Today I matched Maori names with the English name.
First we tried translating the Maori names without using a Maori dictionary. Then I used the Maori dictionary to help me translate the Maori names I don't know.
After that I did a task where I tried to translate a conversation from Maori to English. We tried figuring out what the sentence say with our prior knowledge on translating Maori words and names.. For example: Te kau ma waru ōku tau= I am eighteen years old
Emergency shelters are protection against natural disasters such as a storm or an earthquake.
The Protectors requested aluminium foil, hard plastic, metal poles, clay, chicken wire, and plaster of Paris.
The aluminium foil is for the inside of the shelter, the foil is used because it is a good insulator and heat reflector.
The hard plastic is for the windows, the hard plastic is used because it’s easier to shape than glass.
The metal poles are for stabilisation, it was used because it is a heat reflector insulator.
The clay is used to form most of the shelter, it was used because it is tough, so if the shelter topples over then the poles will not easily break off.
The plaster of Paris and the chicken wire is used for a similar purpose as the aluminium foil, they were used because they were used to hold the clay.
The tin can is used for the door, the front and the back of the shelter. The purpose of this shelter was to protect against bush fires.
Emergency shelters are used worldwide and are very important. There are a lot of steps you need to do to build an emergency shelter.
During this weeks touch rugby we practise two and three men settle.
A two men settle is when one person plays dummy-half, and the other person is a runner. The runners is the person who gains the metres for your team. Once the runner gets touched he plants the ball. The dummy-half is the person who passes the ball once one of the runner gets touched he plants the ball.
A three men settle is when the runner gets touched , then the dummy-half passes the ball to the other runner which is the third person.
After that we played of touch. My team loss because our defence was poor. We weren't doing any 2 man or three man settle.We also didn't play the ball with a great attitude.
This session of touch teaches me how to play more smarter and better.
LI: To learn how to play touch
This week for Maori we had to translate the Maori names for volcano into English.
For example: Otahuhu- Mt Richmond.
First we tried translating the Maori names of the volcanoes without using a Maori dictionary.
After that we used a Maori dictionary to find the names we don't know.
This session for Te Reo Maori was fun and amazing because I know how to say places in Maori.
LI: To learn words in Maori
This week for maths we learnt about averages.
Averages is adding up all the numbers and then dividing them by how many numbers there are.
We first added up all the numbers together from each team. The blue team had 186 points, yellow had 182 points, red had 182 point and green had 174 points.
I am going to show how to get the average for 186: First you divide 186 by 9 which equals 20.7 . People usually think it will be 20.6 but your wrong. You have to round the number. To round the decimal point up it you can use the number 5, 6, 7, 8 , 9. The numbers that make the decimal point go down are 4, 3, 2 , 1. That's why the number is 20.7 when you divide 182 by 9 .
This week for I did a table mat, making connections and synthesis.
The first activity I did was table mat. I had find facts, keywords. I had to define 2 keywords. and key question.
The second activity I did was making connections. I had to make 2 connection for the text to the world, text to text, and text to self.
The last activity I did was he synthesis. There are three main text of the synthesis task.
There is prior knowledge, new information and new understanding. Prior knowledge is when you already know something. New information is finding facts that you know. New understandings is the what you learnt from the book like facts and new words
This week on Friday we did athletics day.
The first station we did was rob the nest. In this game there is one defender/tagger and the other people in the team have to rob the nest/hula-hoop.
The second station we did was long jump. The game is simple, what you have to do is try jump the farthest.
My favourite station was called discus. In this game you have to throw three hula-hoop onto 3 different poles. The first is worth 1 point, the second pole is worth 5 points and the last pole is worth 10 points.
My other favourite station was egg and spoon. In this game you have too make sure the egg doesn't fall off the spoon. You first have to around 3 cones. Then you have to go over a chair. After that you have to go around a hula-hoop. Then go over the chair again and go around the cones again.
We finished the day by doing sprints.
I enjoyed doing all of these activity/stations.
Today I took the speed demon challenge on Multiplication and division. It took me 4 minutes and 55 seconds. Some of the answers I got wrong because I forget them or I don’t know them. I try get more faster and learn all of my division and multiplication.
LI: To rapidly recall basic facts
This week for reading I did a synthesis. Synthesis is task that involves prior knowledge, new information and new understanding.
I read a book on White Water Action and I first started with my prior knowledge. Prior knowledge is what you about that topic. After that I found new information. New information talks about the things you learnt such as facts from the topic. Then I used understandings from new information I learnt from the book.
I enjoyed doing this task.
