Writing Words | Maths

 LI: to find the most efficent strategy

As a group we worked on papers to write our thoughts more clearly. Our strategy was to add the first 3 numbers (657, 493, 1183) and get an answer of 2333, we then subtracted that number from 6000 to get our final answer of 3667. We then created a DLO of our understanding.

3D House

LI:To use the most efficient maths strategy.

For the first Maths lockdown challenge we figured out how many wall and roof pieces the world’s first 3D printed house has. We read the questions then we did 195 + 85 =  280.We did the rest of the questions as you can see above in the DLO we created as a group.

The Letter Q

 LI: to extend our vocabulary with the letter Q

For Reading we were learning about words starting with the Letter Q. We started off by reading a text talking about the origin of the Letter Q, and where it came from. Our task was to create a DLO (Digital Learning Object) showcasing words we know starting with the Letter Q, and words we don’t know starting with Q. 

It was really fun and interesting doing because we got to learn new vocabulary, and we were able to do this activity with our friends.  

Te Reo Maori

 LI: To identify the different objects through Te Reo Maori.

For this weeks Maori task we were challenged to find the different amount of objects there were on an i spy sheet. The challenge was that all the objects names were in maori so we were to translate them and find out how many there are of that object. On the left of the DLO it corresponds with the list on the right. Porohita  13 and so on.

Color Wheel | Tech

 LI: to understand the basics of colors.

Last week friday our session for tech this week was to understand the basics of colors. First we put on our old shirts and we painted the primary colors onto three peices of paper. We then colored secondary colors onto three other pieces of paper. After that we then tinted or shaded one of the colors from our palet with black or white. A tint is to make a color lighter and a shade is to make a color darker. At the end of the session we put our colors on one big peice of paper and presented as a palet of our created colors.

The Ancient Olympics

 LI: to learn about the ancient olympics.

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Last week we created learnt about the ancient olympics so we created a presentation about it. To create the presentation we either used, google slides, prezi or powtoon. We worked in our inquiry groups to create a presentation with facts, the five days, and information about the ancient olypics. After we had finished our presentation we presented them to the class. 

Haoura Poster

 LI: to link Hauora to the olympics.

This week we finished off our canva posters of how olympians manage their health such as Taha tinana (physical), Taha wairua (Spiritual), Taha Hinengaro (Mentality) and Taha whanau (Social). We linked haoura to how olympians handle their mental and physical health.

Hauora and the Olympics

 

This week our focus was to write down the different feelings that come with losing and winning an Olympic medal. For winning we noted down mostly positives things such as pride, happy, victory. As for losing we noted the opposite. We learnt that to embrace both of these is having all walls standing up, as we lose we learn from our mistakes making us wiser, as we acheive our goals we can set higher goals that challenge us. This task helped us understand how atheletes work under stress.

Tech Flow Chart

 LI: To see and understand the connection between the written code, the block code and the flow chart

This week for tech after we warmed up using the dice tutorial we created a dice flow chart that has all of the possibilities of the dice. The dice could display a number from 1 to 6. After this we compared the mblock and python code to the flowchart through a DLO, I worked with Lukah to create this.

Mindfulness

 Today one of our focuses was Mindfulness, this is a certain practice that allows one to go into a calm state of mind. We learnt about this through a session of breathing exercises. One of the objects were used in the session was treated as a toanga and acted as a bell to calm us down.