Cicadas Do Maths-SLJ

Cicadas Do Maths

(Sorry I have not been blogging a lot of SLJ stuff)

Just letting you guys know that I will try to blog more tasks after Christmas until the  new years because I am going to be busy for a while. 

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Today I decided to do a SLJ task! I did "Cicadas Do Maths" because it sounded really fun and interesting!

Activity one: Kick start! I found this activity really fun, it was really cool to think about what I want to do when I get older and who I want to become. It was really cool to think about and to vision what my life would be like!  This Kick Start activity was so much fun to do and I really enjoyed it. I recommend trying this activity if you want a nice and calm thing to do. Here is my "When I am 17... " work!

Activity two: Step It Up  For this activity we had to make a Cicada life cycle. I found this one easy and hard. This was really fun to learn about, as I literally had no knowledge about Cicadas but now I know what they look like, and other facts about them. I created the cycle on a google drawing. This was really fun to and now I know heaps of facts. For example the main fact I learnt was that shortly after a 17-year old Cicada nymph (a Cicada nymph hatches from an egg) hatches from it's egg it burrows itself into the ground. Where it spends it's first 17 years of it's life excavating tunnels and eating the sap from the free roots. I hope you like my work! 

Summer learning journey-Vector Art Decoration

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Today I decided to do one of the activities for the Summer learning journey! I wanted to create a Vector Art Decoration because it sounded like a lot of fun and I wanted to give it a go! Activity 1: Kick start! I was inspired by a hourglass type of shape but I changed the actual shape to diamonds but the same sort of outside shape of the hourglass if that makes sense?  I wanted to make it green and red because I like those colours and I also wanted some short of shape inside the diamond!  Some tips I would recommend is to add different shapes because it makes it look really cool and adds detail. Also maybe a lot of different colours (if you want) to make it stand out. My last tip would be to make it a unique shape and not just a circle for your decoration. Activity 2: Step it up. 

Activity 1: Kick start! This is what I have created! 

Activity 2: Step it up, this is what I have done for this activity! 

I have started to do this activity but I have to stop now because I have to go for the weekend so sorry if I don't finish it.

I don't have any tips so far as I have just started doing it. I have decided to do the rock because I like his acting he does. Even though this is NOT finished I will still show you!

Kiwi Christmas on the beach!

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Today we needed to make a Christmas shape google drawing. This was inspired by summer learning journey but this is not one of the tasks for summer learning journey. We were doing the real summer learning journey but then our Toroa buddies came and we needed to do something easy for them so we made a new google drawing and we had to make a picture. Mine is a Kiwi Christmas on the beach.  My buddies helped me make this too.

Buddy reading!

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This year Ruru and Kotuku (Kotuko is year 2, and Ruru is year 6 and 5) have been getting together for buddy reading once a week? And today we got told we can blog there writing from athletics and this is her writing (her name is Annabelle L) By the way this is her writing from her book i'm just writing it up on my Chromebook. Please comment on what you think about her writing. (Just being aware shes 6 so shes not going to have top grade writing) Here's her writing:)

Athletics

Yesterday we did athletics. We were brilliant. First we are lined up in house groups and Mustang went with Mrs Hefferman. Mustang was doing sprinting, we were running. Then we did relays, with Mrs Coco and Miss Merial. We were running with a batten. Then we did skipping with Elle. Then we went to the playground. Then we did high jump with Mr Williams. Next we did Frisbee with Mrs Rymen. Then we had morning tea, then we did athletics with Miss Thomason. Then we did discus. Then we did long jump.Then it was lunchtime. Then we did the roll. Then we did shot put. Then we did run, jump, throw. Last we all had a movie. Then it was home time. I thought that it was fun  

Camp imovie

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In September Ruru went on camp! We went to Living springs and it was so much fun! We did multiple activities and shout out to the chef the food was amazing! After we got back from camp we started making a imovie from camp on wevideo! I didn't really like using this app because I personally thought it was a bit annoying and a little hard to use but that doesn't mean it will be for you i'm just telling you my experience. Before making the imovie we had to create a plan on paper of what we wanted to do. I will be honest I didn't stick to my plan at all, and I think I could have done a better job!

 

Writing-Hideaway

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This week I started writing a story and i'm really proud of it. I have only wrote one chapter and I have not finished it yet but I really wanted to blog it. I wrote this when we did free writing because we basically did free writing all week. I am  this now because I am waiting for my camp iMovie to finish downloading so I decided to post this while I am writing. If you have any feedback please comment! P.S sorry I haven't posted in a while!

