Maths Week 8

This week for maths my group has been learning equal adjustments. I found this strategy quite easy to get the hang of. Equal adjustment is just like round and compensating exept you are doing something to both sides. This is a photo of what I have made to display my learning.

What maths are you learning about at the moment?

Reading W7

This week for reading we were asked to read an online book about the treaty of waitangi and then find a word that we didn't know the meaning of. My word was Authority. I have no clue what it means, but based on what I have heard it has something to do with rights and power. Here is a google drawing I have made to display my learning.

What's a word you don't know the meaning of? Let me know in the comments.

Maths W7

This week for maths we have been looking at rounding and compensating with decimals. We have been trying to make it easier to add decimal figures together. By rounding one of the figures up/down its easier to add to the other decimal figure. Then we make an adjustment for the figure we have compensated. I made a google drawing to display my learning.

Does my drawing help you understand how it is easier to add decimal figures together? Let me know what you think.

Writing W7

This week for writing we have been focusing on how to write biographies.  We were asked to write instructions for how to write a good biography.  I gave a list of starting points that would give you an interesting biography, one that wouldn't make you go to sleep if you read it. Here are my instructions.

 Have you written a biography? Would you find this useful for writing about a famous person?

Communtication

Communtication 

When working in a group communication is important , so that you know who is doing what and Who is bringing in what. Without communtication nothing would happen. I think I have been communicating with my group well. I told them that I would bring sponges in and I did. We worked good together. Overall I think my group has communticated very well.



Do you communicate well with other people? Are you good at communticating?

Waitangi

(This was due a while ago but I just didn't haved the time)

This term we were learning about waitangi. We were asked to go away and come up with something creative to display what we have learnt. Beth and I made a quick news report. Here it is.

Do you learn about waitangi at your school? If so what have you learned about it?

Creativity

Hello and Welcome back to my blog. Today we are looking at creativity. We were asked to think of some interesting ways of how you could use a paper clip. My top 5 most creative ways were:

1. Use it as a book mark
2. Use it to get the sim ard out of your phone
3. Remover dirt from under your nails
4. Pop balloons
5. As an earring 

What is Creativity?

Creativity is like thinking outside of the box. Its like thinking differently. Its really hard to explain but its like creatively thinking.

I didn't bring as much Creativity to the group as I should have but I did take part in making our final product.

Do you do PBL at your school?

PBL collaboration

This Term in the Kaupeka Hub we have been working very hard on our PBL we have been making some games for our fair. The whole Kaupeka hub is running the kids zone and we were asked to make a game it. We got split into groups of people that we had never worked with before. We didn't work as well as I thought we would because some people in our group were being silly and got paint everywhere. So they got banned from painting with us. But overall we worked together alright and we got the job done. Also as a hub we are looking at what a good collaborator is here are some ideas of what a good collaborator is:

• Cares for the group
• Talks to the group
• Shares their ideas
• Listens to eachother
• Helps their group
• Easy to work with (They actually do something)
• Hard working (Do their fair share)
• Ellaborate on others ideas
• Use others stengths and skills

How I helped my group:

• I did alot of the painting
• I bought sponges in for our group
• I talked to my group
• Me and Sienna were the better painters so we painted while the boys did something else
• We came up with our final product by building on each others ideas

For our game my group is doing a sponge the student. We got a MASSIVE piece of plywood and painted the cookie monster on it. We cut a hole in it for someone in our group to stick their face through, and then little children throw sponges at their face. I think my group could work on getting along better because we didn't get along that well. I think the fair is going to be Really cool, you should come along it is on sunday the 8th of March from 11am till 3pm at our school.

Have you ever been to a fair before? Have you ever had to work in a group before? did it go well?