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.

3D Collage

Financial Literacy

Dental Presentation

On the 5th of June, Mrs Wallbridge came to Room 11 and she showed us a presentation about teeth. She explained everything about the importance of teeth. We emailed her questions and she came to Room 11 and told us all the information that we needed to know. Room 11 and 12 students learned many new things about our teeth. The information/facts we picked up were breathtaking.

One of things that I found astounding was when she said that sugar is our worst enemy. I love drinking Coca Cola but I didn’t realize how much sugar it has. A 1 litre bottle has 108g of sugar, a 20oz bottle has 65g of sugar and a can has 39g of sugar. When I went back home, there was 2 bottles of Coca Cola and I didn’t want to drink any of it because of the information I found. I found myself drinking water instead. I told my mum how much sugar there was in a 1 litre bottle and she was shocked. I have to convince her to stop buying fizzy drinks but only to buy them on special days and she may agree.

Mrs Wallbridge also told us how to stop toothache. This information was eye-opening because I have never had a toothache before, but if I do, I would be aware of what to do. One of the ways to stop toothache is to quickly find an ice pack and put it on the area that hurts. If you don’t have an ice pack, you could just fill an empty bag with ice, cover it with a cloth or paper towel and apply it directly on the tooth or the cheek area just outside the tooth. The cold temperature will ease the pain.

She also showed us a gruesome picture of  a lady who had oral cancer. I was disgusted by it. When I saw the lady who had oral cancer, her teeth were yellow and her tongue had a sore on it. Many people say that oral cancer is commonly caused by smoking. On the 5th of June at 9:00  , I was going to my nanas house and my aunty was smoking. I told her to stop smoking because she might get oral cancer. I am positive that she has stopped and hopefully she will not get oral cancer.  

  

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.

Art-Scumbling

Inspired by Sue Pownall

Tooth traditions around the world

WALT: look for information

Most people would agree with me that many countries do different things with their teeth. For example: when people put their teeth under a pillow, they believe that the tooth fairy will come and visit them and take their tooth and replace it with money.

Mongolia

Mongolians give their baby tooth to a young dog because they believe that young dogs are considered as guardian angels. The baby tooth is put in the meat fat and it is fed to the young dog. When the guardian angel eats it, it is said that a strong tooth will grow. It is very nice how they believe that young dogs are their guardian angel.

Pakistan:

Kids in Pakistan wrap their tooth in cotton and then throw it in a nearby river at sunset for goodluck. This is very interesting because they wrap their teeth in cotton and throw it in the closest river.

Austria:

In Austria, baby teeth would mainly be transformed into pendant heads or a key ring. Sometimes they would even place the upper tooth under the house and the lower teeth over the roof so that their teeth will always stay straight. To me, this is amazing because of how they transform their teeth into head pendants.

Philippines:

In the Philippines, they hide their baby teeth and make a wish! If they are able to find their teeth after one year, then they can make another wish.  I find this very interesting because they make a wish with their teeth.

Nigeria:

Children in Nigeria have an interesting tradition.  If you're a boy, you hold your tooth and eight stones in your fist.  Girls hold six stones and their tooth in their fists.  The child then closes their eyes, states their name, and counts to the number in the fists.  They then say, "Oh, I want my tooth back!" Next, they throw everything in their fist up in the air and run away as fast as they can.

Russia:

Children in Russia put their lost teeth in mouse holes in the hope that the mouse will give them a strong tooth as a replacement. It is amazing how Russians also believe in a tooth mouse instead of a tooth fairy.

This clearly shows that we are all not that same. We all believe in different things based on our traditions. Which one of these traditions are you most interested in?  

Identifying decimals

WALT: solve division and multiplication problems.

I am learning to identify decimals. This was easy for me because we are learning our decimals. The answer for this is 0.11 because there are 11 blocks that are coloured and there are 100 blocks altogether. The fraction of this is 11/100. So it should be 0.11. Next I want to convert decimals into fractions.