Play, Make, Create

 On Friday, we did Play Make Create. This is where the teacher reads you a story and you discuss the message in the story. Then you create something based on the message and also do a piece of writing. You can use materials or make a digital creation.  This week Mrs Craig Read the book: Stinkosaurus Saves Christmas

 It was about how even the most unlikely people can turn out to be a hero. I chose to make a scrunchie and you had to use a needle and thread and a piece of fabric to create a scrunchie.

Here is my work.

Weather in Te Reo

 For Maori we have been learning to say what the weather is like. Here is my google draw.

Vaseline Saucer

 We have Pet Day at Ohaeawai School every year and one of the activities we do is to create a symmetrical design on a saucer using flower petals. You put Vaseline on the saucer first to make the flowers stick. That’s why they are called Vaseline Saucers. Here is a pic of me with mine:

Mosaic Art

 We have been learning about using apps on our Chromebook to create images that look like mosaics or stained glass windows. We used Google Draw to make some and some people also used Sumopaint. Here is the image I made using Sumopaint/Google Draw. I chose a  giraffe and a turtle because I they are interesting animals.

Snapshot Writing

 This week for writing we had to write about a giant gorilla. Here is my work.

The Day Thing Started To Go Wrong

 This week for writing we had to write a narrative about the day things started to go wrong. Here is my work.

The Boy Who Jumped Over Fire

 Last week we were writing about our 5 senses Smell, Taste, Feel, Hear and See. Mrs Craig gave us a picture to write about. Here is my piece of writing.

Play, Make, Create

 On Friday, we did Play Make Create. This is where the teacher reads you a story and you discuss the message in the story. Then you create something based on the message and also do a piece of writing. You can use materials or make a digital creation.  This week Mrs Craig Read the book: That’s Not the Monster We Ordered.

  It was about being grateful for what you have.

 I chose to design a monster on paper colour him in and write what things he loved to do. We also wrote a review for a monster in the story. Here is my work.

Frank Stella Art

 We have been learning about abstract art. It’s all about creating works of art that don’t actually look like anything. We focused on the American artist Frank Stella, who liked to make pictures using shapes like circles, triangles and rectangles.

Here is my work:

Play, Make, Create

 This week for Play, Make, Create we read a story called I am Peace and that was about emotions. We did a narrative for writing and we had to do it about you somewhere alone on a boat without an anchor. We also got to create something. I created a bubble popping anchor and that was mixed together with Design and Build. Here is my writing and anchor.

Handwriting Sample Term 3 Week 10

Here is my handwriting sample for term 3.

Play, Make, Create

 On Friday, we did Play Make Create. This is where the teacher reads you a story and you discuss the message in the story. Then you create something based on the message and also do a piece of writing. You can use materials or make a digital creation.  This week Mrs Craig Read the book: Wombat Stew. It was about a dingo who caught a wombat and tried to make wombat stew. But, it didn’t work because the other animals said to the dingo that he needed to try the stew first but he got poisoned.

 

 I chose to do design and that was making a trap to catch the Wombat but you couldn't hurt it. We also made a procedure about how to make Wombat stew.

Play, Make, Create Maui and the Sun

 It was about how Maui and his brothers slowed the sun.

Play, Make, Create

 We have been learning how to write different styles of poetry. Here is my Butterfly Shape Poem.

My Apology Letter

 In Week 7 of Term 3, we got back to school!!! On Friday, we did Play Make Create. This is where the teacher reads you a story and you discuss the message in the story. Then you create something based on the message and also do a piece of writing. You can use materials or make a digital creation. This week Mrs Craig Read the book: Tidy

  It was about a badger that was too tidy.

 I chose to do design and that was making something for Pete the badger to forget about tidying up and an apology letter saying sorry to the forest and the animals.

My Activities Week 6 Term 3 2021

 This week we carried on with our ‘insect’ topic for reading, writing and art. For maths we practised basic facts and worked on writing a variety of equations which would have a certain number for the answer. We also practised solving problems using place value or known facts knowledge. Here is a selection of my work:

My Metamorphosis

 Yet another thing we did for writing this week was to imagine that we had undergone metamorphosis. 

We had to pretend we had woken up one morning and discovered we had changed. It would be like going to sleep as a caterpillar and waking up as a butterfly. We had to write about what our new body was like and what we could do. I chose to do me turning into Wounder Woman.

Here is my work.

Collage Insect

  Because we were using ‘Insects’ as a topic this week for reading and writing we created some works of art based on insects also. We had to make them out of any materials we could find at home. I chose to use: Paper a Sharpie and a hot Glue Gun To stick the paper on.

Here is a photo of my creation:  

Expanded Numerals and Solving Problems

  This week one thing we have been  learning in maths is how to write expanded numbers. Another way of saying this is ‘expanded form’ or ‘expanded notation’. They all mean the same thing. It’s like you have to break the numbers up into their place value parts and then put + symbols in between them. Example: 

7239 =7000+200+30+9.

Another thing we have been  learning in maths is how to solve word problems involving combinations of things. You had to be able to write addition equations showing as many different combinations as we could. 

Some people found it was useful to do your figuring out using a table. But not the kind of table you eat off-a mathematical table.

Here is my work.

Science Fair Lava Lamps

 We have been learning how to use the scientific method to help us explore a science topic of interest. My group included Phoebe and I and our experiment was about Lava Lamps. The most interesting thing we learned from our experiment was that the salt helped to make the bubbles form a lot better.

A follow up experiment to help us understand more about our findings could be. You could use Alka Seltzer to make it more bubbly and to see if it could make a better Lava Lamp.

I hope you enjoy learning something interesting from our science investigation.

