Persuasive Writing Week 2 Term 4

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This week we looked at persuasive writing! Persuasive writing is about ads and agreeing on things and disagreeing on things. We did this in our homerooms! I have finished my persuasive writing Google doc. So I will share it to you and tell you about what we had to do. So we first had to watch a video as a whole homeroom. Then we had to read a poster and read a text. There were two slides of it. So we did both of them on separate days. I liked the first slide the most. On the first slide I liked the poster the most. It was the tomato sauce one.

Reading Create Tasks Term 4 Week 2

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This week we had a new book to read and a new create task. I will explain you all of it. Last week we had to read the book called Elephants. This week we read the book called Pandas. The book was about Pandas, their habitat, what they eat, where they live and other stuff about Pandas. There are Red pandas as well as Black pandas. They both are really cute types of animals. The book was an online text and it was 18 pages long. I really enjoyed the book. So I would give the rating of the book a 8.4\10. The book was nice learning about pandas. So that’s why I liked the book. We also had questions, a video, and a create task to complete. I will explain you what we have to do. First I will start with the video. The video was about Giant Pandas. The video was 4.23 minutes long. The video was very short though. Now let’s move onto the questions!

This week we had 3 questions to complete! They were really easy to do! The first question was about pandas and what their Chinese name is and what it means. The second question was about what other panda lives in China and then you have to name it and write two interesting facts about it. The third and last question is about what the different sounds pandas use to communicate with other pandas. Once you have done all three of your questions you have to click a screenshot and embed it into your blog post.

Now it’s time to move onto the create task! This week we only had one create task to complete. For the create task you have to create a organisation that help to protect pandas. You also have to research pandas that are endangered. You have to draw awareness into this issue of pandas getting endangered. I did this presentation on Canva. I like to use Canva and I use it all the time. I used a video on Canva. Once you have done your first create task you have to blog it.

UPDATE: I will update my post once I’ve finished it! 😊

REFLECTION [for three questions] Here are my three questions written down in his book. I hope you enjoy reading it! [also sorry if it’s a bit blurry]

REFLECTION: I didn’t really like this create task because it was confusing to do. I think next time I can improve on making my video have more slides. But I still think I did okay.

Here is my Canva video. Which includes my first create task. I hope you like it! <3

Reading Create Tasks 1, 2, 3 & Questions Term 4 Week 1

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This week was the first week of the term! It is term 4 so that means we have reading! For reading I moved up a higher level. I am now with a Ruru teacher. I used to be with Miss Hanrahan and now I am with Miss Ludmann. I am happy I moved up but the reading level is a bit hard. For reading you have two create tasks to complete. You also have to do questions. There is one must do create task can do create tasks. After you have finished the must do you can do as many as can do’s as you want or can complete. We had a book to read first. It is a National Geographic book. My book was about Elephants! Every week we will have new books to read. We have to read our book with a buddy which is only once because the book is long. The book was 48 pages in the Elephant book. This book has true facts about Elephants. This book is based on real facts. The book was about Elephants and facts about Elephants. It had its habitat and all of the other stuff about Elephants. Once you have read the book you have to watch two videos, One of my video was not available to watch. So that means that the video was not letting me watch it. So I had to watch one video. The video was about Elephant facts. Once you have watched the videos or video you have to move onto doing your questions.

You have 5 questions to do. The questions were: What is Migration, How do Scientists find out how far an Elephant has traveled, How long is a mother Elephant pregnant for, What are baby Elephants called, and what is a poacher and what do they sell. Those were the five questions you have to write. You have to write the questions in your reading book. Once you have done writing those questions in your book. You have to click a photo and put it into your blog post.

We had a must do to complete. For the must do you have to draw an awareness about, a greatest threat that is happening to Elephants and about them becoming endangered species. You have to create this on any DLO [digital learning object] straight away. I did mine on Canva. Canva is my favorite DLO to use, so that’s why I use it most of the time. You also have to add information that includes what you can do to help the Elephants not getting endangered. Once you have done your first must do create task you have to blog it!

