Summer Learning Journey Week 1 Day 2 Task 1

Hello fellow bloggers,

today my first task is a House or a Home here is the little piece  of writing,

In the 1800s, most Māori lived in villages called pa. Each village had many buildings – kauta where people cooked, pataka where they stored goods and wharepuni where the Māori slept. A traditional wharepuni had a thatched roof and walls made of timber, fern, rushes and bark. Look at the picture below of a traditional wharepuni. Does it look like your house?

Here is my instructions for this task,

On your blog, compare the wharepuni to your own home. What are two similarities and two differences between a wharepuni and your house?

  Similarity: You can sleep in it.

Differences: A house you can call A home and a wharepuni you can't.
 There are the similarity and differences.

  

Bonus Task Week 1 Day 1

Hello fellow bloggers, 

my last blog post for today is my bonus task Here are my bonus  task is called Ama Waka  here is my small peice of writing

To this day, the people of New Zealand still use waka. Instead of using their waka to transport them from one place to another, they sometimes use waka in special events and in sporting competitions such as Waka Ama. Both boys and girls compete in Waka Ama boat races.

Here are my instructions for my bonus task 

Watch this short video of a Waka Ama race. On your blog tell us whether you would like to be in a Waka Ama race one day. Why or why not?

I would love to be in a Waka Ama one day because I could really posh my self to make it.

Summer Learning Journey Week 1 Day 1Task 2

Hello Fellow Bloggers 

This week for day 1 for Summer Learning Journey I have task 2 witch is setting sail here is the small story that they gave me for my second task today

The first settlers to come to New Zealand must have been really brave! They had to leave their original homes and sail thousands of miles across the ocean on a special boat called a ‘waka’ to reach New Zealand.

And here is the instructions for this task 

Imagine that you were on board one of the wakas. On your blog, write a short letter to a friend telling them about your voyage to New Zealand. In the letter be sure to tell them how you feel about moving to a new country. If it was me, I would have felt really nervous…

Dear Cerys 

I am moving to a new country by waka , I am feeling really nervous but existed at the same time wish me good luck in my new country Cerys 

From Charlie  

Week 1 Day 1 Task 1 of the Summer Learning Journey

Hello Fellow Bloggers 

Happy Holidays,

This year I have sighed up for Summer Learning Journey. 

Today I have for you task 1 of  week 1. 

This task is  The First Settlers here is the small piece of writing I got for my task, It is widely believed that the first people to arrive in New Zealand came from Polynesia Most historians believe that they landed in New Zealand over 700 years ago. Although they were originally from many different countries, these settlers learned to live together and, eventually, formed their own distinct culture known as ‘Māori.’  Māori have their own language, traditions, and culture.

Follow this link to read a short story about a famous man in Māori mythology – Maui. On your blog, post three facts that you learned about this interesting man.

Here is my 3 facts about Maui,

Maui is strong, he likes to trick people (in the story from the link he tricked his older brothers) and he comes from Aotearoa. (New Zealand) 

My Learning Journey Graph.

Here is my progress graph for this year. It shows my results for reading, writing, maths and  spelling and how I improved over the year. I think I am doing great at spelling.

Learning Journey 2017

Reading At age level Term      1      2     3      4						Spelling - Grade Spelling Term   1      2      3     4						Maths Stage 6 by end of Year 5 End Stage 6 by end of Year 6
14.5-15+												Stage 7
14-15yrs												Stage 6
13.5-14						5						Stage 5
13-14 yrs						4			1	4		Stage 4
12.5-13						Essential List Term 1   2    3    4						Stage 2-3
12-13yrs						8						Term	1	2	3	4
11.5-12.5						7						Writing - Expected Levels Year 5 - 3B by the end of Year 5 Year 6 - 3A by the end of Year 6
11-12yrs						6
10.5-11.5						5	`					Term	1	2	3	4
10-11yrs						4						Level	2p	2a	3b	3b
9.5-10.5						3
9-10yrs						2						Basic facts	T1	T2	T3	T4
8.5-9.5yrs						1						Stage	5	5	6	6

End of Term 4 Recount Test.

This is a screenshot of my results in our end of Term 4 recount writing test.

My teachers have worked out my average score for writing and I am at 3B.

This is at the National Standard for my year level.

I am doing great at ideas, structure, organisation, vocabulary, sentences and spelling.

I  need to work harder at punctuation next year.

My Margret Peters Spelling Progress.

Hello fellow bloggers
Here is my progress over this year in spelling. At the beginning of this year I scored 33 in the M. Peters spelling test. This gave me a spelling age of 9.2 years. 



In term 4 of this year I scored 39 in the  M. Peters spelling test. This gave me a spelling age of 11.6.



I think I did way better than my last M Peters spelling test because I improved my points by 6.

EOY P.A.T math test

Here is a snapshot of my Term 4 results for the PAT math test. I scored…27 points out of 37. I am really pleased with my result. My score in Term 4 was 7 points more than Term 1.

EOY P.A.T reading results

Here is a snapshot of my Term 4 results for the PAT comprehension test. I scored 27 points out of 37. I am really that pleased with my result. My score in Term 4 was 16 points more than Term 1.

My Numeracy Knowledge.

Kia ora

I have moved up to Stage 6 in numeracy. Here is a checklist of all the things I can do in Stage 5 numeracy. I have learned lots of new things since the start of the year. I still need to learn about improper fractions. Soon I am going to post a checklist of all the things I can do in Stage 6 Knowledge and Strategies.

Lamb hearts and kidney

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This week my class did an experiment with lamb hearts and kidney as a follow up to our Life Ed lessons about how our body systems keep us healthy. We had to work together to make notes and then choose how to share our ideas on a DLO on the computer.

Skittles

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We are learning how to add description to our writing by including ideas from our five senses and creating Show not Tell sentences. We mixed Skittles and warm water in class and got to hear, smell, touch, see and taste them. Here is my writing.

Using ideas from our senses to write Show not Tell sentences.

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We are learning how to add description to our writing by including ideas from our senses and creating Show not Tell sentences. We made popcorn in class and got to hear, smell, touch, see and taste it.

The five senses

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This week we have been doing our senses writing we had to chose a picture and and write about it with 3 of the 5 senses here it is.









 The dry sand squished between my toes as the warm air glides across my cheek.

The blue water reflects the shiny sun as it glares into my eye. The silly seagull squawked loudly in my ear.

The salty water sprayed in my face as I ran into the waves.  

           

                                                                                     

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