Poetry ( Troy )

Description: We have been writing poetry, all different types like, limericks, free verse and also Cinqueins. We all had to write a free verse and also a Cinquein for the slide to go with an appropriate picture for the subject of our topic. Here is the slides with all our amazing poems. If you look at my poem it always looks like ?

The syllable numbers are:

24682

All of our Writing:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14s0Z9AIovOBEwwhZW1gRqutQA-4RQbcm2K5rMuj4e30/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

Feedback/Feedforward: I think you describe your poems really well. I think that you have chosen
Great topics to write about and used language features in your poems.

Evaluation: I think I have done a great job and have used great language features in my Cinqueins to describe the moment or memory.

3D Printing (James)

Description: Every Thursday we do Inquiry where we chose between 3 teachers that we liked in the taste testers. I chose James. We have been doing 3D printing we have had to challenge ourselves. We used Sketch Up to design and then we used the 3D printer to print out our designs. Here is a image of my finished piece.

Image:

Big Idea:

We have been trying to do something that will benefit our school, I am benefiting the school by, showing excellence and creativity, in designing and inventing things. I went out of the box by printing a guitar and my next step is to create some strings for the guitar to make it better.

Questions (This Land We Call Home)

Description: This we in our reading group we have been answering questions about the book and doing fun tasks with our reading buddy here are the tasks we had to do.

Blooms Questions:

Name where the story is based... In California (World War ll)

If you interviewed Paula what would you ask her?... How is it like living in this sort of country?? 

What year is the story based... 1941 in California

What I would place in my box if I was going 

away from home:

- Water

-Toy

-Cans of Food

-Clothes

Free Verse Poetry

 Description: We have been learning about Free verse Poetry where you don't have to rhyme or have any amount of lines. I wrote my poem about Christmas. We also had to put some language features in our writing like alliteration, similes and also giving a non living thing a livings things actions. Example:The pillow lay there as if it was asleep.

Big Idea:

Snow falls from the air, 

the gingerbread smell, 

the pine needles from the Christmas tree circling the smell around the room.

 Present rappings and cards, happiness dancing around the street. 

Christmas carols, bells ringing. 

Family’s get together surprises smiles. 

Christmas lights decorations,

Snowmen cold and the fire blazing.

Evaluation: I think I have done very well because I have created a image in 

the readers mind, when I write a free verse poem again I might try and add more language features, like similes and alliteration.

 

Agency Wall

Description: This term we are trying to identify our goals and what we need to work on.

First we had to hilight the things we could do in yellow and the things we could not do in pink.

Then we chose what part of the wall we needed to work on. Here are some questions.

I think I am a Self Managing learner because I need to work on some things epesically my goal now because I have only just heard of it and would like to complete it.

The goal that I am currently working on is... Being open to the cognitive wobble

The things I need to do to achieve this goal are... to get into the learning pit where things are hard.

Letter

Description: We had to write a letter to the dad in the story. And here is my letter to him telling about the how things are going at home and at school.

Letter

At home we are running out of food and money, also last night a barn burnt down, we were hoping it was the school but yeah I am kind of disappointed!! 

Also the Post Office is crazy I could not even fit in the shop so sorry!! I could not post your things you asked for. I will try tomorrow!

When I was at the Lunch bar everyone try's to avoid us, the man would not serve me but everyone started leaving so he served me FINALLY! But that was the last of our cash. He brought some over for us, Mum was so thankful.

Love 

Paula

Questions

Description: We had to answer so we questions we we had read 7 - 8 chapters then some more questions for 8 - 9 chapters. The book we are reading is this land we call home.

7 - 8 Chapters Questions

Paula remains loyal to her friend Ken in spite of the loss of her brother at Pearl Harbour (p. 53) What does this tell you about Paula?

Ken is a great friend of her brothers & Paula is being nice to him because of the loss.

Can you identify with Paula’s feelings when she finds out Grandpa Miller’s threats? 

Worried & anxious about it.

Have you ever felt so angry that you could explode? (P.56) How did you deal with it?

Having to go to bed when they get to stay and watch something 

What feelings did the incident in the food store on page 62 evoke in you? What is your stance (opinion) on the issue of persecution of Japanese families?

9 - 10 Chapters Questions

Do you think people should use the term ‘Jap’ (P.70) Why/Why not?

No because it sounds quite rude and is quite offensive in the past they used to but in World War 11

It started to become more derogatory.

