Kumasta,
Part of our class Treaty says we will make learning goals. We have used the SMART method
S specific
M measurable
A achievable
R relevant
T time bound
Here is an example
Goal Setting 2026 by Tanya Mundy
We are learning how to make connections with what we are reading by using our prior knowledge and information from the book.
It was interesting learning what connects we how to our stories.
Kia Ora
We are learning how to look after our devices; school owned or personal. We all learnt something different, some learnt to hold the device closed with 2 hands. This is important because we saw how thin the screen and the protective case are too thin. Others learnt to keep food and drink away from the Chromebooks and why. This is important because if food gets under the keys it will not work properly. If drink gets under the keys it can short-circuit. We had to match the words on the right with those on the left. Then we did the quiz. Thank you Amy Tofa for organising this Cybersmart Challenge.
Kia Ora
We have been learning how bugs can help our environment. The idea of eating bugs does not excite me.
Would you eat bugs if you had to?
This week in reading, we had to recreate an image from the story. In our story, the main character was getting a tattoo as a new chief. We had to create the tattoo he was to get. In the story it was going on his thigh we made one for his shoulder.
In our story, the Chief was telling the story of the octopus and how it was taking over the water around the islands.
We had to create a tattoo for the Chief’s arm
This week we are focusing on the Word Lab and Ponder.
We are learning about Hyperbole, another name is Exaggeration. Here is the one I picked to explain.
This is an exaggeration because we can lose a pencil or clothing. But to lose your mind you would need to take it out of your head and take out your mind, that is in this sense of the word lose.
For the Ponder, we had to think about whether these statements are more likely to be true?
Which do you think?
We are reading The Mazer Runner as a class and have a range of tasks to complete each week.
The first thing we did was the Ponder… What is worse…
I think ‘Remembering things but having no names or faces or places ‘ because you would feel lost not knowing where you had been or where you are going. Confused, because you have part memories but things are missing. Alone because don’t remember family and friends but you have a feeling of relationship but lost and no longer belonging. Scared because you have strangers around and uncertainty.
Our Word Lab task was to explain one of two metaphors. Metaphors compare things to another, imagine your teacher came back to school and someone said she was a real bear after the holidays, they would be saying she is grumpy.
We talked about the ‘lightless lift that swayed back and forth as it ascended. First, we talked about specific words lightless which means not light dark, ascending is the opposite of descending which means going down.
For each chapter we have to answer a question as part of the Novel Study.
In reading, we have been learning about cause and effect. An example is if you are fishing and you’re caught in the line you could end up overboard, pulled by the fish.
It was fun reading this story. Although I would not like to be dragged by a marlin underwater. Some found it tricky to figure out the other meanings of the words let, end and line. do you know words that have more than one meaning?
Kia Ora
This week we have been comparing and contrasting information about plants and what they need. Depending on where they live their needs change. Plants that live in the cold are smaller and require less water, they also sleep through the coldest parts of winter. Plants that live in the desert, store water for the dry season. All plants need water and nutrients from the soil. It depends on how much water and nutrients they can get from where they live.
Here is an example of what we had to do…(this is the master)
On Wednesday our teacher told us about the school we are joining to do Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu – it is where you write comments on other student blogs from schools around the motu. So were checked out where and who the schools are we are blog commenting with.
The schools are Paroa in Greymouth, first, we thought they were in Whakatane then found them in Hokitika, on the West Coast of Te Waipounamu. Glen Innes is our other buddy school, they were easier to find and are in Auckland at first we thought they were a long way from our school (as they were the first school we looked for, after locating our school on the map) until we searched for Paora School. Edmund Hillary School (our school) is the red marker.
