Famous New Zealander/Lorde

 

I learnt more skills as a communicator, because I was able to ask question's of friends and others to help put me on the right track. I also showed Kaikorero by helping others to complete there learning.

I self managed myself by getting on with my learning and finishing it in the time I was given. I also showed Kaiwhakarite, because I had all the tools I needed to complete the task, and had them out when I was meant to.

I shared my ideas with Comix, using the tools provided to create the story of Lordes childhood up to now. I found Comix a fun and different way to show our learning.

I was a researcher  because I used google to help me find out my questions, I asked the questions that I needed to, to get the information I needed to create a story. 

Next term I could add more information into non-fiction stories, and go beyond what I can already do to improve my learning.

Then and Now

 

 

In this blog post we were learning about what it was like in the 1900's and what it's now. For this task we had to, interview Mrs Leggett, as she lived in the 1900's. We copied down notes in a group, because we didn't want to forget what she said. Next, we designed a title page, and got to work on our writing. After we had finished writing, we had to add in a backgrounds and pictures to help the reader understand what were saying. Finally (now),  we have to reflect on our learning in our blog post.

One thing I enjoyed about this task, was interviewing  Mrs Leggett because it was a different experience, and I enjoyed predicting what Mrs Leggett was about to say. I also enjoyed this because we got to work in a team to decide what we were going to write down, and how much detail. 

I communicated with the reader, because I put in audio to help the reader understand. I also used pictures, title page, and text, so that there should be a way for everyone to understand.  

I organised my idea's/information I had gathered in a way that I think people will understand, because I made titles when I was talking about Now or Then, so the reader's would now when I'm switching from Now and Then.

I choose the right source of information, because Mrs Leggett lived in the 1900's and was able to provide the answers that we needed to complete the task.

I stayed organised and managed my time effectively, because I finished my task on time and made sure everything was the way it needed to be, to show that I researched, communicated, and was a self manager.

Life in Aotearoa New Zealand: La da de moth

 

We were learning to create a made up animal of our choose. First we had to find an animal that already existed. Then we had to add on things to our animal and make it look a little bit different so that its a brand new animal!

I found it challenging to make my animal look different because my animal had so much detail on its body so it was quite hard to polyline it, and I wanted to keep it as realistic as possible. I managed to polyline some of the body, the wings and then I added a bit on myself.

I found it easy to find the picture of hummingbird moth that was transparent because I learnt how to do it last year. I also found it easy to write the facts about my creature around it because I used facts about other animals and I also made up its habitats. 

I really enjoyed this because I got to create a new animal and draw it with polyline. I also enjoyed this because I got to write facts about the animals and I found this very enjoyable. 

Next time I need to write a little less facts because it take up a lot of space and you can barely read it. 

Change poem

 

We were learning to write a poem about what we think change is. What we had to first was brainstorm, we had to write down sentences on a piece of paper of things that has happened to us (it had to involve change). Then we had to use a template and copy our ideas into it. 

I found it challenging to put my idea into a poem as I haven't made to many poem's in my life. I also found it hard to think of a lot of ideas of change because there was a lot of spaces we had to fill out to complete the task.

I found it easy to publish my poem once I competed the writing bit of it because I'm used to google slides and I know how to change the font and font size as well as the background colour.

I enjoyed this because as well as making a poem we shared idea's about what change looks like in our life and others. Doing let me learn a bit more about other people lifes.

Next time I need to change the bit were I say "Small kittens going from a fluff ball to grown up cats" because I need to try and find another word than "going". 

My apples are stuck! (writing)

 

We were learning to create explanation writing. Explanation writing is where you explain how something works or why something happens. For this explanation writing we had to choose between three issues that we had to resolve using three objects. The three issues where a kite had got stuck on a roof, the sports ball had gone missing and getting the apples from the top of the tree down. I choose getting the apple from the top of the tree down. I got to choose between six objects, the three that I choose where a car, a hammer and a spade. 

I was being a thinker because I had to figure out how to resolve the problem that I choose using only three objects.

I found it easy to write my story down once I had done my planning because when I was doing my planning I was putting down ideas and sentences that I thought I would use in my story. I also found it easy to put in adjectives to describe what was happening in the story and say what things were like.

I found it challenging to choose one of the issues to solve because every issue had six objects to choose from and when you looked at all of them you had no idea how to use any of the objects for this particular issue. I also found it challenging to write down why the apples from the top of the tree are so good and why I want them so desperately.

Next time I need to write a little less and try to fit everything that I writ on the published one without it looking just like black lines. Next time I also need to make the process of, for example banging the hammer on the tree, longer and more about banging the hammer on the tree. 

Cybersmart-Fake or real?

We were learning to create something, in this case a black cat and a black snake, that isn't real or is made up.

