Wednesday, December 5, 2018

My Narrative Writing


My Reflection
I have been learning to Write a Narrative story .
It was Really Fun Because We got to make Up our own stories.
I found this Challenging because I was Trying To Edit it And Make It better.
My Next Step Is To
Write A Narrative Story In My Own Time.

Line Of Symmetry


My Reflection
I am Learning To find Symmetry In Many Shapes. Such as the square that has 4 Lines of Symmetry.
I found this Activity Easy Because I knew What To do.
My Next Step Is To
Find Lines of Symmetry In All My Maths Follow ups.


Monday, October 15, 2018

Holes-Making A Prediction

  My Reflection
I have been learning to make a prediction.
We had To make a prediction In this follow up using the book called "Holes".
I have found this Hard Because I knew nothing about Prediction but with some help I got through It.
My Next Step Is To
Use a Prediction In My Reading Follow up.

Thursday, September 27, 2018

Kelly Tarltons Trip

My Reflection
We have been learning ocean pollution.
We have gone to Kelly Tarltons To Learn about how we are polluting our planet.
I found this Activity Challenging because I didn't know we were polluting our planet.  My favourite part of the trip was seeing the penguins and Sea horses.


Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Earth Vs Mars Venn Diagram



My Reflection
I have been learning About Mars And comparing it to Earth
In this follow up .
Me And Matthew Have been working hard with eachother
I found this tricky because I did not know anything about Mars but I learnt from the book that it is immpossible to live on Mars more than 2 minutes.


100 Word Challenge


My Reflection
I Have been learning to Write In a Hundred Word In my Follow ups for writing .
I have found this work tricky because I always Go over board in writing .
My Next Step Is To
Write In a hundred words in every writing follow up I do.


Thursday, September 20, 2018

Finding A Fraction Of A Set


My Reflection
I have been learning To Use A fraction In a Set.
I found this really tricky because I never knew what a fraction of a set was until My classmates helped me out .
My Next Step Is To
Use A Fraction of a set In my Maths Follow Ups.

Monday, August 6, 2018

Using Prior Knoeledge


Usind Prior Knoeledge

  My Reflection 
I have been learning to use my prior Knowledge and experience When We relate to a given text/topic . I found this activity interesting because I learnt alot about poormans stream and Pakuranga Stream.
It made me think alot about how much rubbish would be in the streams.
My Next Step Is To
Relate prior Know ledge back to my understanding of the text and can synthesise my new under standing.

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Did You Ever Poem


My Reflection
I have been learning to write a poem using imagery. To make my poem more interesting I used Heart Pumping because It's really Exciting. Did My poem give you a clear image about the beautiful Rock pools with the waves crashing onto the rocks and seals laying in the sun on the rocks?
My Next Step Is To
Use different types of language features like Metaphors, Similes and Wow Words In all my Writing.

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Learning To Find The Area And Perimeter Of Shapes


Reflection
I have been learning to find the area and perimeter of a shape. The area of a shape Is how many cm are in a shape. I found this tricky because I never actually knew what Areas or Perimeters were until our best teacher told us and then we got through this follow up easily.
My Next Step Is To
Use Areas and Perimeters In all my math follow ups.

Friday, June 29, 2018

Language Features In A Text

 


 My Reflection
I have been learning to recognise and understand specific language features. We have been learning about Metaphors and Similes , I think I am still learning about Metaphors and similes .
My Next Step Is To
Use Metaphors And Similes In My Writing.

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

My Wonder Poster

                                                           
My Reflection
This is my Wonder Poster. I chose the saying because because I'm sure it means that you don't need to be perfect.

Friday, June 15, 2018

Causes and Effects part 4 - "The War"


My Reflection
I have been learning to use cause and effects Well doing my reading.
I was able to find out what causes and effects mean.
I found this tricky because I didn't know what causes and effects mean.
My Next Step Is To
Use causes and effects well doing my work .


Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Features Of Explanation Writing



My Reflection

I have been learning the features of explanation writing . The features of an explanation text are complex sentence and titles.
I found this tricky because I didn't know what an explanation text was so I got some help from a classmate and then I knew It.
My Next Step Is To
Write my own explanation using the features.

