Lonely Larry

Kia ora bloggers,
This week for literacy we have been learning about inferencing and show not tell.  When we read something, we automatically start making inferences, so it is important when we write that we give clues in our writing that allow people to make inferences.  We want to show them - not tell them.
For example:  Paul was frustrated when he got to the bus stop and realised he had just missed the bus.  But instead I could write “Running as fast as he could, Paul turned the corner only to see the back of the bus as it pulled away.  Throwing his bag down on the ground and sighing out loud, Paul realised that he had no choice, but to sit and wait for the next bus to arrive - 20 minutes from now”  You can infer from me saying ‘throwing his bag down and sighing out loud’ that he is frustrated.
Our task was to create a video that accompanied a piece of writing about an elderly man.  We used Adobe Spark to do this.


















Have a look at my video and see if you can you make some inferences about what I have written.
Do you think the elderly man is happy?

Great Finds

Kia Ora Bloggers,

For numeracy this week, we have been learning about grid references and we have been working on 4 and 6 digit grid references.

We learnt that we read across the bottom of the grid first (Eastlings) and then up the side second (Northlings). 

Our task today was to look at an aerial map of our school, write down the 6 digit grid references for the letters that our teacher had put on it, and then go in hunt of those points.  At each point there was 1 or 2 letters.  Once we had them all, we had to come back into the hub and unscramble the letters to figure out what it spelt.  The secret sentence was ‘Happy Birthday Zoe’.

I really enjoyed the task.  Have you ever had to use grid references before in real life?  What was it for?

See you next time,

Filthy Twits

Kia ora Bloggers,

This week we have been looking carefully at making inferences when we read or watch something.

An inference is when we take clues from a text or image, and
add them to our thoughts or prior knowledge and make an inference.
For example,  when I look at this photo, I might make the inference that
this photo was taken in a food factory as everyone is wearing hair
nets and this is required in all food factories.

The text that we read a snippet out of was ‘The Twits’ by Roald Dahl.
Once we had read the first few chapters where they described the main characters, Mr and Mrs Twit, we then had to make some inferences based on the clues that Roald Dahl had given in the text.

I used Google Draw to create a display of my inferences I have made about Mr and Mrs Twit. 



Have you read The Twits before?  Do you agree with my inferences? What inferences would you make about the characters?



See you next time!

Buggy Bees

Kia ora Bloggers,

For Numeracy this week we have been looking at compass directions.  We have worked on reading maps using the 8 main directions - North, South, East, West, North-East, South-East, North-West and South-West and then we moved onto using Bee bots and our knowledge of compass directions to get a Bee bot through the grid to various locations. We had to programme the Beebot with our own algorithm, using forwards, backwards, turn right, turn left and N, S, E, W.  It was important that we regularly tested our algorithm to check we didn’t need to de-bug (find a problem and fix it). I got a bug a few times but in the end I worked it out.

One of the algorithms I did was this. West 2 squares forward , turn left, south 2 squares forward , turn right, west 2 squares forward, turn left, south 2 squares.  And you are at the house.

These are pictures that I got of my bee bot going across the grid.
If you have ever programmed a robot before please comment down below what it was?
Have you ever written an algorithm for something? 
Have you ever had to use a compass for something?

Whacky Week

Kia ora Bloggers as it is our last week of distance learning it was Friday tasks and these are the three task I did the first one is math second is Friday task and last is my literacy. 

For maths we have been learning about volume and capacity. Volume is how much space something takes up and capacity is how much something can hold like a bucket of water.

In the end I think I did a good job and what I could have changed was made a different colour for the answers. Question At the end don't Forget

For our tech task for Friday we were supposed to imagine like we could make our dream room and then make it out of something like card. Because i did not have anything so I drew it out of paper. I know it is not my best quality but I did not have the most I could have because I did not have much time. I think overall it is okay.

For literacy for the past few weeks we have been focusing on the book called Going Solo by Roald Dahl. It is about Boy who is around 20 who goes to Africa to work for a company called shell. After that he joined the R.A.F to be a pilot in world war I.  We had to make a Biography about him and What you see is what I did. I think I did a pretty good Job

Have you ever used a measuring cup before? and If you have or not please comment down below.

have you ever thought what your dream bedroom would look like? if you have please comment down below.

Have you ever done a biography on someone? if you have please comment down below who it was.

The Bravest

For out literacy we have been reading the book called going solo by Roald Dahl. It's about Boy who go's to Africa and joins RAF into world war 2 as a pilot for a gladiator. He has to go to a place called 8o Squadron. The chief gives him a location but when he arrives it is actually no Mans land and he doesn't have enough fuel to get back so he tries to do an emergency landing and hits a boulder and crashes face first in to thee ground. It is a good book and I very much would say you should read it.



         

Have you ever read a scary or suspense book, If you have comment down below.

Tricky Three

Kia Ora Bloggers for our week 4 activities we have been focusing on literacy maths and our Friyay tasks. As you can see there are three different images and the first one is literacy second on is Friyay and third one is maths. The literacy task was to create a suspense story on the book By Roald Dahl Called going solo. And there was a chapter called green mamba and that is what it was based on. That is my writing in the end.


Next is our Friday tasks and it was to make a plan of what it would look like if you had a garden. I did a survey of what the people in my bubbles favourite vegetable was and I got 2 broccoli, 1 carrot and, 1 spinach. I made a drawing of all of them and listed what all was in the picture and the end result is the second one.


last but not least is math and it was a creative task and it was to make our dream room/house. I chose my bedroom and this is what I came up with. I am quite a gamer so I have my setup there, Do not get confused and think that is a study area.























































Just before you hop off I have three simple question that you can put the answers to in the comments.
1 have you ever seen a snake?
2 Have you ever planted something?
3 Have you ever thought about your dream room?.

Perfect Pizza

Kia Ora Bloggers for Friday we had to do special activities instead of maths and literacy. And on activity was to create a food truck and this is what I did I made a a place about pizza called Ree Pizza which is ree because that is what all my friends at school call me for fun and so I did that. As you see there is pepperoni cheese and veg pizza. I know that this is not the best I can do but I did not have much time so I had to do this.

If you have ever made a something related to food or even food comment down below.