Maths / Fractions

 LI.To identify and create Halves,Thirds and Quarters.

Today we learned fractions.A fraction is a whole thing cut into equal pieces.

First we made quarters by lineing up a plastic cup into halves and drew another line then cut it up into halves to make quaters.

Then afterwards we made eights so we drew a line and cut it into halves.Next we had to to drew another line and then cut it into quarters.

Lastly we had to draw one more line and cut it into eights.

Here is my example of what quarters and eights are below.

 

 

Reading

 LI.To build a vacobulary.

This week for reading I had to fill out my Table mat.

First I had to read the book name [Army Ants] and write 6 words in the keywords.

Then I have to pick two words from the keywords and write definitions about them.

Next I had to find four facts about Ants,and then did two key quetions.

Lastly, I have to do my prior knowledge that I learnt from the story.

 

T-  Duffty Theatre-Bex meets milly

R- We watched a perfomance by duffty theatre group about the coggen.A coggen is a mythcal creature that is a mixture of a cat,dog and chicken.

E-Before the show,the actors introduced themselves.Then we sang the duffty song.Then the actors performed for us.

Lastly the duffty group had a question and answer session.

E- I thought the performance  was awsome and i enjoyed watching them acting.

 

Maori

This week for maori we learned about maori names.

We used the maori dictionary to search the maoris name up and try make it smiliar as the english words.

The words that are blue is the boys name and the words that are black is the girls.

This task was very easy and good to learn about this culture.

 

Multiplication

LI.To learn 4x tables.

Multiplication is adding the same number over and over again.

Example:3+3+3+3+3+3 is 18 but for Multiplication you can say 6x3=18.

For this slide it shows our 4 time tables with beans going up to 10.

Reading

This week we are learning about summarizing.Summarizing is when  you talk about the main idea of the text.

I learnt how to summarize a text by doing story web by talking about the main ideas of the book

In the events I used my visualizing piece of paper from 2 weeks ago to help me remember each event that happened in the story

I used my character inference to use adjectives and evidence to help summarize different parts. Using good adjectives unlocks meaningful information, and I can summarize quicker.

swimming/kiwisport

Today I practice my water safety skills at the lagoon pool.

The first skill I practiced was kicking while using a kick board in the water.

Then I practiced a streamline with both of our arms together behind our ears.

Lastly I did a backstroke while kicking my feet and with my chest and chin up.

I got better at backstroke, but I need to improve my kicking.

LI.To  develop knowledge of water safety.