Weekly Reflection

SDL means self directed learning,  SDL is a good opportunity to getting your stuff that you need to get done, done.  I like doing SDL because it's much easier than someone telling you exactly what you need to do in a session.  I think that I'm pretty good at managing my SDL time.  I'm exited about my personal inquiry that I'm doing with Tess because I've never done anything like what we are doing yet.  I will for sure do my personal inquiry in some of my SDL time.

Plastic bags everywhere!

This day in history volcanoes

Weekly Reflection

I think that things are working for me because I'm getting most of my things done.  I still haven't decided what I'm going to do for my personal inquiry, but I still have ideas that I could possibly do.  I am still working on my watercolour portfolio because I don't even know what I'm going to paint.  I think that I have improved in my basketball skills because we have been working on them.  I love doing scratch because it's creative and you get to practice you coding skills, I hope to do more games in the future.

Hansel&Gretel scratch

Click the green flag to activate the game, collect the bread for energy.  Go to either the cake, banana, apple, taco or cookie to teleport to a different place.

Wellington this day in history

Little Red Riding Hood Scratch

Here is a simple scratch I made about Little Red Riding Hood.  In class we have two weeks to make a scratch and a gruesome story about a fairy tale.  

Vocabulary

In class we have been reading the same piece of writing together and we had to highlight words we didn't know what it meant. Today we searched up what it was and we had to come up with a sentence with that word.

Hemmed:

Meaning: turn under and sew the edge of (a piece of cloth).

Sentence:  Martha hemmed the piece of clothing to make a beautiful dress.

Brittle:

Meaning: hard but liable to break easily.

Sentence:  Some people can be brittle.

Bleak:

Meaning: Meaning: (of an area of land) lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements.

Everything surrounding me was bleak.

Headland:

Meaning: a narrow piece of land that projects from a coastline into the sea.

Sentence: They were heading south to  the headland.

Derelict:

Meaning: In a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect.

Sentence: Orphans are usually left in a derelict as they have either been abandoned or their parents have died.

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Auckland pedestrians begin 'Barnes Dance'

Weekly reflection

A lot of things have changed at LBS like Ruma J turned to Ruma C.  LBS is going to have a new principal which is exiting and going to be different.  I think that I haven't changed at all,  I am exited to learn more about our new principal.  I honestly think that it is good to have a change because it's good to have a change. 

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Show not tell

As the wind brushed against her face her soft red lips soon began to form a wide smile.    It had been a long time since she felt joy overfill her heart. Her eyes widen with joy, the thought that she just came home to a surprise was more than amazing.  There was only one word to express her feeling, happy.

Blackout hits Northeast America

Colour changing cats quick write

For today's quick write we had 5 minutes to create a piece of writing about an inventor. The sentence starter that was given to us was: "The cats out of the bag now"

“The cats out of the bag now”  whispered Sven. Sven is actually Bill Nye the science guy in disguise.  Sven had made cats that change colours when you tap them, Sven made his terrific invention 6 months earlier.   Sven and his “sidekick” Eric went to the NYC science lab and put the cats they stole from a crazy cat lady into a machine.  The machine looked perfect, but once they had pressed a button to start it up everything started to malfunction. A few sparks leapt out onto Sven’s $12000 Gucci lab coat and burned 3 holes in it, after a few hours the cats came out.  They looked normal at first but when they touched them they changed colours. That’s how Sven and Eric ended up with colour changing cats today.

Pauline and the Perseid

LO: use adjectives and adverbs to make the reader want to continue reading. 

Word of the day: Perseid 

“ Leave me alone, I’m about to watch the lights on the sky!” Pauline bellowed.  Pauline is an ignorant 22 year old that still lives with her parents that are about to turn to dust and always wants things to go her way, no matter what.  Pauline wanted to watch the Perseid that was about to happen. Perseid only happens once a year in August and it’s very rare. “ Pauline Crellie Jones come here at this instant!” Yelled her mum.  

“ But I want to see the Perseid!!”

“Who cares”

As soon as her mum said that the Perseid happened. Pauline ran as quick as a lightning bolt, when she eventually reached her destination which was the hill, she was too late.

Weekly reflection

Am I on task?

I think that I am on task and getting what I need to get done, done.  I am not on any overdue tasks on trello which is good, I want to go further into my personal inquiry and see what I actually want to do.  Everyday is a pretty good day for me because I really like to learn more things because it is informational and good for my future.  I think I did an amazing job on my this day in history creations, I want to finish my little red riding hood next week and also my scratch. Next week I want to get as much things done, but the main thing I am going to focus on is my personal inquiry.  

Fortnite all night??

Hurricane Bellat

For this day I collaborated with Emily & Thomas and we made a stop motion for the Belle Hurricane.
So what:  There are several hurricanes happening all over the world and it's devistating to know people dying and getting injured, it's sad for people that have lost their homes and have to restart all over again.

Quick write setting

The air is full of silence and deadliness in this ghost town.  All the trees have already started to rot and fade away, the ground is dim and dull.  The sky is never blue, no one else is here except for one person… me. Everyone had vanished off to somewhere else to escape the invasion.  The last thing I heard were screams of children getting kidnapped.

LO: We were asked to write a piece of writing that explained a setting

Mr Bob

Mr Bob is a Gucci obsessed person, he is very obese and has a weird taste of music.  He always has accidents and has no good luck in his life, people make fun of him because he is weird.  One day he wanted to write about all of his accidents and how people should stop making fun of others, he wants to inspirational and help people out.

Fire traps 262 miners

Mysterious explosions in Colombia!

Mysterious explosions in Colombia!

This Day In History 

By Emily & Mary

About this article

There were 20 trucks loaded with dynamite, these trucks stopped in Buenaventura. 13 of these trucks headed to Bogato, the other 7 were going to a different location so they were parked overnight. Just after midnight the 7 trucks blew up killing over 1,000 people and injuring thousands of people. It is still a mysterious today, no one knows why the trucks blew up. 

So What?

These trucks were fully loaded with dynamite and it is very dangerous, these trucks killed over 1,000 people and injuring many people as well. It just shows that trucks shouldn’t be carrying explosives everywhere because you don’t know when they might explode.

Little pigs gruesome version

Every two weeks our teacher reads us a fairy tale, then the next day he reads us the original and gruesome story.  After he had read both we have to write our own gruesome version, here is my version: Hope you enjoy

Quick write

I had ten minutes to create a back story for my paperback writer.

Appearance 

He has one strand of hair on his head, he only wears Gucci from head to toe and he is chubby.  He has the thickest mono brow in the world and he has 2 moles on one side of his face.

Personality 

He is a moody little poo and he is so selfish, he only cares about 3 things which is Gucci, food and vespine music. 

Actions

Whenever he is sad he eats food to cheer him up, he has also been to jail for kidnapping Lil Tay.

How did he change over time?

He gets fatter and obsessed with Lil Tay and vespine music, he went to a vespine music concert and discovered that he is into vespine music. 

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Week reflection

This week was really fun because I got to go to hockey and our team won in pool B.  It was interesting and informational when constable Jos because I learnt more about cyber bullying and it needs to stops.  Next week I want to keep thinking about my personal project because I haven't made up my mind, also I want to finish grade 3 on Khan Academy.

Barbara Kendall wins gold medal on this day in history

She was born on the 30th of August 1967 which makes her 50 years old.  She won the gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics for windsurfing this day in history on the 2nd of August 1992.

So what?

It is really important for NZ because although NZ is a small country we can achieve great things in the world.