At the start of this cybersmart section we had to go through slides and say on them if what the slides were showing were real or made up. After we did all of those slides we had to create one of our own fake or real?

So do you think this is real or fake after reading my piece of writing under the picture.

I found it easy to figure out what to write down underneath the picture as the story to tell what happened to the snake and the cat because before I started writing I thought of all the possibilities of how a cat could be connected to a snake. I also found it easy to create another part to the shadow for the cat ear because I just took a screenshot of the shadow, then inserted it and cropped it into a triangle.

I found it challenging to figure out what animal I was going to do and how I was going to do it because I searched up black snake but it was a shimmery black and then i searched up black cat and it was just black but the two blacks didn't match. I also found it challenging to put the cat in the right position to make it look like its connected.

I really enjoyed this because I have never created something that is actually two things that looks like one. I also really enjoyed this because I made up a piece of writing that I enjoyed creating.

Next time I need to change the colour of the background of my writing so it looks better. Next time I also need to find a more similar black to one another so it looks more real.

 

Spring writing!

We were learning to create spring writing about our favorite parts of spring. We had to use level 3 adjectives in this writing. I was also learning write a paragraph using a topic sentence, supporting details and a conclusion.

I found it easy to insert my picture into the slide and I also found it easy write about my favorite part of spring.

I found it hard to work out what I was going to do for my sentence beginnings because we couldn't have sentence beginnings like "The".

Next time I think I will use more level three adjectives so I can extend my vocabulary and so I can be on a higher level for writing.

 

Dodge home stay home (writing)

I was learning to create instructions for a game that we have made by taking two or three games and putting them together. I found it easy to figure out what two games I wanted to do because play Go home stay home quite a bit and I just enjoy playing dodgeball. I found it hard to make the text not clash with the background. I really enjoyed this because now I have created a new game to try out! Next time I need to put more verbs in my instructions.

Powtoon video on have a heart

 

I was learning to make a powtoon video about one of our REACH values I choose have a heart. I found it easy to control Powtoons once I got the hang of it. I found it hard to figure out how to use the Powtoons website. I really enjoyed this because now I know how to make powtoon videos. Next time I need to make some bit of the video shorter.

Instruction of how to make an invite

 I was learning to make invite instruction. I learnt about what great instruction needs. I found it hard to not put too much information in one step. I found it easy to create my google slides. I really enjoyed this because now I know how to make proper instructions. Next time I need to make the layout of my slides more understandable.

Winter cloze (reading activity)

I was learning to read the text and then fill in the blanks. I really enjoyed this because it was about winter and I liked reading the text when it was finished! I found it hard to put the right word in the first time. I found it easy to copy the words into the blank spaces.

 

Learning how to do blog comments

I was learning to create a blog comment sample for when I do blog comments. I really enjoyed this because it will help me. I found it easy to drag the magnets. I found it challenging to understand what we were doing with the blanks. Next time I need to make one of my sentences smaller. 

 

My blog tour!

 

Welcome to my blog! This video will tell you all about my blog and will also show you around.

Animal report writing (cat)

I was learning to do report writing on an animal I choose to do a cat. I found hard to write facts that I found on the internet in my own words. I found it easy to create my slides. I really enjoyed this because I got to write about animals. Next time I need to make my report longer.

Popcorn science

I was learning to find out if heat changes the taste and texture of food for science. My learning shows that I learnt how popcorn is made. I really enjoyed this because we got to experiment with food. Next time I need to sketch the the popcorn better.

Level 4 bubble

We were learning to make a slide of what we did in lockdown. It was easy to insert the photos. It was easy to insert the photos. It was hard to make everything look good and find places for the photos. I really enjoyed this because I get to share what I did with a lot more people and I got to play around with a few things on google slides. Next time I need to put more photos on the second slide.

Exercise (Speech)

We were learning to put pictures onto slides about our speech and the record yourself saying our own speech. I found it easy to find pictures for my slides. I found it hard to record myself because it was hard to find somewhere quiet. I really enjoyed this because we get to share our speeches with other people. I next time I need to make more slides for my speech. Also I came 2nd place in the speeches!!

Polyline and cerve Avatar

I was learning to make a polyline of myself for Manaiakalani. I found it easy to find everything I needed on slides. I found it hard to use polyline because it was my first time. I really enjoyed this because it was fun to learn and I like learning about teach. Next time I need to do some shading because then it would be more realistic.

Hogwarts writing

We were learning to complete a hogwarts escape room by finding clues. I found it easy to read it and take screenshots. I found it hard to find it out and guess it. I enjoyed doing something different. Next time I need to understand more.

Autumn/fall

We were learning to write about fall and what it was like to be a tree. I found it easy to take a picture and insert it because I had already learnt how to do it. I found it hard to find good describing words.
I really enjoyed how it was writing about Autumn/fall. Next time I need to put better and more describing words.