Ken makes an entry in his diary about the government freezing bank accounts of Japanese families so people cannot get money out. (P.72) Why do you think the government froaze the accounts? 

Because they want them gone and know one likes the Japanese being there.

Can this action be justified? Why/why not?

Yes - By being nice to other people and accepting their decisions.

How does the author convey the feelings of Kaz and Ken as the Izumis prepare to leave their home? (pp 76-77)

Pearl Habour

Description: Hannah P and I researched about the attack at pearl harbour here is our information put together into a poster. The book we are reading is called This Land We Call Home.

This Land We Calł Home

Assess the cover the blurb and the title.

What made you choose this book?  

What appeals to you?  

What hooked you in?

Make some predictions about the story.  When and where do you think the story is set?  What do you think is going to happen?  Why?

e.g.

1. The front cover made me curious to find what was happening in this image, with the 2

    seasons Autum & Spring. Also the title hooked me in because I wanted to know what land was it? Also what was the barb wire why? would there be barb wire there.

2. What appeals to me is the blossom tree and the title on the front, I also would like to read a author's book that I don't know about.

3. What hooked me in was... Reading the blurb hooked me in because I would like to read a book in a different decade.

4. My predictions are... That Ken's family are in the end going to be one of the important family's in their country!

Story Wheel

Description: I choose a story wheel for my tic-tac toe, what I had to do was read an article or a book and illustrate some images through the story telling them in 8 pictures a summary of the story. Here is my picture of the story wheel.

A summary of the story:

This is a quick summary of the story... In the forest was a bird election and they were all fighting against who should be president but then they saw the helicopters and trucks started to appear so they all worked together to stop them and they decided they did not need a president and everyone deserved to be one.

Live Below The Line

Description: This year our family ( The Smith Family ) are doing something to raise money for some
people in countries that are very poor and don't have enough food. We raise for an organization called Oxfam they do work to end poverty around the world. We have to eat on $2.25 for each person for the whole week. We can't have afternoon tea and we have very little lunch and brunch.

A link for our blog this year: http://thesmithfamilychallenge.blogspot.co.nz/


Images:

This the link to our blog last year:

https://www.livebelowtheline.com/me/2014/stanleyavesmiths

This is Oxfam's Website:

http://www.oxfam.org.nz/home

Passion Project

Description: Every Thursday we investigate our passion and turn our passion into
a project. This term I have been working with Georgia around agency. We have been working on a
poster about agency. We have had a Talk with Ana's mum (Nicolette.)

I am doing a poster for the seniors that will be more stern and Georgia is doing the Juniors which will be more fun but at the same time telling them to be Agentic.

This is my progress so far:

WALT: Use the PASSION inquiry process to investigate my passion, independently/in small groups.

My passion project is: To make a Poster about Agency so that more people are showing
agency and maybe one day I whole school could become agentic learners.

Big Idea: I am trying to get better at making a poster like, Layout, Colors, Fonts, Text & Visuals like pictures.

Evaluation: I think I have improved my skills on making better posters and more
hooking. Layout & colors I think I have aseptically done well on these things because I would have used lots of pictures and not put my writing in the center where most people read I would have put it all over the place. Nicolette also helped me a lot with my skills. 


FeedBack/FeedForward: I think your progress so far has really improved in your design. I love the design that you have done so far and the detail. Rosalind:)

WOW ( World Of Wearable Arts )

Description: WOW started in Nelson 1987 where they started to make wearable arts in 2004 they announced that they were moving to Wellington to make more money. They started to have light, performers (Dancers,) and someone who introduced each category.

Now that they moved BMW have been a sponsorship and now around about 35,000 people come each year for $120 to go. It usually spills over 1 weekend. WOW's 30th anniversary is in 2007.

Video Report Summarize:

Big Idea: We had to video or write a summary about WOW with 

When, Why, What and How.

Evaluation: I think I have done well by summarizing this into a smaller paragraph and have
used the three Ws really well. Next time I could put it into 20 words to summarize this article.

FeedBack/FeedForward:  i think you did a good job one your news because you tell them what and it gives you all the information that they need. I think you might need two work on made be have some photos of the costumes, what they made. Alyssa :)

Kapa haka Reflection

Description: In Kapa Haka I play the Guitar where I have to play the songs, Nic is the official
player and he is teaching me the songs. In my other post about Kapa Haka I had a goal that I was trying to improve on, here it is.

Goal: I need to work on starting a song and strumming the right rhythm I think I am improving on playing the right chords throughout the songs.

