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 I read half of the book from Kristy's Big Day by Gale Gulligan and Ann M, Martins.

So far Kristy's mum is getting married to someone else and they are trying to sell their house before the wedding, someone wanted to buy the house but they can't sell it yet because they have nowhere to stay.

I think that they should try to sell the house to someone else or tell them that they can't move houses  yet.

Art

I created a 3D volcano design.

First I made lots of 3D paper cubes.

 
Next I stuck all of the 3D paper cubes togeather to create a volcano desing.

Lastly I painted the 3D volcano desing gray, and adden some red and orange lava.

I enjoyed this activity because I like to be creative and make things.

Emoji Story

Today I completed a Literacy task called emoji story.

First I chose a story to retell using emoji's.

Next I found some emoji's that could retell my story.

Lastly I put all of the emoji's in order togeather to retell my story.

I enjoyed this activity because I was able to choose and story and be creative using emoji's.

Can you figure out what the story is?

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I read the middle half of the book from Dawn and the Impossibe Three by Gale Gulligan and Ann M, Martins.

So far Dawn is babysitting the Barretts but she has already worked 4 days a week and missed a BSC meeting and hasn't noticed.

I think that Dawn should talk to Mrs. Barrett because she is babysitting too much for her and she is also missing BSC meetings.

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I read half the book of Dawn and the Impossible Three, by Gale Galligan, and Raina Telgemeier.

This story is about when dawn was babysitting her friends siblings and wanted her to be an official member of the Bsc so she wanted her friend to babysit with her and show her all of her babysitting skills,

I like Mallory because she really wants to be an official member of the Bsc so she helped Dawn babysit her little siblings.

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I read the whole book of Karen's Roller Skates by Ann M. Martin and Katy Farina.

This story is about when Karen was roller skating but she broke her arm and did some crazy things!

I like Karen because I think that she was very brave by going to the "Witches" house, and getting her autograph.

Stop Littering Reasons

I wrote 5 reasons on why people should stop littering for my persuasive speech.

First I needed to pick one of the topics from my traffic light topics. I chose the topic Stop littering. I chose that topic because if we stopped littering then it would help the world.

Next I thought of some reasons why people should litter. my reasons were: if you could recycle it could be turned into a product, When you litter the chemicals could get into the water then get in human food and poison us, When you litter it could fly into the ocean and sit there while animals eat it, If we kept recycling then the world would look better and more clean, litter can cause serious consequences for the environment like: pollute the air, kill animals, and it could even start acid rain. My favourite reason is litter can cause serious consequences for the environment like: pollute the air, kill animals, and it could even start acid rain.

Finally I had to find websites to back up all of my reasons. I found some websites to back up all five of my reasons. I also found a video to help persuade people.

I enjoyed this task because I learnt alot of reasons why you should not litter.

Pointless, Painful, Physical Education

I made a synthesis egg and a QAR template about a text called Pointless, Painful, Physical Education.

First I made Synthesis egg template where I wrote my prior knowlegde, my new information, and my new understandings. Prior knowledge is somthing that I already know, new information is something new that you learnt, and new understandings is what you unerstand now.

After that I answered questions and put them under one of the catagories called: right there, think and search, author and me, and on my own.

Right there is when you can just point to the answer. Think an search is when the answer is in the text but you need to think and search for it. Author and me is when the answer is not in the text, but you have to have use the information that the author has wrote to get the answer. On my own is when you can just go up to someone and ask them a question, and they will give an answer.

Water Safety W3

I went back to the pools to do water safety for Week 3.

First I learnt how to do side arm strokes. To do side arm stroke I learnt how to float on my side. Then I learnt how to move my arms and legs in and out.

Next I learnt how to spin like a seal on a diving board. To spin like a seal I sat on the diving board, got off the platform, and started spinning. I spun for a long time but then I fell off the board after some time.

Last I learnt how to spin on my back while doing front armstrokes. First I had to do normal armstrokes. Then I had to Flip on my back, breath, and turn around and do front arm strokes again.

I enjoyed spinning on my back while doing arm strokes because I already knew how to do it.

Traffic Light Topics

I thought of some ideas to use in a persuasive speech and colour coded them.

First I watched 2 videos that said that to persuade you need to brainstorm and plan ideas. When you brainstorm you need to come up with some ideas of what you want to persuade. planning is when you pick your topic and write what you want to say when you are persuading.

Next I brainstormed some ideas that I could use to persuade someone under the categories I chose. The three categories I chose were personal, sports team , and world. I brainstormed 13 ideas.

Last I colour coded all of my ideas into the colours red, yellow, and green. Red means stop, don't proceed, yellow means slow down, and green means proceed. The colour I used the most was green.

I enjoyed colour coding all of my ideas that I brainstormed.

Water Safety

LS1 and I went for a water safety lesson.

First our instructor taught us how to get into a pool safely. To get into a pool safely you need to put your hands on the side, turn around, and slowly lower your body into the pool. After we got into the pool we waited for our next instruction.

