Day: March 14, 2024

Nonsense Paragraph

 

This week we have been learning about the vowels and the “ei” sounds. Ei can make long /a/ sound and long /e/ sounds. Long vowels are saying the letter name, and the short vowel is saying the letter sound. We made a DLO of Nonsense Paragraphs, The words we used in our paragraph to make a nonsense sentence is Veil, Skein, Eight, Foreign, Reindeer, Leisure, Receipt, Receive, Beige, Reign, Abseil, Vein, Perceive, Ceiling and Receive.

I enjoyed this task because I liked how we challenged our partners to see who wrote it faster.

Sound Focus

LI: Sound Focus: ei and in long /a/

For spelling we learnt about the “ei ” as a long /a/. First we looked at the words that include the “ei” sounds. For example: beige, skein, vein. When saying these words you need to be able to make the “ei ”. Then we chose a word which was veil, and veil is a type of material that is to cover a woman or to hide their faces.

I found this activity fun because writing down and sounding out the words were really fun as well as challenging my partner.

Treaty Of Waitangi

LI: understand the Treaty Of Waitangi.

Our task was to research the treaty of Waitangi and the history before the treaty of Waitangi happened. First we learnt about the history of slavery and how it still existed when Te Tiriti o Waitangi, therefore Great Britain travelled to Aotearoa on ships with missionaries to spread Christianity across New Zealand. Then the British crown created laws for New Zealand that everybody had to follow. The British ruled over a large and powerful empire and wanted New Zealand to be a part of it too.

I found this task interesting and upsetting to because seeing picture of young people being in the slavery is upsetting but also finding information about how it was back in the days was interesting.

 

Taniwha names

LI : understand how culture connects with your name

Our task was to create a taniwha into our name. First I looked for some Taniwha designs that would fit with my name, and I came across one with a head and decided to make that as my Taniwha design. Then I got some ideas from people to make the tongue of the Taniwha as and S and keep continuing on with my name. I chose the colour purple because I wanted it to pop out more instead of it being green.

I found this task awesome because I designed it as a draft to see how it would turn out in the end.

 

Statistical Investigation

LI : To read the text, gather, sort, graph and analyse the data.

Our task was to create a statistical investigation by following the cycle. First me and my partner thought of a question which was “What college would you want to attend?”, then we went around the class asking them about our question. Then we gathered up all our data that we needed to analyse, we found out the answer and which college was picked most. We found out that most people in LS2 would attend Tamaki.

I enjoyed this task because it was fun going around and asking people about which college they would attend.

 

me and my partner formed a question, our question was “what sports do you play,” then we went around asking the class what sport they play. After we gathered all of the data we analyzed (looked closely). Finally we formed a conclusion, we found out that most people in LS2 don’t play sports.

Leaders We Admire

Our task was to create a DLO about a leader we admire, and my group and I had to choose Rosa Parks because she stood her ground and sat in front of the bus which was supposed to be for people that are white. But instead she decided to sit in the front and not care about the rules because she thought that the rules were useless and not helpful.

I enjoyed this task because researching about Rosa Parks is really interesting and especially hearing about her story.

Vision Board

Our task was to create a vision board about a leader that we look up to and how we can achieve those goals. I choose Valerie Adams because I believe that I am hardworking in not just work but in sports too. With my prior knowledge I believe that Valerie Adams is a really strong and capable woman. 

I really enjoyed researching about her because I got to know more interesting things about her that I didn’t know.