End of year reflection by Thomas

End of year reflection by Thomas

Maths - This year Miss Paton has told me about a maths website called math whizz. math whizz has taught me how to add and subtract negative and positive numbers. I first got it wrong but in math Whizz you get hints and if you continuously get it wrong math whizz will answer it for you, telling you how to get the answer. math whizz also lets you redo lessons, trying to improve your score and time. I have done it over and over again and I am finally getting better. When you complete a lesson you get credits. Using credits you can buy toys, plants and even pets from the shop. My favourite pet is the boy dragon.

E-Learning - E-Learning is still new to me, even though I have been using it for nearly a year. I have gotten used to typing instead of writing. I am familiar with google drive, floorplanner, lucid charts, kiwi kids news. They are all writing websites. The Math Websites we use are math whizz, xtra maths, studyladder and sumdog. Once a year, we head out to the Hoyts cenima in Sylvia Park for the manaiakalani film festival. We have to make movies and then we get to watch ours and other schools. Our movie this year was called Learning to Inspire. I was Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor of the first telephone.

Sports - Our school took part in the orienteering competition in May. We were given a map, a compass and a piece of paper that we had to put the marks on. I usually came second or third and only came first once. This term we had cricket. We were taught how to hold the bat and the other weeks were just games. We won one, the other team won one and on the final game it was a tie.

Conclusion - These were some of the highlights of my year in room five. These are the reasons why. I liked maths because it is not only exciting and fun but it will also help you in life. I like E-learning because it is easier than writing and we don’t have to waste trees making paper. I like sports because when you become a sports player and represent the world you can become famous.

Netbook reflections

What special thing have you learnt from your teacher this year?

I learnt how to make a poster on wallwisher, a collage using photos on fotor, how to make a reflective statement on my results for Math Whizz, Sumdog and Xtra Maths results. I also learnt how to make a lucidchart which is a website where you get circles and fill them with information, floorplanner where you get a blank space and you can make walls, chairs, tables, doors and even a dinosaur. We were told to make our ideal classroom. You can also look at your plan in 3D.

These are the links:  http://www.whizz.com/   http://www.sumdog.com/    http://xtramath.org/   http://floorplanner.com/

What have you learnt from a friend this year?

I learnt a website called virtual piano from Patrick by watching him when he was going on it at lunch time. All you have to do is type the letters and numbers on the keyboard and it plays music. You can also change the pianos colour.

This is the link http://www.virtualpiano.net/

What have I learnt by myself this year?

I learnt how to make blog post on my own blog. I am able to upload a screenshot on to my blog and write a reflective statement.

http://pbsthomasg.blogspot.co.nz/

What have you learnt from someone outside your classroom?

From Miss Eeles We learnt how to do current events. First we had to do the weekly news quiz. Then we did a scavenger hunt using events off Kiwi Kids News. We had to choose an event and make a document or presentation describing it. When we had finished that we had to make up a narrative about an event that we picked from our scavenger hunt. When we had finished our narrative we had to do the six hats. The hats were What, How, When, Where, Why and if the problem can be solved.

Math Whizz results

This is my math whizz results. I am improving. Math Whizz has a new pet called pirate bunny.

Current events week 8 term 4

This is me and my friend lathams presentation for current events week 8 term 4. Our focus was on the article Scientists have found a pile of fossilised dinosaur poo.

Kiwi kids news quiz

This is my weekly quiz results. I think I have a good score.

My Drama Comment

Yesterday we went into room 11 to do drama. We first did a game calle become an object. We were in groups and had to make an object that used water. The first few times we did it we were in a rush. As we did it more we got more used to it and were able to do it faster. We were really good at it on the last one.

C3 Church Party Collage

This is my collage on the C3 Church Party.

Kiwi Kids News Quiz Results

This is my score. I got 36%. I do not think that this is a very good score.

Statistical Investigation

Pacific Rim was the favourite because 11 people liked it. I think it was the best movie because of awesome special effects, making the big, bulky robots come to life. The least favourite movies were The Smurfs, Harry Potter and Batman. I think that they were the least favourite because The Smurfs are animations, Harry Potter is more of a fantasy than action and Batman is not really a favourite. The movies that are liked by the same amount of people are The Smurfs, Batman and Harry Potter.

