Teamwork | HPE

Teamwork is a term to describe a group of people working together to achieve a goal.

Teamwork consists of three main mechanisms. 

Communication is talking with each other. An example of what communication is in dodgeball when someone has the ball and their name gets called out to pass the ball.

Cooperation is helping each other and including each other. An example of what cooperation is in dodgeball when a team works together to win the game.

Collaboration is working with each other. An example of what collaboration is in dodgeball is when someone is throwing the ball and they get warned by their teamates.

                                              This video shows the mechanism of communication.

                                              This video shows the mechanism of collaboration.

                                             This video shows the mechanism of cooperation.

To be successful as a team all three mechanisms need to implemented throughout the activity.

SSR Selfie

I read the whole book of Rugby league written by Jon Richards.

The book is about Rugby skills and players. One of the facts about Rugby league is: players start 

a rugby match with a kick off. they use a kicking tee to hold the ball in place.

I enjoyed the book because I learnt lots of new facts.

Basic Facts Boxes

I completed basic facts boxes multiplication. The basic facts boxes challenge is to answer the questions quickly.

I got 100/100 correct and my time was 4 minutes and 32 seconds. The hardest row of times tables to do was my 8 times tables and my 9 times tables.

I need to work on my 8 and my 9 times tables because I kept on getting stuck on it then moving on. My goal next time is to do division and keep on moving on.

Making Connections

Connections are similiar ideas compared between the readers experiences or knowledge and the text being read. There are three differnent types of connections. They are: text to self, text to text, and text to world.

Text to text is talking about something that links to yourself. For example: The duck shared food with the villagers. The duck did the right thing as it was the villagers’ food. My connection is: I have shared food with my cousins because they were hungry. It connects because they both use empathy. Empathy means sharing feelings with another person.

Text to text is talking about something that links to another text in a book. For example: The duck told the highway rat to thinking there was food at the top of a echoey cave. The duck was trying to not get eaten by the rat. My connection is: In the story the Gruffalo, the mouse tricks the owl, fox, and the snake into thinking there was a beast named the Gruffalo. It connects because they both use deception. Deception means tricking someone into thinking you're telling something true.

Text to world is talking about something that links to the world. For example: The duck tried to defend herself from the highway rat. The duck tried to take back her cupcake from the highway rat. My connection is: In the world people defend themselves from thieves that try to steal their food. It connects because they both use fearlessness. Fearless means your not scared of anyone or anything.

Making connections can help understand about another text, about ourselves, and about the world.

Marc Duffy

Marc Duffy is an inspirational role model who helped other kids with reading. When he was young he did bad things with bad people. He was sent to prison for 4 years and was taught how to read. 

He learnt how to read after 4 years in prison. He got a school certificate and a diploma in business.

He was a New Zealand Boxing lightweight champion in fight for life.

He learnt the trade of a builder and owned his own business.He worked for Bunnings fitting out their stores. Now he manages the largest store in NZ which is in Hamilton.

He went back to University to become a counselor.  

Marc is now a professional boxer, reader and counselor who helps kids with reading.

Multiplication

Multiplication is a faster way of addding the same number many times. The two, five, and ten times tables are examples of multiplication.

The three times tables are multiplying three by a number of groups. The four times tables are multiplying four by a number of groups. The six times tables are multiplying six by a number of groups.

The times tables are an easy way to remember basic multiplication equations. The next times tables to learn are the sevens, eights, and nine times tables.

SSR Selfie | Superman

I read 30 pages of the book Superman by Simonson Vecchio.

The book was about Superman trying to destroy Lex Luthors energy weapon called the hammerz. Lex luthor ships the hammerz with his goons guarding it. Superman has to fight the goons in order to save the city.

Superman suit is red, blue, and yellow. Lex luthors suit is green, purple, and red in the middle. 

I like superman because he defeats Lex Luthors goons.

Public vs Private | Cybersmart

Public information can be shared with other people. Private information is to be kept safe or it can be posted online and would be stuck online forever.

Public information can be shared with other people. An example of public information is: pictures of harmless things.

 

Private information is kept to be safe so there are no problems. An example of private information is: personal text messages.

