Decorate A Christmas Tree

 

We were learning to write what we were thankful for this year and write it into the box. Next, we had to decorate the Christmas tree on the left-hand side. Using a wide variety of ornaments with letters or just plain colours, lights, tinsel, holly, and different stars.

I found it easy to choose what I was thankful for this year because our year six camp didn't happen too long ago. Therefore I remember our teachers telling us that had been struggling to find something for us to do.

I found it hard to decide how I should have ended my message because I'm not great at wrapping up short messages like this one. 

I really enjoyed selecting which decorations I placed on my Christmas tree because one of my favourite things to do is decorating. There was a wide selection of decoration to place on my tree, and I chose red and yellow lights, three huge ornaments, and one bright yellow star.

Diving Giraffes

 

We were learning to write a recount about diving giraffes, we watched an animated YouTube video that had diving giraffes in it. We had to pretend that we were journalists, slowly observing  what was happening. We had to use onomatopoeia, alliteration,  good verbs and adjectives, to make sure that our writing was level 3.

I found it easy to set where my story took place, when my story took place, and what was going to happen in my story. I also found it easy to place good describing words like "magical". The same goes for verbs, I used "sprinted", "leaped" and, "clattered".

I found it hard to use a variety of sentence starters because I couldn't really think of. I kind of stuck with "they" for sentence starters. I also found it hard to decide what title to use.

I enjoyed describing what the giraffes looked like because adjectives are my strong-suit and I work really well with them.  I enjoyed writing the " what are we witnessing here!?" because I like writing things that are dramatised.

Next time I need to try and add more onomatopoeia and similes because I didn't add so many in this piece of writing. That is my goal for the next piece of writing I write.

Onomatopoeia Fireworks Poem

 

 

Onomatopoeia is describing a sound that you hear such as " POW" or "SPLAT".  That was one of our  focuses for our poem. Our learning asset was whai whakaaro\ thinker. 

A few parts were hard for me because finding the right words to rhyme with the words that I wrote in my poem were quite difficult because the sentence fireworks are always fun, you never want it to end,

but you just have to be patient and wait until next year. That sentence didn't rhyme so that kind of let me down in my poem. The easiest parts of being a thinker were adding onomatopoeia in to my poem as well as repeating it at the end of my poem. Next time I need to add better adjectives to describe my poem.

Te Whare Tapa Wha: Pink Shirt Day 2021

 

Te whare tapa wha is the four walls that keep you whare safe. The walls are Taha whanau- Family and social, Taha tinana- physical, Taha Wairua-spiritual, and Taha hinengaro- Mental and emotional. Each wall is called a pou. The whare is you and the four walls are what helps you stay standing and if someone hurts you physically or emotionally your wall will fall down and you have to do what you love tp fix and put it back together.  

Our learning asset was to be a thinker.  That means that you have to think hard about the images that you place in your slide because it has to be the truth about what you believe in, what you do to stay active, how you stay connected with your family, and what makes you happy.

I think that I thought hard about all my images because they match my personality as well as how I think.

Also next time I think I should try to have more thoughts about adding maybe four images because I found it really hard to choose between some of them. 

Ancient Creature

 

 

I was focusing on being a communicator and to share my ideas through writing and trying to add smiles, alliteration, adjectives, verbs and other level four criteria. I had to describe my ancient creature with lots and lots of detail and describing words.

Next time I need to think about more alliteration because I don't think I added quite a lot because like have interest in my writing.  

Famous New Zealander\Jacinda Ardern

 

I learnt more skills as a communicator because I was able to communicate with other people on my table and we shared our ideas with each other so we could all type our five questions and our notes. 

I used Kaiwhakarite to finish all twelve of my comic panels and had it finished on time to post on my blog. It was fun creating my comic because using a different resource to show my learning. Comix is fun and easy to use because there is wide variety of props and objects to add to your comic strip.

I was a researcher to search up my notes to add to my comic strip. Researching different questions to find out more about Jacinda Ardern helped me to find better ways to present my learning. I think that the questions I asked were good ones because I had gotten an answer to all of them. 

Then & Now

I asked questions to Mrs Leggett to find out how school was back then because she had desks and we don't. Another thing we don't have is a blackboard. Teachers don't need a blackboard because they can plan it all on slides the night before and show the children the next day.

I think that I stayed organized with all of my ideas because I set them all into paragraphs. I thought that I had a good time brainstorming ideas because I had a lot of ideas to put in my writing. I know I can research if I am unsure about something.

