My New and Improved Math DLO about Equivalent Fractions

This week in my maths group we have been making maths DLOs, I did my maths DLO with Archie and Ngatoki. We had done separate screencastifys but we said the same thing. We were learning to do equivalent fractions, equivalent fractions are when there’s a fraction and you can change the numbers but it would equal the same fraction. You would change the numbers by multiplying and dividing the numerator and the denomentator by the same number. We solve equivalent fractions by figuring out what number we have to divide or multiply the numerator and denominator by. We were doing the maths DLOs to show our learning on equivalent fractions. The easy part was multiplying and dividing the numbers and the hard bit was to know what to multiply or divide it by. 

Do you know how to do equivalent fractions?

One Helpful Fact About The Kawa Of Care

For the past couple of weeks we have been re - learning the Kawa of Care and making a poster, animation, powtoon or a comic  to tell other people about the Kawa of Care, I chose to do a slide. The Kawa of Care are the  rules for your chromebook so it won’t be broken or that no one will be able to get in your account, it is really important to use the Kawa of Care. One of the rules is don’t eat food or drink by your chromebook because the water and food will get in the keys and make them not work anymore. The easy part was writing the Kawa of Care facts that I had chosen and the hard bit was to choose the background for the the slide. I learnt that you have to use the Kawa of Care so your chromebook will never end up broken or having something bad happen to it. Have you used the Kawa of Care before?

The Best And Wonderful Wonder Project

In Te Ngahere some engineers  named Troy and Gestarvo came in to our class. They  talked to us about how rockets needs stability, thrust and drag to make them fly. But, when the thrust runs out the rocket goes down because of the weight and drag. Once we finished talking about that we all went out on the deck to watch a couple of people test the launcher .Then we all went back into class to work on an activity to create a rocket. We used shapes and then added  arrows facing the way it will go with thrust and without thrust. If we finished that we had a chance to start creating the look of our own rocket. Here is a picture of what I did for the activity. Have you done the Wonder Project before?

Te Reo Maori Sentences

This term in Te Ngahere we have been  learning how to read in Te Reo Māori. It was hard to read the long words. It was easy after I got used to reading them. I liked learning new Te Reo words. We are learning to use the correct pronunciation of Te Reo Māori by reading a  pukapuka (book) in Te Reo Māori called Ngā Mahi Pārekareka Kei Te Marae (Fun At The Marae ). After we learn how to read it by ourselves without any help we go and read it to the younger tamariki (children). We will also read the English version after the Te Reo Māori version.  We are doing this so we can learn more Te Reo Māori and learn how to speak Te Reo Māori. Do you know any Te Reo Māori words? Here is a LINK and photo of the title to the pukapuka (book)

Cross Country Practice

In Te Ngahere we have been doing cross country practise. We have to run around the field 9 times in 15 minutes. I want to run around the field more than 10 times. It was hard when I got stitch because we still had to keep running. I like it when the teacher runs with us because she always  encourages us to keep going. Do you practice for cross country?

P.E

P.E

The first week and a half of the term we have been doing alot of
P.E. and fitness for cross country. The first game we played was
Universal Ball. Universal Ball is when you have to run around the
hoop and if the teacher throws up a soccer ball you have to play
soccer, If the teacher throws up a basketball you have to play
basketball and if the teacher throws up a  netball you have to
play netball. Whoever scores the most points wins. I really like
Universal Ball because it gets easy when you keep playing.
It’s very hard when you verse the year eights . i really enjoy the
game.

Have you ever played this game before?

Matariki Art

In Te Ngahere this week we have been doing matariki art. We had to decorate a paper feather. Then  glue an A4 piece of paper at the back so it is thicker. We wrote our goals and dreams on the back.  After we finished we had to cut it out and stick it to a cloak. Do you celebrate matariki at your school?