For the past week for reading, my class was learning how to identify the main points. We have been learning about Parihaka. We had to read 3 texts, and watch 2 videos about Parihaka.
We had to create a feather with words that are similar to the word 'peace'. I enjoyed adding in the words. I found thinking of the words tricky. Next time I would change how I coloured the feather.Today we made October reflections. We were learning how to reflect.
We had to write about the things we have been doing this month. I enjoyed thinking about all my achievements. I found it tricky to think of what to write. Next time I would change how I designed it.
What are you proud of this October? Have you done any of the things I wrote in my reflection? Tell me in the comments.
Here is my reflection:
For the past few weeks we have been painting. We were painting pictures of a woman named Frida Kahlo. She was a famous mexican painter who painted self portraits and in those portraits she usually painted herself with bushy eyebrows and moustaches. Did you know that she was originally was going to be a doctor, but had crippling polio, and had to stop? She ended up being a painter because of that.
We painted her with lots of brightly coloured paints, and were given instructions by our teacher. For the flower we used tissue paper and we folded the tissue paper back and forth like a fan. Then we stapled the middle and then fanned the paper out to make it look like a flower.
I enjoyed painting the picture, and making the flower. I found it tricky to keep it neat and within the lines. Next time I would change the colour of her flower.
Today we had to make a quiz about the book Come Down, Golden so far. We were learning to ask and answer questions.
We had to make the quiz have at least five questions. I was working with Mya again. We had to make it on chapters 2 and 3 of Come Down, Golden! I enjoyed working with Mya. I think that next time I would add more questions. I found it tricky to decide on what the questions would be.
Here is the link to the google form.
Today we made another slide for Come Down Golden. We had to make a google drawing of Louis being jumped at by a dog, from Chapter 1. We were learning how to infer.
Me and my partner Mya have been doing the slides in turns, where one person will do one, and the other will do the next. I was pretty tricky to get the work down in time, but we managed. I really enjoyed working with Mya. Next time I think that I would change how we set up the slides, so that they looked pretty.
Here is a link to Mya's blog. here is the google drawing we made:
This week for reading my group is reading Come Down, Golden. We were learning how to hypothesise. We had to write our hypothesis based on the cover and the blurb on the back of the book called 'Come Down Golden'.
I found it quite hard to not muck around and chat to my friends while working. I enjoyed thinking of the answers to our questions. Next time I would change how fast I got it down and who I sat with.
I hope you like reading my hypothesis. Here it is:
This week we were having a zombie apocalypse. My class and I were the only survivors.
We had to make slides explaining each day how we survived and thrived through that day. We had these diary entries written by someone else surviving and had to write down things to remember and new additions to the plot too. We were in groups of 3 to 4 and I was with my friends Camille and Sophia.
I found quite tricky to think of all the ways to survive, like how to find food, water, and shelter, because without those necessities we would die. Next time I would change how we made our weapons, because our teacher taught us even EASIER ways to make them. I really enjoyed working with my friends to survive the apocalypse, and I loved listening to Mrs Naden read us the diary entries, because they were REALLY cool.
I learnt about improvising and how to survive in the wild. I hope you enjoyed reading about my week. Here are the slides me and my friends made together:
