Reading - Availl

This week for reading we have been doing 'Availl'. 'Availl' is a comprehension programme where you get to watch a movie and do several activities relating to the subtitles while watching the movie. The movie we watched was 'Hoot'. We did the activity 'Surprise Subtitles' twice and the activity 'Take a dictionary to the movies' once. For the dictionary activity we had to get into groups of 5. My favourite activity was the 'Surprise Subtitles'. 

Surprise Subtitles

Type the subtitle you have just read:

1.	Ow!
2.	(Sweet threads)Thanks
3.	De inflated?
4.	stalking his prey
5.	(owl hoots)
6.	In a way that’s not cute at all
7.	it’s a letter
8.	Now start counting.

Surprise Subtitle - WALT: Read in phrase units

“Write the surprise subtitle”

1.	I can keep an eye on things and see what happens here
2.	MULLET: Today, I can’t believe this
3.	(Ok) no problem
4.	(Hey, little birdy) wanna meet my friend
5.	Hey, Roy, stop!
6.	Put your hands together for Mayor Grandy. (applause)
7.	Follow my lead
8.	Just 60 seconds, ok
9.	(applause)
10.	‘The good guys win’

Take a dictionary to the movies

WALT: Use a dictionary to find the meaning of a word.

Word (Perfectly Spelled)	Definition (Choose the best, which is like the way the word was used in the movie)
1.  Infection	Contamination - spreading without actual contact
2. Antibiotic	Chemical substance capable of destroying bacteria
3. Mangroves	Tropical tree with exposed roots which grow beside water
4. Ultraviolet	Light beyond the limit of visibility at the violet end of the spectrum
5. Gracious	Kind and courteous

Novel Study - Summary

For one of the novel study activities, we had to create a summary of our novel. The book I was reading was 'Lion - A Long Way Home' by Saroo Brieley.

Novel Study

This week we have been doing Novel Study as a part of reading. Over this week and next week we have to complete 10 out of 10 set-activities. Two of the activities we have to do was to design the setting of your book, and create a word find or cross-word. The book I have been reading and studying is 'Lion - A Long Way Home' by Saroo Brierley. 

See Ya Simon Character Introductions

For our class novel we have been reading See Ya Simon by David Hill. We used FaceYourManga or Avatar Maker to create an avatar of what we thought 3 of the characters looked like. I chose to use FaceYourManga and the characters I chose were 'Fiona the Moaner', Nathan and Brady West. We had to include their name, their relationship to others, their physical characteristics, who they are close to, their interests and if we found out anything interesting about this character. 

5 Facts - Brunner Mine

As a part of our Brunner Mine/The Mines' Afire topic we had to create a presentation including 5 facts we found out. We then had to find out more background information relating to the chosen fact. 

The Mines' Afire - Diary Entry

This week we had to write a diary entry for The Mines' Afire explaining about the explosion and the funeral. We had to write in the perspective of a brother/sister or Mum/Dad or son/daughters who's relative died in the explosion.

The Mines' Afire - #3

Yesterday and today Miss Hines read us two more passages from our class novel. We then had to complete another comprehension activity. These parts were quite sad as it was set just after the explosion happened. I would fell very anxious if this happened to my family as I wouldn't know if my Dad, Grandad, brother etc would come out of the mine alive. 

Pukeko Facts - The Mines' Afire

In the passage that Miss Hines read to us yesterday, Tommy went on a walk in the bush with his class. In the bush he found 4 different types of birds - pukeko, tui, wood pigeon and weka. We had to choose one of these birds to research and create a presentation about it. I chose to do the pukeko.

The Mines' Afire - #2

Yesterday Miss Hines read another passage of our class novel. She also made up a slide for us with 8 comprehension questions on it that we had to answer. Next time we read the book it will be set just after the disaster occurred!

The Mine's Afire - Part 1

Yesterday we started reading our class novel 'The Mines' Afire. After Miss Hines had finished reading the short passage we had to answer 4 comprehension questions relating to the book. 

The Mines' Afire - Pre Reading

For reading this term we are going to be reading 'The Mines' Afire' by Susan Battye and Thelma Eakin. This book is based around the Brunner Mine Disaster that happened in 1896, just 13kms from my home town. We haven't yet started reading the book however we read the Historical Notes to get a bit of an idea about the book. Miss Hines created a slide with questions (about the mine) on it that we had to answer. 
Later this term we are going to be visiting the old Brunner Mine site. 

Week 5 Reflection T3 2017

This week for writing we are learning about the whitebait life cycle and also a salmons life cycle. 
We had to use videonot.es to write down about a salmons life cycle. Then we had to write notes in a plan about a whitebait life cycle as well as creating a diagram. We also had to have one piece of free write to publish. I chose to do my writing on Endangered Species. 







For Word Work we had to found out about 5 terms that relates to a whitebait life cycle. For this we used a TIP chart which means 'Term, Information and Picture'. 


Link to TIP Chart


For reading we had to do a pre-reading activity about endangered animals. There were statements that you had to agree or disagree with. Then at the bottom there was a box where we could write down what we already knew about NZ endangered animals. 





For Maths this week we had to complete a problem solving slide the teacher had set for us. There was a couple of trial and error activities where you try and solve the answer. If you couldn't get it you could just have a really good try at it. We also had to learn the strategies that we got wrong in our diagnostics test and create a DLO about each of them. 

Week 4 Term 3 Reflection 2017

For numeracy this week, because it is maths week we had a hub westamaths competition on Thursday.
We were in chosen teams for this activity and my team came 1st so we each got a chocolate bar. In my team was me, Callum, Lilly, Adi and Jemma.

For PrEP we had to start and finish our PrEP profile and letter. We had to write a letter to apply for a job in PrEP and our profile was about us. Here is my profile.

For reading we had to write down three keywords about whitebait and then find information out about that topic. My keywords were Life Cycle, Habitat and also Food. Here is the information that I found out about my keywords. 




For writing we had to get in pairs on work on our own and watch a video of Damian McKenzie kick the ball over the post. We had to write a piece of writing from two chosen perspectives. My buddy was Katelin. Our perspectives that we wrote from was a Crusaders fan and also a Chiefs fan. Here is our writing.