Collaborative Comprehension

This week week we were reading the poem called Battle of the Somme so we can remind what are the Reading Test are look like. For this activity we worked with pairs to solve the problem. The question that were asking us were quite hard because this was our first time read this poem and also question we tricky. This learning also link to the Inquiry because this years is the 100 years of Peace. So this poem talks about war. I think this learning helps my reading test because I now know how to solve. I worked with San Kyaw to complete this task. 

Maths Problem

This week for Maths we were learning about percentages. First I need to answered the lots of the question on the paper. After I finished solving problem I made a DLO three question that I chose and explained how to solve. For this activity I worked with Carl.

Maori

This week for Maori we were learning about days, week and weather in Maori. It was quite hard because it was my first time doing this. After I finished Maori and English sentence that shows the weather in Auckland we drew the illustration that shows the weather on each day. 

Reading - Poem (Did I Miss Anything)

Did I Miss Anything?

Question frequently asked by students after missing a class

Nothing. When we realised you weren’t here

we sat with our hands folded on our desks

in silence, for the full two hours

Everything. I gave an exam worth

40 percent of the grade for this term

and assigned some reading due today

on which I’m about to hand out a quiz

worth 50 percent

Nothing. None of the content of this course

has value or meaning

Take as many days off as you like:

any activities we undertake as a class

I assure you will not matter either to you or me

and are without purpose

Everything. A few minutes after we began the last time

a shaft of light descended and an angel

or other heavenly being appeared

and revealed to us what each woman or man must do

to attain divine wisdom in this life and the hereafter

This is the last time the class will meet

before we disperse to bring this good news to all people

on earth

Nothing. When you are not present

how could something significant occur?

Everything. Contained in this classroom

is a microcosm of human existence

assembled for you to query and examine and ponder

This is not the only place such an opportunity has been

gathered

but it was one place

And you weren’t here

(Tom Wayman)

There are two ‘voices’ in the poem.

Who do you think it talking in the Nothing verses?

I think Nothing will be the Students.

Who do you think is talking in the Everything verses?

I think Everything will be a Teacher.

Choose 5 interesting words from this poem and explain what they mean.

• Revealed - Revealed means that unknown or secret information.
• Disperse - Disperse means that something is spretting out.
• Significant - Having a particular meaning
• Microcosm - Microcosm means a small group.
• Existence - Existence means that something that exist or alive.

Take ONE of the verses in the poem and illustrate it.

Verse one -

Find out 5 facts about the poet Tom Wayman.

1. He was born in 13th of August 1945 at Hawkesbury, Canada.
2. He has published 21 poetry.
3. He wrote a first poetry in 1973. (When he was 28 years old)
4. Wayman’s father was Pulp Mill chemist
5. He has written Poetry, Novels, Short Fiction, Anthologies and Criticism.

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For reading we read the poem about Did I Miss Anything. I learnt that this poem has written by Tom Wayman. I had fun doing this activity because question were quite hard and I need to illustrate the verse. For this learning I worked with Carl. 

Kahoot - Writing Explanation

For writing we made a question on Kahoot that tells about explanation. First we find the group of three. I worked with Josh and Sanujan. It was quite hard to make a question because we need to make a 12 question and it need to be a challenge and creative. 

Read Theory

Today for reading we did a read theory. Our focus was that read carefully and level up our grade. I manage to be a level six on twice in a row. To be a level 6 it was very hard because the question that were asking me was quite tricky. 

Explanation Writing - How has technology changed the way we learn?

How has technology changed the way we learn?

Did you know technology is changing every year? In the olden days at school they used Slate to write with, but over we now use Chromebooks and iPad to write with.

Slate is a board that we can write with using a chalk. They are called slate because it is made out of slate. Slate were very important to students in school but slate has one problem. Students couldn’t rewind their work.

Then whiteboards were common to be used because it is easy to use and very important to the student in school. They can erase the words easily and quicker than a pencil or chalk but this was still can’t rewind their work.

Schools have started to use Chromebook and iPad. This has helped students do their work. Students can write faster, search information and delete words. They can also save your work so they can rewind. Now we can share the work to everyone in the World using a blog.

In 2018 we don’t use slate to write because we have a new technology called iPad and Chromebook. This shows schools have changed a lot of technology so we might don’t use Chromebook and iPad in the future as well.

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This week for writing we are learning about how technology changed the way we learn. Then we wrote a explanation about how does technology change over time. To write a explanation we watched a you-tube video and wrote down the list of information. Next we searched up some of the information so we can check or add to the list.