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Play, Make, Create

 In Week 3 of Term 3, we did Play Make Create. This is where the teacher reads you a story and you discuss the message in the story. Then you create something based on the message and also do a piece of writing. You can use materials or make a digital creation.  This week Mrs Craig Read the book: the smartest Giant in Town by Julia Donaldson.

  It was about being kind.

 I chose to do design which was to do design your own story map. We also had to write three sentences about the Giant.

Play, Make, Create

Today for Play, Make, Create Phoebe and I made a bridge out of legos. We were able to make it so sturdy that it could hold me. Here is my work.

My Template Poster

This poster was about what was important to you. We had to make copy of the poster and put all the things you like. Here is my poster.

Weather

 Today we wrote a piece of writing about the weather. We got to choose what ever type we wanted. I choose to write about thunder. Here is my piece of writing.

Matariki Movie

 For the last couple of weeks I made a Movie with Aiden, Maia, Stella, Phoebe, Cheyne and Laylah about Matariki and the seven sisters, and Ranginui and Papatuanuku. Here is our movie.

Matariki Day

 Last week on Friday it was Matariki Day. We all got to do two things for the day. I played Maori games with Matua Ken and Matua Tupara and made star shaped shortbread with Mrs B. I had such a great day doing all the fun activities. Here are a couple of photos of me.

Personification Poem

 A few weeks ago we wrote Personification sentences. Here is my work.

Do Stars Twinkle

 In Week 8,  Miss Fletcher gave us a science lesson about Matariki.

We had to write some notes about it.  Here is my work:

The Playground

 A couple of weeks ago we walked out to the playground and wrote some personification sentences about it. Here is my work.

Recount

 This week we wrote a recount about what we did on the weekend we had to have 1 personification 2 similes and 3 sentence starters. Here is my recount.

Making a Fort

Eeek! On the weekend I made a fort in my room because I didn’t know what to do.

Excitedly, I decided to make a list of things that I needed to make a fort. First I needed a  mattress, lots of blankets, pillows and chairs. I ran as fast as a cheetah to the cabinet to get all the sheets. I ran back to my room and chucked them on the ground and sprinted into the dining room to get three chairs.

Instantly I got started with the fort. I laid a mattress down on the ground and put chairs around it. Then I put blankets on my bed as well as pillows. Then I started to put the blankets on the chairs. The blankets stretched out their arms. I was as quiet as a mouse making the fort.

A few minutes later I had finished the fort so I decided to just chill and lay down and dream about riding Sandy on the beach. A few hours later I needed to go to bed so I got ready and slid under my  warm cozy blankets and nodded of to sleep.

I had a great time making my fort and I can’t wait to do it again next time.

Robots

 Today we coded robots Laylah Stella and I made a video about coding Beebot. Here is our video.

Fractions DLO

For the last couple of weeks we have been learning about fractions. We decided to make a DLO about fractions. Here is my DLO about fractions.

Harakeke Flax

 This week we weaved flax to make a Matariki star and we also wrote what we learnt about the Harakeke flax. Here is my writing and star.

Matariki Stars and Harakeke

 This week we wrote personification sentences about the Matariki stars and the Harakeke flax. Here is my piece of writing.

Play, Make, Create

 In Week Seven of Term 2, we did Play Make Create. This is where the teacher reads you a story and you discuss the message in the story. Then you create something based on the message and also do a piece of writing. You can use materials or make a digital creation.  This week Mrs Craig Read the book: The Day the Crayons Quit.  It was about all the different crayons writing letters to Duncan and saying their feelings.

 I chose to do the yellow crayon and you had to make a sun on your chromebook and turn it into an emoji. I also made a rainbow on my chromebook to show something unique about all the different coloured crayons.

Play, Make, Create

 Today we did Play, Make, Create. The story was called twig and he name was Heidi. She was a twig who was camoflaged everywhere and no one could see her. I did build and we had to make a house for a bug or insect we also needed to do a  movie poster. Here is my bug house and movie poster.

Challenge What We Share No. 12

Today I did another challenge about what we share. We had to choose what we should make private or public. Here is my work. 

Netball Court Similes

A few weeks ago we were outside measuring out netball court. We got to write similes about the measuring and how long  and how wide our school netball court was. Here is my work.

Hot and Cold Diamante Poem

 In Week 4, we learned how to write a Diamante Poem. We could base it on any topic we wanted. I chose to base mine on Hot and Cold. Here is my work.

Horse Simile Poem

 In Week 5, we learned how to write a Simile poem. This kind of poem needs a simile in almost every line. We could base it on any topic we wanted. I chose to base mine on my horse. Here is my Horse Simile Poem.

Outdoor Day

A couple of weeks ago the whole class went outside for most of the day because we were doing Outdoor Classroom Day. We were writing about what we could see and hear. Here is my outdoor day writing.

My Digital Footprint

 I have made a digital footprint about the history I have done in the last 24 hours. We put logos onto a google draw to show what we have been on. Here is my digital footprint.

Play, Make, Create

 This week Mrs Craig read a book about Rock Paper Scissor Legends and how they battled against each other. We made a Comic strip about two objects in our class and did a battle with them. Here is my comic strip about computer vs book.

Play, Make, Create

 This week for Play, Make, Create we listened to a story called ''Give Me Some Space.'' I chose to design a space menu with Laylah and Stella. Here is my work.

Unwanted Vistors

 A few weeks ago we started a reading activity called Unwanted Visitors. It was about border control and why we love New Zealand and how we were going to stop pests coming into our country. Here is my work.

Feathers

 Last week we all went outside to look for feathers that have fallen off birds and write and a descriptive writing. Here is my work.

Project Island Song

 A couple weeks ago half of the class went to Project island song to do planting and making pest traps. We learnt about different birds and plants. Here is my work.