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My Antonym Diamante Poem

I have been learning to write an antonym diamante poem. An antonym means the opposite. My poem is about Summer Christmas and Winter Christmas. I found this easy because last year we wrote antonym diamante poems. My next step is to find more interesting words.

Proofreading Activity

I have been learning to proofread my work. Proofreading is important because because when you are doing a test you need to proofread, If you do not you might fail. I found this tricky because I was not reading it properly. My next step is to re read the sentence so it makes sense. 

Telling Time in Digital and Analonge

WALT understand 24 hour time and write the time in numbers (digital) and words. I found this tricky because I got confused with the 24 hour time.

My next step is to keep learning my 24 hour times.

Maori Guardian Art

We read a  myth about how the Maori believe the world begin it was called in the beginning. We learnt about some of the Maori Guardian. I chose to draw Tawhrimatea.

I wrote some adjectives to describe Tawhrimatea.  I found this tricky because I could not draw it. 

First World War Mascots

I am learning to identify and describe what the author wanted me to feel, think about or see. I found this tricky because there was lots of tricky words. My next step is to identify the author's messge easily

Long O Sound

I have learning the long o sound I found this easy because i could hear the sound my next step is to learn the short o sound

Guy Fawkes-Reading Comprehension

MY REFECTION

We have been learning about Guy Fawkes and his crew.
I found this interesting because I never knew the story of Guy Fawkes.
My next step is to learn more about  Guy Fawkes.

My Persuasive Speech

Point of View - Stuart Little

In chapter ten, Snowbell meets with the Angora cat in the neighborhood. Snowbell attempts to explain to the Angora how he lives with a mouse and a bird.  Snowbell and the Angora differ in their views of how a cat should live with a mouse and a bird. In the space below, list all the details that support Snowbell’s point of view for not eating Stuart and Margalo and the Angora point of view for why he should eat Stuart.
The animal	Their point of view	Evidence from the text
Snowbell	Not a family member	"But what can I do about it? Please remember that Stuart is a member of the family, and the bird is a permanent guest, like myself."
The Angora Cat	She is kind of nice	"Goodness," said the Angora cat, "you mean to say you live in the same house with a bird and a mouse and don't do anything about it

My Reflection

I have been learning to relate to the characters in the text to understand their purpose.In this activity I had to think about two characters point of view to help me understand the story more. I found this interesting because some of the characters were really rude. Something I found tricky was finding the Evidence from the text because there was lots of writing. My next step is to find more information

Stuart Little Character Analysis

I have been learning to relate to the characters in the text to understand their purpose.
I found this activity tricky because I could not find the right traits.
My next step is to describe Stuart more.

The er sound

I have been learning to write the ’ar’ sound with appropriate spelling patterns.

I found this easy because.I could hear the sound

My next step is to. learn some harder sounds.

Determining Fact and Opinion

 I have been learning to identify the difference between fact and opinion. A fact is something that is true.An opinion is something that you think. My next step is to keep working on this.

The ar sound

I have been learning to write the ’ar’ sound with appropriate spelling patterns.

I found this easy because I know my ar sound

My next step is to to learn more sounds and spelling patterns

My Fractured Fairy Tale

We were learning to write an interesting narrative story for an audience.We decided to write a fractured fairy tale.First we learnt about the structure of  a narrative , then we compered the fairy tales.

After that we chose a fairy tale to make change our version of Three Little Bears.

I think I did well with introducing the characters.

One thing I need to work on is keeping some things the same.

My next step is to use more detail. 

My Fractured Fairy Tale

We were learning to write an interesting narrative story for an audience.We decided to write a fractured fairy tale.First we learnt about the structure of  a narrative , then we compered the fairy tales.

After that we chose a fairy tale to make change our version of Three Little Bears.

I think I did well with the pixel art.

One thing I need to work on is keeping some things the same.

My next step is to use more detail. 

Ice-Cream In A Bag

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This term we have been learning about Matter.We did a experiment to observe the changes of the two sates of matter. I loved the ice cream it was yummy 

Lines Of Symmetry

 We have been learning to find the lines of symmetry in shapes  I found this easy because I could see the the purple dots to make the lines. My next step is to know them instantly.

My Silhouette Art

We have been learning about mixing colors to make tints,tone and shades. A tint is a color mixed with white. A shade is a color mixed with black. a tone is a color mixed with white and black I found this tricky to draw the picture because I had to draw it big. My silhouette is of an Olympic athlete doing the splits in the air.

