LI: To comprehend and infer from photos.
For Reading one of the activities were about making a Y-Chart for Violet Walrond. We had to think about how Violet Walrond might've thought, felt, and wondered during this time. The specific photo had different small details we had to use to infer things from the photo.
I enjoyed this activity because I got to use my inference skills to figure out key information.
LI: To learn and recap on our Times Table.
During maths we had a big maths competition based around a game called super fingers. We were put in brackets with a partener of our choice. After the first round the winner moved on to quarter finals, then moved on to the semi finals, and finally two people would move on to the finals to compete against each other.
Each pair would have 2 dice and once the dice were rolled the first person to answer would get a letter taken off. The word could be anything the pair wants but you can also choose, but for this competition we used the word super fingers.
LI: To learn what a provocation is
For Reading we were learning about what a Provocation is. A Provocation is a certain topic that triggers emotions and feelings and lets people express their personal opinions on the topic.
The topic for our Provocation was the nations that hosted the Olympics, should they spend so much money on the Olympic facilities. Japan spent 15.4 billion dollars on their facilities for the Olympics.
To continue our learning Reading we also read a book about the Olympics, on Violet Walrond. Reading the book we had to answer a set of questions with our Reading Group. Tese helped us with our comprehension and inferring skills.
LI: To learn about the pH scale.
For science tech this week we were learning about how to measure how acidic or how basic something is. We tipped different substances into a dish and tested how acidic or basic the substance was. To test this we used litmus paper which is colored red and blue. Depending on what color the litmus paper turned represented the acidity or basicity of the substance.
I enjoyed this activity because it was very easy to learn about how acidic and basic something was.
LI: To strengthen our connections to matariki.
For Matariki we made a brochure for the celebration. In our brochure we created different parts with different topics explaining the harvest, traditions, and many more. In this activity we also showed the origin of Matariki and how it was named.
LI: To understand more about osmosis and transpiration.
During this lesson we learned more about transpiration, stomata, phlaoem, xylem, and photosynthesis. Transpiration is the effect of sunlight evaporating water. Stomata are the tiny pores found on leaves that absorb water. Phaloem are the small cells that help the plant distribute food in different parts of the plant. Finally, the xylem helps move the water from the bottom of the plant (near the roots) upwards defying gravity and bringing the water to the top of the plant. Photosynthesis is when a plant converts sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into sugar, glucose or oxygen. More about the topic can be found in the document below.
I enjoyed this activity because I got to understand more about the specific parts of photosynthesis.
LI: to organize and research, words that connect to ancient greek.
This week, David as been teaching and expanding our knowledge about greek mythology. Greek Mythology is a large collection of stories, started in Ancient Greece, about the beginning of the world, and the lives and adventures of gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines.
