My Patterns!!!

 Hey guys!
Welcome back to my blog. Today during maths, my maths teacher Mrs Lee, gave us a fun task to do. She told us to create out own patterns! Now this might not sound maths related. but is actually is. We were told to do two different patterns, A symbol pattern and a Number pattern. A symbol pattern is with shapes and pictures, and number patterns is with..numbers! For example:

1,2,3,4,5 or 2,5,8,11. In the first number pattern I am adding 1 each time. In the second one I am adding 3 each time. Now, I did a easy symbol pattern and a medium number pattern. I did shaped for the symbols, and the Fibonacci sequence for the numbers. If you dont know what Im talking about, the Fibonacci sequence is a pattern that goes on forever, you are just adding the numbers together, in the end you will have a HUGE spiral if you use squares.ANYWAY here is my work!

Make sure you guess the pattern! 

Did you guys get the patterns right? If you think you did comment what you think and I will reply to you yes no or 1=yes 2=no or 1=no 2=yes. I hope you enjoyed this blog post, and learnt something new. 

Have a nice day

Karaitiana.

Monkeys!

 Hey guys!
Sorry I haven't been posting much. Anyway! This week for reading we were given 7 book choices from National Geographic. I chose.......MONKEYS! I love monkeys and they are one of my favourite animal. I also want to learn new stuff about them. Thats why I chose monkeys! We were given 2 tasks. No.1 : Fill out the questions on the site WITH full sentence answers. No.2: Pick two tasks from the white boxes :

Once you have done that, you had to post your work on your blog. For the two tasks I chose "

Create a quiz and Create a Word Search!

But since I finished early I had too do all three. Which was not that bad!

This was really fun and I hope you like it.ENJOY!

WALT: To make connections to self, other texts and the world.

Monkey Quiz!

Word search:

Word Search Explanation:

Why did I choose the word : Primates? I chose the word primate because Monkeys ARE primates. Primates are animals known for their big brains. Why did I chose: Arboreal?I chose arboreal because thats what most monkeys are. Arboreal means that they live in trees. Why did I chose: Habitat? I chose Habitat because monkeys live in..habitats! Habitat is a place someone or an animal lives. Why did I chose: Monkeys? I chose monkeys because I am reading about Monkeys. Why did I chose: Troops? I chose troops because thats what a group of monkeys are called. Why did I chose: Tails? I chose Tails because monkeys have VERY long tails. Why did I chose: Groom? I chose Groom, because monkeys groom each other. Why did I chose: Furry? I chose Furry because monkeys are very furry and cuddly. Especially the Golden Snub nosed monkeys. Why did I chose: Noses? I chose noses because monkeys have quite unusual noses. Why did I chose: Cute? I chose cute because monkeys are very cute. Why did I chose: Long? I chose long because monkeys have very long bodies and tails.

Do you know any other facts about MONKEYS! If you do comment what you know. Also if you learnt something new comment what you learnt. I hope you liked this. Please give me some feedback on what I can do next time!

Have a nice day

Karaitiana

Giraffes!!!

 Hey guys!
Welcome back to my blog. This week in reading, we got to pick from more "National Geographic"! We were given 7 books and we had a choice to pick which book we got to read! I chose.... GIRAFFES! I barely knew anything about them except that they are the tallest animal in the world! So learning about them was really fun! Me and my BFF Sapphire helped each other with the tasks, so go check out what she has made! She deserves some credit! We had to do 3 create tasks. Answer questions and you got to pick the other two. I chose write a narrative about an encounter with a giraffe and, Giraffe physical features that help them survive!I hope you enjoy this, and hopefully you learn something new.ENJOY!

WALT:To understand what we are reading by answering questions about the text!

Encounter with a Giraffe.

Isla loves animals. She likes studying them and learning new things about them. Her favourite animal would have to be a Giraffe. She is always looking for them if she's in Africa, but she has never had an encounter with one. She has seen one from far away but her camera couldn't capture the shot.

