Comment Thread

LI: to create a diologic conversation using the commenting system.

A comment thread is a diologic conversation between two people but instead communicating with the comment system on blogs. A comment thread consists of a greeting, something that you liked or learnt and a question. This repeats until the conversation ends.

I am continuing the comment thread with Farzana about a book about Malala Yousafzai. The progress with this conversation has moved on to the topic of inspiration.

Maths | 3D Shape Illusion

3 Dimension is an illusion that makes a piece of art or other look realistic although it is only on a flat piece of paper, canvas and such.

Mr Ogilvie's Maths group was trying to finish off their 3D Art Illusion with Shapes. The objective was to transfer a 3D art piece which was done on an A4 piece of paper and we had to transfer it onto an A3 by doubling the measurements.

I completed my transferring and 3D Shape Illusion on the A3 piece of paper. Here is my result!

Kiwi Can | Role Models

Being a role model is guiding somebody into the right direction and telling them right from wrong.

 In Kiwi Can, we played an energizer called 'Hammer' and an activity called 'Knots and Crosses'. The energizer was to encourage listening to instructions. The activity was to encourage listening and following rules.

I enjoyed this weeks Kiwi Can session and learning about being a role model. I think I could improve on having a fast reaction.

LI: to learn about being a role model.

Maths | Basic Facts Drills

I decided to complete a Math can-do called Basic Facts Drills which is an activity that is used to help improve quick basic math problem solving, in subtraction and addition.

I completed my Subtraction Drills sheet 2. I enjoyed this activity.

Reading | SSR Selfie

Today, I completed the reading can-do; SSR Selfie. SSR Selfie is an activity that is used to help and improve summarizing and retelling a series of chapters or stories.

I did my SSR Selfie on a non-fiction book called 'HUMAN BODY' by Margaret Hynes.

LI: to summarize and retell a story.

Reading | Marco Polo | Visualizing

Visualizing means drawing or imagining a physical picture in your head in order to help find an understanding of something that is difficult to understand in a text.

In this activity, the objective was to research about Marco Polo and record the information on a slide deck.

Visualizing is a good strategy to use as it helps people understand difficult parts of the text and it is easy to use.

There are four different types of media that can be used when visualizing. They are: Drawing, Map, Mind Map and Infographic.

LI: to find out about Marco Polo.

Writing | Complex Sentences

A complex sentence is made up of two ideas joined by an AAAWWUBBIS. AAAWWUBBIS consists of ten conjuctions: Although, After, As, While, When, Until, Because, Before, If & Since.

This activity is used to help improve the correct usage of complex sentences and to build an understanding of what complex sentences are.

 The objective was to create correct complex sentences with given words and images.

LI: to write meaningful and interesting COMPLEX sentences.