Two stars and a wish

Here is my stars and a wish.

1. My first star is that I did really well at my student led conference because I was calm, clear and confident.
I did a great job at sharing my learning.

  2. I did really well at the Nationals Triathlon I came 15th overall. Out of 38 ten, eleven and twelve year olds which makes me one of the youngest.

                                       

   

3. My wish is that I could do a bit better at my maths knowledge as I am at the start of stage 6. I would like to be off stage 6 by the end of term two.

Te Ahu a Turanga Noho Marae

Description: In week 7, we had an overnight stay at the local Marae in Woodville. We were immersed in Maori culture and participated in a range of activities. We set two goals to focus on during our stay.

Big Idea:  

1.  Did you achieve your goals?  How do you know?

Yes because my job was to help cook dinner and I think that I did really well because everyone loved the meal.

2.  What are you most proud of from the marae stay and why?

I am proud of how well I went on the gorge walk and how I helped others.

3.  What challenged you the most and why?
The storytelling because I was really nervous about forgetting it or not doing it right.

My goals

Class photo

Triangles

Description: We have been learning about Geometry for Maths for the past few weeks. We looked at all the different types of shapes and in particular triangles. We have learnt that there are 4 different types of triangles and we created something to share our understanding about each of them.

Big idea:

Sides Angles

Scalene = 0 0

Isosceles = 2 2

Equilateral = 3 3

Right angle = 0 1: 90˚

My video: Here is the video I created with Georgia. We hope you learn from it!

Evaluation: I think that we did a great job at understanding the triangles and there sides and angles.
Next time I would add a bit more detail but other than that I think that we did a great job.

Feedback and feedforward: I love the way you present the different triangles. Maybe next time you could make your drawings a bit bigger. Ana

Marae goals

Description:
Tomorrow we are going to the Marae and we decide to make some goals for ourselves.

My goals are to...

Do all of my jobs to the best of my ability.

Make sure that I am focused and use expression while telling my story at storytelling time.

Lines of symmetry

Purpose: To find a line of symmetry in every letter of the alphabet!

Description: We found out that 15 upper case letters had lines of symmetry and only 8 lowercase! here is our working out.

Storytelling

Purpose: create a story to share orally

Description: Oral storytelling is a Maori tradition. We have been planning our own story to tell on the Marae in Week 7.

Big idea: I think that I could add a bit more detail in my drawings so that I know what is actually happening in the pictures to make the story similar.

Evaluation:
I think that next time I could use more actions and capture the audience a bit more. Other than that I think that I did a rather good job and I made sure that I put myself in the pit.

My Reading Goal

Description: We did a star test last week. We did this test to help us find our reading goal.

After going back through my test I have decided that my goal for this term it to...

Make sure that I am jotting down the words that I don't know into a notebook so that I can come back to then later. I need to do this because often I just carry on. This is a goal that I will most likely carry on for a year because if I stop after this term the same thing will happen again so I will make this goal an everyday thing and carry on with other goals.

Stuck on the escalator remake

Description: We made a movie that is about not showing agency. We want it to be like... Why didn't they just walk or ask for help? This is a take off from stuck on an escalator.

Criteria: (Content)

1. Video - 30 seconds long, time is limited.

2. Scenario - Show someone being stuck and not using the ability to act.

3. Clear Message - Short sharp clip. Can the watcher get the point of your video?

4. Unique - Coming up with something funny that gets a laugh

Disgusting food

Purpose: Describe using our seances.

Description: We made stories about a digesting food we have had to eat to please someone or to get pudding.  The aim of this was to get us to be creative and come up with describing words to show the audience how bad this food was.

Task: A time I had to pretend I liked a particular food.

I saw the dark green skin all wrinkled and bumpy. The mushy rundown texture of the insides of this putrid veggie. It's rubbery green skin is as slippery as a waterside along with the slimy contents.
Slowly I slice through the middle of the vegetable and I nearly faint after one sniff of this bazaar aroma.
Reluctantly I place the half in my mouth and I am shocked! It was putrid, disgusting I shuddered swallowing it fast before drinking bucket loads of water to push it down.