There are Can do create tasks you can do. For the Can do create task I did Environmental Factors. For environmental factors you have to create a DLO and think back about term three and what Inquiry topic you did. Then you have to explain how it affected your animal. I did Greenhouse gases so I have to explain how it made the Elephants environment worse. Once you have done your can do you can blog it.

UPDATE: I will update my post once I’ve finished it! 😄

REFLECTION [for five questions] I didn’t really like doing five questions. I think it should’ve been three questions. But I am fine with five. I think next time I can improve on making my questions better. But I still think I did okay.

Here is my five questions screenshotted and embedded into my blog post! I hope you like my answers! <3

[sorry if it’s hard to read]

REFLECTION [for must do create task one]: I didn’t really like doing this create task that much. I think it was a bit hard. But it was a bit easy at the same time. I think next time I can improve on making my template and my words better. But I still think I did okay.

Here is my first create task, which includes my Canva poster. I hope you like it! <3

REFLECTION [for can do]: I didn’t really like doing the can do. It was kind of hard to come up with a problem. I think next time I can improve on making my problems and solutions better. But I still think I did okay.

Here is my first can do which is the environmentally friendly one. I hope you like it! <3

PB4L Nut Free Poster Term 3 Week 10

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Today is the last day of school for the term! Then we have 2 weeks of school holidays! I am really excited for it! Anyways while people were at the Girls Got games for basketball, [I was in the game] the other people had to work on a Nut Free poster for the school. It’s because people are allergic and now it has become a nut free school. I wanted to make a PB4L poster and I did it today. It didn’t take long to make it was really easy to do. I wanted to also put a PB4L activity on my blog post since it is the last day of the term. So that’s why I did a poster. I did it on Canva. It was really easy to do a poster on Canva. I included nuts with crosses so that it looks like nuts are not allowed in the school. I also typed up a sentence in Hindi. I will tell you what it is. It says: “DO NOT bring Nuts to school. Some people are allergic to Nuts. If the particles go into their mouth they could die.” That’s what it said. So it is in the black writing on the bottom.

Reading Create Tasks 1,2 & 3 Term 3 Week 10 🩷

WALT: Relate ideas to own experiences and to wider world

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This week is the last week of my Reading blog post. So I hope you enjoy it and like it! This week we had the same create tasks and the same book choices as last week! We had to choose a different book from last weeks options and create tasks! We could choose from 6 different book options. All of the books are PDF’S, which meant that they had to be read online. I chose Daylighting streams. Daylighting streams was about pipes, waterways and about things and how they could get destroyed. The pipes get clogged so then it can’t process things properly. You have to read the PDF text 3 times. My text was 6 pages long but I only had to read 5 pages since the last page has the description of the author and other information like that. You have to read it as a buddy, then by yourself, then with a group or a teacher. [if they come to you] Then once you have done reading your PDF three times you have to move onto watching or reading the supporting texts. The supporting texts are the Scaffolding text, the Complementary text, and the Challenge text. I will tell you what those texts we about.

SCAFFOLDING TEXT: The scaffolding text was a video and it was about, daylighting streams and improving salmon habits.

COMPLEMENTARY TEXT: The complementary text was a video and it was about, Nelson floods, before and after the devastation.

CHALLENGE TEXT: The challenge text was a article to read and it was about, river\streams daylighting.

Once you have watched or read the three supporting texts you have to move onto your three create tasks! I will tell you what the create tasks I chose were about.

CREATE TASK ONE: For the first create task you have to make a copy of a flow chart and then fill in the six boxes with facts from your PDF article. You have to name your copy and put it into your reading folder. The facts have to be put into your own words from the PDF article. Once you have finished your first create task, then you have to blog it!

CREATE TASK TWO: For create task three we could choose from the same six different options. But you can’t choose the same as create task two or as last week. I chose Identify. For identify you have to explain what problems people have been facing that are not preventing them to be environmentally friendly. You have to write a paragraph to explain. I typed the paragraph on my chromebook because I think it’s easier to do. Then you have to click a photo and blog it. Once you have done your third create task you have to blog it!

