Maths W8- Ratio and rates

In this blog I will be talking about my week 8 maths, I hope you enjoy.  For Maths this week our goal was  "Use multiplication and division strategies to solve simple equivalent ratio and rate problems" This was my learn, create, share.

I then had to do the problem solving questions for this week with Hayun, But I was sick so we had to do it and talk over a google doc. Here is our working:

Click here to see our working

Then we had to do an independent task for the exit ticket, Here it is:

Click here to see the exit ticket

Thank you for reading my blog, if you have read all the way down put the word "Math Mates" in the comments.

Do you agree with our answers?

Have you ever done Ratios and rates?

Reading W7- Artemis Fowl

I am going to talk about reading in this blog. This week for Reading we started a new novel study. I'm reading a book called Artemis Fowl. Before I got into the book I had to do a predicting task. I used a website called zeobb and created what looked like a conversation between two people using text messages. Here is my Text message.

Have you ever read Artemis Fowl?

Writing W7- Self Assesment

 Hello Welcome to my blog. For this weeks' writing I did a self assessment on my speech. Here it is:

 

What speech did you do?

Dogs on beaches- Reading W4

 In this blog I will be talking about this weeks reading, Hello and welcome back to my blog. Last week for reading our goal was Use questions to challenge the text, question the author, establish the authenticity of the text and state opinions. Think while reading, pick up new information, and come up with new ideas and new thinking. We had to record a video with someone having a persuasive conversation. Me and Emily did it together but the day I recorded she was sick, so this is my video!

Here is my video:

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Should dogs be aloud on beaches?    

Reading Robots! -Reading W3

Hi, In this blog I will be talking about my W3 Reading. For reading we had to read a book about robots. Once we read the book we had some questions. They where how can we relate this to are daily lives and other stuff. Here is my work:

Here's the link to the Text/Book/Story:

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Do YOU think robots are bad or good?

Maths W7- Ratio and rate

Hello, today im going to talk about my maths for this week, This is our Learn, Create, Share

This is the question we had to answer:

Here is my working:

Here are some ways to be a good maths mate:

1. Listen to them

2. Work together

3. Stay Motivated

4: Be nice to each other

5. Have fun

Have you done Ratios?

Writing W5- Speechs

 Hello and welcome back to my blog. This week for writing we had to finish off our speech's. I am going to share with you my speech. My speech is on zero hunger. We had to put it on Que cards then we had to read it to 12-20 people, I am going to share with you my favourite sentence:

Here is a quote by Dr. Norman Ernest Borlaug: “You can't build a peaceful world on empty stomachs and human misery”. We may not be able to stop hunger everywhere but we have the power of our voice. This is our world and we choose our future. Together we can stop world hunger.

I am going to share with you my speech:

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Have you done a speech before?

Cybersmart W2 and W3

Hello,  This week on Fridays we do Cybersmart. Our task this week was to check comments on this google drawing and see if they were good to post or not good to post! Here is my working:

Do you do Cybersmart?

Maths W4- Caterpillars and Swan plants

 For Maths this week the task was to make a ratio between caterpillars and swan plants, I was maths buddy's with Zoe. We did some problems and did/made the ratios. This was Learn, Create, Share.

First We worked through the Ratio problems and ratio practise on the learning half. Then we did the create task on the ratio problems. They were:

              

              For Question Number 1 we did:

              We started with the How many caterpillars could you feed if you chose 9 small plants, We                  know that 3 small plants would feed 4 caterpillars so we did 3x3=9  Then 4x3=12 

              So the ratio is 3:4 Plants to caterpillars. I wont do anymore questions, But you should give                them a go!

Do you know how to do ratios?

Have a growth mindset!! Maths T3 W5

Hello and welcome back, Today I will be showing you my Maths task for this week, My goal was to use multiplication and division strategies to compare fraction sets with whole numbers. Our task was to get with our maths mate for this week. Mine was Lincoln. We didn't work well together because we weren't working together and sitting with each other, Which im going to do better next time. It ended up being very bad because I ended up finishing 3 questions and he did none. We then needed to do a couple of strategies about fractions and whole numbers and how to do then. My work is in my book so I will show you my growth mindset poster (I did it by myself)

Here it is!!!!