Image:

Evaluation: This year I think I have completed one part of my goal because I have
put some effort into practicing and can get the strum right, now I just have to work on getting
the chords right and sounding good.

New Goal: For next term I would like to be able to play at least one song by the end of next term.


FeedBack/FeedForward: You are doing a great job at learning to be the guitar player. You just need to work on strumming louder. Ana :D

Troy A Maths

Description: This Term we have been learning to PLAT, R/C, PVP, D/H. We have to work out these
questions, Production Maths. Here are the questions on what we had to figure out. Also here is my
working out of the questions and me explaining them to you.

Image:

   

                                                 

Big Idea:

We have been learning to use the most effective strategy to work out
the question we are trying to solve. It has to be fast and easy. Here is the questions I completed
with these strategies.


FeedBack/FeedForward:


Evaluation: Next time I think I would like to work on Place Value & Partitioning.
I think over the terms I have been getting better at Known Knowledge.
been getting better at working with my know knowledge

Writing

Description: We do Writing every Monday and Thursday I am working on Ideas with Rebecca
and my goal is I know the purpose of my writing. This is my piece of writing about this picture down below. Here is also my planning before I wrote my story.


My Plan:

Story/Big Idea: There is always a Beginning Middle & End in a any story my goal is to entertain so
I wrote a narrative. The clues I put in were... This morning I absolutely had to sharpen my claws. The clue is why didn't Luna just go to the cardboard to get the treats. She sharpened her claws before hand.





Evaluation: I think I have improved on my Ideas and Organized them well by fitting them all in
I think I have improved on a lot of things and I think I could work on using only the words I actually need. I think I also need to work on putting more than 1 clue into my writing.



FeedBack/FeedForward: I think you have very good words in your story but some of the spacing is not right but i really like your story! Katie :)

Out Of Africa

Description: Every Friday we plan and make our wearable art for production. We have to make a garment to show at production I am in Out Of Africa and I am making a lizard and to make the scales I will use leaves. Here is my mood board and my plan to give you more detail about what
I am doing.


Mood Board:

these are going on my head piece

This is my head piece

This is my singlet with colors like a chameleon

Plan:

Questions:

1) The materials that I used to create my garment were: Hot Glue, Paint, Paiper Mache, Card, Tin Foil, 

     Paper, Material (Green.)

2) The most challenging thing about production for me was: The hat making was the hardest because I popped 

    ballon to early and it was still wet and harder to dry.

3) One way I demonstrated a growth mindset during production was: I never gave up when something went wrong

    and I keep going till I reached the point where I was proud.

4) Something I am really proud of about production was: Never giving up and having a growth-mind set all the way

    till I reached my aim.

5) Our school vision is to create agency, creativity and excellence. I showed this by: I showed this by...

Sports, Sports, Sports

Description: I wrote a quick summary about the Tall Blacks, Silver Ferns and the All Blacks. I wrote with a What, When, Why, How and Which into my summary. Here is my summary about the Sports weekend.

Big Idea: Sports Weekend

                                                    Sports, Sports, Sports

On August the 10th the All Blacks played a game of Rugby against the Wallabies (Australia) played in Sydney and we won we also had a weekend of Netball losing against the Diamonds (Australia) 58-55 in Sydney. Also the Tall Blacks (Basketball) we won 70-66 in China against Mexico, they were defeated.

News Report

Description: For one of our tic-tac toes we choose this article http://www.kiwikidsnews.co.nz/blog/finalist-flags-announced/ to make a News Report of I did this Report with Katie I hope you enjoy.

Reason: I think we should change the flag because people get up mixed up with Australians
and it also has the Union Jack which is a British symbol but that was only when they ruled us.

Big Idea: Changing the NZ flag


Video/Report:

Story Wheel

Description: My goal is Summarizing. Summarizing is to sum up a story to make it shorter and pick out the main parts of the (article/story.) To help someone get a tiny bit of what the story is about.

Here is the link:  http://www.kiwikidsnews.co.nz/
blog/the-weirdest-favoured-jelly-beans/


Big Idea: First we had to chose a KKN ( Kiwi Kids News ) article then we had to get a story wheel and illustrate the keywords or key ideas of this article, here is my piece of work. I choose this article

FeedBack/FeedForward: I think you did a great job because you really explained the article well in pictures it really clear what you are trying to explain I don't think you have to work on any thing.

Serena :)

Evaluation: I think I have done well taking away the main parts and
putting them into a short story, I think that I need to work on making my images clearer.