I communicated with the readers of my story because I used screencastify to record my story. I also used images to show my thinking as well as comparing what it was like in the 1900's because there is a very big difference. Therefore I am a communicator.

I organized my ideas\information I had gathered into different paragraphs to show my thinking and I thought that I kept on track of time because I finished my presentation pretty quickly. I self managed myself.

When I think about how well I wrote my story I thought that I could have completed my task faster if I sat with my friends sometimes and not all the time. Now I know that I can self manage myself more.

I showed Kaiwhakarite because I finished on time and I also I asked for help by my teacher Mrs Hall to see how to add my screencastify to my presentation. 

Early life in Aotearoa: The Rain Bird

 

We were learning to use polyline and curve to make a new species because the instructions said that if we were one of the first polynesians to arrive in New Zealand, what would you see instead of all the trees, bushes, and dirt. 

I found it easy to use curve to create the log and little textures inside it as well. It was easy to come up with the description with ts behaviour and how its acts. 

I found it hard to find an image online to add on to with curve and polyline because I find it hard to control mouse moving it around to create this new species.

I really enjoyed making  a gradient for the extra feathers that are on the sides and on the head of the bird because I thought that they were a great mix of colours that looked good with all the different shades of colours.

Next time I need to think about putting more effort into polylining and curving all I have added are some feathers, eyes and a beak.

Change Poem

 

We were learning to write a poem about change and what change meant to us. We had to brainstorm as many ideas as we could about change e.g: Change is friendships, climate, money, etc. There are many possible ways to show change.

I found it easy to choose the one word that sums up change in that one word fits the word CHANGE. It was easy to decide what nine ideas I put in my poem because everyone wrote down their ideas on sheets of papers that were all around the classroom.

I found it hard to decide what font I was going to choose for this poem because I like many fonts but I like the font I chose the most.

I enjoyed making a gradient for my background because I like the mix of soft pink and pastel yellow. I also found it fun to walk around the class write my ideas down for what change meant to me because I have many reasons why change is very important.

Next time I need to think about level 3 vocab in my poem because I think I could use some work on that. 

Where I learn best

 

We were learning to create a slide about where we learn best in the Room 3. Room 3 is a very big classroom and a quiet place to do your work whether you would like to focus on your work there are three places you can go to: The cubby holes. The room four work space. Also the on the mat. 

I found it easy to decide where I was going to take the selfie and who I was going to do it with. It was not challenging to create gradients for my text box and background because I love using colours on slides.

I found it hard to whether I wanted to write about one place I like working at or two. It was hard to decide where I was going to place my chromebook in room four because there wasn't many places to put my device.

I enjoyed using different fonts and colours on this slide because lots of different shades of colours to choose from for my background and text box. I liked working with my friend Milah and Holly because we had photos that were AMAZING and photos that were really BAD.

Next time I need to think about using more level three vocab in my reflection underneath my title because I think I can do much better than before.    

  

Piskel GIF

 

We were learning to use the app piskel. The app piskel helps to create sprites and GIFs. Here is a link showing you where the website is https://www.piskelapp.com/ We learned how to use rotation, reflection, and translation. A GIF is a graphics interchange format. To make a link onto your own blog post simply follow these steps:

   I found it easy to do this. Go to the website that you are wanting to link. Next, go to the top bar and there will be a code mixed up with different numbers and letters. After that, you have to highlight that code using your mouse and dragging it along the line of the code and click control c at the same time to copy the code. Upcoming, click into the tab that you were using to link whatever you wanted to link. Following after all that, click on this button here on your screen. It looks a little bit like paperclip.

Then, if you are on google slides, click on the bar and push control v to paste the link in the bar. Lastly, click "APPLY" and when you click on the image that you had linked the website to it will take you straight to it. Or if you have a blog post that you are wanting to link to when you press apply it will show up on the sentence that you were writing.

I found it hard to add all the details to the rabbit jumping around the screen because I had to click the rotation and translation button so many times that it took thirty-four slides to complete this GIF.  I found it a bit challenging to line up the bunny's head and body shape because when I was using the pen tool sometimes the lines would not be straight.

I really enjoyed choosing what I was going to draw on the GIF and how I wanted it to move around the screen. It was fun to choose the colour of the rabbit because there were so many different shades of different colours to choose from. I liked the pastel colours the most.