One Sunday morning in Africa, Isla went to go take some photos of animals that were nearby. She saw 7 elephants, 28 zebras, 4 lions, 2 spotted hyenas and 5 ostriches. Luckily for her she got all of her photos clear and one of every animal! She was still disappointed she didn't see a giraffe.

That's when she heard a rustle in the trees.She turned her cheek and there stood a herd of giraffes. Isla was full of joy and excitement but she couldn't scream or they would be frightened away. “Ah, there we go,West African giraffe. Lucky to see em” the African guide whispered to Isla. Isla’s smile got bigger. “Can I go up close to one?” asked Isla. “Eh, you might as well, but be very quiet and slow and careful. They can hear ya know” replied the African guide. Isla’s grin got even bigger and she looked so happy the guide smiled! Isla slowly hopped out of the car. Her camera was in her hand ready to capture the shot. The giraffe looked above Isla but luckily she was too short. She was crawling on her knees. But then she saw a tight thick rope tied around the leg of the giraffe. Then she slowly turned her head. The giraffe was completely tied down. Isla’s smile was wiped right off her face. She got out her pocket knife. The giraffe moaned. *Slice. Krrrrrrrrr*. The ropes were off the legs of the giraffe. *Quick take the photo before it runs away* she thought. *CLICK* The photo was taken.

As soon as the giraffe heard the click, he or she ran away. Isla was full of delight. She ran back to the car. “Ye get any good photos?” asked the guide. Isla looked at her camera. “Yes, I did. It's..perfect” She whispered.

Do you know any other facts about giraffes. If you do comment what you know. If you knew nothing comment what you learnt.I would really like you feedback please! 

Have a nice day

Karaitiana

Frogs!!!

 Hey guys!
Welcome back to my blog.This week in reading we have been reading National Geographic books! There were 6 books to chose from and I chose...... FROGS! I have always wanted to learn more about frogs and I did!Its was really fun seeing new facts about frogs. They are far more interesting than you think. In this blog post I am putting in 3 create tasks. One will be answering some questions about frogs, WITH full answers. The second will be a narrative about an encounter with a poisonous dart frog.Then my last task will be physical features in a dart frog that helps them survive.I hope you enjoy this post! WALT: To understand what we are reading by answering questions about a text!

 

The Poisonous Dart Frog... 

 Character 

Sapphire is a herpetologist. A herpetologist is someone who studies reptiles and amphibians. She has long golden hair and glimmering hazel eyes. She also has a button nose. She loves frogs and studying them.Sometimes she wishes she was a frog. 

 Setting   

 On a boiling Saturday evening she went out to Colombia, South America. While she was there, she went into the woods which was right behind the small remote village she stayed at for three whole days.The trees were as thick and hard as bricks. The leaves are as light as feathers. Every time she stepped a stick would break.CREEK.She had to swim through a thick river to get to the other side.The farther she walked, the quieter the sounds got. Ribbet. Ribbet. Ribbet. She heard her favourite animal talking to her. A FROG! Sapphire started running towards the sound. Ribbet, Ribbet. The faster she ran the louder the frog got. 

 Problem

 Ribbet, Ribbet, Ribbet! Sapphire was sprinting with her camera in her hand and her water bottle in the other.She was getting worn out. She decided to stop and have a drink of cool, fresh ice cold water.Gulp,gulp,gulp,gulp,gulp.The croaking stopped. Sapphire was confused?Sapphire looked down beside her, and there it was… the terribilis. Sapphire was frightened.She slowly put her drink bottle down. This was a moment to capture. Even if she's risking her life.She didn't know what to do if she was face to face with a poisonous frog she thought she should stay low, and stay quiet. But she didn't know if it was going to work. 

