My favorite moments

My Reflection

These are the high lights of the year.  All of these activities were so much fun. 

Fractured Fairy Tales

My Reflection

I have been learning to write a fractured fairy tale using what I have learned about a narrative structures and  features.  My fracture fairy was based on little red ridding hood.  the best part of this was typing my fractured fairy tale.  I got a lot better at writing.  I am most proud of finishing in time.  My next step is to make sure I sequence the story in the right order.  

Responding To a Text Using My Prior Knowledge

 My Reflection
I have been learning to respond to a text using my prior knowledge.  I found this easy because I had the book to read and find information.  My next step is to use personal experiences to connect ideas in the text.           

3d Shapes

My Reflection

I found this easy because I had a strategy to use.  My next step is to learn 4d shapes. 

Multiplying Using Peace Value

My Reflection

I have been learning to use please value to work out big multiplication problems.
I found this easy because I a stagy to work it out.
My next step is to know all my 12 times tables off heart. 

Character Description Reflection

My Reflection

W.A.L.T write a character description using adjectives.  I found this easy because I did not have to imagine and cI liked it.  I used my 5 senses to write 5 or more different sentences about  my character. My next step is to use more interesting adjectives.

Comparing Fairy Tales

My Refection
I have been learning to identify conman themes in fairy and fractured tales.  We read two narratives called little red ridding hood and into the forest.  A common theme l made from these stories was grandma, mum, forest and red.  I found  this easy because I had the two books to compare. My next step is to write my own fractured fairy tale.

Moari God Art

This is my moari god art.  We read a myth called in the begging.  I drew tawhirimatea and I used some adjectives to describe him. I enjoyed this activity.

Skimming and Scanning Information

My reflection
We have been learning to find and summarize information by skimming and scanning.  Skimming and scanning are fast reading techniques to help you find the main ideas or information quickly in a text.  We read a story about white tailed spiders.  I used scamming and scanning to read this text.  I found this easy because I had the book and it had the book and the book had the answers in it.  My next step is to us skimming  and scanning more often.

Decimals Fractions and Picentiges

My Reflection
I have been learning to match decimals with factions and percentiles.
I had to match these  decimals with percentiles and fractions.
I thought it was going to be hard but it was easy because when I went on I only had to do a few things
I chose to share my learning on my blog.
My next step is to learn more about decimals

Persuasive Speech Popplet

My Reflection
I have been learning to find information about my speech topic.  I used instagrok and other websites to research my speech topic which is education.  I found this interesting because we had to write a speech to persuade someone.  My next step is to plan my speech.

Equal Additions Strategy

My Reflection

I have been learning to use equal addition to subtract 3 digit numbers.  I found this work easy because I was taught a quick strategy for these equitation.  My next step is to do this with decimals.

Writing Features of Persuasive

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My Reflection
We have been learning to identify the features of persuasive writing.  I found this hard because
I had find writing features in this peace of writing. Some thing I learnt was what a rhetorical questions was.  My next step is to write a persuasive speech.

All About Matariki

We have been learning about Matariki me and Vincent made a slide show.

Reading Comprehension - Matariki

My Reflection

I have been learning to to answer a range of questions about  a text.  I found this easy because I had the text with me.  My next step is to learn more about matariki.

Telling the time

My Reflection
I have been learning to tell the time in 5 minutes blocks  I found this hard because we had to do to things the time in words.  My next step is to tell the time in romen numerals.

Daisy day responding to a text

ordering an eplanation

My Reflection

We have been learning about the structure and order of writing an explanation.  We had to put the piece of writing in the correct order.  I found this easy because I was already been told what it is.  My next step is to write my own explanation.

Solving Multiplication Problems With 2 digit Numbers

My Reflection

I have been learning to solve multiplication problems with 2 digit numbers.  I used place value to  solve this problem.  I found this easy because I new the strategy.  My next step is to solve division problems with remainders.