Next time I need to improve on making more slides to make the GIF more longer and more satisfying to watch. Maybe I could try to make my art skills better try and make the rabbit more detailed and have other people think that it looks superior.

India DLO

 

We were learning to create a DLO ( Digital Learning Object.)  A Digital Learning Object teaches people about different things virtually online. My DLO was about Neha in India. There were several choices of different children around the world. Here is a link for you to see and learn about all the struggles that some kids in the suffer. https://kidsinothercountries.org/?fbclid=IwAR2-4wSmTPh6VQ4dklwin2nSrOysH7VfUCOPpLohovMZoznx7BLekD-KXTQ. The DLO had to include audio, images from the video that we had watched and chosen, and a photo of the child that you were learning about to show which child you had chosen to learn about. I was learning to be a researcher because I found it easy to use my chromebook to find good uses for this DLO.

I found it easy to insert the link when you click on Neha it will also take you to the children around the world website with all the different videos. To link images to websites, all you need to do is: Go to the website that you are wanting to link. Next, go to the top bar and there will be a code mixed up with different numbers and letters. After that, you have to highlight that code using your mouse and dragging it along the line of the code and click control c at the same time to copy the code. Upcoming, click into the tab that you were using to link whatever you wanted to link. Following after all that, click on this button here on your screen. It looks like a paper clip.

Then, if you are on google slides, click on the bar and push control v to paste the link in the bar. Lastly, click "APPLY" and when you click on the image that you had linked the website to it will take you straight to it.

I found it hard to pause the video and take screenshots for this slide because I never knew where or when each of the topic was going to land on the video for the slide that I had created. It was challenging to move everything around to make it all fit on the slide because I thought that I had lots to put on the slide about India. I found it difficult to pick the right GIFs for the backgrounds because I wanted people to think that my work was cool and very enjoying to look at.

I really enjoyed inserting the butterfly that has the Indian flag on the wings because my teacher complimented it when she saw it. I was fun to make the background on the first slide because I liked using the gradient tool to help me make the colours of the Indian flag.

Real or fake media

 

We were learning to see if we could spot things online that were real or fake. Then we had to use Google Drawings and try to convince people that the media we created was real. We had to write a story also. The story had to be about the Google Drawing Media. 

I found it easy to pick a background because there were so many beautiful beaches to choose from. I'm delighted that there was a perfect bowl of salad for the squirrel-ostrich. I also found it easy to use the website Remove Background to remove the background to many things. Such as the lady, the ostrich, the squirrel, and the salad.

I found it hard to decide how the squirrel was going to stick on to the ostrich to make them a mutant. I also found it challenging to choose what two animals I was going to decide on either a bunny or a squirrel. It was hard to decide why the lady would come walking past.

I enjoyed getting to use Google Drawings because I don't use Google Drawings a lot.  It was very exciting to use my imagination to create the SQUIRREL- OSTRICH and how they would become friends. I adored looking at all the different beaches for the background

Next time I need to use better adjectives and verbs in my writing so it is more interesting and more exciting to read. I think I need to improve my imagination skills and think about better ways to express imagination.

My apples are stuck!

 

We were learning to write about creative explanation writing. Explanation writing is where you explain how something works or why something happens. There were three options to choose about what we will be writing about. The first option was about a kite that was stuck on the roof. The second option was about a sports ball that had popped. The last option was the one that I have written, about the apples that were on the top of the tree. Each problem had six items that we had to choose from. When we had to  decide the three items that we want to use to solve the problem that we had chosen to write about. I was being a thinker because I thought creatively to solve this problem about my apples. We had a planning sheet that we typed on so we could mostly copy and paste things on our good copy of writing.

I found it easy to decide what three items that I was going to use for my problem solving because there were quite handy and useful and different items to use to solve this problem . It was not very challenging to decide what problem I chose because I had a good idea about how I was going to solve this very different mishap.

I found it hard to choose technical words for writing because I don't think my writing was very detailed. It was very challenging to tell the owner of the spade why I had stolen the shovel had how I was let the owner know that I was taking it.

I really enjoyed choosing the title of this story because it was something very creative and chucklesome. I liked having to have a choice about what problem to choose. It was fun to write that I was going to stand on the car to get the apples down because I thought it was a insane to think like that. 

Next time I need to think better about how to think more imaginative to solve problems like this or maybe even different problems. I could possibly improve my vocabulary to make sure that it is all at level three.

