Progress in Readtheory

Today for Reading we looked back at our results on read theory. We looked at our past results and compared it to other results month by month. We all created a bar graph to show and tell other people our results and the difference there is from when we started and now. Last year February I started on Grade 2 which was really easy. Now on November 2018 I am on grade 5 which means that I have expanded my knowledge by 3 grades.

Waiouru Museum Robbery

Today for reading we were researching about a story. My partner Tiava and I worked together to find the different perspectives of the story. We choose to read about the Waiouru Museum robbery. This event happened in 2007. A man named James Joseph Kapa was caught stealing 96 military medals. These medals were gifted to the museum by the families who have lost loved ones in the war. We also wrote our opinion on the situation.

The Highwayman Summary

This week for reading we, read a poem called the Highwayman. The Highwayman was a narrative poem that tells a story. This poem was about a women sacrificing herself to worn the Highwayman that their was danger. We read each paragraph and talked about what had happened so far to our group. After we finished reading the poem, we created a DLO telling a short summary about the poem. I think this poem was interesting because it tells a story.

Book Review

Today for reading we needed to get in to our groups and present our slideshows on the books that we'd read. We needed to explain the theme, the setting, our overall review and other parts related to the book. After we'd explained the work that we'd done our next task was to explain why we did/didn't like the book and who the main characters are as well as where the story is set.

The Skeleton Creek: The Crossbones

This term for Reading we had to decide on a book to work on. I chose this book because they were another book like this so I could work with a partner, the partner I'm working with for reading is Joshua W. The story of the book I've read has been interesting. The part I've been reading on is about them solving the mysteries of an haunted hotel. I think what would happened next is that, they fined the mysteries of the haunted hotel.

Sleep Presentation

Why is sleep important? Well, Group A have the answer to that. Together our group created a presentation that gives a clear explanation on why sleep is so important. The questions inside include: How long do humans need to sleep, why sleeping is healthy and how technology or devices could affect our sleeping patterns. 

Life 1870

John, Joshua V, Affonso and I used our smart searching skills to find the types of jobs that women and men in New Zealand this in the 1870's. We noticed that the jobs people did back then were a lot more physical than many of the jobs we do today because they didn't have the technology we do to help them.

The Unfinished Drink

This term for Poetry we learnt about a poem called The Unfinished Drink. We created a DLO, with a 25 word summary. The 25 word summary was about La Tour Mollet (Ted) D'Auvergne and how he didn't finished his drink before he went to war. This story was sad and happy, the sad part was that he died in the war and the happy part was that people remembered him.      

Memorial

This week we where reading a sophisticated book called the Memorial. This book was interesting because it was a boy telling about  the story. The DLO I created shows you about the family's tree. One thing I enjoyed about the book was that the boy forgiven the people that chopped down the memorial tree.

Feedback

This term for reading we read a book about King and Country. I worked collaboratively with John.

We had to give each other a feedback. I talked about what he didn't understand, and what he was good at. The thing John and I did great on was communicating to each other.

Treaty of Waitangi

For reading this week we read the second novel in the five part series about the treaty of Waitangi, this book was about the week before the treaty was going to be signed. To do the activity we first had to get into a group and in those groups everyone read the book, after we'd read the book our next task was to write down important words related to the story. Once that was done the task after that was to create a DLO for the summary that we'd done.

Shot Types

Our task was to create a DLO about shot types, I decided to work on shot types. Did you know that medium shot takes a picture of a person waist up or a medium distance, shot is took when a person is looking down at someone. It is really fun doing this work.

Ebook Day

Today is the 18th of September and it's read a eBook day.I  chose a book on overdrive.The book I chose is A QUEST OF HERO'S. It is very interesting because this book it's  about a boy named Thor and he wants to be a silver knight.

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The Orphan Queen

Today for SSR we went on Tamaki College overdrive. It is a very interesting website because it has lots of book we could read on our Chromebook. The website has books that range from kids to adults. The book I decided to read was The Orphan Queen, it was a very interesting book because there's a Kingdom called Indigo. It's very cool because it said if someone use's magic they'll be taken by the black knight and never been seen again. This is an exciting book and I recommend it for teenagers.

Stepsweb

 This morning I've been practising Steps this helps me with my vocabulary and it also helps me improve my pronunciation. As you can see I have 7 gold and 2 silver. I have 7 left to finished and I'm onto the next stage.

Reading Comprehension - Explanation

This week for reading I read a book called Night Light. This book is really interesting because it tells you all about the moon, this chart shows information about Night Light and the moon. I also had fun doing this activity.  

25 Words Summary

Keeping Maori storytelling alive is important because it helps people remember their culture’s history and when the hear stories about it, it keeps them captivated.

Freeman, Sanujan and I created this 25 word summary using 6 words of our own choice. We listened to facts and reasons of why we should keep oral story telling alive and used the facts collaboratively to create this. We think story telling is important because it keeps children captivated when they hear about it. 

How Maui Slowed The Sun

This week for reading, writing and inquiry we were learning about Creation Myths and Legends. The photo above is a storyboard I created using "Storyboard that". I work collaborative with Sanuja and Affonso.
Our storyboard has three settings, the 1st one is daytime, the middle one is nighttime inside their house and the last one is when the sun dawns. I had lots of fun while making this storyboard.

The Berlin Wall

Today for read theory I read a book called The Berlin Wall, This book told me more about Berlin and I learnt that the Berlin wall and it told me that they were splatted into West Germany and East Germany.

I read the book and did the questions and I got 3/6.   

The Water Cycle

Today I went on Read Theory and read a book called The Water Cycle it was a fun book. The book told me a new word it's Cycle, I got 100% that mean I got all the question right, If I got all question it gave's me points, I have 702 points my goal is to get the highest point in class.