Describing 3D Shapes

                                                                             My Reflection
I have been learning to recognise and describe 3D shapes. I found this tricky because I did not know how many vertices they had. My next step is to recognise them quicker 

Long I sound

Today I have been learning to recognise the long I sound  

I found this easy because I could recognise the the sound

My next step is to learn the short I sound

Boy on A Bike

How well did I do? I think did really well on this document, I really enjoyed this document

What did I do well? I did the scavenger hunt very well it was really fun

Which activity challenged me the most? What did I do about it? The finding the 15 verbs I asked my friends

Which activity was the easiest for me? How can I extend myself next time? Exploring language I can extend  it by adding harder words

Ramadan Is Coming

How well did I do? I think I did quite well

What did I do well?  I did My Scavenger hunt well

Which activity challenged me the most? What did I do about it? Create a list of 15 words I asked a friend

Which activity was the easiest for me? How can I extend myself next time? The scavenger hunt I could add some very rare things in the story

Long E sound

                                                             My Reflation

I have been learning to write the long ‘a’ vowels with appropriate spelling patterns.

I found this easy because I could see the spelling patterns

My next step is to learn the short E sound

Adding 2 digit numbers

                                                            My Refection
                                       We have been learning add to digit numbers
                                   I found this tricky because it was hard to remember
                                 all the steps. My next step is to do this with subtraction
                                                        

long ''a'' Sound

                                                                       My Reflection

I have been learning to write the short a vowels with appropriate spelling patterns.

I found this easy because I could see the spelling pattern in the words

My next step is to keep working on my long a sound

Acrostic Poems

 
 MY Reflection
We have been learning to to use onomatopoeia in our writing.  We wrote an acrostic poem about the EPS Olympics day.  Can you see how many onomatopoeia word I used?  My next step is to use more wow words.

Homophones 2

Today I have been learning to recognize tricky homophones

I found this tricky because I did not know what some of them were

My next step is to recognize them quickly

Reading Around The World

                                                    My Reflection
We have been learning to find and summarise information in non fiction texts by skimming and scanning . I researched facts about Poland  I found the information on the internet . In found this easy because this is my fifth one . My next step is to read the first sentence. 

Reading Around The World

                                                    My Reflection
We have been learning to find and summarise information in non fiction texts by skimming and scanning . I researched facts about Poland  I found the information on the internet . In found this easy because this is my fifth one . My next step is to read the first sentence. 

Reading Around The Word

My Refection

We have been learning to find and summarise information in non fiction texts by skimming and scanning. 

I researched fact about  India France and Canada I found the information on the internet.  

I found this easy to find information  because I already knew  some facts the countries 

My next step is to check the relevant sections of the text 

Nouns - singular and plural

My Reflection 

Today I have been learning to make nouns into plurals

I found this (easy/tricky/hard) because I got really confused

My next step is to keep working on my plurals

Moment In Time Writing

                                                            My Reflection

I have been learning to add detail to our writing about moment i time during my holiday.
I did a good job at adding detail, My next step add more detail in my writing.

Identifying the Author´s Message

Dear Dairy Post Term 2 Week 5

Dear Dairy ,

Welcome back to news with Mihika OK OK fine I will take it seriously again nothing much happened wait a minute I forgot to tell you we have a new student teacher her name is miss clegg is really nice I also forgot to tell you that I was sick on Monday yesterday we had  an other class split because miss Melville had digikids.    

Solving Multiplication Problems by splitting numbers

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                                                                        My Reflection 
I have been learning to solve multiplication problems by splitting numbers I found this tricky because i did not understand it properly . My next step is to learn another strategy to solve these problems . 

Olympics A-Z

This year is the Olympics games so in class we did a A-Z about the Olympics.

Olympics Comprehension

                                                                  My Reflection
I have been learning to answer questions using complete sentences . I found this tricky to because I needed to answer it in full sentences , My next step is to use the question in my answer.

Matariki Art Stars

We have been making star art for Matariki . We used seven bags and designed them this is my star. It took us a week to design them my favorite part was to make the bags into stars.

Matariki Poems

MY REFLECTION

We have been learning to write a Haiku and acrostic poem. My favourite poem was the Haiku poem because it was really easy and short. These poems are both very different because the Haiku  poem has only three lines. The hardest poem to write was the acrostic poem because you need to think of facts to do about Matariki. My next step is to write more acrostic poems with more facts.

Matariki Presentation

                                                           MY REFLECTION

I have been learning to find information by skimming and scanning . I used key words to help me find information i found it challenging to find information. My next step is identify the main idea 

Bike Skills

                                                                         
My experience and bike skills was really fun. My favorite part was when we got to ride our bike  .  My next step is to keep my hand in the air longer.