 Solution 

She slowly brought her camera to her eye. *Slow and steady* she thought. CLICK! She took the photo.The frog looked her in the eye and jumped towards her. He must be shy.Sapphire fell to the ground. Her camera fell out of her hand. “NO!” She hooted. She cautiously crawled towards her camera.Swipe! She got it before the frog reached.*How can a beautiful frog be so dangerous!?!?* She thought to herself.Swoosh! The frog was at her feet. Sapphire started sprinting like she never had before!She was breathing faster than a newborn baby. “ LEAP!” She thrusted herself over the thick river. Criss cross through the trees.She halted. Then turned around. The frog would not make the jump.She knew. Lucky for her...she was right.She jogged back to the small village.Then she took a look at her picture. “Perfect” she whispered. 

Do you know any more facts about frogs or toads? If you do comment what you know. If you dont know anything comment something you learnt or liked. I would really appreciate it if you gave me some feedback!Thanks for reading

Have a nice day

Karaitiana

Different types of Media!

 Hello guys!

Today we had to do a create task for cycbersmarts. The task was to find different types of media. Media is a shared platform where information is easily accessed in a variety of forms. Example: The web, the news , internet, books.Once we thought of some media we had to make a google slide or google drawing with all the media we thought of in the post. I chose a google drawing and thought of  9 media plat forms.This was really fun to do and I hope you enjoy.

WALT:We are learning different things about media.

Do you know any other media plat forms? If you do comment what other media plat forms you thought of.I hope you enjoyed this post and learnt something new about media.

Have a nice day

Karaitiana

Recycle!

Hey viewers!
Welcome back to me blog. Today and Monday me and Sadie (which was my partner) made TWO Recycle DLO's (Digital learning object). One was a poster and the other a animation. On the animation I did more of the work because in the morning Sadie does gardening.But she helped with the poster. Madds was also in our group but she had a horrid head ache so she couldn't help.Anyway.... . For our poster we did 9 facts. 9 Facts to help save our school..or if you go to a different school..your school! In our animations, someone throws some rubbish on the ground and stomps on it. But then a little boy comes up and tells the big person to stop littering. It works and in the end everyone is happy!This was really fun and I hope you enjoy!!!

Poster 



Animation



Do you know any other facts about littering or where to put your rubbish? If you do comment! I also love feedback good or bad.This was so fun and hope you learnt something new! See you next blog post.
Have a nice day

Karaitiana

Pigeon Disguise

Hi again everybody!
Sorry I haven't posted since the 26th of August. I was not at school because I had a funny tummy. I'm not the best swimmer so I got heaps of chlorine in my mouth.Anyway.... In this post I will be showing you what I did for reading this week! If you  wanted to do some reading you have to pick a create task to do out of 9 create tasks. I picked the book "Dont let the pigeon drive the bus!" and the create task I picked was " Create a disguise for the pigeon so he can drive the bus!" I chose to do this on paper because for me it would be easier. This was a really fun activity and I hope you like my drawing! ENJOY!!!!!


Have you ever read "Dont let the pigeon drive the bus!"? If you have comment what you favourite part of the story was. My favourite part is when he says "LETS PLAY DRIVE THE BUS! I will go first 😎" I hope you liked this post. Make sure you come back to my blog!
Have a nice day

Karaitiana

A piece of Paradise

Hello Viewers,
This week for reading, WALT:Use clues from the text to find the hidden message (inference!
We got to choose from 6 books, Rata and the Tree, A piece of Paradise,Awarua and the Taniwha of Porirua,Fishing for Octopus,The story of Ganesha and Tautorus  Bird Snare.I choose: A piece of Paradise. If you have not read this, what happens is:
The Sun god and the Rain god both say that they do not need each other to grow crops.But the sun Gods crops burn and the Rain god causes a flood which rots the crops.So in the end both of the gods need each other to plant crops. We had to come up with what we thought the moral of the story is. A moral is a lesson. I think the moral of the story is you cannot do everything your own, sometimes you need other people to help you.You need to work together.This was really fun to do and this is the longest animation I have ever made.
P.S If you cant read the slides you may have to go back. I could not add more slides because it was lagging. ENJOY!

