Duffy birthday celebration

The whole school got together this week to celebrate Duffy’s birthday. We made our own Duffy box and birthday hats. We decorated our box by drawing either a Zentangle or a culture pattern on it. We decorated the hats with patterns and glitter. At the assembly, the speaker gave a talk about Duffy’s history and achievements. Alan Duff started taking Duff books to the school. By October 1999, over a million books had been distributed. They were giving to people who didn’t have any books at home. The programme started in 1992. It’s been 32 years now that the Duff books have been giving to the schools.

 

Comrades Marathon

LI: To make connections (self, text, world).

LI: To identify authors’ purpose.

LI: To identify the main ideas.

LI: To summarise a section of text.

For this task, we found out some useful information about the Comrades Marathon. It’s a long-distance running event, covering 88 kilometres on foot. We worked in pairs to come up with a prediction about story. We looked at the questions and came up with the answers in the comment tool. For example, one of the questions asked, “How does the Comrades Marathon relate to the training of the ancient Olympians?”. I think it’s the healthy diet, because they need to be fit and fast in the race. Both sports are related to running as well.  I looked up the definitions of the words in the list. I looked up “alternates.” It means to do something in turns.

 

I find this activity is enjoyful, because I learned some new things about it, like how athletes train for the Comrades Marathon.

Kahoot About Ancient Olympics

LI: To recall our knowledge on the Ancient Olympics at speed.

For this task, each group created a Kahoot about the ancient Olympics. There are different types of selections. Some include multiple options, true or false. For example, you might be asked whether the ancient Olympics started in 776 BC ?  If the selection is true or false.  Then you choose true. You get points when you answer the questions correctly. When the Kahoot is finished, each player gets a score.

I find this activity is fun because I learned something new about it.

Kick starter and Step up

For this task, we’re looking into some interesting facts about Jacques Cousteau and then creating a scary deep-sea creature. As a pair, we research two fun facts about Jacques Cousteau. Did you know that Jacques Cousteau learned to swim when he was just four years old? For our kick starter we imagined ourselves as Jacques Cousteau discovered a sea creature in the deep sea. We looked up ‘scary deep-sea creatures’ and combined some of the creatures together to create our own deep-sea creatures. The creatures we combined is Lamprey and Handfish to make our deep sea creature. Lastly for step up we’ll used AI Craiyon and describe our sea creature to see if the AI image is similar to what we’ve drawn.

I find this activity interesting and enjoyable because it’s really creative.

Modern Olympics

For this task we learned things about the Modern Olympics. We get into a group of 4 to discuss what values do Modern Olympics. They are Creed, Motto, Rings, Oath and values. In a group each person chooses a question to answer. I chose “How have the numbers of sports and participating counties changed since the first modern olympics in 1896 ?” Do you know from 1968 – 1990 women that did really well in the Olympics have to go through a gender test.

I find this activity interesting, because I learned a lot of new things about the Modern Olympics.

 

Rosie Ruiz fakes Boston Marathon win

LI: To make connections (text, world).

LI: LI: To find information (facts) and retell it in less words.

LI: To make inferences about the events in the text using the clues provided by the author.

For this task we read a story called Rosie Ruiz fakes Boston Marathon win. We looked at the picture to predict what will happen next. To help us write our prediction in more detail. In pairs we looked at each other’s predictions to give feedback and give a question. We answer the questions in the comment tool.

I enjoy doing this activity, because I find out where I need to improve.

 

Poros of Malia

LI: To make connections (self, text, world)

LI: To identify the main ideas – negotiation game

LI: To make inferences about the events in the text using the clues provided by the author.

LI: To practise skimming and scanning by looking for keywords in the text when answering questions.

For this task we are reading a book called Poros of Malia.

We used evidence to help us answer the questions. In pairs we answer each question using the comment tool. We looked at each other’s predictions to give feedback and give a question. So we could see where we need to improve. The strategies I used to help myself are inferring and using the information that I already know. 

 

 

I enjoyed this activity, because it helps me a lot when I’m writing informations.

NZ First Olympians

LI: To make connections (self, text, world).

LI: To identify the main ideas – negotiation game.

LI: To make inferences about the events in the text using the clues provided by the author.

LI: To practise skimming and scanning by looking for key words in the text when answering questions.

For this task we are reading stories about “NZ First Olympians”.

We answer each question using the comment tool. In pairs we looked at each other’s predictions to give feedback and give a question. The strategies I used to help myself are inferring and using the information that I already know. 

 

 

I enjoyed this activity, because it helps me a lot when I’m writing informations.

Tivaevae Design

For this task we created our own tivaevae design to celebrate Cook Island language week.

Tivaevae is a piece of patchwork used to decorate the walls, marriage and special events. In pairs we write some facts about Tivaevae. For example in english tivaevae means patches, which means pieces of material sewn together. In the olden days  parts of  Tivaevae were sewn by each woman. Lastly, after researching informations about it. We created our own one.

I find this activity is fun, because I learned something new about Tivaevae.

Persuasive Text

LI: To explore the language features of a persuasive text.

For this task we learned persuasive text . Persuasive text is convincing someone to agree with the topic that you are talking about. In pairs we chose a topic called ” Students should be able to listen to music in class” to practise writing our persuasive text for our speeches.

I enjoy this activity, because it really helps you a lot when you write a topic.