Explanation Writing

                                                                               MY REFLECTION



I have been learning to write a simple explanation, This is the process I used write my explanation. First we did a brainstorm using Poppet to find information .Then we used a framework to help us draft our explanation. Lastly we published our explanation  I learnt that an explanation is written in the past tense . I found this hard because there were lots of websites to chose from . My next step is to use more key words    

My Pepeha Art

This is pepeha. A pepeha tells people where you are from and who you are. In my pepeha I have a mountain ,river, sun,clouds,birds,a tree,house and my learning pathway.

What am I Riddle

MY REFLECTION

I have been learning to add language features to my writing to make it more interesting Did you guess my animal. I found this fun and intersting at  the same time 

Dairy Post Term 2 Week 4

Dear Dairy, 


 Ta daaa I´m back with some more stuff for you so lets get started.   

Well nothing much happened everything I told last week happened this week. Well to truth all that happened was our class got split because Mrs M had a digikids  trip to the countdown head office. 

I got to go to Rm 20  it is a year 6 class. Next year I want to be a digikid oh did I tell you I am a library monitor my day is Tuesday  But every Tuesday since week 1 the library has been closed.

  Also some of the girls are doing a dance we are doing counting stars. We are doing it at the next year 3 and 4 Assembly. 

Term 2 Week 3 Dairy Post

Dear Dairy,

Last week was week 2 Last week we had bike skills, Ruby skills it was really fun. I loved bike skills it was my favorite for last week. We also did some another things like Terrific Tuesday I chose art because I love doing art

 

Finding and summarising information

we are learning to find and summaries information I found this hard because it is about planets . I used the book to help me.My next step is to use it the glossary.index and table of contents.  

What Am I Riddle Draft

                                                                             MY REFECTION
I have been learning to use language features to suit the purpose of my writing. I have used a simile and adjectives to make my writing more interesting.  The best part of this was finding the facts because I could learn more about animals. My next step is to use onomatopoeia

Term 2 Week 2 Dairy Post

Dear Dairy,

You are never going to believe what happened last week...  So it all started when we all came into the classroom on a sunny Monday morning. Everyone saw on the board  there was Gymnastics. So after library we went to the hall but there was nothing set up.

On Thursday we had our Inquiry launch day. First we got into our groups my group was called the freezers. We had five very fun activities but my favorite was the egg experiment. I learnt that there are five states of matter.   There are solids,liquids, gas, plasma and B-E Condensate.

Also last week we started Foundation skills.   I like foundation skills it is helping us be self directed learners.  My goal for foundation skills is to be master on level 4.  There are four levels.   

I can not wait for bike skills again next week. 

Kung Fu !!!!!!

                                                              My Reflation
I am learning to write in paragraphs . I found this easy because I learnt this last year . My next step is to write paragraphs all the time.

Rounding numbers to the nearest 10 100 1000

                                                                            My Reflation
We are learning to round my number to the nearest 10 100 1000. I found this easy because i practiced  at home. My next step is to go up to 10000

Paragraph Writing Planner

                                                                                My Reflection
I am learning to group my ideas into paragraph This will make it easier for the reader to read our stories We used a graphic organizer to help . I found this easy because I learnt this last year . My next step is to paragraphs in all my writing.

Identifying and classifying numbers

 My Reflection

We have been learning to identify odd and even numbers,and numbers less than 20. We did an activity on Nrich using a Venn diagram I found this easy because we had to put the number in odd or less than 20 or in the middle. My next step is to do harder Venn diagrams.

My Bio Poem

I have been learning to write a Bio Poem .A Bio Poem is a poem written about yourself. I found this easy because i knew about my self . My next step is to write other poems

Book Review

We have been learning to read chapter books.  I really enjoyed this book because it was really interesting and cool. My next step is to read longer chapter books

Our Trip to Te Tuhi

     

We went to Te Tuhi.  We made our faces this is mine.

Did You Ever Poem

My Reflection
I have been learning  to write a Did You Ever.I found this tricky to get the verb in. My next is to work faster.

Kiwi Kids News Article

My Reflection

W.A.L.T find and summarise information
I Found an article on Kiwi Kid News. I had to find the main idea in the article. I found it tricky to find the main ideas. My next step is to get the main ideas first.

My Welcome Post 2016

Welcome to my Year 4 learning blog. This year am in Room 12 and my teacher is Mrs Melville. I enjoy writing. This year I looking forward to swimming.  I hope you will enjoy my blog and leave lots of feedback.