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Do you do fractions?

Do you have a growth mindset?

Persuasive Writing (Zero Hunger) T3 W3

In this blog I will be talking about my writing for this week.

This week for writing we were practising for our speech by writing down facts about the topic we choose.  We had 4 options, they were..... 

1. No Poverty
2. Zero Hunger
3. Good health and well-being
4. Quality education  

I choose zero hunger because I think that this is a very serious topic, Millions of people die because they dont have enough food or because They cant afford it. I think this problem needs to be fixed fast. Poor nutrition causes nearly half of deaths in children under five years old. Poverty is a cause of hunger, We also needed a rhetorical question. Mine was....

How would you feel if you went hungry?

 

What goal would or did you write about?

Writing T3 W4

 This week for writing we started our planning and drafting for our speeches. We looked at each topic and research for that topic,  There were 4 topics, the Topics were: 

1. No Poverty

2. Zero Hunger

3. Good health and well-being

4. Quality Education 

I chose Zero Hunger, I had to include hard hitting words, Which we call superlatives. Here is an example of superlative words: Biggest, Bravest, Cleanest, Coldest and Angriest. Superlative words are usually used in Persuasive speech's. Here is my Work:

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What topic do you think will be fixed first?

What does the F.A.N.T.A.S.T.I.C.S stand for in writing? Find out here

Today I am going to be talking about my Reading:  

This week for reading we had a slide with stories on them and we had to use the fantasists to find positive and negative words/sentences for each fantastic which targets the senses. We also had to drag the icons next to the sentences we thought that related to. Here is the fantastics:

F- Feeling

A- Asking

N- Noticing

T- Touching

A- Action

S- Smelling

T- Tasting

I- Imagining

C- Checking

Here is my work:

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Have you ever heard of the fantastics?

Hansel and Gretel Writing T3 W1

Hello and welcome back to my blog. This week for writing our goal was Use a range of written features to engage the audience, support ideas with detail(use an adverb to show how). We had to read the story Hansel & Gretel and then create creative sentences to write for different parts of the story. We finally had to create a table including examples of verbs and sentences Here is the link to my task:

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Have you ever read Hansel and Gretel?

   

Cantamath!!!

Hello, For this weeks blog I'll be talking to about Maths for this week. Instead of doing workshops we did, Cantamath. Cantamath is a race to answer hard maths questions. You have a team and you have one runner. Everyone is in a team and we all have to sit in a circle. We all start off with one first question. After figuring out the question your runner in your team has to run around everyone to the ground to were the teachers are. The teachers hold the questions and have to answers to the questions. If you get it wrong you have to run back to where your team is sitting and try to figure it out again. If you get it right you get given another question and run back to figure it out. There is also a competition, the competition is optional to enter of not. This is way different than the race. There are different categories that you can enter in. You have to make something that involves in the categories. Then after you make it you send it off to a competition. At the competition there will judges that will judge our creations and pick a 1st place, 2nd place and 3rd place. Thanks for listening.

Have you ever done cantamath?

If so have you been in the competition?

Maths W2 T3

Welcome back to yet another blog post!

Today I will talk about my Math, All of the year 7/8's did the same maths questions. These are the questions:

My answer for the first question is:

9x3=27

Then I would do: 

150x5=750

I did 9x3 because the pedal gear is x3 bigger then the Sproket

Did you know the answers?

Reading T3 W1

Welcome back to my blog, This week for Reading we had to learn about the F.A.N.T.A.S.T.I.C.S

We had to learn about all of the fantastics, Feeling, Asking, Noticing, Touching, Action, Smelling, Tasting, Imagining and Checking. Then We were given different Sentences\stories and had to name and Highlight the Fantastics, Below is a slide that i was given to identify the Fantastics

Do you have to use the fantastics in your writing?

Did you know about the fantastics before reading this?

