Thank you letter to Pak n Save

Dear Store Manager

The Glen Innes Community really appreciates you giving us bread. We use the bread for empty lunch box day so that the teachers can show the children an example of what a healthy sandwich looks like. We also give sandwiches to children who don’t bring lunch to school. Another thing we use bread is when the there are leftover bread/rolls are handed to the needy children every afternoon so that they can enjoy a tasty treat. Thank you for giving us bread.

Yours Sincerely: Andrea

Glen Innes School  

How China celebrates Christmas

Here is a link to my powtoon.

Tasty Food

Snowflake Triangle

In this game, I had to pick different coloured triangles so that it could form into a snowflake. I think this game would be suitable for children between 5 and 8 students.

Snowman Puzzle

In this game, I had to put all the pieces together so that it could look like a nice snowy day on Christmas. I could drag the last 2 pieces on the master piece so I just took a screenshot. I think this game would be suitable for children from 5 - 9 yrs old. When I started playing the game, I didn't know what to do and where to place the pieces. Then I saw the snowflaked shaped piece and knew that it was showing me where to put the pieces. Then I finally finished.

Christmas Maze

In this game, I needed earphones to listen to where I’m supposed to go so that I land on A, B or C. I hope I can get more next time.

Comic Strip - Athletics

Art - Chinese Dragon

Integers

I was playing a game called adding and subtracting integers. As you can tell, I did extremely bad. I got 3 correct and 7 wrong so I think I still need a little more practise. When I know my integers, hopefully I'll get the chance to play this game again and get 10 out of 10.

Exponents

In this game, we had to answer questions that had to do with exponents. I only got 1 wrong. When I was playing the game, Mr Morenko helped me with solving the problems and then I could understand exponents. Next time I play this game, hopefully I will get them all right.

Magic Square

Our Teacher put a link to a game called magic squares. In the game, the magic number was 15. So I had to write numbers from 1 - 9 so that each diagonal, down and across way will add up to 15. I couldn't have done it if Mr. Morenko taught Shanelle and I how to do it. I would like to have more of these examples in mathematics.

Sports Im good at

Family

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Wrapping for the Christmas Banquet

E asttle Reading

This is my reading e asttle results for reading. My overall was 3P. I was hoping to get a 3A or up. II improved because in my last e asttle reading, I got a 2 A so I think I have improved a lot. I am at the national standard which means I am where I am supposed to be for my age.

E Asttle Test Nov 2014

For my e asttle test, I got an overall of 4B. I was happy because I thought that I was going to stay at 3A. I was also happy because I have improved. I got a 3A in algebra. I think I could have done better for algebra because we have been learning algebra for a long time. I mostly improved on Number Knowledge and I got a 4P. Hopefully in the next test, I will  improve even more.   

Chinese New Year rap

WALT: write a rap

During the Chinese New Year

You’ll see people dancing.

When they were finished

People would say that it was enchanting.

Outside of their house

There are decorations.

But you will never see them

Outside of train stations.

On those decorations

There would be rhymes and poems

People would read them

But obviously not golems.

During the night

They light off firecrackers

Watch out parents

Hide your daughters.

The Chinese New Year

Is a religious festivals

They celebrate the years

Using symbols of animals.

My Lantern

 Room 10's topic is about the Chinese New Year. This is the lantern that I made.

Song Dynasty - Popplet

How to make a cup of tea

WALT: write an explanation.

Tea was first made in China. But then the British took the credit. Most people would agree with me that tea can be drunk for breakfast, lunch, etc.

Gather all these things to make a cup of tea so people know what to do. Water, kettle, tea bag, sugar, milk, cup, tea spoon and a plate.

A sensible idea would be to use this method to make the tea. First, boil the water in the kettle. Next, grab the cup and put the tea bag inside. Put in the hot water and leave the tea bag in the cup to brew. After that, use the teaspoon to take the tea bag out. Then add only 1 teaspoon of sugar and finally add the milk then stir. Now the tea is ready to drink.

That is how to make a tasty tea beverage. Some people prefer using no sugar and milk. When people go to the U.K, they would see that they would serve the tea in a teapot instead of a cup.

  

Patterns and Rules

WALT: find patterns and rules.

For this game I had to find the patterns and the rules. First I played the tutorial and I got the last one wrong. After a few practices, I played the proper game. I got a few wrong and the score I got was 2 502. It was challenging for me because I got confused on some questions. I think I need more practice coming up with the rule.  

Chinese Lantern Festival

Our class was writing a comic about chinese lanterns. I used toondoo to do my comic. If you want to try it out, here's a link.
http://www.toondoo.com/Home.toon
You have to sign up first to try it out.

Room 2's Thank you Muffin Letter

Today, some of the Room 11 children got a thank you letter from Room 2. They were giving us thank you letters because we made muffins for the school. I got my letter from Nia. Thank you for the letter Nia.

Name Worksheet

Perimeter

Explantion Writinng

Summarising the text - The Neighbours Shed

The characters in this poem is the neighbour next door and the children. The neighbour lives in his shed. The children want to get their tennis balls back from the neighbours shed but the neighbour won’t give the tennis balls back to them. So the children are trying to get their tennis balls back without using the keys and without the neighbour knowing they’re in the shed.   

Word Problems

In this game, I had to solve word problems using fractions. These were difficult for me because I was confused with some of the questions but I got all of them correct. I would like to get harder word problems with fractions.

American Muffins and English Muffins

Learn, Create, Share

In the middle block, I shared my ebook with Alicia.  Alicia read my ebook and it was about muffins. We did this because our topic is about muffins. She was laughing at my story because she found it funny. She was able to read my story fluently and she didn't need my help.  

