Positive Commenting

LI: To comment on other peoples blog's to give positive feedback.

This week I made a comment on Andrew's Blogpost. His blogpost is talking about a soldier named Charles F. Alison who fought in World War 1. This is a very interesting Infographic talking about Charles Frederick Alison's Past and the story behind his tale.

Duffy Assembly | Robert Rakate

In the Duffy Assembly, PBS Introduced our Duffy Role models; Robert Rakate and Ollie. Ollie works for the Main freight. The main freight company provides the books for PBS. In the library, Duffy assemblies and other book included periods in school, are all because of the Main freight Company. Ollie and Robert Rakete are friends.

Who is Robert Rakete?

Robert Rakete is the 'Brown Wiggle' in the wiggles, and he has acted on 'Dancing with the stars'. He is on a weather channel called 'The Breeze'. As a wiggle, Robert Rakete has written a song called, Have a good day, Kia Pai To Ra. Robert Rakete's favourite comic book series is Asterix. 

Addition | Subtraction | Basic Facts Boxes | Speed Demon

This week I did basic facts. I attempted the speed demon challenge. I did all subtraction and addition in 3 minutes 1 second. This is a new record. The pictures shown on the slide are proof that I did the challenge.

Inquiry | Poems | Haiku |

LI: To identify the purpose of poems.

This week we had to make our own poem based on an emotion. We had to choose from 4 different types of poems: Haiku, Diamante, Limerick or Cinquain. Using one of the poems, we had to write a poem based on the chosen emotion. It didn't matter if it rhymed or not.

My emotion was Fear and my poem was Haiku. The only chosen Poems were Diamante and Haiku. Limerick and Cinquain were not chosen by anybody. Using one of the sites or videos, we had to make the poem. It had to include what the emotion was like, what it does/what it makes you do, and what you can do/make that can cure that emotion. For Positive Emotions, the ending had to be something with what that emotion makes you do or feel like in a different way from the start.

Haiku
A Haiku is a Japanese Poem. It is Traditionally serious poems, but you are not forced to make it like how Japan people do. A Haiku is also mostly about seasons.  In a Haiku, there are usually 3 lines in the whole poem. The first line in the poem has usually 5 syllables in it. The second line has seven syllables and the last line has 5 syllables. The first line is talking about what your chosen item is, the second line is a phrase that talks about what it makes you do and the last line, in this case is what you can do to cure that or stop it.

Diamante
A diamante is a poem put into a diamond-like shape. A diamante is usually just words talking about something. To make the diamond shape (In our case: Using Emotions) we have to start with just 1 negative emotion, whether you have a negative emotion or not. Then further down, you have to attempt to describe it. Then even further down start to approach a happier and more positive feeling.

Extra | Tounge Twister

This week I did a tounge twister called, the best way to outsmart others. It's a tounge twister because in the text it has multiple th sounds in it. We had to record out tounge twister using Flipgrid. Here is the link to the Flipgrid Tounge Twister.

Music | Applying Our Learning |

LI: To apply our skills

This week we were playing different songs using the Xylophones. The Piano players used headphones so we couldn't hear them while we played, and they couldn't hear us while we played. The People with Ukeleles were outside trying to play songs using the different chords of the ukelele. 

The chords we played on the Xylophone were, A, F, C and G. The songs we played using those chords were;

1. We don't talk anymore
2. Lazy song
3. Count on me
4. Lean on me
5.Shotgun

Writing | Imaginative Recount | Little Red Riding Hood

LI: To write an Imaginative Recoun

t This week we were focusing on writing events and ending in an imaginative recount. Today we had to complete the events and ending in little red riding hood. By taking over one of the perspectives of the wolf or red riding hood, we had to write THEIR experience of what happened in the story and turn it into a imaginative recount.

 Our feedback was amazing because we used good vocabulary. We had to write the events and ending including the experience of your character. We took on the perspective of Little Red Riding hood and my group decided to make the ending interesting and different from the actual narrative so we included all the village, mother, the hunter, the wolf and little red riding hood all in 3 slides.