If private information is not kept safe, it might be broadcasted, copied, searched, stolen, and shared.

Teamwork | HPE

Teamwork is a term to describe a group of people working together to achieve a goal.

Teamwork consists of three main mechanisms. 

Communication is talking with each other. An example of what communication is in dodgeball when someone has the ball and their name gets called out to pass the ball.

Cooperation is helping each other and including each other. An example of what cooperation is in dodgeball when a team works together to win the game.

Collaboration is working with each other. An example of what collaboration is in dodgeball is when someone is throwing the ball and they get warned by their teamates.

To be successful as a team all three mechanisms need to implemented throughout the activity.

Basic Facts Boxes

Today I completed basic facts boxes up to ten. The objective of this challenge is to answer the questions quickly.

I got 100/100 correct answers and finished in 2 minutes and 59 seconds.

My goal next time is to do up to 20 addition.

Character Trait

A character trait is inferring about a character in a book and how they act. 

A character trait uses adjectives to describe the character. In the Highway Rat there are 3 character that can be describe using traits.

The duck is confident because she tries to defend herself from the highway rat so he doesn't take her cupcake. The duck is a trickster because she tells the rat that she has a sister a the top of an echoey cave with lots of treats. The duck is helpful and caring because she takes back the food to the villagers because as it was the right thing to take back the villagers food. 

Using character traits helps understanding why or how a character is doing something based on the description or opinions used.

Multiplication

Multiplication is a faster way of addding the same number many times. The two, five, and ten times tables are examples of multiplication.

The two times tables are multiplying two by a number of groups. The five times tables are multiplying five by a number of groups. The ten times tables are multiplying ten by a number of groups.

The times tables are an easy way to remember basic multiplication equations. The next times tables to learn are the three, four, and six times tables.

Compare and Contrast | Maori Haka & Cook Island Haka

I wrote down the differences between the Maori haka and the Cook Island haka. 

Next I wrote down the similarities for the Maori haka and the Cook island haka. Afterwards I wrote down the differences. One of the differences was: The Cook Island haka are not stomping their feet / The Maori haka stomps their feet.

Afterwards I put the differences and the similarities on a slide. 

I enjoyed learning about the differences and the similarities about the Maori haka and the Cook Island haka.

Basic Facts Boxes

I completed basic facts boxes up to 5. 

I got 100/100 correct. My time was 3 minutes and 7 seconds.

My goal is to complete the up to 10 additon and subtraction challenge.

SSR Selfie

I read 31 pages of the book called Rugby players and skills written by Jon Richards.

First I read the book. The book is about Rugby players and skills. 

Afterwards I wrote down three facts about the book. One of the skills that rugby players use is: A grubber kick. A grubber kick is when a player drops the ball onto their kicking foot and \uses the top of their boot to create a forward spin to make the ball roll along the gorund.

Lastly I wrote down three words that I did not know. One of the terms was: Off - loading. Off loading means getting rid of the ball by passing the ball without knocking it on.

I like how the author talked about the skills and they mean.

Fact and Opinion | Reading

I completed a task called fact and opinion.

First I listened to the story called the highway rat. The story is about a highway rat who was a bad person who was stealing all the other animals food, but a duck tricks the rat into thinking she has a sister at the top of a echoey cave with a lot of food.

Next I wrote down the facts. A fact is something that is true. For example one of my facts are: The duck told the highway rat that she has a sister at the top of a echoey cave.

Afterwards I wrote down my opinions. A opinion is something that you think is true. For example one of my opinions are: The duck was trying not to get eaten by the rat. 

Lastly I wrote down 5 adjectives for each opinion to describe the character trait. One of my adjectives were: courageous.

I enjoyed this task and finding facts and opinions about the book.

Multiplication

We used multiplication to count many items quickly.

First we split the big group of counters into small groups of 5. Multiplication is a faster way of adding the same number many times. 

Next we counted the number of groups there are. We used multiplication to find out the unknown amount , which was 45. 

I enjoyed this task because I learnt how to use multiplication to add numbers faster many times.

LI. To use multiplication to count many items.