Word problem

Reflection
I found this piece of work easy because I had some ideas of what the answers might be and I used a lot of my strategies to help eg, place value, partitioning, adding, times tables.

Kakapo Facts - Skimming and Scanning

reflection In this activity I found it easy because I was thinking hard and found out a lot of new things. I need to improve on my timing because I had a lot of time to do this but I kept forgetting and doing other work instead. I enjoyed doing this activity because in my opinion the more work i put into it the more interesting it is. I wish I had used a white-board to write down my facts and even though it was easy it still would have been easier to do it that way

The Beekeeper - Summarising Information

Reflection 

I am learning to find and summarise information by choosing the most important in the text. The most challenging thing was finding the most important information and telling why. Im not sure about how the extractor works.  I found this piece of work interesting because I needed to work hard and in my opinion when you put a lot of effort into something its very interesting. 

EPS School Values.

Reflection In this activity I was learning to sort out my 3r's. I enjoyed this activity because it was educational and I like PB4L. I found this activity easy because I pay a lot of attention at PB4L.
I am going to use my responsibility by taking care of the environment.

Fractions

Reflection

We are learning about fractions. This is important to me because when i'm older I will be using fractions all the time work and home. I found this piece of work interesting because I enjoy fractions. I think we are learning about this because we use it everyday.

Exaggeration Poem My Wacky Teacher

Reflection I was learning to write a exaggeration poem I found this piece of work easy because I found exaggerating easy. I enjoyed this piece of work because i'm good at writing poems.

Food Chain.

Reflection 

In this activity I was sorting out animals by their food chain.  I enjoyed putting on the pictures and sorting it out.  I found this piece of work easy because the research I have done helped me a lot and its quite obvious where the pictures go.

Time Word Problems

Reflection I am learning to understand and solve time word problems. I found this work interesting because it gave me a challenge. I found this pice of work tricky because I didn't know a lot of my time before. I need to improve on my one in a half hours.

Shorty - Linking ideas in the text.

Reflection I am learning to link ideas both implicit and explicit to give a greater understanding of the story. I need to work on the explanation of the question. The most important thing I have learnt is don't judge a book by its cover.

Telling the time in 5 minute blocks

Reflection
I was learning to tell time in five minute intervals. I found this tricky because i didn't understand the example. I need to work on my analogue time.

Flipgrid - Making Connections

                                                     flipgrid Reflection
       I was learning to make a connection.  I found the video part tricky and                    I enjoyed it because I learnt a lot about albatrosses.

Incredible Insects Comprehension Activity

Reflection I was learning to answer a range of comprehension questions. I worked with a buddy on this activity and i found this activity challenging because we didn't understand the last bit.

Using Doubles to Solve Addition

Reflection I was learning to use doubles to solve addition. I learnt there are different ways to add up to a number using different strategies.  I found this activity easy but  I need to work on finishing my tasks quicker to show my learning.

What is a habbitat?

Reflection we were learning about what is a habitat. I worked with a buddy for this work. I need to work on putting things on my blog faster

Flying Fungi Summarising

Reflection In this activity I was learning to summarise information. I need to work on getting my work completed in time.  I found the article interesting and I learnt flying fungi is strong.

Haiku Poem

Sorting out Living Things and Non-Living Things

Reflection i was learning to sort out living things with non-living things. It was easy to sort out the living things with the nonliving things because I knew what was a living thing and a non-living thing.

A Moment in Time

Reflection
I was learning to use strategies to make my writing more interesting. I used a simile,  onomatopoeia and adjectives. I can try and use these strategies in other types of writing.

Te Tuhi Art Centre - Tapa Cloth

Reflection
We were making our own tapa by putting symbols on paper,

Place value

Reflection
I was learning to use place value with 2 digit numbers.
It was very easy to answer the questions.
I enjoyed writing the answers down.

Soft Ball Skills

Reflection
we were learning about softball, I enjoyed pitching the ball
to the other player, softball is when one player pitches 3 balls
to the other players, the other players have one job and that is
to stay still until the pitcher bats the ball, when the pitcher has
batted all 3 balls they have to run.

Free Juice - Inferencing

Reflection we are learning to make and justify simple infrences. The hard part was to find clues in the book. I need keep working on it.

Pepeha - Skimming and scanning

Reflection
I was learning to write a pepeha, the tricky part was to write it because we had to keep looking on the dictionary. I found it easy to skim and scan and find things.

Bio poem

Reflection
I was learning about a Bio poem
Next time I need to work on following the correct structure.
It was easy to publish and it was hard to change the background.

Blog Welcome Post

welcome to my year 4 learning blog. this year i am in room 14 and my teacher is mrs Prendergast. i enjoy brain-breaks. This year i am looking forward to ESOL and writing. I hope you will enjoy my blog and leave lots of feedback.