Swimming goals

Description:
This term we have been starting swimming. The reason for this is we have swimming sports an event we have every year where all the kids do races and fun swimming things to show off their skills.
To prepare for this we have taken a video of ourselves with a buddy and watched it back so we can see what we are doing ok and what we need to work on.

Here are my three videos.

Big idea:

My goal is to work on my body position during backstroke mainly the arms. I can do this by lifting my hips so that my body is flat across the water. I would like to achieve this by school swimming sports so that I can set my next goal for the rest of the term.

Date: 13/3/15

Evaluation:

 I think that I have really focused on my goal this term and my backstroke is a lot better.

My hips are lying flat with the water and by head is not lifted above the water. As a result my body moves through the water faster and glides better. I think that I have been really time sensitive with my goal and I have completed it within the time limit I had set for myself.

Maths test

Description:We had to do a stage 4 and 5 math test so we could find our starting point for maths.
I found out that most of the questions on my page weren't completed because of time.
I need to work on my knowledge.

Purpose: To find out what stage we will start on for maths.

Area of maths: Maths knowledge.

My test: (Below)

My goal is stage 5 how many.

I need to be able to recognize the same questions but turned around, as well as how many 10's 2's and 5's in a number. I would like to prove these by the end of next week so I can start my next goal.

I know that I can achieve this because I can now recognize where  two questions are the same.

I know I am nearly ready because I need to be able to do it in 3 seconds and I am not far off that. 

Childhood Writing

Purpose: To share memories about my childhood.

Description: We wrote a story the uses Remember to start every paragraph. I tried to use a show not tell strategy to enhance my writing. Here it is.

Remember lining up behind the worn white line. The breeze cutting through our thin t-shirts. "Go" the gun fired and we set off giggling as we tripped over our own feet in the mad rush to the finish line.

Remember running past the finish line, collapsing before picking ourselves back up again prepared and fitter ready for the next activity.

That was my first race.

Athletics Goal

Hi! Today we did our athletics goals. We need to make them achievable and deep, not too hard but not too easy for us. I came up with three and I am still finding more have a look!

1 To jump more than 150 cm in high jump
2 To jump longer than 3m and 79cm in long jump
3 To come in the top five in javelin as I am getting better

I hope you can help me come up with some more bye!

Pangam

Today we had to make some pangrams. Pangrams are a sentence that has all letters of the alphabet in it.
Our task today was to create our own using this famous example The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.

Our second goal is to beat the record of 32 letters that  The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog has.

I think that we did rather well at creating one here it is...

Monkeys can eat mosquitos while playing the xylophone dumbly saying verbs. It has 61 letters I think that we did rather well.

Shrinkage

WALT: To summarize a story and identify the choices the charter could make.


Shrinkage is about a girl called Pippa. She wants to be in the cool girls group with their leader Kylie. The entrance test is to steel something out of the shop. Pippia feels like it is not the right thing to do but she wants to be in that popular group with Kylie.

Pippa finds a small lip gloss container she feels better doing it now that she know that it is something she will never use she hates the scented smell of fake cherry. the shopkeeper has her back to Pippa now is her chance she leaves the shop and tries to find Kylie outside the shop window. Thats strange Pippa frowned they were here a second ago.

Suddenly a hand grasped her shoulder it was to big to be Kylie's she looked around there was a man standing there he dragged her back into the shop Pippa dropped the lip gloss. "

I hear that you stole some lip gloss from my shop" The shopkeeper said sternly...

Pippa that some choices to make

She could... Pull out at last minute
She could... Tell the shopkeeper what the popular kids were doing.
She could...Secretly pay for it.
She could...Say no and make some other friends Kylie would never be a prober friend because you had  to do a test to "Get in."
She did... follow through with the dare
She did... Steel the lip gloss.

Plz Leave me a comment on what you think I could add in the summery. 💜 😃

Two stars and a wish

Every term we do a reflection this term we have done a two stars and a wish.

Two stars and a wish is the reflection we have done this term.

The two stars are two things to celebrate and the wish is something to work on.

