Fake Text: Simple and Compound

This is my fake text that shows my learning with a partner. I think this a really good way to show a learning conversation between two students. I used iFake text to produce this text. 

Simple and Compound Quiz Results

This is my results from the Simple and Compound quiz. I think I did really well on this. My score was 90%. I only got one question wrong. 

Thinking group tasks

This is my maths thinking group presentation. It has our question and the ways we solved it. 

Homework: Galileo Galilei

This presentation is my homework for week 10. We focused on Galileo Galilei. I really enjoyed learning about him. I included slides that have fun facts, his up bringing and his final moments. I think I did really well with this task.  

Geography Task

Map words - Definition

Latitude - It is a horizontal angle that determines where a location is in a map.	Longitude - It is a vertical angle that determines where a location is on a map.	Orientation - Being directed to a destination by using the clues on a map or the help of a compass.	Co-ordinate - Using number lines and using their points to indicate a location.
Meridian - The line on a map.	Equator - The equator separates the Northern and Southern Hemisphere, where it is at latitude 0°	Mercator - Mercator is the name of the person who discovered the Equator.	Continent - A mainland or a large superior land masses joined together.

Defining words

Sextant - An instrument that uses the angle of latitude to determine where their current location is.

Chronometer- A modern clock/watch.

Tectonic Plates- The land masses that we are on.

Sentences

Tropic of Cancer- The most northerly circle of latitude on Earth.

Tropic of capricorn- The most southerly circle of latitude on Earth

International date line- An imaginary line that indicates the dates and times of a country.

This is one of the tasks we had to complete with Mr Strang in the past few days. We have been learning a lot about Geography.

Basic Sheets Results

This is my Basic Facts results. I am stage 7 so I had to complete the stage 7 sheet. I think I did fairly well but I need to focus on percentages. 

The Maori Pioneer Battalion: Statistics

Room 5 is currently focusing on The Maori Pioneer Battalion because it links with our topic this term "Lest we forget". This is my graph that displays statistics of the wounded/deceased/returned soldiers from New Zealand's Native Contingent. The first side of the graph shows the natives that died, returned and were wounded throughout the war (From all contingents and reinforcements). The second side of the graph shows the amount of natives that died and were wounded. I did not include the number of people who returned in this graph because I did not find this information out. 

The Maori Pioneer Battalion: Timeline

My classroom is focusing on the Maori Pioneer Battalion because it is linked to our topic this term "Lest We Forget". This is a timeline of just a few of the events that occurred in World War 1. Our task was to create a timeline that tells the WW1 journey of one of the soldiers in the native Maori contingent. I focused a lot of my events on the First Contingent, but at the end I include some of the things that happened to the reinforcements.

The Maori Pioneer Battalion: Biography

My classroom is currently focusing on The Maori Pioneer Battalion because it links with our topic this term "Lest we forget". This is a biography poster about Henare Mokena Kohere. We had to retell a soldiers story and had to include a lot of detail about the person. 

The Maori Pioneer Battalion: Letter to the Editor

Dear whomever this may concern,

On behalf of all iwi from Waikato and Taranaki, I wish to inform you of our thoughts about the Maori Contingent, because I feel you do not understand our reasons for not having the will to join your war. We will NOT fight another man's war and risk our lives for another man’s faults. How dare you think we should take part in this war, when you have seized the ability to grow our own food!? Imagine working in the farms, all week long and still knowing you won’t be able to provide a stable diet for your children. Now imagine that the people who caused this problem, asking for your help? The first thought you have into your mind is revenge. May I add, that after all of this damage you have caused to our iwi, you have decided to send our sons to prison! Do you think this will make us want to come and fight for you anymore than we did 50 years ago? Exactly. I hope you are able to understand why we don’t want to sacrifice any lives for you and your kind.

Yours Sincerely,

All iwi o Waikato and Taranaki

Room 5 is currently focusing on the Maori Pioneer Battalion because it links with our Topic this term "Lest we forget". Our task was to imagine we were an individual from Waikato or Taranaki and write a letter to the editor sharing our reasons why conscription of men who the government had disappointed should not be allowed. We needed to give examples to back up our information to make the writing persuasive.

The Maori Pioneer Battalion: Design a Poster

Room 5 is currently focusing on the Maori Pioneer Battalion because it links with our topic this term "Lest We Forget". Our task was to design a poster that called for men to join the Native Contingent. I included a very important flag to Maori's in this poster. 

The Maori Pioneer Battalion: Picture This!

Room 5 is currently focusing on The Maori Pioneer Battalion. This is a collage I created that includes just a few of the pictures about actual Maori troops that we apart of the Maori Contingent. 

The Maori Pioneer Battalion: Writing

“Haere e tama ma. Haere me te whakaaro ki te pupuri i te rongo toa a o tatou tipuna. Kia wehi ki whakaaro ki te pupuri i te rongo toa a o tatou tipuna. Kia wehi ki te Atua. Whakahonoretia te kingi”

“Farewell, young men. Go and uphold the name of our warrior ancestors. Fear God. And honour the king.”

Our heads were bowed as our whanau recited those words. The pride had caused such a sudden rush through my blood, I could not hold the tears back. For those words had affected me hugely because I knew for a fact that all my brothers here, together as one, would use those words as a motivation to fight for our freedom of our whanau, and to give all that we had into it. I feel the strength of my whanau giving me more hope and confidence, trusting me with all their might to represent our iwi.

Room 5 is currently focusing on The Maori Pioneer Battalion. Our task was to imagine we were one of the 500 men in the Maori Contingent. We had to imagine we were had boarded the troop ship ‘Te Hokowhitu-a-tu’ in February 1915 and describe on a page in our fake diaries how we felt hearing the words :Farewell, young men. Go and uphold the name of our warrior ancestors. Fear God. And honour the king. (When translated into English)

Home Learning: Hamburgers

This is my Homework for Week 8. This week we focused on Hamburgers and the history of how they came. I included a variety of things that help people get a better understanding of what a Hamburger is. There is a slide with all the links at the end of the presentation so you can check them for yourselves! Enjoy.

Teach the Teacher Poster

In maths we had to teach our teacher a little bit of what we had learnt in maths yesterday. We each had to make a poster. My poster displays my theory of why percentages, fractions and decimals can be equivalent to each other. This poster shows how 50%, .50 and 50/100 are the same. I think I have a clear understanding of what percentages and decimals are after the lessons taught between these few days.

Xtra Math Certificate

This is my Xtra Math certificate from Addition. I completed Addition on June the 3rd. 

Xtra Math Results

This is my Xtra Math results from Subtraction. Hopefully I am able to go to the next level soon. 

How the Eye works

This is my Homework poster. We learnt about how the eye works. I completed this with a classmate. I think we were very detailed in our writing and chose a good colour scheme.

First World War Mascots

This is my presentation for the follow up task to do with the First World War Mascots. My partner was Samantha. I think I did really well in the Learning Conversation part. 

Xtra Math results

This is my Xtra Math Results from today. This my first time on Xtra Math. I am now on Subtraction. I think I did really well and am satisfied with my results.