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Procedural Writing

LI: To write a set of clear instructions that show how to make a hangi.

Title: How to make a Hangi

A hangi is a traditional Maori method of cooking food underground using hot stones

  •  Equipments/Materials:
  • Iron
  • Metal Basket
  • Foil
  • Volcanic stones/ Rocks
  • Hooks
  • Covers
  • Gloves
  • Cylinder water
  • Leaves
  • Lighter
  • Shovel
  • Paper
  • Twigs/wood
  • Sticks
  • Sacks (metal)
  • Metal basket ( Metal Cooking tray)
  • Cloths

 

  • Ingredients

 

  • Meat ( read meat, ox, chicken, pork )
  • Vegetable (Pumpkin, Taro leaves or Banana leaves, Kumara, Carrots, Carrot, )
  • Stuffing
  • Dig a pit big enough for the baskets that hold the kai
  • Build fire in the bottom of the pit, by using wood, kindling, and stones.
  • Let fire burn for 3-4 hours
  • Peel vegetables (get food ready) while the oven is burning.
  • Once fire is burnt out, the rocks will be hot
  • Put the meat basket down before the vegetable basket.
  • Use shovels to transport hot stones from fire into hangi.
  • seal hole with wet cloths.
  • Use shovel to cover the hole with dirt
  • After 3-4 hours of letting the hangi burn,
  • You uncover the hangi and take the food out.
  • Enjoy your kai.
  • Always stay close to the food area.
  • Make sure to be safe around the oven.
  • Stay away from buildings.

Today we unpacked how to follow and write a set of instructions. To do this effectively your instructions need to be explicit and the steps to follow ordered. Each step begins with an instructional verb and should be written in a way that is easy to understand.

I enjoyed this activity because I got to collaborate with some people on figuring out some notes.

Digital Escape Rooms

LI: To create a digital escape room that allows others to practise their knowledge  of prefixes and suffixes

This week I learnt how to create a digital escape room using Google forms. All my questions are on the affixes because writing the questions/answers and wrong answers really made me think how to think carefully about the questions. At the end I needed to crack the code to get into the game and to increase my knowledge of affixes.

I found this activity fun because I enjoyed playing the games and trying to crack the code.

Mrs Anderson has created a page on our site with all our escape rooms on it. Click on this link to crack our codes and increase your knowledge of affixes.

Key Competencies

LI: To create a comparison of the before and after experiences at camp.

Before camp, we wrote down what we would achieve at camp by using the acronym TRUMP. The meaning of Trump is thinking, relating to others, using language symbols and text, managing self, and participating and contributing. These 5 words help us to remember when to use them in every activity. When we came back from camp, we wrote down how we used the key competencies for our belongings and in the activities. 

I found this activity fun because I got create goals for myself and try to complete them at camp.

Research about Scurvy

LI: To understand what a balanced diet looks like and why it is important for human health.

For our first Inquiry topic for Term 2 we did a study about what a scurvy is, how can people get affected, and what can we do to avoid it. We wrote did you know facts to help us be able to learn about scurvy such as, Did you know that scurvy could also cause a gum disease? Scurvy is caused by lack of Vitamin C for at least 3 months. I was mostly common for pirates

I found this activity interesting because I got to learn some facts and information about scurvy and what I can do to prevent it.

 

 

Ko wai ia?

LI: To learn about the Royal family and their family generations.

For this week’s Te Reo Maori lesson, we learnt about the Royal family tree and who the members of the family are. We also looked at the family tree and labeled each member by translating it from Māori to English. One of the family member’s name is King Charles and in Maori it is Kingi Tiāre.

I found this activity interesting because I got to learn who the Royal familys names are in Maori and how there family tree works.

 

Class Rules and Expectations Poster

LI: To follow the classroom rules and expectations (including wet day procedures)

 

This week we did a PB4L poster discussing about the Class Expectations and Rules and why they’re important to follow. This poster is also about respecting the teachers and pupils in the classroom. An example of this is like not talking while the teachers are talking so that you can learn what your doing next.

I found this activity fun because I got to learn about the expectation of class and learning with my group about the rules and expectations of what we should not do in class.

Moko Ika Hikuwaru

Moko Ika Hikuwaru is a taniwha that has 8 tails. We drew what we think it would look like without tracing or copying any other designs and we also used our own prior knowledge on what designs to draw for our taniwha. We made our taniwha have four flamming red eyes and a wrinkly body leading to his 8 tails.

I found this activity fun because I got to work one of the best aritst in class and used our imaginations to complete this task.

Kauri Dieback

LI: To gather statistics and protect the Kauri Tree from getting the Kauri Disease.

The following week after camp we did a research about the Kauri Dieback. Then we created a DLO about the Kauri Disease on how we can prevent it from destroying our nature. Though we can do things such as… to stop the disease from killing our tree. 

I found this activity interesting because I got to learn some facts I did not know about the Kauri Dieback and how it can kill Kauri trees.

Brochure

LI: To remember and give information about Kokako Lodge

After camp, we created a brochure about information and highlights about our experiences at Kokako Lodge. We used our persuasive skills and gave reasons to why our audience would want to go. We used pictures to show what it is like at Kokako Lodge and what they have to offer.

I found this activity fun because me and my group got to make a DLO convinceing others to have a good experience at Kokako Lodge.

Main Idea

LI: To identify the main ideas in the text

This week we have been learning how to find and collaboratively decide on the main idea in a text by negotiating. We read the text Lester and Clyde. This was a text about the consequences of pollution. Our group think the main idea was: Raise awareness that one piece of rubbish could destroy the habitats of living animals and that your Actions causes consequences.

We found this activity very fun because we got to write important things on sticky notes and ask everyone in our group to see if they agree or disagree with what that person said.