Two Stars and a Wish

In class we created a Two Stars And A Wish.  We reflected on our Goal mine is to take my learning further and take everything to the next step.

Evaluation: I think that I have done a good job with creating my Two Stars And A Wish. 

Next time I could add more information to my goal and wish.

Star= A highlight

Wish= Something I need to work on.

  

Maths portfolio sample

Description:
In maths we have bean working on strategy maths. This maths is slower than knowlege and takes longer to answer, it also requres a strategy to help you work the answer out.
I am working on stage 6.
We have been takeing one workshop every week to run throgh all the strategies we have been learning.

Big Idea:
This week we got given a peice to work on (Showen above). It has prices with question we had to answer. Our stage 6 goal was to widen our range of strategies. Here are some that we have bean working on.

Ronding and compensating 

Reversibillity 

Eqaul Additions 

Standed Place Value Partitioning 

Lately I have been working on Place Value.



My Answers:

Problem 1:
379 + 345 = 724

Problem 2:
215 - 155 = 60

Problem 3:
289 + 137 =  426

Problem 4:
289 + 155 = 134



Feedback and Feedforward: Great job Bella! You did really good at getting what you got done in the short amount of time you had. Maybe next time you could try to find time at home to do it as well. Ana


Evauation:
I think that I did a good job with completeing my task. I think that if I had more time, I would try useing more stategies to help my learning and to put myself in the pit.

Writing sample

Description:
This term my focus in writing has been complex sentences we created a story based on the video (Shown below) of the mouse for sale. After we have finished the story we colored the complex sentences red.




Big Idea:
A complex sentence is a sentence with a dependent clause and an independent clause or a simple sentence.  The independent clause can stand on it's own but the dependent can not so you have to add it to the start or end of the independent clause like this.  Pushing it open, I stepped inside the old door
The green is the independent clause the red is the dependent clause.







Feedback and feedforward: Great job Bellso! I like the way you wrote it from two points of view. Next time you could work on your spelling. Ana




Evaluation:
I think that I did a god job with the layout of my story if I had more time I would edit it more and make sure that the two points of views are not confusing.

Reading Tic Tac Toe

Task: Writing interview

Description: This term my goal is Expand Vocabulary. We have bean working on using clues in the rest of the context so we can try figure out the words meaning, After that we can add the word to our brain of knowledge.

SC: Our aim was to...

Use clues in the rest of the context so we can try figure out the words meaning,

To re-read the text so we can understand the words better

To Read on the rest of the text might help or give clues about the words meaning

My Sample

Word/Name: Disgust

Hi Disgust how has your day been so far?

Who CARES "Rolled eyes"

What is the beast part of being a juicy word what is your name mainly used for and what is the meaning?

The best part is that you get used lots but you are awesome and add impact unlike some of those stuck up and show off words like said, and, the, yes,  and no. The meaning of my word is when something is gross and you hate it. And yeah if you're wondering I DID get named after my attitude. 

What is your favourite coulor and why?

Green. By green I mean a dark moldy yuck green not the light happy bright green it's for princesses. 

OK Disgust do you have ant messages for all the people that use your name in their writing?

Yes, Use my name only for it's meaning make sure it makes sense and make it interesting. Never use those stuck up words more than us.

Thank you Disgust we have really enjoyed interviewing you.

"Snort" Like I'd care.

Feedback and Feedforward :  Bella you did very well in using describing words You need to work butting a little more detail in your writing but you did very well Emma.

Evaluation: I think that I did a good job at making it interesting and hooking the reader in. I need to work on adding more detail and if I had more time I would interview several words.

Science Sample

Description:
In Science we learning about food webs and food chains. We are making a food web for our lunch boxes so that we could find out what happens before it gets to the supermarket.

Big Idea:
We learnt about how our food is processed and connected to the sun. The aim was to draw each of the things in our lunch box the connect them to what other foods and plants they are made with
AKA an apple is grown on a tree a tree needs water, soil and sun to live. We found all things were connected to the sun.

Feedback and Feedforward: You have done a really good job on your post. You have some great pictures. Next time you could go over it with vivid so it is clearer. Georgia :)




Evaluation:
I think I did a good job with connecting the foods together and understudying that all foods connect to the sun.  If I had more time I would make my lined stronger and write our in a paragraph all of the foods and where they come from.

Catch Me If You Can- Defense

Description:

Every week we learn about skills and movement that will help us play sports. This term’s focus has been around defense. We made a video showing some of the goals we have been practicing. I have highlighted the things I think I have done well YELLOW and one thing I would like to work on PINK.

Body:

WALT: Defensive skills and movements

Success Criteria:

Body Movement

• Weight on balls of feet
• Feet shoulder width apart
• Knees flexed
• Concentration and eyes on ball, head and eyes up
• Push hard off outside foot and go forwards to attack pass
• Quick small feet, stay on balls of feet
• Arms within confines of body
• Take feet to ball
• Land with a SBP

Intercepting

• Body angled to see player and ball
• Anticipate pass and player movement

Restrictive Marking

• Meet player as they start towards the ball/where they want to go
• stay close to the attacking player
• Head and eyes up, arms close to body to avoid obstruction/contact
• Angle body so attacking player is ‘pushed’ away from where he/she wants to go
• 0.9m from ball carrier

Evaluation: I think that I have done a good job at anticipating where the player is while defending I need to work on keeping 1m away from the opining player with the ball so that I don't get called for obstruction.

Feedback/Feedforward: You did very well in staying with the player and I think you could work on staying 3 feet from the player. Emma

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.