Here is mine!

Term 3 Review

1. What room are you in?
   What is your home room?

1. P1 Nic
   
   What was your overall highlight from all of this terms learning.
   
   Inquiry with Troy because it really took me deep into my learning and helped me learn another language, the language I learnt was Arabic. I chose Arabic because not many other kids would know what it is. So now more kids know a bit of Arabic.
   
   
   
   
   What excited you about the writing this term or made you feel successful?
   
   Fantasy writing I loooooooooooooooove made up tales and fiction. This is the best way that I write. I don't really enjoy factual stuff. I find it harder to enjoy writing stuff that is factual. But it is enjoyable for me to write stuff that it fiction.

1. 
   
   What are your next steps in writing?
   
   Using more vocabulary and detail using more writers voice. I have been learning to link ideas between paragraphs this term and I think that I am improving. I would also like to focus on imagery because I am not using a lot of that.  
2. 
   
   
   How do you know what you’re learning to get better at and what quality work will look like?
   

1. My teacher tells me. 
2. I use the success criteria. *
3. My buddies give me feedback *
4. I can see the progress I have made *
5. Tests tell me
6. Other:

1. * Star = the selected items
   
   The value, Mana Motuhake (Self Awareness) has been our focus this term. How have you demonstrated this value?
   
   Keeping focused throughout my learning time. Making sure that I got everything dome and completed my leaning in time or well before deadline.
   
   
   This term we focused on cultures. What part of the inquiry process did you get better at?
   
   I Liked and did well at the use it get is was ok and sort it is what I need to work on.
   
   
   
   What are the things that drive and support your learning?
   (Knowing yourself as a learner.)
   A desk drives my learning. Sometimes working in pairs. But mainly by myself. Having a WALT and task being able to take something further to be challenged.
   
   
   Do you have any other comments or feedback
   
   No, except for a big thanks to all the teachers and staff who have helped me with my learning this term.
   
   
   Thanks for completing the survey. Well done on another wonderful term.
   How would you rate this term?

1. Best ever !
2. OK
3. I know I could do better
4. I need to talk to my teacher

Inquiry Sample

Inquiry-Portfolio Criteria

WALT:  Gather information

Description:

Every Wednesday we have been working through the Get it, Sort it, Use it model to inquire about different countries around the world and their languages/culture. We each brainstormed a potential list of subjects and chose what we wanted to find out more about and then started our research.

Criteria:

Matrix showing what you think and what your inquiry teacher thinks.

I think:

My Teacher thinks:

Get It, Sort It, Use It Model

Evaluation:

1. What are you most proud of?

Being able to count to ten in Arabic and having a successful poster with lift the flaps!

2. What did you find challenging?

Saying the words right! And reading the symbols!

3.  My next ‘Get It’ goal is?

To learn how to read and write in Arabic. WITHOUT use using Google translate!

Writing Sample Term

WALT:  Entertain

My writing goal this term was to link ideas between paragraphs and sentences.

SUCCESS CRITERIA

I have organised and sequenced my ideas into paragraphs for purpose and effect.

TASK: craft a free-choice piece of writing that shows how I am developing my goal


First draft...

My hands were shaking like mad. The wind whipped by long golden blond hair  as the sun just manages to shimmer through the clouds.

I peer through the narrow doorway a dark shadowy figure  is about ten paces from me I shudder once more. I hear James gulp beside me. Ronald is on alert he is trying to look brave but I can see through his good facials that stand out. The ground is sizzling like a fry pan. A beam of light appears throughout the dark corridor. James nervously took my hand holding it tight like the worlds about to end any second. Ronald was quick to connect onto my other hand. My head went dizzy and the feet that used to be stepping in a rather fast rhythm had slowed right down and my world seemed to turn in slow motion. The blurry beam of light got bigger and bigger slowly coming into more focus.

I felt a sharp pain it was James nudging me I came instantly back to life. “Oi” I said sharply glaring at  James who sighed getting told off again. “You two stop it” Ronald spat “I  am the boss here Mr” I reply “Oh really, Here we go again” James sighed “ oh now you are trying to support HER” Ronald spoke with a hint of jealousy.  “Well yeah” Said James quietly “I guess?”.

