Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Fact or Opinion

I completed a task called fact and opinion.

The story is about a highway rat who was a bad person who was stealing all the other animals food, but a duck tricks the rat into thinking she has a sister at the top with a lot of food.
 
First I listened to the story called the highway rat.

Then everyone had to pick one charter from the highway rat book but we were not allowed to pick the highway rat.

We were only allowed to pick the hores or the duck.

I picked the duck because I heard more information from the duck and the duck was my favourite charter.

Next I wrote down the facts and opinions.

 A fact is something that is true and a opinionis something that you thing that is true.  

Lastly I wrote down 5 adjectives for each opinion to describe the character.

I enjoyed this task because it help me with my visualization and I even need to practice my adjectives.

 

Multiplication

This week me and my group learned how to do multiplication.

First we had a cup of counters with unknown amount.

We have to put the counters into equal group like 5 groups of 4. 

Then we have to make a rectangle to show 5 rows of 4 column so 5 x 4 = 20 .

I enjoy this activety because I learned how to do my multiplication and I need to practice my multiplication.




Thursday, March 25, 2021

Visualisation - Highway Rat

Visualisation is creating pictures in your head. This helps understand what we read.

Highway Rat is about a Rat who is greedy and steals everyones food. He learns a lesson and everyone lives happily.

My visualisation is different to others because we have different drawing.
We have different visualisation because we have different imagination.

Place Value and Saying Numbers

 Place value is a system that groups numbers based on their size.

The position of a digit determines it's value. When we say numbers we group then within the same house. For example 15709 has fifteen thousand, seven hundredred nine ones.


Understanding our base 10 place value system allows us to prounce big numbers properly. It also allows us to identify numbers before and after.

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Mihi Whakatau

 Mihi Whakatau is a Maori term for formal greeting.

Mihi Whakatau is traditionally used for welcoming, introductions and openings.It is undertaken by the Tangata Whenua (local inhabitants) The Mihi needs to acknowledge the significant aspects to the place. The Maunga (mountain), Awa (river) and Iwi (tribe) are generally used.

Introducing Ingoa (name), Oku tipuna (ancestor place) and where you live is important for the audience to understand the position of the speaker. 

Manuhiri is the term used to describe or group the visitors that are being welcomed. It is important to end with warm welcome so the visitors know that there is no hostility in 2 groups being together.

Being respectful of the land, the people and the purpose of a visit will ensure long lasting relationships and the connections.