Monday, June 11, 2018

Grammar And Vocabulary Challenge

Cause and effects - Wnder

 My Reflection
I have been learning to understand the cause and effects of events. In the novel wonder , there are lots of things that happen which causes effects (The outcome an event or action by one of the characters ) 
I found this hard because I didn't know what a cause and effect was .
My Next Step Is To
Understand the purpose of the character in the story .

Making Connections

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My Reflection
I have been learning to relate to the characters in the text to understand their purpose . I chose my friend Ariella to compare to Jack Will . Some characteristics they have in common that they give people confidence and they are hardworking .They are different because Ariella is funny and Jack Will makes fun of people behind there backs.
This was an Interesting activity to help me a character.
My Next Step Is To
Compare more characters to people I know to give me a deeper understanding of the story.

Friday, May 18, 2018

Features Of Explanation Writing


My Reflection
I have been learning the features of explanation writing.The features of an explanation text are  a clear title so the reader knows about your explanation,connectives,simple drawings help the reader are hard to explain words.
I found this tricky because I didn't know what a explanation texts are I got some help from a classmate and now I know what an explanation texts is .
My Next Step Is To 
Write my own explanation using features.

Friday, May 4, 2018

Making A Justifed Prediction


My Reflection
I have been learning to make a justified prediction of a book.
A justified prediction is saying why you think that with evidence from the text,cover or blurb.
I found this tricky because at first I didn't know what a justified prediction was but i got some help from a classmate and i then figured out what a justified prediction is.
My Next Step Is To
I can compare visual information with blurb,title and contents to justify a prediction.

Spelling-The K Sound


My Reflection 
I have been learning to recognise the different ways of spelling the 'k' sound.
I was surprised that you can use 'que' and 'ch' to spell the 'k' sound.
My Next Step Is To
use this learning to help me spell more accurately .

Friday, April 13, 2018

Commonwealth Games


This commonwealth game scavenger hunt was pretty hard it made us go all over a lot of different websites but in the end i enjoyed it .`

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Highlights Of Term 1

This is my adobe spark video about my highlights of term 1 for me. I hope you enjoyed watching it .

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Features Of Non-Fiction Text




My Reflection
I have Been Learning To identify features in a non-fiction text. I wish I knew more about features and the texts.
My Next Step Is To   
use these features to help me understand non-fiction text better.

Friday, March 2, 2018

Author Purpose In Non-Fiction Text



My Reflection
I have Been learning to identify and describe what the author wanted me to feel think or see.
An interesting fact I found out about was that falconers use hoods to keep their hawks calm.
Something that surprised me was that falconers only train their hawks to make sure that they can survive in the wild by themselves. I think the author wanted me to know was that how hawks behave in their natural habitats.
My Next Step Is To 
understand how the text features can help me gain a better understand of what I read.

















Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Statistical Inquiry investagation


My Reflection
I have been learning to conduct a simple statistical inquiry.  I investigated what room 24's favourite animal was .  I discovered that the animal Kiwi the most favourite animal in room 24.  I wasn't surprised that most of the class voted kiwi as the favourite animal.
My Next Step Is To
learn how to display this data on a different type of graph.

Friday, February 16, 2018

Parts Of A Graph


My Reflection
I have been learning about different parts of a graph. I learnt that Title, Data, Labels and Scales are the most important parts . 
I found this easy because i remembered every single bit of a graph.
My Next Step Is To
create my own graph by collecting data.

My Kennings Poem

                                                                                                        My Reflection
I have been learning to write a Kennings Poem . A Kennings Poem is like a riddle. It describes something without actually saying what it is . The poem is about me. I found this tricky because i actually didn't know what I like and what I don't.

                                                           My Next Step Is To
                                                  write a Kennings Poem about something else.

Friday, February 9, 2018

My Welcome Post 2018

Welcome to my Year 5 learning blog.  This year I am in room 24 and my teacher is Mrs Melville. I enjoy writing.  A goal I have this year is to get better at maths. I hope you enjoy my blog and leave lots of feedback.