For SSR Selfie my book was called the pencil of doom. This book was about a man named henry mcthrottle. Henry was an ordinary kid who wanted to get good grades. Mr. Brainfight was like a magician, he made a pencil vanish. Then the pencil was weird because whatever you draw it will become real.
LI: To retell a text
This years Manaiakalani film festival was held in Sylvia Park.
The first film we watched was our school's film. Our film was based on why we use sanitiser during level 2 at school.
After that we watched different films from other schools. Most on the movies were about our community heroes working during lock down.
My favourite film was community heroes from Tamaki primary school.
This week for writing we had to write a screen play about our narrative.
A screenplay is story written in spoken parts only.
When writing a screenplay the characters name has to be all in caps(ABC).
The name of the character has to be centre aligned.
You have to write what the character said under their names so the actor knows what to say.
It's important to know how to write a screenplay because if the actor doesn't understand it the film might be bad.
LI: To identify and describe connections
This week for reading I did a making connection with the book white water action.
Text to self is something that happened in the book which has happened to you. For example:In the text white water action it says I started surfing in my father's canoe. My connection that I started doing MMA in my trampoline.
Text to text is something that happened in the book that also happened in another book. For example: In the text the boy kayak-er, who has competed in many competitions. My connection in the text Chris Pither, Chris Pither is a racer
This week we translated people's names in Maori to English.
First we tried translating the Maori names into English without using a dictionary.
After that we used a Maori dictionary to help us translate the Maori names that we don't know.
This week for maths we had to buddy up with a person and share what we have learnt during the past 3 weeks.
My buddy was Paul. Paul gave me some information about time. The units of time are 1 minute(60 seconds), 1 hour (60 minutes) , 24 hours (1 day) 52 weeks (365 days/1 year) and 1 decade (10 years). On a clock the thin, long hand counts the seconds and the little hand counts the hours.
My other buddy was Ariana. The information I learnt was about geometry. Geometry shapes are 2d and 3d. 2d stands for 2 dimensional, for example a square. 3d stands for 3 dimensional, for example a cube. 3d means width, length and height. The 3 in 3d represents the measurements in the shape. 2d means height and width, the 2 represents the measurements in the shape.
I like teaching others new information that they never learnt before. I was a good student too.
In this week's inquiry session, we learned how to design an emergency shelter.
First, we designed a quick sketch of an emergency shelter on a piece of paper. We had to draw our design from a front angle and a side angle. We also had to think about what shape would be suitable for natural disasters such as strong winds. We used an octagon because if the wind toppled it over then it would still maintain its shape.
Next, we designed a 3d version of our emergency shelter. To help us make the 3d shapes we used an app called sketchup. We had to replicate our paper design.
Lastly, some changes we think we could make is, getting rid of some of our pillars, because the storm is capable of blowing down the pillars which will make the octagon roll repeatedly, and we could take away one of the windows so that there's a less likely chance of things flying through it.
During this weeks touch rugby we practise two and three men settle.
A two men settle is when one person plays dummy-half, and the other person is a runner. The runners is the person who gains the metres for your team. Once the runner gets touched he plants the ball. The dummy-half is the person who passes the ball once one of the runner gets touched he plants the ball.
A three men settle is when the runner gets touched , then the dummy-half passes the ball to the other runner which is the third person.
Learning these skills help know how to gain metres more faster and get to the try line faster.
On Wednesday some people from LS1 and LS2 went to Dunkirk Reserve for touch rugby tournament. The compeion was spilt into Y5, Y6, Y7 and Y8 different year groups.
I played in the year 5 team. Our first game was against Sylvia Park primary school team 1, we lost by 5 nil. We realised that we were bunching up where dummy-half played the ball and we didn't sub when we were tired.
Our second game was against St Patrick, we had a draw and the score was 1 to 1 . In this game we improved our defence and our offence.
Our third game was against Sylvia Park primary school team 2, we had draw and the score was 2 to 2. Our defence was starting to become poor, we left wide open gaps for them to run through.
Our final game was against stone fields,we lot by 1 point. The score was 3 to 2, we were starting to get tired and sub every 5 minutes.
This tournament was really enjoyable and intense. Testing my ability against others taught me what to practise more and what to do more.
This week for reading we did the table mat task.
First we had to read the book(white water action). Next I skim read the book to find any keywords 6 and 4 facts.
I had to find 4 facts about the topic (white water action). We had find 6 keywords from a page and define them(give the meaning of the word). We had added a image to represent what we explained.
After that I considered 2 key questions that the author would have thought about before writing it for a reader. Then I made question I would ask the author.
LI: Skim and Scan a book