Hideaway

Chapter 1: No time for shoes

“BANG” I woke up with my heart pounding, it sounded like the front door had fallen in. A humming noise traveled through the hallway, followed by loud footsteps banging on the wooden floor. “Thud...thud...thud...” Then silence scattered around. I sat up quickly and looked to my left to see my sister Willow huddled in the corner of her bed shaking with fear. I rapidly got out of my bed and rushed to Willow. But something caught my eye, a letter assigned to me and my sister laying on the floor. I picked it up and I started reading it out loud. “This is your parents, do not muck around! You NEED to escape! Follow the path in the forest at the back of the house and a train is waiting for you. We have been meaning to tell you something our whole lives, we are a part of-” “thud...thud...thud” “we have to go!” I cried. I picked Willow out of her bed and opened the window, the footsteps were getting closer and closer. “Where are you!” a deep scary voice echoed through the walls, “I know you're there!!!” they whispered. I dropped the letter. “Here jump out the window!” I said “what about our shoes!” “There's no time for shoes” I cried once we had both climbed out the window. Me and my sister raced into the forest, disappearing in the trees.

Camp-Reading create tasks

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There was no WALT on the Ruru.

Yesterday was the first day of term 4 (for me it was) and for reading our create task/ story's were what Ruru were doing next week! Next week Ruru is going on camp for 3 days so our 3 story's we had to read and our 3 create tasks were based around nature/camp. Before we started on our create tasks we had to read 3 story's they were the danger man, this story is when they were at camp and they decided to go to the lake but one boy got stuck and the had to save him. The second story was School camp fun, this story is about when they got to camp and what the did. The last story was a play and was a bush walk. It was called bush walk too! For Create task 1 we were put into groups for maps and stuff. For Create task 2 we had to make a name tag for our bunks for camp. For Create task 3 we had to learn about things about New Zealand and make a Pickto chart with 10 or more facts on it. This week was really fun and I loved the create tasks

Create task 1: For this one it was fun on paper and it was a map with numbers in each squares. We had to fill in the squares with the drawings we had to do (they were on the side) sorry if my explaining is confusing.

Create task 2: If you had a read through the big text at the top you would have saw that next week Ruru is going to camp and for our cabins and our bunks we got to make tags for our bunks. Mine was on a piece of paper shaped really cool and my bestfriend Shakima drew a eye in the corner and I had light blue blending into the dark blue.  

Create task 3: I'm doing it right now!

Chinese language week!

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This week is Chinese language week, so our create tasks were based off of that! First we had to read or listen to the story. Then for the create tasks we had 4 that we needed to complete. The create tasks this week are really fun and it can make you learn a lot of new things that you may of not known before. You will see my create tasks that I do down bellow. Comment what you thought of my work! 

WALT: Use personal experience and literacy knowledge to make meaning from texts.

Create task 1: For this create task we had to re-create a scene from the story that you liked the most. You could do it on paper or on your Chromebook and I did it on my Chromebook. The comic had to have 5 comic bits.

Create task 2: I haven't done this yet.

Create task 3: For this create task we had 2 pieces of paper and we needed to colour it in. One  side was a ox and the other was a cow. I did this but I didn't take a photo of it.

  

Subtraction using standard form!

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This week for math's, Miss Lee's math's class were doing subtraction using standard form with and without regrouping. Last week we were doing standard form addition with and without regrouping. This was fun to do. At first it was confusing but then it got easier as I did it. This way of working out problems is quick and easy once you learn it. I loved learning how to standard form addition and subtraction. What's your favourite way to work something out? If you see any mistakes tell me!

WALT: Solve subtraction problems using standard form that require regrouping.

Standard Form Addition

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WALT: Solve addition problems using standard form that require regrouping

Before lockdown we started doing standard form addition. This week we had to keep doing that. I did it on a google slides. This was really fun to do. Do you like to use standard form?

Lockdown Poetry Anthology

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As you may know the hole of New Zealand is in lockdown at this very moment. Before lockdown we were working on poetry anthology. For lockdown we had to keep on doing poetry anthology but we had to make a new slide and call it lockdown poetry anthology. I am pretty sure when we go back to school and finish our main poetry anthology we will blog it. For this week we could choose to do a haiku poem or a tongue twister poem. I did a haiku poem on lockdown. Comment what you think about my poem. How do you feel about lockdown?

