My Learning Graph

Aloha bloggers,

Here is my progress graph for this year. It shows my results for reading, writing, maths and spelling and how I improved over the year. I think I am doing great at reading.

 I  need to work harder at spelling.

Reading At age level Term                1      2       3      4						Spelling - Grade Spelling Term   1      2      3     4						Maths Stage 6 by end of Year 5 End Stage 6 by end of Year 6
14.5-15+												Stage 7
14-15yrs												Stage 6
13.5-14						5						Stage 5	5	5	5	5
13-14 yrs						4			4.1	4.2		Stage 4
12.5-13						Essential List Term 1   2    3    4						Stage 2-3
12-13yrs						8						Term	1	2	3	4
11.5-12.5						7		7.1				Writing - Expected Levels Year 5 - 3B by the end of Year 5 Year 6 - 3A by the end of Year 6
11-12yrs						6
10.5-11.5						5						Term	1	2	3	4
10-11yrs						4	4.2					Level	2b	2p	2a	2a
9.5-10.5						3
9-10yrs						2						Basic facts	T1	T2	T3	T4
8.5-9.5yrs						1							5	5	5	5

End of Term 4 Recount Test

Aloha, bloggers

This is a screenshot of my results in our end of Term 4 recount writing test.

My teachers have worked out my average score for writing and I am at 2a.

This is below the National Standard for my year level.

I am doing great at structure and sentences.

I  need to work harder at organisation and punctuation next year.

My Margret Peters Spelling Progress.

Here is my progress over the year in spelling. At the beginning of the year I scored 35  in the M.Peters spelling test. This give me a spelling age of 9.8 years.

In term 4 this year I scored 36 in the M.Peters spelling test. This give me a spelling age of 10.2 years. I think I'm doing good as my spelling age is about the same as my actual age. Next year, I'm going to work harder at spelling.

My reading running record resluts

Aloha bloggers

Here is my reading running record level for the end of the year. I am reading at 10 - 11 yrs. At the beginning of the year, I was at 9.5-10.5 years. I am only 10 years 3 months old so I am doing great.

My results

This week we did a pat maths test .Today we got our results my score was 9 I wish I had done better.

Chomping on chunks of heart.

Aloha bloggers.
Yesterday we were observing animal body parts. But first we got put into groups, My group was: Amelia, Antonio, Magic, Louisa and Shannon. We got given a piece of paper and it had our five senses on it. We got given a lamb heart. We observed it and poked it. Then we had to cut it open to observe the inside. After that we got to cook it. I didn't want to eat it so I went outside and today we got to choose any kind of DLO to share our writing.

Skittles

Aloha bloggers,

This week we did a Skittle experiment and that following day we had to write a recount. When I mean we did a experiment I mean we did a pattern experiment where we watched a satisfying movement as the Skittle colours swirled in the water. So hope you enjoy my recount.

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Descriptive Writing

Aloha bloggers.
This week we had scientists come and observe  us working on our Chromebooks.
When they were here we did this writing, we used our 5 senses.
We had to describe all our sentences and use adjectives.
Here's my work I did yesterday:

My skin started to shine when I ran into the deep blue sea.

I could hear the crabs snapping their claws as they were getting  ready to charge at me.

The sight of the sun shined in my eye when I was lying in the prickley sand.

The taste of a sandwich made my taste buds tingle with joy.

When I a touch a blue dolphin as I was jumping diving to getting some treasure.

The trees swayed side to side as they were sing peacefully.

By Waiorere

Learning how to read scientific reports

Kia ora

We are learning how to read and write scientific reports. We have been doing experiments and writing about them. This is a reading activity we did. We had to be able to match a thesis with its hypothesis.

We are learning how to understand the structure and language of a report about a scientific experiment #3 Understanding that a hypothesis is a brainy prediction based on what you already know.

In this exercise you need to match a thesis with its hypothesis.  Use the ‘Fill tool’ to colour code the matching ideas.