Have you ever planted any crops? If you have comment what you planted and if it turned out well.Please give me some feedback on what I could do next time. I love hearing feedback!Thanks for reading!
Have a nice day

Karaitiana

Whats the matter?

Hello readers,
Today and Monday I made my create task. I had to make a comic or animation on what I think would happen next in the story I read which was "Whats The Matter? This story is about a boy who got a test model of a box.A box that made whatever you say appear. But since it was a test model you could only ask for something with 3 words.E.g.: Vanilla(1 word) Ice (2 word) cream (3 word). If you want the thing you ordered to disappear you had to say Cancel.But he starts saying things..with DOUBLE MEANINGS and things get messy….literally.This was really fun to predict and the ending was SO funny!This was my prediction:I think that the parents will come into Dans room and ground him.I also think that they will make him clean his room with his savings!I hope you enjoy this and agree with my prediction.If you dont thats fine :) !ENJOY!WALT:Use prior knowledge and context to predict what will happen next!



Do you have any other predictions? If you do comment what your prediction is.I would also really like some feedback please!I really would like some.I hope you enjoyed this post!
Have a nice day

Karaitiana

Comic!!!!!!

Hello readers,
Today and the rest of the week, I have been working on my create task.We had to Create a comic strip on what you think will happen next in the story.I read "Time For A Spell" which you can check out the blurb here : TIME FOR A SPELL! (Slide 4) I think this will happen but we may never know.I hope you enjoy and like my comic. By the way,  the dog id meant to be a cat but I couldn't find any cats!.
ENJOY!
WALT:Use prior knowledge and context to predict what will happen next!

MAKE BELIEFS COMIC PREDICTION!

What I think will happen after the story:

I think that the aliens in Fluffguts will come out and they were going to conquer the world but then Fluffguts returned! So in the end the Good guys win!

HOPE YOU LIKED IT :D !!!!!

Do you have any prediction on what could happen next? If you do comment what and why you thought of that answer.I hope you enjoyed this post and liked watching/reading my comic.thanks for reading!

Have a nice day

Karaitiana

My Spagen!

Hello viewers,
Last week our Writing teacher read us " Where The Wild Things Are". It was very interesting. After we read the book we had to come up with an animal with 4 different animals. You could pick ANY animal you wanted.I picked a Sloth Head, Panda Body *Which looks like a penguin body :(*  Pig arms and chicken feet. HER name is Splanda and she is a Spagen. The fist thing we had to do was plan. Plan what out monster would act like and look like. Then we had to make a Character Description on our animal. After we did our description, we had to go on a Google Drawing and make out animals out of pictures or we can trace out animals. After out Google Drawing we had to DRAW our animal on A3 paper.Then we had to colour and cut it out.Then Mrs Lee put our animals on the wall (Not all of them..YET!) and she is going to send us  a picture of out animals. (Which has not been done....YET!). I hope you enjoy and like my monster.
WALT:Write a problem in a narrative.WALT:Write the solution in a narrative!


This is Splanda :)

Splanda 

Splanda  is a 17 year old Spagen who lives in a jungle called Spandandia.
Splanda was a result 

from scientists. They wanted to create an animal  no one has ever seen or heard of.
A Spagen. She has the head of a sloth, the body of a panda, pig arms and chicken legs.
After Splanda was made scientists became mad and started making heaps of Spagens!
But the Spagens didn't like their home.They lived in a LAB with scientists everywhere.
So one night the Spagens ran away to a jungle.They came up with a name...Spandandia.
Now all the Spagens are safe.

Splanda has a very normal personality.She gets her laziness from the sloth.
Her shyness and cuteness from the panda.She is cautious from the pig and
weird feet from the chicken.
Also long nails...from the chicken!
Splanda is funny and a little scary because her pig teeth.Shes also quite chubby!

