Basic Facts Boxes

Today I did the basic fact boxes challenge. I did the speed demon challenge up to 20. The time I got was 4 minutes and 42 seconds. I thought that the questions weren't that hard but it was a bit difficult. I think that I can do better next time.

LI: To rapidly remember basic math facts.

SSR Selfie

Today I completed SSR Selfie. The purpose of the SSR Selfie is to learn how to summarise or retell a text. The book I read was called The Gruffalo. The book was interesting. We read this book as a class and used this book to learn new skills.

LI: To summarise and retell a text. 

Gruffalo Art

For art, we drew sections of the The Gruffalo cover as a class. We learnt new skills during the couple of weeks we did this. 

First, we got chosen to a peice of paper to color. The first technique we got taught was the blending. To do the blending technique we smudge colours together to get a shade or texture. We used a paper towel to blend in the big parts and little cotton tips to blend the small details.

After that, we started to colour in the lines and thought about the colours, details and technique. The second technique we learnt was how to get the light colour for the grass. To do this we went with white and covered the area. Then we got green and coloured on top of the white. Then got white again and coloured over the green to blend the colours.

The last skill we learnt was how to make the colour of the path. The path was difficult to blend. The colours we used were, yellow, gold and peach. We went in with the peach colour and covered the area with it. Then we used yellow and a small part of gold to get the colour. 

I think that this activity was challenging and I found it difficult to make the path. I would like to improve on my blending skill.

LI: To collaborate as a group and learn new techniques to create art.

Inquiry | Safety plane

This week, we assessed the risk, hazard and consequences that could happen while lighting a fire and making s'mores over the fire, then doing it in person. We made a safety plan for making a fire and for making s'mores. 

First, we discussed the hazard and risks for the first safety plan. Then, we wrote down the hazard and risks. A hazard while making a fire, is the fire itself. However, the cosequences could be getting burnt by the fire.

After writing down the hazards and risks, we talked about what the cosequences could be, how we could prevent it, who is responsible for it and the emergency plan.

Next, we made another safety plan for making s'mores with the fire. We repeated the process but made different hazards. After making the safety plans, we went onto making the fire and making our s'mores.

Mr Ogilvie lit the fire and started to demonstrate how to make the marshmallows. After the demonstration, we made the s'mores.

I found this activity quite hard because I couldn't cook the marshmallows without burning them.

LI: To assess risk with a safety plan.

Governing Topics

Governing topics are the policies that parties wish to provide to the country and people. The important topic to me is education and health. 

The education topic is about how the government should spend money on schools.

The health topic is about keeping people healthy and spending money to prevent getting sick.

I would choose education because education is important to me because I am a student. I would also choose health because I want to be healthy.

LI: To choose important governing topics by summarising all topics.

Writing | Recounting a day

In writing I wrote a recount about my daily routine. I chose a certain day to recount. I chose last term on Saturday. The purpose of this activity was to figure out what was important to us so that I could figure out what party I would vote for.

First, I planned my recount. I wrote down the things I do before school, at school, after school and after dinner. Because those are important parts of a day. 

After that, I wrote my recount. Some of the things I picked to write about before school were personal hygiene and getting changed into casual clothes. 

When, I finished writing down my events, I wrote my ending. My ending had a personal reflection. I also wrote what I could improve. 

I enjoyed this activity, I found it quite hard to write about last term because I couldn't remember all the details. 

LI: To write a daily routine recount.

Maths | Rounding

Time is a continuous sequence of events.

The median is found by organizing a set of numbers from least to greastest and finding the number that falls in the middle, but if there is an even set of numbers, the two numbers are added and then divided by 2. For example: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. The median would be 7.

The mean is found by adding a set of numbers together then dividing the total by how many numbers there are. For example: 7+8+9= 24. 24 divided by 3 is 8. The mean would be 8.

The mode is found by organizing the set of numbers from least to greatest and then finding the number that appears the most. For example: 5, 6, 7, 7, 8. The mode is 7 because 7 appears the most times in the number set.

They measured how long it would take to skip 50 times. After they measured the length of their activity, they turned their times into a mean. They also found the median and mode for all of their times.

LI: To investigate units of time.