Explanation writing DLO

 

We were learning to create a DLO ( Digital Learning Object) about explanation writing. We were also learning to explain how something works or why it happens. Our teachers chose lots of topics that all the kids had to choose one of them.  Our DLO had to include certain things such as audio, arrows, diagrams, and stages that your goes through. I was being a researcher. I had to choose the right resources to use to find out things to write in my planning and on this DLO. 

I found it easy to make the gradient for my title. I too found it easy to copy and paste my diagrams from one place to the other. Using control C to copy and control V to paste. 

I found it hard to create my diagrams on google drawings because my hands were not very steady using polyline and curve, especially the Autumn leaf. It was quite hard to find a good website to record my audio because it kept on coming up with information about other seasons accept for Autumn.

I enjoyed creating word art  for my title because I thought it looked pretty. I also enjoyed adding the background for the second slide because all of the backgrounds looked very tropical and very exciting.

Next time I need to look for a more specific thing to search on Google because then I will be able to record myself saying more clear thing instead of saying  things that take me a while to pronounce. 

Germany DLO

 

 

 

In week 1 term 4 room 9 and 10 received and envelope. Everyone was in shock. Absolutely no one knew what it was. We all found out that it was from children from all over the world. It was very surprising to find this out. 

We were learning to create a DLO (digital learning object) about a certain country. We had to choose a partner and we got handed out different papers with lots of different countries on it. Then we had to insert images relating to what we were saying. We were also putting audio onto this DLO to explain information and to teach people about different countries.

I found it easy to work with my partner and create this DLO because each day we would focus on one thing each. It was very easy to link images to websites with further information about different things that my partner and I haven't put on this slide. 

I found it hard to find the perfect font that suits the slides because there not very good fonts for everything on the slides. I also found it hard to to decide what transition to do because there were so many different transitions to choose from.

I enjoyed choosing different colours to everything because it made a good finishing touch. I also really enjoyed learn how to work with other people. I liked learning how to link images to website because now when I do other things on slides I might be able to do that.

Next time I need to think about what things to say on the audio because some of the parts were a bit mixed up. Maybe I could link more images to websites so everyone who sees this will get further information about Germany. 

What is media

 

We were learning to  create a poster about what is media. Media is things like newspaper, radio, TV and social apps which convey info and ideas to the public. Media can be basically anywhere really. Media can be expressed in many ways.

I found it easy to find the right images for this activity. I also found it easy what different types of media meant and which pictures to insert.

I found it hard to choose what I really wanted my media to be because I used a lot in the last 24 hours. I also found it hard to find the right poster because a lot of them came as movie posters.

Next time I need to use less media in 24 hours so I don't have to pick and choose my favourites.

Reading DLO

 

We were learning to create a DLO to teach people about a Non-fiction book. I learnt that drones can be used in many different ways. Like people can use them to take photos, film videos, and some people use them as toys.

I found it easy to search the right images. I also found it easy to choose the non-fiction story that I wanted to create this DLO about. 

I found it hard to draw the sketch of the drone because I don't draw drones very often. I also found it hard to choose the one thing that I was teaching people.

I enjoyed creating this DLO because I liked learning about something that I didn't know about before. I also enjoyed this because  I would like to know how to use a drone some day.

Next time I need to know more about drones so I can write more in this DLO. I also need to add more detail so it looks better.

Online Conversation

 

              We were learning to create a book on Book Creator and start an online conversation with someone. We were also learning to notice what good conversations need and what bad conversations have. Good conversations have questions so the conversation keeps going. 

I found it easy to create audios for this book because I  knew what I was going to say. I also found it easy insert backgrounds and emojis. 

I found it hard to tell my partner what to say. I found it hard to get different fonts. It was hard insert images because this is not like Google slides. 

I enjoyed discovering this new website because its very unique and fun. I enjoyed exploring this website with my partner because it was fun when we had little fails and huge giggles.

Next time I need to add more panels so I can have talking and better detail.   
 

                                                                                

Spring Writing

We were learning to write the best features about Spring. We were also learning write why we like Spring. I was learning to write a paragraph using a topic sentence, supporting details, and a conclusion. 

I found it hard to use different sentence starters in all the sentences because I wanted to use the word Bees in 2 sentences but I couldn't. I also found it hard to choose level 3 vocab.

I found it easy to insert my image to the middle of the flower because the teacher put instructions on one of the slides. I also found it easy to write about the best features about Spring because Spring is one of my favourite seasons.

Next time I will use my online thesaurus more so I can use more level 3 vocab. I will also try to get more yellow in my writing .