He took another step towards me our shoulders were now touching. Ronald wasn’t happy he looked upset.

It took us all ages to find out that the footsteps had stopped altogether and the light and shadow had gone until James noticed. “Hey Hey stop bickering you two where did that light go? And the footsteps have stopped guys this is weird.” “Um yeah” I said suddenly alert trying to spot something in the pitch black place. “Well as long as it is gone it doesn't worry me!” Ronald smiled happily while James stepped forward about five paces. “WHO’S THERE” James bellowed “BOO!”  came a voice from behind us I lept out of my skin and then spun around in a 3 60.

Taking a step back the sound of a 2 match sticks rubbing together made by heart leap. A smell of smoke filled the air. A candle was lit the flames burned my eyes. “Oh sorry Dears” The woman said. She was rather old she held a walking stick in her left hand. She was wearing a pink dress. She also had a purple top hat that covered most of her hair but a few gray hairs could be seen from under the hat.

Published pice.

I thought about Jenny - at home in her bed. Hardly breathing, her heart lost. Only ten years old. She woke up this morning agitated. She bit Ronalds arm, we heard a scream of pain. And there she was, lying on the ground. Blood everywhere. Struggling to breathe. We have only 5 hours to save her.

There are footsteps, echoing throughout the dim honeycomb corridor. I hear James gulp beside me. Ronald is on alert, he is trying to look brave, but I can see through his gritted teeth. A beam of light appears throughout the dark corridor. The feet that used to be stepping in a rather fast rhythm had slowed right down, my world turned in slow motion. The blurry beam of light became larger and larger, slowly coming into focus.

It took us ages to find out that the footsteps had stopped altogether, all the light and shadow had gone until James noticed. “Where did that light go? The footsteps have stopped as well. Guys this is weird.”

“Um, yeah” I said, suddenly alert, trying to spot something in the pitch black. James stepped forward five paces. “WHO’S THERE?” he bellowed. “BOO!” came a voice from behind. I lept out of my skin and spun around in a 3.60.“What are you guys doing here” A voice said...

Evaluation

How has your writing has improved this term?

I have improved my sentences and language features trying to make it flow and make senesce.

The part of my story I am most proud of is….because…

I love the part where I build up suspense in that way that the characters talk which was a big change from my first draft. 

Next time, what is a goal you can work towards?

Using better words to make my writing stronger and to paint a picture. I need to do this because I am using weak   words.  So it will not give as much impact.

Feedback/Feedforward:
Great job Bella. I like the way of how you described Jenny back home with a sick heart. Your words are fantastic and they really hook the reader. Maybe what you could fix up is to ask your self, "Have I really reached me goal?" Aye  ^__^
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Maths Sample

Term 3 Maths Sample

WALT: To find patterns and describe them using rules.

Description: For maths this term we have been learning a range of strategies to help us solve algebra problems.

Task:  Make a short movie or poster to prove that you have achieved your maths goal.

Criteria:

• Show, explain, prove your goal and how you did it
• Clear message
• Two questions to show your learning
• Correct answer

The houses: The first pattern is made out of 6 sticks. The 2 pattern is made out of 10 sticks. The 3 patten is made out of 16. Because you are adding five each time it is n for number of pattern (n x 5)+1 you plus one for the saved line. So we want the 11 pattern so (11 x 5)+1=56

Octagon: The 1 pattern has 8 sticks the next one has 15 sticks the next 21.
You are adding 7 + the shared line so (n x 7)+1
Lets say that we want the 24 pattern so that would be (24 x 7)+1=53

Evaluation:

1. What are you most proud of and why?
   I like the way that I put brackets around the bit you do first.

2. What challenged you the most and why?
   I felt in the pit when I was working out the second one

3. Next time, what is a goal you can work towards?
   Making a movie and keeping more focused.

Feedback/Feedforward: Great work Bella! I like the way you told the reader why you need to add one. Maybe next time you could explain why you like the way you put the brackets round the bit you do first.

Ana!