                               Thesis                                                                      Hypothesis

I know this……                                                                         So therefore if I do this I think this will happen…

I know that a puddle of water is a small amount of water lying (usually) on the ground. I know that water is a substance which is found on our planet and that it can exist as a solid (ice), liquid or a gas (water vapour). I know that the main reason water changes from one state to another on Earth is because of  temperature -heat or cold. On Earth a sunny day is when there are no clouds, the sky is blue and the temperature is usually warm or hot.	I predict that when I mix vinegar and baking soda together that a chemical reaction will occur and that I will be able to notice this. I might feel hotness or coldness, notice smoke or bubbles, smell something, hear some kind of noise or  find that the taste or texture of the foods has changed
I know that heavy things usually sink and light things float. However, container ships are heavy but they still float so there must be more things that have an effect on floating than just weight. Blutack is a squishy material that is quite light. It usually comes as a wide, flat strip but you can shape it into a round ball, a sausage shape, an O shape etc or you could flatten it out into a thin, wide shape like a leaf or saucer. Leaves usually float and ships look a little like a leaf shape.	I predict that when I take an ice cube out of a freezer it will begin to change back into liquid water (this is called melting) because it will no longer be colder than 0 degrees centigrade.
I know that an ice cube is water which is frozen. I know that that liquid water freezes into ice when the temperature reaches 0 degrees centigrade. An ice cube will stay an ice cube as long as it stays in a freezer.	I predict that if I make a puddle of water somewhere on the playground on a hot, dry day that the puddle will dry up and disappear quite quickly.
I know that everything we eat is made up of different kinds of chemicals.Sometimes when you mix different chemicals together they react with each other in different ways and the substances will do things that they didn’t do before (chemical reaction) and become different to what they were like before (chemical change). You will be able to notice things happening by using your 5 senses to  listen, smell, feel, look at and sometimes taste what is going on. I know that vinegar and baking soda are both food substances and I learned that they are chemically different	I predict that if I take some ice cubes out of a freezer and wrap them in different materials, I will find that one material will keep the ice cube frozen for longer than the others. This material would then have proven itself to be the best insulator.
I know that liquid water changes into a solid (ice) when the temperature reaches 0 degrees centigrade. I know that a freezer will keep water solid because a freezer’s job is to keep food at a temperature just below 0 degrees centigrade.	We are going to use Bluetack as our material. We will use the same amount of Blutack to make three different shapes. One will be a straight, rectangular strip of Blutack, one will be a compact, round ball and the third will be a rounded  saucer shape like a boat. We predict that at least one of these will float.
I know that insulators are materials that can be used to protect yourself from too much heat or cold. When we put clothes on because we are cold, the clothes are insulators which help our bodies stay warm. If you put insulating material like Pink Batts in the ceiling of your house, in the winter the Batts help keep warm air inside the house. In the summer, The Pink Batts help stop hot air coming into the house so they help to keep us cool. Many  food containers like Thermos flasks and Chilly Bins are made out of insulating materials to keep food hot or cold.	I predict that when I put some liquid water into a freezer it will change from a liquid state into a solid state (ice) because the temperature in the freezer will be below 0 degrees centigrade.

Learning how to read and write scientific reports.

Aloha Bloggers

We are learning how to read and write scientific reports. We have been doing experiments and writing about them. This is a reading activity we did. We had to be able to match a title for a report with a wondering question.

We are learning how to understand the structure and language of a report about a scientific experiment.

In this exercise you need to match a title with its question. Use the ‘Fill tool’ to colour code the matching ideas.

Notice that none of these questions begin with a ‘Why….’.  This is because the purpose of a scientific experiment report is to share what you thought you knew, what you thought would happen and your observations about what actually did happen. It’s a bit like you are saying:

I’m wondering this…..because I know this…...so therefore if I do this I think this might happen.

So, at the end of a successful scientific report, you may not be able to say why something happened but you will be on the way to finding out why.

Then, when you do find out why, you will have to learn how to write an Explanation. The purpose of  Explanation writing is to answer Why questions. So, do not be surprised if your teachers decide to teach you Explanation writing later on!!!

Freezing Water.	What will happen when you mix vinegar and baking soda?
Floating and Sinking.	What will happen to an ice cube if you take it out of the freezer?
Kitchen Chemistry.	Which materials make the best insulators?
Disappearing Water.	What happens when you put a container of water into a freezer?
Keep Your Cool.	What will happen to a puddle of water on a hot day?
Ice Cube Experiment.	Does Blutack float?