Characters Comparison

Demonstrating on muffin making

Here is Chef Alfonso demonstrating on muffin making. Our topic is What is in a muffin? He told us that there were 2 different kinds of muffins. Sweet muffins and savory muffins. I enjoyed learning how to make a muffin with Alfonso.   

Equivalent fractions

WALT: solve problems with fractions.

This game is called Equivalent Fish. I needed to know how to simplify the fractions to its lowest form. I had to control the bird to eat the correct fish with right answer.  Every time I got the answer correct, I get awarded 100 points. But if I get it wrong, it minuses 25 points and the bird pukes the fish out. This game was challenging because I got plenty of the answers incorrect and I lost a lot of points. I think I need more practice to learn how to simplify the fractions to its simplest form.  

Nets - Making a Pyramid

This is the pyramid that I made. I used a compass to connect the lines together to form a triangle. This was a little difficult for me because I struggled using a compass because I hadn't used it before so I had help from my teacher. I would like to learn more about nets.    

3yr old girl pup rescue

Robin Williams

Robin Williams was famous for being an actor and a comedian. He entertained people and made them laugh. I, myself enjoyed watching him and his movies. I loved watching his movie Night at the Museum. He played the role of a cowboy. On the 11th of August 2014, he died in Tiburon, California, U.S.A. I like this quote that Robin Williams wrote and it goes “Only in your dreams, we can feel free. It was always so and will never change.”

 

Scale Drawings

I learned to use scale to enlarge my drawing. I used a scale of 1 cm to represent 4cm. This means that my drawing is 4 times bigger. I think this task was too difficult because it had plenty of detail which made it hard for me to draw. I think I need more practise on this topic. Next, I would like to learn how to enlarge things with less detail.   

How do I think NZ did in the Commonwealth Games

For the 2014 Commonwealth Games, England came first on the medal table. Although New Zealand has only 45 medals, they also came first because New Zealand's population is 4 443 000 people and if you divide the number of people to the number of medals, then you'll see that New Zealand comes on top because New Zealand has the lowest medals/people ratio. I think New Zealand did exceptionally well because they tried to get as much medals as they could.  

Precious McKenzie

1. Wanted to become                         A. 1974

2. He graduated in Phys Ed from      B. Durban, South Africa

3.He wasn’t allowed to represent South Africa because   C. A shoe factory

4. His father was killed by                  D. Weightlifting

5. He worked at                                   E. A circus acrobat

6. He won his third gold medal in      F.Bisham Abbey Academy

7. He loved                                          G. Hunting Crocodiles

8. Was born in                                    H. He was coloured

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Book choices for Junior Children

I chose to read the book “Grumpy Elephant” by Joy Cowley. It is about a Grumpy Elephant and the other animals make him laugh because they are all bumping into things. I think this is suitable for Juniors because it is a short story but it is also entertaining and funny and it is also extremely easy to read. I think the photos in this story would help them to understand the story and help them with the hard words. I also think that they should be able to read it by themselves because it has plenty of easy words. I am 100% positive that plenty of children would read this story because it is very interesting how the other animals make the Grumpy Elephant happy.   

Valerie wins her 3rd gold medal

Finding Grampy

In this game, I had to find grampy using fractions. I found him 4 times and I had 10 attempts. My current score is 40 percent. I found this difficult for me because there were no lines to help me find Grampy. So, when I play this game again, hopefully this would be easy for me to play.

Name that shape

WALT: name that shape.

In this game, I had to name all kinds of different shapes. I got all of them correct in 29 seconds. For me, I thought this game was a little difficult because I guessed some of the shapes because I hadn't seen them before. I would like to learn more about shapes next.

Commonwealth Games 2014 2

Commonwealth Games 2014

Spin and Spell

This game is called Spin and Spell. I had to spell the animals that appeared on the screen. The computer choose the animal for me to spell. I had to spell the word dog. I got it right because it was easy. I like spelling games because they are fun. I think this is a suitable programme for year 1 students because these are simple animals that they should be able to spell.   

Scribbler

This game is Scribbler. All I did was scribble on a blank page and the programme will change it into something amazing. I enjoyed playing this game because I could be creative with them. This is what it turned my scribbling into.

Spending Splurge

I played this game with Arihi. This game is called Spending Splurge. In this game, I started off with $1.750 to spend and I will be on holiday for 9 days in Australia. When I played round 1, I didn't know what were the important things that I needed until I went to round 2. I needed to get a passport, a suitcase or bag, a return ticket and a departure tax. In the end, I had the total of $210 left to buy food.  

Reading Conmprehensions

WALT: ask questions to clarify meaning.

This was all about reading a story and then answering the questions given. I got 9 out of 10 questions correct but the next to play the game, I will try my best to get 10/10. This was challenging for me because some of the questions were difficult but I managed to get most of them correct. I would like to learn algebra next.

Soccer Lessons 2

Quan is demonstrating how to stop the ball from getting into the goal. I found it interesting that people can stop a soccer ball with all sorts of parts of their bodies. He is teaching us the technique of how to kick a soccer ball the correct way. I had plenty of fun learning soccer skills with Quan.  

Soccer Lessons

This soccer coach's name is Quan. For the past few weeks, he has been teaching us how to control a soccer ball and plenty of other things. He is Spanish but I think he still needs a little help to learn a little more English. I had a hard time to understand what he was trying to say but I figured it out in the end.

Decimal Place Value

WALT: solve problems in groups.

In this football math game, I had to solve decimals place value problems. For each correct answer, I would earn seven points, but if I get the incorrect answer, I lose three points. This was hard for me because I got a lot of questions incorrect and I only got 3 correct. My score is 14 but I really wanted to get at least over 20. I would like to practise more decimal place value.

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