Simple Machines

LI: to find information about simple machines

We collaborated in our group to find information about simple machines. There are six simple machines.

Pulley: A pulley is a simple machine that is very useful to lift up heavy objects. For example: If you were in an elevator the pulley pulls you up to take you to the next level floor.

Lever: Lever helps to weigh the mass of something unknown.

Inclined plane: An inclined plane is a ramp that helps heavy wheeled objects move up.

Wedge: A wedge is a simple machine with a sharp tip and a thick edge. The tip is used to stop a door from moving

Wheel and axle: A wheel and axle is used to pull something that is heavy.

Screw: A screw is used to help grip on the surface it is screwed into so that it could hold together.

Our challenge was to create labelled diagrams (information pictures) to show our understanding of the information for each simple machine. We also summarised our facts in our own 25 words.

I enjoyed doing this activity because it helped my group and I's knowledge on simple machines. 

Dialogue Text

LI.to understand how to use and correctly punctuate dialogue when writing.

This week for our writing class we have we recapped what a dialogue text is about, and how to use it.

This is our DLO we have worked on to reflect our understanding of the purpose of dialogue in writing.

An example of how to use dialogue is:

“Are you new here?” questioned Mahdi.

“Yes, I am new here, can you please take me to room 7?” replied James

“Sorry I’m actually new here. I was about to ask you if you wanted to be my friend,” awkwardly said Mahdi.

Something I found interesting was that we can make more interesting words instead of writing said. 

PB4L Expectations in Class

For PB4L we have been talking about what LS2’s expectations were in our classroom. Expectations are set in schools because they help students prepare themselves for their learning.Today we talked about what LS2 expectations are and what we can do to to make sure we know what our expectations are. In LS2, since we are the older kids in the school it is very important to have expectations because the juniors will know what expectations.

Affixes Challenge

LI.to use prefix and suffix knowledge to increase vocabulary understanding. 

This week for our new Affixes Challenge , We've been doing anti which is our prefix word. 

We worked in a group and searched different words and the meaning of the words that started with the word anti. Some examples are antisocial, antivirus, anticlockwise.

After that we wrote 5 compound sentences using FANBOYS, and also using the 5 words from the word wall that we have created. A compound sentences is formed by adding two main clauses together using conjunctions. One example of a compound sentence is the boy was really excited for his school camp, but when he arrived he forgot about his socks, and shorts. 

Lastly we wrote chose a word to illstrate. This was done by picking a word and needed to explain the definition or the prefix, and the root word, then when the definition is when you combine the two words. 

I enjoyed doing this activity because it helped me  learn new words that can be used in a sentences.

Te Reo Maori

LI.to learn the sentence structure in Maori.

Today I was learning about the sentence structure in Moari.

First we wrote the weather and what we felt. Next we recapped the meaning of the Moari words for front, back, in, out, etc. Then we answered the questions like where the red, white, and black car was. After that I created an image, and created my own questions that linked the the image. I enjoyed doing this activity because i was able to learn how to write a sentence in Maori. 

All As One

LI.to make connetions (self, text, world). 

In the past 2 week’s our reading group has been learning about the culture Afghanistan. The text we read was called All as One. This is about how one culture comes together and pray in one room with men and women divided.

After reading this text we wrote some questions that we thought we wanted to know. When writing the questions we needed to use might, could, should, or would to make our questions better.

Some examples we wrote were:

What might have happened if an adult eat during fasting?

What might happen if a muslim said something wrong during praying?

I enjoyed doing this activity because it taught about what muslim culture and what they do when they pray.

Student Led Conferences

 LI.to share our learning with our families.

Yesterday was our parent interview. We have been putting our finished work n our wall for display. This was an oppitunity to show our families what we have done at school for the last 15 weeks. 

The things that I showed were the Polonysian Panthers work for reading, my 5 mintues of camp for writing, how to solve an exponent question for maths, and our planning for our toy making for my inquiry. To remember what we needed to say we wrote a script for our subjects, and also ctreated a digital learning journey that have links to our work. 

After a few days we practiced our script with a buddy, and did a runthrough of showing our work on the walls. When the day came I was really nervous because I didn't know what my mum was going to say or react. At the end, my mum told me that she really enjoyed the tin foil art and our agents of change DLO. 

I enjoyed doing this activity because I was able to show my mum the work that I have done for the past 15 weeks.