Tag: Week 8

Word Problems


Task description: This week during Maths, we are learning to find the appropriate strategy to solve each word problem. We were also looking at solving problems that involve multiplication and division and using equations to express a problem. We have learnt so much about word problems that for today’s task we had to create our own set of slides where we had to write and answer word problems given to us by our teacher. I finished those questions really fast and added a couple of my own to give myself some more work to do while I was waiting for the bell to ring. That was probably my favourite apart of the task because we had control over how our slides looked and the lay out. I love doing things like that so I enjoyed that the most.

My hightlight was finishing my maths really fast because it was so easy. I had a lot of fun doing this task and I hope we get to do more activities like this more often. Everything about this task was pretty easy and self explanatory so personally I don’t have a low light. I don’t have anything to work on for this week either as I loved today’s maths lesson and I finished all my work on time. After that I completed the task, and posted it on my blog. I enjoyed this task very much, and I hope to do more like this soon. Hope you enjoyed. Please leave a comment; thank you for visiting my blog.

Quote of the day: Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers.

Research on…

Task description: This week during Extension we did some reading on an article called “Saving the World, One Swipe at a Time” which was written by Peter Griffin. It was really interesting to see all of the information we found out about different problems people are having in NZ and how we can help them. After that I completed the task, and posted it on my blog. I enjoyed this task very much, and I hope to do more like this soon. Hope you enjoyed. Please leave a comment; thank you for visiting my blog.

Tongan Travel (Measurement L3)

Task description: This week during Maths, we had a task to do with Tongan language week. We had to look at this Tongan Travel and answer questions. We then had to make our own graph about four of our friends. I choose Tumanako, Mary, Vika, and Lynette. My high light was finishing it really fast even though I was not able to understand my work because the task was confusing as it didn’t give us the information we need to answer the questions . Low light not being able to do DLO or Maths Whizz because we had lunch early because of cross country. For this week I don’t have anything I think I need to work on as I am very proud of myself. I worked on this task with my friend Swaimah, you can check out her blog to see her post. After I completed the task, I posted it on my blog. I enjoyed this task very much, and I hope to do more like this soon. Hope you enjoyed. Please leave a comment; thank you for visiting my blog.

Vocabulary Swap

Her jaw dropped as the phone line dialled out in a fade… The phone thumped on the ground sending shivers down my spine. She rushed to get in my car. The hospital was hours away from my house as she said to herself “I have to see her, please be okay, what will we do if she doesn’t make it!?!?. Poor Tara. I have to be with her!”

As she drove frantically thoughts ran through her head. “Turn green you f**king light” she yelled so loud that the car next to her could hear her. He gave her a ugly look, but she didn’t care, she wanted to see her sister.

Some time later…

She pulled into the carpark nearly hitting every curb she turned, but that was the least of her worries. She ran out of her car not even remembering if she locked it or not. She asked the lady at the counter desperately “what room is Aria Smith in?” The woman replied with “ room 69 level 3.“ She pressed the elevator button and waited but it wouldn’t open so she ran up the stairs.

When she reached the room, Tara was on the floor crying as her mum laid still on the bed. I rushed to her side, I couldn’t bare to see her like this. “Come my darling, we’re gonna be okay, she’s gonna be okay, don’t worry my baby” she said in Tara’s ear as she calmed her down.

They sat there crying for hours, her body hasn’t moved an inch. She was gone. “I didn’t even get to say goodbye, she left me alone in the world! What am I gonna do without her!?!? I miss her already… Why did she have to go, I need her” cried Kimmy as she sat on the floor in disbelief…

Task description: This week during Writing, I did a Vocabulary Swap. What we had to do was fill a table with 10 adjectives and/or verbs, then your friend (Swaimah was mine) will give you their 10 verbs and/or adjectives. We then had to make a story with those words and bold them. It was really fun to do because our stories came out good.