Born to run

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WALT: Locate and summarise important information from a range of related texts.

This week I was reading born to run. This book is about a man and he ran about 160 km per week. This week we were still reading things about the Olympics but this was our last week. This was really fun to learn about and the book was really cool to read. The thing I really liked watching when the Olympics were live on tv is the diving. I liked this because the things the people were doing looked really cool and hard. It also looked a bit scary because of how high they were above the ground.

Create task one: This was to choose an Olympian, I did Sarah Walker. Then we had to say why we chose her. This was fun to do because I liked reading about what she did in the Olympics and what medals she won.

Create task 2: For this create task we had to choose a country that was taking part in the Tokyo Olympics and find out facts about it. When we finished we had to write 20 facts about that country and the Olympics. I chose to do Japan! This was fun to do but I found it a bit hard to find facts because it was coming up with all the country's because the country I was doing was where it was held.

Patterns

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#WALT 2: Explore patterns in sequences of multiples.

For maths we were doing Walt 2. For this we had to do patterns, the patterns were decimals, fractions and numbers and you had to find the pattern and write down the missing numbers in the pattern. We had 3 sheets we had to do and for the last sheet we had to make our own pattern and blog it. We could choose what we wanted the pattern to be like decimals and fractions etc. I did numbers! This was really fun to do and comment what you think about my work! 

What is the rule in the pattern? Did you find it easy or hard??

The Cindy Olympics

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As you know at the moment it's the Olympics. This week for reading Ruru's reading was based off of the Olympics. I did The Cindy Olymics. This was about a girl who wanted to do the Olympics so she was practicing but then she broke her leg. This week was really fun but today I was rushed because yesterday I was at zones for winter sports and the day before I wasn't here. I hope you like my working and comment bellow!

Create task 2: For this create task we had to choose a country that is doing a Olympics and write 20 facts about it.

Italy

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My class has been learning and finding information about Italy. We have been learning about it because our school is having a school production. In this production people will be acting. Every class has a different country (2 country's each) My class got New Zealand and Italy. So that is why we have been learning about, things to do, famous foods and much more. It was really fun learning about Italy because I didn't know much but now I know stuff! For this we had to make a poster or slide show etc. Then we put all of the information we learnt about on it.

WLJ Activity 19

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As you may know it's the school holidays! Some of you might have done summer learning journey and some of you might be doing the winter learning journey. Well this holidays I am doing the winter learning journey! Today I have done activity 19! This activity was to choose a town/city you want to visit for 2 weeks from your country of study. Create a holiday plan of what you will do during this time. Explain and justify your choices. I wanted to do this activity because it sounded really fun and because if you didn't know what you could do at that place you could do some research. I did Hawaii because it's a really peaceful place and it's calm. This activity was really fun and entertaining and there are more really cool activities. To find out what I could do there I looked it up and I was reading some really cool things to do. I picked out the ones I wanted to do the most. Comment what you think about my work!

This is my holiday plan:

  

Albert Einstein!

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WALT: Locate and summarise important information to a range of related texts. I think this means to take all the texts of information that you were reading/watching then put all that information into a small sentence and to relate with other texts.

Last week and last week Ruru was reading about famous people! Last week I did Anne Frank and this week I Albert Einstein! This was really fun to read because Albert Einstein is really smart and interesting. This week we have the same create tasks as last week. Before we did our create tasks we had to read the main texts and then we had to read the texts (Complementary and challenge) Just in case you don't know who Albert Einstein is: Albert Einstein, (born March 14, 1879, Ulm, Württemberg, Germany died April 18, 1955, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.), German-born physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity and won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921 for his explanation of the photoelectric effect.

Create task 1: For this create task you had to write what happens in the main texts and the 2 other texts and stuff! This was really fun to do.

Create task 2: For this create task you had to make a copy of a google drawing and fill it out. This was really fun because I liked writing down all the facts I learnt! Also there was a part 2 for create task 2 and it was why that person is an inspiration! I liked doing that because I find Albert Einstein really interesting. 

Part 2:

Create task 3: Come up with how you can be inspirational. The part 2 is to make a inspirational poster. 

You can be inspirational by following your dreams, never giving up and having a big imagination. By trying new things and staying on the positive side!

Private or personal information.

