures and language features meant. We also showed some examples of them so other people can start practicing.
Takahe Follow up - Seeing Both Sides Of A Argument
This week for reading the takahe group had to finish off a follow up. Our follow up was seeing both sides of a argument. I listed down why I agreed with the statement and why I disagreed. The statement was about removing wasps from New Zealand because they are annoying and more wasps are appearing.
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
Current Events Challenge
Today for reading I have completed a current events challenge. What we had to do was find a artical from kiwi kids news and write about it. I had to fill in the title, when it was, who was it, where did it happen, what happened, why or how did is happen, what do you thing the author wanted you to learn about and the picture.
Tuesday, 17 May 2016
Math Magician
Today for maths I decided that I will play math magician. I have answered all of my 5 times tables and I have completed all 20 questions in 26 seconds. Maybe next time I can complete it in less then 30 seconds. Next week I will probably try my 6 times tables and practice it.
Doubling and Halving
Today for maths I created a DLO on how to double and halve. Our LI: is how to double and halve in multiplication. We had to double odd numbers and halve even numbers. If you still didn't know how to answer the question you had to do it again. This DLO teaches you how to double and halve so you can get better in answering hard multiplication problems.
SPaG - Commas DLO
This week for SPaG we learnt about commas. Sajiha, Zeba, Mahdia, Charlize, Nazella and I worked together to complete our DLO. We wrote down the definition of a comma, when to use them and why are they important. We them did a example of a sentence without a comma and them a sentence with a comma.
China Follow Up
This term for inquiry our topic is our global neighbors. This week we had to complete a follow up. We had to mark the capital city, mark 5 countries that are near China and list seas around China. We then made a virtual tour of China. We had to find pictures of China on google images and find out about them. Something that I learned was that the great wall of China was built so they could protect them selves from the enemies. We also had to find the author of the images we found. What we had to do was go on images, click search tools, labeled for reuse and you can copy the images. When you do that, that means that you are not stealing images.
Friday, 13 May 2016
Shoe Narrative
Today for writing we had to write a shoe narrative. What we had to do was find a buddy, plan how the shoes felt, what they saw, what they heard, what they smelt and what they touched. We had to write one sentence each sitting back by back and writing a story. This was really fun and I really enjoyed it. Out LI: was to use the 5 senses and personification to help us paint a picture with words. I worked collaboratively with Nazella and we completed the task together. To use the 5 senses and personification to help us paint a picture with words. To use the 5 senses and personification to help us paint a picture with words.
Anne Frank - Home Learning
This week for home learning we had to search about Anne Frank. The questions we had to answer were Who am I?, Why am I well known?, What education did I have?, How am I remembered today? and a inspirational quote. For home learning I worked collaboratively with Mia and completed this home learning together.
Today for reading, we were synthesizing. We watched a video based on Charlotte Anne, we had to also use our 6 colored hats. We had to answer all of the questions then synthezise which means get the information you know and the information that you found out and re-arange the ideas so that you can make an understanding.
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Hit The Button - Maths
Today for maths I played hit the button. I have practiced my 5 times tables and you had to press the right answer. I had to answer my 5 times tables and pick the right answer from another bunch of numbers. I scored 14 out of 14 and I got a brilliant perfect score.
If you want to practice your times tables click here
Reading Can Do
Today for reading I completed a can do. The can do I have choose was the word cline and the word I did was big. What we had to do was write an uninteresting word on the bottom of the cline and make the words interesting as you go up the cline.
Reading Can Do
Today for reading I completed a reading can do. The task I choose was the current events challenge. We had to write down the title, when it happened, who is was, where did it happened, what happened, why or how it happened, what do you think the author wanted you to learn and a picture of the artical.
If you want to read this artical click here
Follow Up - Reading
This week for Reading we had to complete a Follow up. What we had to do was predict what will happen next in the story. The story we predicted on was Walking On The Grass. In Korea there is a law that you could not walk on grass because they was not a lot. When they came to New Zealand they thought the law was the same so they got worried when the footpath walk way was covered with grass.