Peer Assessment

Recount Writing Checklist - Peer Assessment

Writer:_____________Tim_______________   Assessor:_______________Thomas_________________

Recount Checklist Criteria
My Partner can brainstorm ideas
My Partner has written a hook which captures audience interest levels
My partner includes an orientation throughout their writing
My partner can sequence their ideas clearly
My partner uses capital letters correctly and consistently throughout their writing
My partner can use full stops correctly and consistently throughout their writing
My partner can use describing words (adjectives) in their writing
My partner can use language features - similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia in their writing
I can use words which are more than three syllables in my writing
My partner write in the correct tense
My partner can write in paragraphs
My partner applies spelling rules drop “e” add ing, etc.
My partner can spell all words correctly
My partner can proof read and edit their writing, so that there are not any errors

Self Assessment

Recount Writing Checklist - Self Assessment

Recount Checklist Criteria
I can brainstorm ideas
I can write a hook which captures audience interest levels
I can include an orientation throughout my writing
I can sequence my ideas clearly
I can use capital letters correctly and consistently throughout my writing
I can use full stops correctly and consistently throughout my writing
I can use describing words (adjectives) in my writing
I can use language features - similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia in my writing
I can use words which are more than three syllables in my writing
I can write in the correct tense
I can write in paragraphs
I can apply spelling rules drop “e” add ing, etc.
I can spell all of my words correctly
I can proof read and edit my writing, so that there are not any errors

Drama

Today we did drama. The first thing we did was become. We had to become what Miss Eeles said involving things you do with water. The second thing we did was Freeze Frames we had to make three freeze frames. We got ideas from the photos Miss Eeles gave us. Then we did Survival.

Kiwi Kids News Quiz results

This is my score on Kiwi Kids News. I scored 70%. It is not my best score but is still a high number.

Statistical Investigation

11 people (Including me) liked Pacific Rim as it was full of action. If you have seen Pacific Rim I am sure you would agree.

Homework Week 5 Term 4

My comment to stone fields school

This is my comment to learning hub 3 from Stone fields schools movie for the film festival. I think it was very cool.

My comment to Room 8 St Patricks school

This is my comment on Room 8 from St Patricks school.

My Fotor Collage

This is my collage that I made. My theme is the colour grey.

My Collage on the Tamaki River

This is my collage on the Tamaki River. We walked the whole basin. When we got back to school we were very tired.

Drama

Yesterday we did drama. We were given a card and told to act it out. My group was Latham, Jasmine and myself. I got a bush, Latham got the road and Jasmine got the river. The positive parts of this were we were allowed to make whatever movement we wanted. The negative parts were that Latham was constantly being silly.

Kiwi Kids News Quiz Results

These are my results on kiwi kids news. I got 60%. I know I can do better.

Mary's dilema

Mary woke up in the morning, brushing sleep off her eyes. She got out of bed stretching her bones after only 2 hours of sleep. She had tossed and turned in bed and then looked at the bedroom roof. She remembered when she was a little and she and her family had just moved in.  She was painting the roof with her dad, when she accidentally spilt the paint. Her dad had smiled at her, like he always did when she did something wrong. He picked up the paint and went out of the room to get something to wipe the paint up. She felt a cold fist grip her heart. Dad…… He had died 3 years later of a disease called cholera. Dropped dead in the kitchen and nearly burned the house down. She got up and went to get breakfast. She started to pour the cereal and found the box was empty. She went to her parents room to wake up her mum. “Mum?” No answer. She pushed open the door and put her hand in front of her mum’s face. There was no pulse. She stood at the back of the ambulance and saw her mum wrapped in blankets. She realized that this was her last memory of her mother, a blanket lit up with lights. As the ambulance drove away, she broke down and started to cry.

Touch rugby

This afternoon we played a game of touch on the field. It was boys versus boys and girls versus girls. The best part of it for me was when we got to wear bibs. They were my favourite colour which is gold. When we played a game we lost, but I am still happy because I learnt new skills.

Homework Term 4 Week 2

This is my presentation on my homework for Week 2 Term 4.

Math Whizz Results

These are my Math Whizz results.

My comment on Caitlins narrative

This is my comment to Caitlin. If you want to see Caitlins narrative check her blog.

My padlet on the Tamaki River

Created with Padlet

This is my wallwisher/padlet that I created based on the Tamaki River. Have fun scrolling around