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For Cybersmart today we did something called private or personal information. This is where there was a lot of different things and you had to choose if it was private or public. If it was private that means you wouldn't share it online like your phone number. If it was public it would be safe and not private like your hobbies. This was fun to do. Everyone also had there own opinions so some people had different things! But some of the things were a bit boring. I rate this task a 4/5. Do you agree or disagree with my work? 

  

Natural disasters information reports!

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The past couple of weeks Ruru has been learning about natural disasters! We did 2 others abut for the independent one I did tsunamis! This was really fun to do! First we had to read things about tsunamis and watch videos! Then we had to write the facts down. Then when we had enough information I had to create a information report about tsunamis! The other one I did was bush fires we had to do the same for tsunamis as well. The last one I did was tornadoes. This was really fun because I liked learning all the new things! 

This is my information report for tsunamis:

 

 This is my bush fires information report:

Bushfires

By Amelia

What is a bushfire? A bushfire is a large fire in the scrub or forest that can quickly get out of control. Bushfires in Australia are a widespread and regular occurrence that have contributed significantly to shaping the nature of the continent over millions of years. They can be very dangerous when they occur where people farm and live.

Why are bushfires dangerous? Because they can kill animals. They can spread very fast and can get very bad. Bushfires can burn down houses and peoples land. Large particles in bushfire smoke irritate the eyes, nose, throat and lungs. The finer particles can penetrate deep into the lungs and are more harmful. Smoke also contains toxic gases, such as carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen oxides.

What causes a bushfire to start? Bushfires can be started by natural causes, such as lightning strikes, or by people (accidentally or on purpose). Materials such as leaf litter, bark, small branches and twigs, grasses and shrubs can provide fuel for bushfires. Dry fuel is more likely to catch fire and burn easily damp or wet fuel may not burn. Also when it is very dry.

How can you stop a bushfire from happening? regularly mowing the grass and raking up leaves. 1. removing weeds and pruning bushes and trees. 2. keeping garden beds moist through mulching or other non-flammable ground covers like pebbles. 3.regularly clearing leaves from gutters, roofs, downpipes and around the base of trees. If you find that there is a bushfire, get as far away as possible.

 

This is my information report on tornadoes:

Tornadoes Information report

Have you ever seen a tornado in action before? They can be so powerful that they can suck up big buildings! They can last up to 17 hours.

What is a tornado? A tornado is a violent rotating column extending from a thunderstorm to the ground. The most violent tornadoes are capable of tremendous destruction with speeds up to 500 mh per hour. Tornadoes can suck up things like cars, houses and much more.

Do you know how tornados are formed? When a large thunderstorm occurs, warm air meets dry air and then it forms a big or small tornado! There are lots of types of tornadoes as well.

There are different types of tornadoes. Supercell is a long violent tornado! A supercell can make some of the most violent tornadoes. A waterspout is a tornado that forms over water however when it gets to the ground disappears. Landspout is like a waterspout but on land. It is weak and is associated with the spinning of a thunderstorm.

Anne Frank! W9 T2 Reading

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WALT: Locate and summarise important information to a range of related texts. I think this means to take all the texts of information that you were reading/watching then put all that information into a small sentence and to relate with other texts.

This week Ruru was reading about famous and inspirational people! I was reading about Anne Frank. This was so cool and Anne is a really brave girl and I feel like she deserved better. Anne Frank was alive when world war ll was happening. She was a Jew and had to hide from the Nazis with her family and other people that were helping her hide. She lived in a home but down a hall way was a book shelve that opened and that lead into their hiding spot were they hid for 2 years. This hideout was really small and they had to make sure to be really quite. I will not tell you everything but I think you should watch and read about her. Sadly the Nazis found them and she sadly died from a sickness. I loved reading about Anne Frank. I hope I learn much more about her in the future!

Create task 1: For this create task you had to write what happens in the main texts and the 2 other texts and stuff! This was really fun to do.

Create task 2: For this create task you had to make a copy of a google drawing and fill it out. This was really fun because I liked writing down all the facts I learnt! Also there was a part 2 for create task 2 and it was why that person is an inspiration! I liked doing that because I find Anne Frank really interesting. 

Part 2: 

 

Create task 3: Come up with how you can be inspirational. The part 2 is to make a inspirational poster. 

You can be inspirational by following your dreams, never giving up and having a big imagination. By trying new things and staying on the positive side!