optical illusions

 LI: To create an optical illusion

After using our smart searching skills to find out what optical illusions are we were challenged to create our own opitical illusions i enjoy it because it understand how optical illusions works and getting more information.

Virtual Adventure

 LI: To plan a virtual trip around the world

This week challenge was to create a map using google/mymaps and drop pins on the locations visited. The next part of this challenge was to find the capital city of each place and include it in the information in the pin. 

the place i want to visit the most is cook islands because it is the most beautiful island that a  dateline in the Pacific Ocean, the Cook Islands has long attracted travelers with the promise of crystal-clear water, a diverse marine life, and a strong connection to Polynesian culture. But now there's another reason to visit: a focus on sustainable tourism.

TEEL Paragraphs

 LI: To use powerful words and transitional vocabulary to make our writing more interesting

This week we have been learning to use transitional vocabulary to help us link ideas between the sentences in our paragraph. The transitional words are like the doors we walk through and to show how this works in writing we have highlighted them. I enjoyed this activity because we got to try using new words in our writing and we worked collaboratively so we got to share our ideas.

Why it is important to be Hydrated

     L.I To understand why staying hydrated is important for our health and for our learning. 

 The DLO showing above was created by my group.My group created this DLO by finding different type of  information and facts about being Hydrated and Dehydrated. My group created this by sharing our ideas and working collaboratively . As example Hydrated mean drinking heaps of water which helps you stay focused.  Being dehydrated means feeling dizzy, having headaches and not focused. Did you know that drinking a lot of Water helps your body and also helps you stay healthy. We also found images that connects to the text so that it could also help  yourself and others what we’re talking about and to understand more about what we’re learning in our Inquiry task. 

         

Pie chart

 LI: To  plan and carry out a statistical investigation

For Maths today our task was to make a pie chart of LS2's favorite anime. First we had to decide what our question would be then go around and ask people what their favourite anime is and record the information.

To help us colllate the information we got an A3 piece paper and and we had to cut out the squares with our answers on, then  glue it on the paper so we could easily see our data.

This task was pretty easy but hard at the same time because we had to collect a lot of data. 

Summary of the Treaty of Waitangi

The Treaty of Waitangi brings peace to New Zealand.  Our task was to read a article which was about The Treaty of Waitangi. When we were finished reading we had to use this summarising template to help us create a paragraph telling us some of the snapshot of the story of the treaty. This task was really fun because it got me to learn about the past and help me to learn how important it is for New Zealand.

Digital Board Game

 LI: To create a digital board game for the juniors 

This week we designed digital board games with a Christmas theme to play with the junior students. To play the game successfully they will need to read and follow the instructions, then use their counting skills to move around the board. Today we showed our Year 4 students how to make their own games.it was great to play because it will help the year 4 students to understand things.