My words were: Be, gave, have, dropped, ran, come, said, see, make, get

My highlight was making a story out of random words. My low light was that my friend hated the words she had but in the end she worked it out. Something for us to work on is trying to give harder words to each other. After that we completed the task, we posted it on our blog. I enjoyed this task very much, and I hope to do more like this soon. Hope you enjoyed. Please leave a comment; thank you for visiting my blog.

Country Physical Poster

Task description: This week during Reading, we were making posters on a country of our choice. I chose to do FInland. I was gonna do it alone but then my friend Swaimah wanted to do it with me so we became partners. We reached Finland for 2 weeks and gathered information about the place and its history. We had a lot of fun doing that but it made us so happy seeing all our hard work come to life and it all being worth it.

Our highlight was making what I had in my mind coming to life. Our Low light is cutting the papers and worrying if the papers won’t fit. Usually we have something to work on but I think this week we did a good job. After that we completed the task, we posted it on our blog. I enjoyed this task very much, and I hope to do more like this soon. Hope you enjoyed. Please leave a comment; thank you for visiting my blog.

Blog Commenting – Cybersmart Challenge


Task description: This week during Cybersmart, we are learning to write quality blog comments. This is to help us write comments that are positive, thoughtful and helpful. This challenge is about quality blog commenting. Meaning we are learning to write quality blog comments is an important aspect of Smart Relationships. For this challenge you’re going to write a positive, thoughtful, helpful blog comment. This is important so you can form smart relationships online.

We had to put a comment together using the new skills and starters we had learnt about positive, thoughtful, helpful. We had to choose a blog post from your Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu buddy class, or from another student in your class, and use the template to help us craft our comment.

High light was being able to understand my work and learning about how to write a comment, low light not being able to do faster because I got busy with other things. Some thing I can work on spending less time on the task and working faster.

After that we completed the task, we posted it on our blog. I enjoyed this task very much, and I hope to do more like this soon. Hope you enjoyed. Please leave a comment; thank you for visiting my blog.

Word Problem


Task description: This week during Maths, we are learning to do word problems. We had to show and explain our thinking not just answer the question. My high light was being able to understand my work and finishing it really fast. Low light not being able to do DLO because all the imacs were taken. Some thing I can work on is remembering to post my slides before getting busy with other work. After that we completed the task, we posted it on our blog. I enjoyed this task very much, and I hope to do more like this soon. Hope you enjoyed. Please leave a comment; thank you for visiting my blog.

Speech Reflection


Task description: This week during Writing, we are reflecting on how we did on our speech which we read last week to our class. I was freaking out so much the whole week coming to the day we read our speeches but at the end I felt I did pertty good. It was so good to see that I memorised my speech and I was really happy about that. I made some compelling arguments. I know I was nervous but I delivered it with confidence. I think because of the nerves I spoke quite quickly but I’m sure this would change if I were to do it again.

My high light was being able to understand my work and being able to say it in front of everyone. Low light not being able to concentration because I was nerves. Some thing I can work on is spending less time on my work and more time trying to calm myself so I can speak properly. After that we completed the task, we posted it on our blog. I enjoyed this task very much, and I hope to do more like this soon. Hope you enjoyed. Please leave a comment; thank you for visiting my blog.

Ratio Reconcilliation


Task description: This week during Maths, we are learning to solve problems involving ratio and identify the relationship between numbers. After that I completed the task, and I posted it on our blog. I enjoyed this task very much, and I hope to do more like this soon. Hope you enjoyed. Please leave a comment; thank you for visiting my blog.

Fluency & Expression Reflection

Task description: This week during reading, we are learning to monitor ourselves to fully complete work and read with expression and fluency. Every element of the task is completed by Friday, and we had to read with a clear, smooth voice. Adhering to the punctuation. After that I completed the task, and I posted it on our blog. I enjoyed this task very much, and I hope to do more like this soon. Hope you enjoyed. Please leave a comment; thank you for visiting my blog.