Predictions

L.I To predict what will happen next in the book by looking at title and images from the front cover. 

Today I made a prediction for the book called "Picking Up Puha". (Puha is a vegetable that are mostly used in soups and are popular in some countries). We needed to make a prediction by looking at the title and the pictures that are shown in the front cover. We had to fill out the reading work that was set up for us which had questions that are saying like what our predictions are and what we think it is.

I learned by filling out the work that was setup for us, I also learned that predicting is very fun to do. I also learned that predicting is a reading strategy that I mostly use for some books that I read. I also learned that you are using your prior knowledge while predicting. 

Making Predictions

Text title: Picking Up Puha.

Basic predictions

Prediction: : I think it is about a family picking up a puha from the farm but they have a few problems on the way.	Correct / incorrect
I think this is a narrative/ recount/ information report/ procedure/ explanation/ persuasion (highlight) because … I think that this is a narrative of the family’s point of view of picking up the Puha from the farm but they have some problems on the way.	Incorrect
I think the text is about… The family picking the puha up but their car breaks down of something bad happens. because … They run out of gas or they drive into a muddy pile.	Incorrect
One sentence I might see in the text is: Ew! Something smells. I hate picking puha! It's so boring!	Correct

Other predictions

Prediction: Another prediction is that the family gets slowed down by a heavy storm.	Correct / incorrect
Prediction: The family might be in a bad weather and by the time they pick up the puha it starts smelling bad.	Correct
Prediction: The puha is getting washed away by the river.	Incorrect
Prediction: The puha might be all squashed up and soggy in a bad weather.	Incorrect

Kiwi Can

L.I To never give up and keep trying. 

Today we went to kiwi can. At kiwi can we played a few games. We first went right into our energizer which was called rock, paper, scissors. In rock, paper, scissors we had to some different things from the original rock paper scissors game, we had to get into partners and if each one of the partners win then the other partner has to go behind them and yell out the partners name. If another partner meets your partner then they have to play and whoever loses has to join the line, person with the longest line with everyone in there wins. The game was pretty fun and I liked that it was different from the original game. We then talked about giving things a go even if your shy, if you do give it a go then you'll learn a lot of things. We also talked about never giving up, you need to make sure that when your giving things a go you never give up. This will also give you a confidence boost. We then went onto our activity which was to try to act out a action to our group. This was to show how much confidence we have. The aim of the game was your group to first guess what you are trying to act. This game was really fun to do and I enjoyed my time. We then went onto our GKQ (General Knowledge Questions). Our buzzer was putting our hands on our head and saying our name, we got asked questions like what is the topic of kiwi can and what was our topic before, both answers were leadership and fairness and fair play.

I learned that I shouldn't give up and give things a try even though I am a bit shy, though I can learn new things which will be very helpful later on in life. 

Art Work

L.I To use the steps of making simple pop art to make pop art. 

Today I did pop art. We had to use four easy simple steps to making pop art. We first had a photocopy of ourselves so we can trace all the dark bits. Once we traced all of them we had to sketch our photocopied face on the back of the page, we had to make sure the lines were fat. Next we had our photocopied face taped to a blank A4 Paper. We then had to get a red pen and trace over the blue very hard so it will transfer to the blank A4 Paper. Then once our face was transferred to the A4 paper we had to color in the white parts that was shown in our photocopied face. After that we had to paint the parts that you didn't color in with the pastel. Then for our final and last step we had to trace over all the penciled lines with vivid. Once we were done with all our art work, it really stood out and looked like actual pop art.

I learned by following the four simple and easy steps for pop art. It looked really good with the paint, the pastel, and the vivid to make it stand out. 

   

Commenting

L.I To go around and comment on other peoples blogs.

Today I commented on Chris's blog post. He was talking about prodigy in his blog post and what it is about. 

I learned by going and clicking on Chris's profile link and then commenting on his blog post. 

Kiwi Sport

L.I To learn how to pitch and run around the basis. 

Today we went to kiwi sport to learn how to run around the basis and how to pitch. We first started off with running around the basis. We had to get into two teams and line up, we then had to run around the mats that was placed on the ground, we had to make sure we step on them to count as a full run. It was team versus team so it was challenging but very fun. We then went onto pitching, we had to stand behind the cones with the balls on it and buddy up. We soon used a technique which was a L shape with our arms then making a K with our leg up. We did throws and it was pretty fun.  

I learned by practicing to pitch and running around the basis. 

Prior Knowledge

L.I To activate prior knowledge about a topic before reading what is a census? 

Today I did my reading which was to understand what prior knowledge means and what it is. Prior knowledge means using the knowledge about what we already know about to learn about something you want to learn about. We had to gather up the knowledge we already know and put it into something that we wanted to know about, that is the census. The census is a online or paper survey that people do if their house is damp or they want to fix something up in their house. The census also is a thing where they keep track of how many New Zealanders there are and how many new ones there are. It is also illegal to not do the census, if you don't then you will get fined for about 50$ or 500$.

I learned by making a google draw then explaining what prior knowledge is and what the census is.

Little Boat Commenting

L.I To identify the features of a recount. 

Today I did my writing work which was to comment on my own little boat recount. I had to make sure I had the writing features in my recount which is: First Person (Which means how much "I" I have used), Past Tense (Which are words like "Been, or Later"), and lastly Time Connectives (Which means words that have "Ed" at the end of them. Not all words with "Ed" are time connectives). We also had to do this with a partner too. We had to give each other a rating and comments to see if they using the writing features. 

I learned by getting a buddy to work with then commenting on my work to see if I used the writing features.