CREATE TASK THREE: For create task three you can choose from the same six different options, but you can’t choose from the same as last week or as create task two. I chose to do Design. [and describe] For design you have to design something that is environmentally friendly. It could be a bin or a a worm farm bin. I could be other things as well. You have to also describe what it is and what materials it includes. I chose to do a pipe that clears any dirt or things that get clogged. I did this on a Google drawing. I also typed up the describe part below my reflection. Once you have done your third create task you have to blog it!

UPDATE: I will update my post once i’ve finished it! 😄

REFLECTION [for flow chart]: I liked this create task because I think using a flow chart is easy for create task one. I think next time I can improve on making my facts better, but I still think I did okay.

Here is my first create task which includes my Flow chart. I hope you like it! <3

REFLECTION [for create task two paragraph]: I liked doing a paragraph in my book because I think it is easy to write down a long paragraph. I also liked doing this create task because it is really easy to do. I think next time I can improve on writing a bit more in my script. But I still think I did good.

Here is my second create task embedded into my blog post. This is for create task two Identify paragraph description. I hope you like it! <3

REFLECTION [for create task three design and describe]: I liked this create task because I think it’s easy to do and use on a google drawing. I think next time I can improve on making my pipe better. But I still think I did okay.

Here is my third create task, which includes my Google drawing. I hope you like it! <3

Writing Butterfly Life Cycle Explanation Writing Term 3 Week 9

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For the past 2 weeks we have been looking at explanation writing. Explanation writing is how something works or about something that is true or real. I am doing the butterfly cycle. For the butterfly life cycle you have to start by typing up your information straight into a Google doc. The stuff you have to include in your life cycle are, Introduction\question, Egg stage, Larvae stage, Chrysalis stage, and Butterfly stage. You have to first make a copy of a cornell method then get the facts into the Google doc. Once you have done that you have to make a slideshow or a poster [etc] and include your information into your slideshow or whatever you chose. I chose to do a slideshow from my Google drive. You can include pictures in your thing you chose. You have to include all of your facts that you got from your Google doc. You can also search information up. Then you have to blog it. The interesting facts can be from Google but you have to put in it your own words, so that it is not copied. You also are not allowed to copy and paste from Google. But you can from your Google doc through your slideshow or another DLO. [digital learning object] I didn’t really like doing explanation writing. But I found learning about the butterfly life cycle a bit interesting, I think next time I can improve on making my stages better and my information better. But I still think I did okay. I liked doing the interesting facts it was my favorite.

UPDATE: I will update my post once I’ve finished it! 😄 Bye bloggers see you all in TERM 4! BYE!! <3

Here is my Google doc for my explanation writing. I hope you like it! <3

Here is my slideshow information from my Google doc. I hope you like it! <3 [it’s

Reading Create Tasks 1, 2, & 3 Term 3 Week 9 🩷

WALT: Relate ideas to own experiences and wider world

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This week for reading we have new book choices! We could choose from 6 different book options! All of them were PDF’S, which means that it is red online. Also the create tasks were the same as last week, except they changed to the Environment topic. The topic was Environment! Now I will tell you the book I choose and what it is about! I chose the book Unwanted Visitors, it was a PDF and it was 5 pages long. But we had to read only four, since the last page is for the extra details of the book. Unwanted visitors was about flights and how you can not take some items because of the bugs! There are fruit flies and other types of bugs that can come into the country you are going to. They appear in suitcases. You also have to read the book with a teacher, yourself, and with your group. I did not have time to read it with a group, so I read it with myself. Once you have read your PDF three times, you have to watch and read the supporting texts! They are the Scaffolding text, the Complementary text, and the Challenge text. I will now tell you what the supporting texts are!

SCAFFOLDING TEXT: The Scaffolding text is about 2023 biosecurity New Zealand in flight video.

COMPLEMENTARY TEXT: The Complementary text is about Biosecurity – protecting to grow New Zealand.