Next our instructor taught us how to do back scull. To do a back scull you need to lay on your back, push the water away as you move, and keep your feet above the water. You can use back scull when you are floating down the river so you don't hit your face on a rock.

To finish up our instructor taught us how to do front scull. When you do front scull you need to move your hands in and out, then you need to keep your hands in front of you so that you can move your hands in front of you so you don't hit anything, and keep your head above the water. You can also use front scull in a river so that you don't hit your face, but instead your hands, or arms.

I learned a lot about sculling and what to do if I'm stuck in a river. I think next time I should try to keep my feet above the water when I'm sculling.

Addition And Subtraction

 Addition and subtraction can be used using two stratigies: counting on/back and rounding and compensating.

Counting on is adding on using fingers, when the number is under ten. Counting back is subtraction using fingers, when the number is under ten.

Rounding and compensating is rounding the added or subtracted number to the nearest tidy number, then compensating for the rounding. Compensating is done by splitting the new number into the old number and the left over.

Counting on/back and rounding and compensating are easy stratigies are easy to use for addition and subtraction, when the numbers get too big to be solved with basic facts.

Party Popper Prototype

My group, Butter Cup created a party pooper prototype for our company.

First we tested all of the different materials there were. We had to write down each result and see if it failed or not. We liked most of the filling because it went high and made a big explosion.

Next we made a list of all the materials we wanted to use to make our prototype. We highlighted all of the materials we wanted to use for our party popper in yellow. When we all decided on the materials we thought of different unique designs for the cup.

To finish up We gathered all the material we needed to create our party popper prototype. On our list we had things that weren't in the bunch of material so we created it ourself. We all decided to keep the current design of the prototype we made.

We enjoyed creating the party popper prototype because we got to use our imagination and test lots of different things. We would have liked to test different material but there wasn't enough material to create two party poppers. We could try to make the weight heavier and try to find a good length so that the filling explodes better.

Explanation Starter

 I wrote three different explanation starters in the three different stratigies, Basic fact, Question Hook and Explain Emotionaly.

Basic fact is just telling the reader what the text is about.

Paint!

Paint is made from pigment, resin and solvent all mixed together to become one.

The next way to write an explanation starter is a question hook. A question hook pulls in the reader and makes them think Hmmm? "I didn't know that."

Paint, But How is it made?

Did you know that paint has been used by humans for over 40,000 years? Paint consists of pigment, resin and solvent mixed together to become a colourful thick substance.

The last way to write a explanation starter is explain emotionaly. Explanation emotionaly is when you use fun words or something that we wouldn't have without...

A Colourful World 

If we didn’t have colourful paint then the world would be boring and dull. Paint is  created from pigment, resin and solvent mixed to create the colourful goodness we have to make art POP!

Skimming And Scanning

We used skimming and scanning to help us find information.

First we skimmed for the six keywords. Skimming is acting the an airplane and reading along the book.

Then we scanned for 4 facts in chronological order. Scanning is like a helicopter and stop to look at that specific paragraph or information that you need.

I enjoyed this activity because using skimming, scanning and chronology helps my work easier.

Maori Alphabet

We learnt the maori alphabet and translated people's names from maori to english.

First names we learnt are Irihapeti, Hakopa, Kararaina, Tarati which are Elizabeth, Jacob, Caroline and Dorothy.

Next we had to choose three names in maori and give them last names like colours of other names. Example: Hariata(Hariott) Kakariki(green), Anahera(Angela) Ma(White) and Hakopa(Jacob) Parauri(brown.)

Lastly we wrote our names in maori, my name is Keira but in maori is Keirā.

I thought this activity was easy because some of the names sound like the maori word for it.

Frisbee Skills

 I learnt how to balance using different skills in Frisbee.

The first thing we learnt was throwing the Frisbee at our partner from our hip and straight so they could catch it.

The next thing we learnt was running and catching the Frisbee facing the direction said by Mr.Ogilve.

Then we learnt to throw the Frisbee, run and catch it and try to throw it at a target.

Lastly we used all the skills we learnt during a game called Ultimate Frisbee, it was non bib vs bibs. Not bibs won.

I enjoyed learning these balancing skills using a Frisbee. I also enjoyed playing a game of Ultimate Frisbee at the end.

The 4 Basic Turns

The four basic turns are: ¼ turn, 1/2 turn, ¾ turn and 1 full turn. The two directions are clockwise and anticlockwise.

Balance

I learned about differant ways to balance using a tennis ball and racket. 

First I bounced the ball on the tennis racket while balancing. I found this activity hard because I kept moving and the ball rolled away.

Next my partner threw the ball and I had to hit it back to then in a balanced position. I found this activity hard because when I tried to hit the ball I hit it too hard and lost my balance.

Lastly I ran, stopped to get my balance, and hit the ball back over the net. I found this activity hard at first because at first I tried to run and hit the ball, but then I learned that I had to run, stop to get my balance, and then hit the ball.

I found these activities hard because I kept on moving and I lost my balance.