Simple Machines

Did you know that there are 3 similar simple machines?

They are wheel and axle, pulley, and screw. The 3 similar simple machines help us do work quickly, easier and faster.

Calendars

 Calendars show us the Day, Week or Month.

Ther are 12 Months in a year, they are: Junuary, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December.

Months have 28, 30 or 31 days. There are number patterns on a calendar by looking for four connecting days for example 20,60, 100.

Knowing before and after number Sequence and 7 timetables help us reading a calendar.

Maori

Today we learnt some objects from around the kitchen. For example oumu this means oven.

I learnt how to say Kei hea te pene rākau? this means where is the pencil.

I also learnt how to say Kei raro i te tēpu? which means the pecil is under the table.

I thought this activity was fun beacasue I thought it could help me with my maori in class. 

Balance

 In PE we looked at balancing on one leg but with PE equiment.

First was the hockey stick. We had to balance on one leg while our partner pass the hocky ball. This challange was hard because we had to bend our leg.

Seconed was the frisbee. We had to do the same thing as hockey, but when we throw the frisbee our hips move diffrent direction. This challange was hard because we had to twist our body.

Third was the basket ball. With the basket ball we had to dribble the ball three times then pass it to your partner. This was hard becase we had dibble the ball then pass it.

Forth was netball. With the netball we did the same thing with basket ball but no dribbling. This challange was easy because we just had to pass the ball.

Lastly was the rugby ball. We had to do the same thing with frisbee. This challange was hard because we had to turn side ways to pass the ball.

The ones that were hard was: Frisbee and the rugby ball. They were hard because how our hips were moving differently to the other pieces of equipment.

Cause and Effect Vocabulary

Effect is what happend and the cause is why the effect happend.

Cause and Effect

This week I learnt about what a cause and effect.

Cause means why the effect happened and effect means what happened.

Then Mr Wong showed us an example.

After we had to make our own heres an example.

Lastly we had to get in our group to figure it out.

I should praticed more on my compound sentences.

Reciprocal Reading

We used reciprocal reading to help us read the Maori Pioneer Battalion.

First we chose a leader. The leader would pick people to do roles like the predictor, and would make sure everyone is listening to the person talking.

Next was the predictor. The predictor tells what the text is about. The predictor also has to ask questions like: Does anyone else have any predictons?

After was clarifier. The clarifier has to identify tricky words. The clarifier can also ask questions like: Does anyone else have something to clarify?

Then the questioner. The qusetioner has to answer questions like: What's your evidence, Why do you think that and does anyone else have any questions?

Finally the summariser. The summariser has to summarise what happened in the text. The summariser also has to ask questions like: Did I miss anything important?

My favorite role was the clarifier because I can find tricky words to add on my keyword list.

Here is my keyword list.