Classiflying Celerbrations

My Reflection

We have been learning about celebrations.  There are different types of celebrations.  We had to talk about these celebrations and decide what type of celebration they were.  I found this easy because the celebrations were quite different so I could tell the differences. 

Bike Skills

This term we have been doing bike skills it has been really fun.

Comparing Celerbrations

My Reflection

We have been learning to compare and contrast different celebrations.  My group researched information about the differences of Diwali and Easter.  Something I found interesting was finding out information about Diwali next we worked with anther group and used a venn diagram to compare our celebration.  Things that were the same were special clothes and foods.  My next step is to detail and information in the venn diagram.                                                                                                                    

100 Word Challenge World War 1

My Reflection

I have been learning to add detail to my writing.  We had to imagine we were a solder or a family members and write about this picture.  I used adjectives to make my writing more interesting.  My next step is to use features like smiles, onomatopoeia and alliteration.

Moment in time

My Reflection
I have been learning to use strategies to add detail to my writing.  I wrote about a moment in time during my holiday.  I used my 5 senses to add  retell to my writing.  I found this work easy because we did a plan before we wrote it.  My next step is to make an image in the readers mind.

Suffixes

My Reflection
I have been learning to understand how suffixes change the meaning of a word.  I found this easy because I had all reedy  learnt what it is.  My next step is to understand what a prefix is.

Making and Justifing Inferences - Lukes go-kart

My Reflection
I have been learning to make and justify inference.
An inference is going beyond the author´s words to understand what is not being said in the text.
I found this  easy because we read the book first.
My next step is to use picture to help me work out what the author wants me to know.

Decimal Place Value

My Reflection

 I have been learning to do decimal place value.
I found this hard because the decimal number is not a full number
My next step is to use decimal more in my maths.

My Pepaha Art

This is my pephea art. A pepeha is a way of introducing your self in maori.  I have included my maunga (mountion) my awa(river) my cult and place a which is special to me.
My favourite part of this was coloring the river.I enjoyed this art work.

My Antonym Diamante poem

My Reflection
I have been learning to write an antonym diamante poem.
An antonym is two nouns that are opposites.
A diamante poem is a poem that is the shape of a diamond.
I found this easy because we did a plan first and could just copy it.
My next step is to write a antonym diamante poem more often.

Summarising In Formation-Camoflage Presentation

My Reflection

I have been learning to find and summaries information in non-fiction texts.
I found this piece of work tricky because we had  find out lots of information about animals that camouflage.
The best part of this doing our camouflage title page for the brown kiwi.
My next step is to make sure I summaries the information using my own words.

Rooms 12 favourite animal graph

My Reflection
I have been learning to collect data using a tally chart and show the results on a bar graph.
I found this fun because we got to go around and ask people what they like out of fish cat dog horse and cow.  I was surprised with the results because the horse was so popular.  My next step is to show data on different types of graph.                            

Softball Skills

Yesterday we had soft ball skills.
I felt proud because I did my best.

My Metaphor Poem

My Reflection
I have been learning to use metaphors to make it more interesting by making pictures in the readers head.
I was surprised that the writing was easy because we did a plan.  My nest step is to use adjectives and verbs.

Making connections - The stowaway

My Reflection
I have been learning to make connections to what I read.
I could make connection to this story because my Ginny pig was once lost.
My next step is to us connections often.

Sorting Number-Venn diagram activity

My Reflection

I have been learning to sort even numbers and mulitples of five. I found this easy because I know what even numbers are and multiples of 5.  My next step is to do a different task.

My Biopoem

My Reflection
We have been learning to write a biopoem.
A biopoem is a poem written about ourselves.
  It has a structure that we had to use to write our  poems.
I found this easy because we made a plan first.
My next step is to use interesting ideas and words.

My Welcome Post 2017

Welcome to my Year 4 learning blog.  This year I am in room 12 and my teacher is Mrs Melville.  I enjoy doing maths.  This year I am looking forward to art.  I hope you will enjoy my blog and leave lots of feedback.