Basic Facts Boxes

I completed basic facts boxes addition up to 20. Basic facts boxes is a can do activity where you have to answer all of the questions in a short amount of time.

I did a basic facts boxes and my results where that I got all of the questions correct and my time was 2 minutes and 24 seconds.

Next time for my goal is to basic facts boxes up to 100 addition because I have already done and memorised my up to 5 and 10 addition.

SSR Selfie / Earthquakes

I read a book about earthquakes on a can do activity called SSR selfie. SSR selfie is a task where you have to read a fiction or non - fiction boom and find information about it.

This books talks about how an earthquake happens, what is an earthquake and what the earths layers are.

Not all damaged caused by earthquakes. They are side effects which can cause more damage than an earthquake itself such as tsunamis, landslides, liquefaction.

The best thing to do in an earthquake situation is to drop down take cover and hold on to something sturdy or hard like a table.

I enjoyed this task because I learned a lot about how earthquakes happen and what to do.

Basic Facts Boxes

 I completed another basic facts boxes multiplication. This basic facts boxes task is where you have to answer all the questions correctly.

For my answers and time I got all my answers correct and my time was 2 minutes and 56 seconds.

Next time for my goal I will do up to 100 or division.

Typing

I completed another can do activity called typing. Typing is a task where you have to type up the words on the screen without looking at your keyboard.

First I set up a fifteen minute timer to time myself while typing to see how far I got to in that fifteen minutes.

The level I got up to was the chicken level. It was very hard for me because I kept looking at my keyboard

I enjoyed this task because this helped me type without looking at my keyboard.

Basic Facts boxes

I completed basic facts boxes multiplication. This task is where you have to answer all the questions quickly and to try and get a good time.

For my basic facts boxes I got all my answers correct and my time was 2 minutes and 53 seconds.

Next time for my goal is to do division.

Find a Fact / Usain bolt

I completed a find a fact which is a can do activity. Find a fact is a task where you have to find out information abou that topic or person. The person I chose was Usain bolt.

First I wrote down my introduction. My introduction was: Usain bolt is a Jamaican sprinter who was born on August the 21st in Sherwood content, Jamaica who retired in 2017. The cause of his retirement was his knee which had to have surgery on.

Next I wrote down my five facts. For example: He ran his second 100 - metre record in 2008 with his shoe untied.

To finish up I put in some photos and video and my information sources.

Enjoyed this task because I learned a lot about Usain bolt.

SSR selfie

I read a book about the sea and sea life.

This book talks about what happens in the sea, how it was formed and why the sea is blue.

The sea is blue because the reflection from the sky which is blue that makes the sea blue to, but when a cloud overheads it cast a shadow on the sea.

A tide is the sea level rising and falling twice each day. You can see when the tide is rising when the water covers the beach. When the water stops rising it is a high tide.

I enjoyed this book because I learned alot about the sea and sea life.

Literacy / Rap vs Poetry

I completed a task called rap vs poetry.

First I had to find interesting words that are in the text. We had four slides for each day and on friday we had to guess if it was a poem or rap lyric. Next I looked for poetic devices in the text. The only poetic devices I found were Rhymes, Similes and personification. Then we had to write our decision if it's a poem or rap lyric and why. Next we had to write what the author is trying to make us feel and who is the author.

Afterwards I did the second slide. The four slides were based on each day from monday to thursday, but on friday the answers are going to be revealed and to see if we got it right. Each day had its own rap lyric or poem. Then we have to fill out the slide for that day. 

Finally the answers were revealed to us. For the answers there were two poems and two rap lyrics. 

I enjoyed guessing if the text was a rap lyric or a poem and getting to know more vocabulary. 

Basic Facts Boxes

I completed basic facts boxes multiplication. Basic facts boxes is a task where you have to answer the questions with speed in order to get a fast time.

Afterwards when I finished my results were that I got 100 out of 100 questions correct and my time was 2 minutes and 3 seconds.

Next time my goal will be to do division.

SSR Selfie / NZ Disasters

I read about COVID - 19 in the book called NZ disasters.

This chapter in the book is all about COVID - 19 coming to the world, when it started and who started it and people rushing to the supermarkets to buy toilet paper, tinned food, hand sanitiser and hand soap.

The COVID - 19 started in early January 2020 when China reported a severe outbreak of a new type of flu that had been broken out in a market in Wuhan in late 2019.

On the 28th of February the first case of COVID - 19 disease was diagnosed in New Zealand, So the NZ government said that whoever travels here to NZ have to self - isolate for 14 days but whoever didn't comply the police would fine them.

I enjoyed this book because I got to learn more about COVID - 19 and what happened.

Reasons & Statistics

I wrote down my reasons and statistics.

First I worte down my 3 reasons to back up my argument. My argument is about having more food and water for everyone so there can be less starving.

Next I wrote down my first reason which was: There should be more water because they can keep you hydrated and healthy and can keep you from being dehydrated.

My second reason was: Eating real food like vegetables can help nourish and protect your skin.

My last reason was: Eating food can help us produce energy to allow us breathe, think and move.

I found these reasons from different websites which talk about why food and water is important.

Synthesis & QAR

My group and I did two task called synthesis and QAR on an article called: Beat Bullying.

The first task we did was synthesis. The synthesis task includes three boxes called prior knowledge, new information and new understandings.

Prior knowledge is information you already know about the article . New information is where you find new information about the article. New understandings is where you agree or disagree to what the aauthor says in the article.

The next task was QAR. The QAR task is where you have to put the right questions in the right box. There are four boxes which are right there, think and search, author and you, on my own. There are ten questions and you have to answer them.

Persuasion

I created a poster about persuasion.

First I watched two videos about persuasion. The first video I watched about persuasion was kid president. Kid president explained six steps about persuasion which was to listen, acceptance, pause, breathe love, treat people like their people, distract them and Dance. Then I watched the second video.

Next, the other video I watched was about persuasive writing. The video explained how to persuade someone. Persuading is trying to convince someone, you can also convince your friends, family, strangers, siblings and teachers.

Lastly, I created a poster about persuasion. I used all of the information that I got from the two videos I watched. For example: 18 looks like the number 18, but when you flip the number it will look like the number 81 from a different perspective.

I learned a lot about what persuasion is from the two videos I watched.