CHALLENGE TEXT: The Challenge text is about an article about Biosecurity.

Once you have watched and read the three supporting texts, you have to move onto your Create tasks! I will also tell you what my three create tasks are about and what I chose for them!

FIRST CREATE TASK: For the first create task you have to complete a flow chart of you journal article and you have to include some facts of the topic you have read about. In a flow chart there are 6 boxes for facts to be filled in. You have to click on the link and make a copy of the Flow chart. Then you have to name it and put it into your Reading folder. Once you have done your first create task you have to blog it!

SECOND CREATE TASK: For the second create task you can choose from 6 different create task options! I chose Questioning. For questioning you have to come up with three questions related to your article and also come up with three answers to the three questions! You have to put it on one DLO, [digital learning object] to plan it on, then put it on another DLO to present it! For my first DLO I chose to use a Google doc, and for my second DLO I chose to use Animaker, Once you have done your second create task, you have to blog it!

CREATE TASK THREE: For the third create task you can choose from the same six different create task options, but you can’t choose the one you chose for create task two. I chose Examine. For examine you have to summarize into your own words of you article and then you have to create task Brochure using your key facts. We have to put this on one DLO so I chose to use a Google doc. Then I used Canva to create my Brochure. I have created a Brochure before and it is easy to create. Once you have done your third create task you have to blog it!

UPDATE: I will update my post once I’ve finished it. 😄

REFECTION [for first create task] : I liked this create task because it was really easy to do and to complete. I think next time I can maybe improve on adding better facts. But I still think I did good.

Here is my first create task, which includes my Flow chart. I hope you like it! <3

REFLECTION [for Google doc] : I liked using a Google doc for my questioning create task because I found it easy to use. I think next time I can improve on making my questions better, but I still think I did okay.

Here is my Google doc for planning and for my second questioning create task. I hope you like it! <3

REFLECTION [for Animaker DLO] : I liked using this DLO because I think it is very easy to use from all of the DLO’S I’ve used so far. I think next time I can improve on making my slideshows better, but I still think I did well in using this DLO.

Here is my Animaker slideshow DLO, for my second questioning create task. I hope you enjoy my reading my slideshow and I hope you like it! <3

 

REFLECTION [for Google doc] : I liked using a Google doc for this create task because I think it is the easiest DLO to use for planning. I think next time I can improve on summarizing my story better, but I still think I did good.

REFLECTION [for Canva DLO] : I liked using Canva for this create task because I think it was easy to use. I think next time I can improve on nothing. It’s because I think I did good.

Here is my Canva DLO which is for my third create task. I hope you like it! <3

Reading Create Tasks 1, 2 & 3 Term 3 Week 8

WALT: Compare and contrast within and between texts 

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This week we had the same book choices as last week! We could choose from 6 different book options! All of the story options were a PDF, so that means that it is online to read. This week I chose the PDF Biathlon. Biathlon has two sports in one, they include Shooting and Skiing. They are combined sports together. Biathlon was made for Men in 1968 and 1992 for Women. [the rest of my facts are in my create task one. You have to choose your journal story. once you have chosen your journal story you have to read it three times. You have to read it with a buddy, by yourself and with a group. I could not read it with a group because I did not have my group with me, but I read it with myself to count. Once you have read it three times you have to watch or read the supporting texts which are, the Scaffolding, the Complementary and the Challenge text. Now I am going to tell you what the supporting texts were about.

SCAFFOLDING TEXT: The scaffolding text was about: Winter Olympics rules of the game: Biathlon.

COMPLEMENTARY TEXT: The complementary text is about the men’s biathlon 10km sprint.

CHALLENGE TEXT: The challenge text is all about Biathlon, like facts and what biathlon is basically about.

Once you have watched or read the supporting texts you have to move onto your three create tasks! I will explain you about the three create tasks and the ones I chose!