Maths W4

Hello and welcome back to A's Awesome blog. For maths our goal was Use more than one way to find a theoretical probability Make sensible statements about information with reference to supporting evidence. We had to use a spinning wheel and spin it 50 times to see how many times it landed on each thing Here is my DLO:

Question- Do you know what statement means?

Do you know what theoretical means?

Writing Task W2

Hi and welcome back to A's Awesome blog. This week in writing our goal was Revise and rework writing for clarity, impact and purpose, proofread for spelling, grammar and punctuation. We were told to write 3 rules that we thought were important in writing. Here is my DLO:

Question: Do you know what Clarity means

Week 1 Reading Parihaka

In week one we This week for reading we did had to pick a book to read and make inferences about the text, what is a inference you wonder, well a inference is something you predict about from what you already know. This is the book I read from:

And Here is my DLO:

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Question: Did you know New Zealand Had a Pandemic 102 Years ago?

Maths W11

This week for maths we had to fill out a template and name shapes, Say how many edges, corners and faces they have, we also had to watch three videos about it. We had to create a DLO to showcase your new knowledge of 2D and 3D shapes. Here is my DLO...

Do you know what " A Platonic solid" Is?

Reading W11

For Reading this week we had to read a book, And I chose the book "Alvin and me" We had to create a DLO and a template using the stratagie... "Reading between the lines" Here is my Template:

Have you ever read In between the lines?

Writing W10

For writing this week we had to choose 3 things to use in our writing, I used Alliteration, Simile and Onomatopoeia, Onomatopoeia is a word like POP, BANG or WHOOSH. A simile is when you use a word like "Like". An Alliteration is two or more words that start with the same letter like, Flying flower, This is my DLO.

Can you say Onomatopoeia?

Reading W10

For reading this week we has to create a template and write down Features, Here is my template:

 

Would you steal water if your family needed it?????

Kaupeka Reading Challenge

For reading this week We had to Choose 3 Things to create after reading 3 different books, I read the books: Netflix, Adventure kingdom and Totally super squad on Epic. Below are the Links to the Blogs I did about them.

A-Z

Quiz

Predictions

Are video games good or bad?

For Writing this week We had to Chose 1 out of 3 Categories and be persuasive, I chose Video games, This is what I wrote:

I think video games are good because some games might improve kids hand eye coordination and problem solving skills. Video games that require kids to actually move or manipulate the game through their own physical movement can even get sedentary kids moving. 

But not as much as if they actually played outside or participated in sports.  Some kids have trouble fitting in and making friends in real life.  Video games can be a good way for them to find people to connect with in a positive way.  

If you play a Video game that you can talk to people on then you have a good chance to find a new friend. Video games are also proved to Improve your Memory, Mood, Social Skills, Spatial visualisation, Physical fitness, Perception and vision, Youthfulness, Decision making, Problem solving skills, Curiosity and Learning.

Do you think Video games are Good or Bad?

Rounding and Compensating DLO

For maths this week, My goal is: 

Use a broad range of strategies to solve multiplication and division problems with whole numbers (rounding and compensating) The picture below explains what rounding and compensating is. This is My DLO that I had to create:

Have you used this stratagie before?

Do you understand it?

Holly Writing

For Writing this week we Had to watch a few videos and write about them, This is one of them Click Here

This Is the writing from that video:

Kaupeka Reading Challenge- Predictions

Welcome to my blog, 

This Week we had to read 3 Books and make 3 DLO's (Digital Learning Object)

I chose an A to Z list, A quiz and Predictions, Here is my work. The Genre is Mystery

 

Have you read Totally Super Squad?

Kaupeka Reading challenge- Test

Read this Book, Then Do the Quiz, The Genre Is Mystery

This is The book cover

Now do the Quiz

Tell me the Answers in the comments

Good Luck

Kaupeka Reading Challenge- A-Z List

Welcome to my blog, 

This Week we had to read 3 Books and make 3 DLO's (Digital Learning Object)

I chose an A to Z list, A quiz and Predictions, Here is my work, The Genre is Entertainment.

This is the book cover

Have you Ever Done an A-Z List?