Tuesday, 10 May 2016
Math Strategy
This week for math we had to make a DLO that shows you how to solve your 6, 7 and 8 times tables using your 5 times tables. We had to show what we had to do and the steps. Our LI: was to answer 6, 7 and 8 times tables using you 5 times tables.
Kyle Mewburn
In Monday Kyle Mewburn came to visit Panmure Bridge School. Kyle Mewburn talked about his books and many other things. Kyle Mewburn is a New Zealand author that writes children books. He is from Australia but he moved to New Zealand when he finished intermediate. He writes funny and interesting books and one of my favorites is Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck!
Language Challenge
Today in inquiry we had to write down what we learnt and what we found out. Mahdia, Nazanin and I worked collaboratively to complete our work. We learnt how to say hello and goobye in Thailand. We also learnt how to wai.
Afghan Foods VS Thai Foods
This week for inquiry we had to write down the differences between the Afghan foods and Thai foods. The country I was working on was Thailand. We had to search up the drinks, foods and the desserts. We had to compare them to the country and find out the differences.
Monday, 9 May 2016
E-ako Maths
Today for maths we played E-ako maths. E-ako maths teaches you how to skip count, how to add numbers and other things as well. The task that I have completed was about skip counting and the groups.
Asian Country Poster
This week for inquiry we had to make a poster that has picture's of Thailand. The country that I was learning about was Thailand. We had to put pictures on our poster, have the flag and have the distance. Something that I learned from this task was that Siamese cats are native in Thailand.
Thursday, 5 May 2016
Virtual Tour Of Thailand- Inquiry
This is my google drawing of a virtual tour of Thailand. What we had to do for this task was we had to search up photos from images, click search tools, click usage rights and then click labeled for reuse. These are the photos that I have found an I think it shows the main places in Thailand.
Home Learning - WIlliam Henry Fox Talbot
This week for home learning we had to find out about WIlliam Henry Fox Tablot. For home learning I worked collaboratively with Nazella. The questions we had to answer were who am I?, why am I well known?, what education did I have?, and how am I remembered today?
Wednesday, 4 May 2016
Blue Whale Information Report
For writing today we had to highlight somethings in the paragraph that were on the table. Our LI: was to understand the structure of information reports. The information report was about blue whales. We had to highlight the introduction, body paragraphs and conclusion by changing the background colour of the table.
E-ako Maths
Today in maths time we did some E-ako maths. This is where I reached up to and I had 59 points. This was the multiplication and division category. This helps you with understanding on maths and what it means.
Current Events Challenge - Reading
This week for reading we had to do a reading can do. The can do that I choose was the current events challenge. What we had to do was we had to put the title, when did it happen, who was in it, where did it happen, what happened, why or how it happened, what do you think the author want you to learn about and a picture of the current events. The artical that I choose was that a girl accidentally runs half marathon.
If you want to read this artical click here
Tuesday, 3 May 2016
Sub Prefix Spelling
This week we did SPaG (Spelling, Punctuation and grammar). What we had to do was we had to make a word web and a paragraph using words that star with sub. Manu, Zahn, Paige and I worked collaboratively together to complete our learning. We had to use sub prefix words which meant below or under. What we had to do, to built our word web was that we found some words that started with sub from the dictionary and that meant under or below ans type it into the boxes. We then had to choose 8 words from the word web and make it into a paragraph. This is what my group came up with.
How to solve your 6, 7 and 8 times tables using your 5 times tables - Maths
This week for maths we have been learning how to solve 6, 7 and 8 times tables using your 5 times tables. To show what we learnt we had to make a DLO about it. We had to show the steps of what we did and it was very easy. If you want to learn how to solve your 6,7 and 8 times tables watch this DLO to learn more.
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