FIRST CREATE TASK: For the first create task you have to create a story map or a flow chart of your journal story. You have to create a story map if you book is fiction, and you have to do a flow chart if your book or PDF is a Non-fiction. I had to do a flow chart because my PDF is a Non-fiction. In a flow chart there are 6 facts that you have to get from your PDF story. You also have to summarize it into your own words. You also have to put your flow chart in your Reading folder and name yours. Once you have typed up your six facts you have to blog it.

SECOND CREATE TASK: For the second create task we could choose from six different create task options, but you can not choose the one you chose last week. I chose identify. For identify you have to think of a problem that would occur for your Paralympian in a wheelchair and what you would need to change for them to play. Mine was biathlon so I would need to come up with a problem and a solution for my Paralympian. You can choose to do one DLO [digital learning object] to plan your work, then choose another DLO to present it on. For my first DLO I choose to use a Google doc then for my second DLO I chose to use Animaker. Once you have done your create task you have to blog it.

THIRD CREATE TASK: For the third create task you could choose from the same six create task options, but you can not choose the same as last week or the same as create task two. I chose Examine. For examine you have to see the rules of your journal story then you have to summarize the rules. You also have to come up with a rule related to your journal story. Mine has to be a rule related to Biathlon. You have to choose one DLO to plan it on, and one DLO to present it on. For my first DLO I chose to use a Google doc, then for my second DLO I chose to use Canva. Once you have done your create task three, you have to blog it.

UPDATE: I will update my post once I I’ve finished it! 😄

REFLECTION: I liked this create task because it was easy to do. But i think some of the facts were a bit hard to find. I think next time I can improve on making my facts better, but I still think I did good.

Here is my create task one which is the Flow chart with my six facts. I hope you like it! 😄

REFLECTION [for Google doc] : I liked using a Google doc because, I think it is really easy to plan on. I think next time I can improve on making my problems better. But I still think I did good.

REFLECTION [for Animaker DLO] I liked using this DLO because I think it was easy to use. I think next time I can improve on nothing. It’s because I think I did good in using this DLO and doing this create task. Sorry if it’s to fast and you can’t read it quickly. I do not know how to make slideshows longer.

REFLECTION [for Google doc] : I liked this create task because it was fun to do and it was easy to come up with problems and solutions. I think next time I can improve on making my third question better. but I still think I did well.

REFECTION [for Animaker DLO] : I liked using this DLO because it was fun and easy to use. I think next time I can improve on nothing, it’s because I think I did good using this DLO.

Greenhouse Gases Inquiry Term 3 Week 7

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This week we have been looking at a new inquiry topic! We had to choose from 6 different inquiry options! We had to fill out a form for the inquiry choices. We had three choices and this is what I chose: First choice, Fast fashion, Second choice, Greenhouse Gases, Third choice, Deforestation. I got the choice Greenhouse gases\Greenhouse effect. So that means that I got my second choice! I am happy about my choice. Now I am going to tell you what the Greenhouse gases mean.

Let’s start with the word greenhouse. Greenhouse is a place where plants and flowers grow. It is made out of plastic or glass. It let’s the sun come in but not the rain or snow. The glass or plastic protects the flowers and the plants during the winter, so that the rain and snow does not go inside of the greenhouse. Now let’s talk about gases. Gases are something that comes out of cars, planes, etc. [the rest of my facts are in my inquiry work that I am blogging 😄]

We had to go on the Senior learning site, then you have to go and click onto the sign that says Greenhouse gases. It will take you to a site. The teacher will play two videos then you have to type information into your doc. We had to make a copy of the Google doc, then you have to name it and put it into your Inquiry folder. There are 8 boxes of questions that you have to complete. One of the questions were  “What are Greenhouse gases used for?” Then you have to come up with a answer. But if your stuck coming up with a answer, you can copy it of the screen from the teachers. I was with the teacher Miss Lee.

For the last box of questions, you have to come up with your own reason. This was a why or why not question. Now I will show you my work! I hope you like it!

