Wednesday 9 December 2015

My SLC

                               My Student Led Conference

I feel my SLC went well because I spoke clearly.
My favourite part was when I showed my writing.
This year I feel I have improved on my maths because I am now an expert on percentages.
My learning goal for 2016 is to improve my writing arguments. Also in 2016, I want to improve my handwriting. 

Monday 16 November 2015

Book

Title: The last thirteen
Author: James Phelan
Genre: Fiction / Adventure
Settings: School, nightmare, New York, cities and buildings.
Characters: Sam, Lora, Eva, Alex, Enterprise agents, Pi, Dreamers, Sebastian
Plot: Sam needs to find another hero to save the world. An enemy is trying to stop him. If Sam doesn't find the 13 heroes soon, we are all going to die.
My favourite Parts in this book are when he gets kidnapped from school and he finds out who his parents really are.

Thursday 29 October 2015

Narrative study


Title: The Quest

Author: Leith Cooper

Genre: Short story, fiction

Settings: Abandoned sport stadium, deserted grand stand

Characters: Lonely old man who has lost something and is trying to find it in the stadium.

Plot: He has lost something very important in his life and finally kicks at an apple core and finds what he is looking for... His false teeth!!!!!

Fav: My favourite part of the text is the end where we learn what he is looking for.

Friday 16 October 2015

Term 4 welcome post

Welcome to term 4!!!!
This term is the last term of the year and I
will be learning more and more every day.

Wednesday 23 September 2015

Final handwriting sample for term 3

What: handwriting sample
So what: I am able to link
Now what: I would like to improve on linking my Rs and Bs

Friday 4 September 2015

SSR

What: This is my reading book
So what: I liked this book because it had funny words in it and it has a great plot.
Now what: Read another book by Roald Dahl.

Tuesday 1 September 2015

Technological Challenge Poster

This is our poster.

What: This is our poster
So what: We made a design on our poster so we could make a car that traveled 3 metres
Now what: Test out our design!

Wednesday 26 August 2015

Tech collaboration day 1

What: Tech collaboration day 1
So what: We wrote about our challenge yesterday.
Now what: Collaborate in day 2

Tuesday 25 August 2015

Flight paragraphs

 
What: Flight paragraphs
So what: These are my published paragraphs on flight. 
I am proud of them because it took me a long time to draft and publish them.
Now what: Write another explanation on another subject.

Thursday 20 August 2015

My dictionary skills

What: I am learning to develop my dictionary skills, word knowledge and synonym skills.
So what: I think I am going well and learning etymology.
Now what: I need to learn more etymology and dictionary skills.

Word study

What: word study
So what: we did these activities to earn us points in class.
Now what: Do two more word study activities.

Flight writing

What: flight paragraphs
So what: We had to write about the four forces.
Now what: publish my writing.

Wednesday 19 August 2015

Jandal art.

What: Jandal art.
So what: we take these to our buddy's in room 23 for the mural.
Now what: start to paint our mural.

Thursday 13 August 2015

Taking a break.

What: I take a break when I need it.
So what: it helps me think better.
Now what: choose some different activities to try.

Wednesday 5 August 2015

My reading book

 
what: SSR
So what: Adventure fiction
How does Michel the orphan relate to me?
He like sport  and so do i.
I recommend it for anyone who likes adventure.

Kai

I am learning about Kai, food, in maori.
I can ask questions about Kai, like "what's your favourite food" and "do you like apples"
I now have a good vocabulary. My next step is to learn about the weather.

Tuesday 4 August 2015

My explanation pre-check


What: This is my pre check.
So what: I had to sort my writing into paragraphs
Now what: Improve my writing

Dictionary skills

What: This is my assessment for my dictionary skills
So what: This is what I can and can't do in a dictionary
Now what: Learn steps 7 and 8

Thursday 14 May 2015

Swimming

I am able to swim 100 free, back and breast with good technique.
My next step in swimming is to do 20 metres butterfly with good
Technique.

Wednesday 13 May 2015

Airforce museum

This is me in a plane at the airforce museum. I was able to move the controls.
The next photo is of the roll of honour. A list of the people who were in the airforce
and died in a crash or something like that. Here is a photo of the Skyhawk. This
was my favourite plane.And last of all, here is a photo of all the medals that were given out at war.