UPDATE: I will update my post once I’ve finished it! 😊

EDITED\UPDATED: I am going to give you a little bit of a description for my second part of the Greenhouse effect\gases! So for the second part of the greenhouse effect learning part, you have to create a greenhouse machine to extract CO2. [carbon dioxide] You can do it on a Google Drawing or you can draw the machine. I used it on a Google Drawing. I found it easy to do. I still have to finish making my machine with the shapes! So once I am done doing my machine, then I will update it! I liked using a Google Drawing, but I think next time I can improve on making my machine better. but I still think I did okay.

Here is my machine to extract CO2! Which I used on a Google drawing. I hope you like it!

Reading Create Tasks

 

 

WALT: Compare and contrast within and between texts

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This week for Reading we had new book choices! This week our topic was the WInter Olympics! We could choose from 6 different book options! All of them were PDFS. So that means that there is a link to read them. I chose the book Figure Skating. Now I will tell you what my book is about. Figure skating is about how a person wears skates and does tricks on ice. There is also ice dancing. In ice dancing there will be a person who performs dance tricks. There are also two people who can do Figure skating, and they do it together by performing different tricks together. [the rest of the facts are in my create task one] You have to read you PDF to a buddie, by yourself, and with a group. So that is reading your PDF three times. I could not read it with a group because my group was with a different reading teacher. But to make it count as a group, I read it by myself. Once you have read the text, you have to move onto watching or reading the supporting texts. The supporting texts are the Scaffolding text, Complementary text, and the Challenge text. Now I am going to tell you what my supporting texts are about.

SCAFFOLDING TEXT: The Scaffolding text was a video, and it is about, Anna Shcherbakova wins women gold| Figure Skating Beijing 2022| Free skate highlights.

COMPLEMENTARY TEXT: The Complementary text was a video, and it is about, Maia & Alex Shibutani’s Ice dance to “Paradise” by Coldplay at PyeongChang 2018| Music Monday

CHALLENGE TEXT: The Challenge text was a PDF which was something to read, and it was about, Figure Skating.

Now I am going to tell you about what the create tasks are about!

FIRST CREATE TASK: For the first create task you have to create a Flow chart or a story map. If your book is a Fiction you have to make a copy of a flow chart, and if your book is non-fiction then you have to make a copy of a story map. Fiction is true and Non-fiction is not true. Mine was a Fiction so I had to make a copy of a flow chart. In the Flow chart you have to name it, put it into your Reading folder then complete it. The Flow chart had 6 boxes which are for six facts. So you have to type up six facts in those six boxes. Once you have finished you create task, you have to blog it.

SECOND CREATE TASK: For the third create task you could choose from the same six different options again! I chose Questioning. For questioning you have to come up with three questions that are related to your journal story, then you have to come up with three answers as well. You have to first plan your questions on one DLO, [digital learning object] then you have to present it on another DLO. For my first DLO I chose Google doc. Then for my second DLO I chose Aimaker. Once you have finished your third create task you have to blog it.

THIRD CREATE TASK: For the second create task you can choose from six different create task options. I chose Design. For design you have to create appropriate clothes for your athlete or for a person. I had to create Figure skating clothes. You also have to describe about what materials is used. Once you have finished your second create task you have to blog it.

UPDATE: I will update my post once I’ve finished it. 😊

REFLECTION: I liked this create task because it was really easy to do. But some of the facts were a bit hard to find even though there was a lot of information. I think next time I can improve on making some of my facts better, but I still think I did good.

Here is my first create task which includes my Flow Chart.

 

REFLECTION: I liked this create task because it was fun and easy to do. I think next time I can improve on nothing. It’d because I think I did good in my second create task.

Here is my second create task, which includes my Google doc for planning and my Animaker slideshow for presenting. I hope you like it.

 

REFLECTION: I liked this create task because I think it was easy like the other create tasks. I think next time I can make my drawing better. But I still think I did good.

DESCRIPTION: The uniform is made out of silky material, it also helps your body to keep warm. The skates are made out of hard material, it helps to slide around the ice. The uniform is the colors light and dark blue. The skates are white and grey.