Since Splanda has pig arms it is hard for her to reach things from a simple distance away.
She eats bamboo, seeds, berries and veggies.Also fruit. She sleep in trees,mud and hay...
if she can find some.
She can run fast but slower than the normal human speed because her chubbiness.
She loves to roll around in mud and sleep all day . Shes quite cute when she sneezes.
She loves food and the words “Just relax Splanda”

Do you have any ideas of who Splandas friends could be.If you can MAKE UP an animal and tell me his/her traits.I think Splanda would love new friends.Thank you guys so much for checking out my blog.When I get the photo of Splanda I will add it onto this blog post. Promise.

Have a nice day

Karaitiana

Chicken Animation

Hello readers,
This week I created an animation on the book ¨Chicken¨.Its about a girl who goes deep into the sewers to find her brothers, but they didn't think she would find them and thought she was chicken.This took me from Tuesday - Thursday.I loved this book because it proves that girls can do anything girls can.This is on a google slide with 212 slides.So I hope you enjoy.
WALT:Monitor our reading to ensure we have a full and deep understanding of what we read.
ENJOY!


Have you ever done something scary?If you have which you probably have , comment when where and what you did.I hope you enjoyed this post and learnt something.Like girls can do anything boys can :)!
Have a nice day

Karaitiana

Sort the Comments (With a Partner!)

Hello viewers,
Today I will be showing you my Sort the Comments work.This work had to be done with a buddy so I did this work with Sapphire.This is about what you can comment on peoples blogs and what you CAN NOT!In this google drawing in the third speech bubble there are words that have been blacked out because there was a phone number and an address.It may not of been real but just in case we didn't want to expose anyone.I hope you like this and learn how to comment on someones blog properly.Maybe after you see this post you can comment.Please! ENJOY!


Did you already know how to post a proper blog comment?If you did comment when you learnt that and how.By that I mean who taught you?I hope you liked this blog post and cant wait for my next one.
Have a nice day

Karaitiana

Matariki Create task 2

Hello viewers,
Today I have created a Piktochart. The Piktochart is ¨10 Facts about Matariki¨.As you may know this week we are studying Matariki. This is my second create task for this week.I have finished my third create task but waiting for my art to be taken a photo of then sent to me.I hope you enjoy and learn something new about Matariki. WALT:Identify and summarise the main ideas across different texts.ENJOY!!

Do you know any other Matariki facts?If you do comment where you found that information.I hope you enjoyed and learnt something new about Maori culture.I can wait until you see my next Create task.
Have a nice day

Karaitiana

Matariki Create Task

Hello Readers,
today and yesterday I have created my create task.If you have been reading my blog posts, you should know what a create task is.If you dont know,that means you haven been checking out my blog...WHAT ARE YOU DOING!I´m kidding, a create task is a challenge that our teacher sets us to do.This week the create task I chose was what happens before and after the Matariki celebration?I hope you enjoy and learn something new about this Maori tradition.Here is my task.ENJOY!
P.S. I had to link this because I could not get it working.
Matariki
Do you know anything else the NgaPuhi tribe does at Matariki?If you do comment how you found out this information and when.I hope you enjoyed and learnt something new and cool about Matariki. This took me a while to make so I would love some feedback.If it doesnt come up comment and I will fix it.Thanks for reading my blog.
Have a nice day

Karaitiana.

Insect Investigation

Hello viewers,
Today and yesterday, my maths teacher Mrs Lee, challenge some of her maths groups to do  a investigation on insects.But not with actual insects instead with numbers.What we had to do was:
Go on the site and figure out the insect investigation challenge. Once we figured out multi-pule ways to get the number 54 using a strategy.Then once we figured it out we made a slide show on it. But using more then one combination.This took me two days to get everything perfect.Here it is.Hope you learn some new maths.
P.S. I had to re-post this.This is NOT my most recent post.
Sorry
Have a nice day

Karaitiana

My new strategy!

WALT:Solve Multiplication

WALT:Change the order of numbers to make the Multiplication easier!

Hello viewers,

Today and yesterday,I created a DLO (Digital Learning Object) on my new strategy. My new strategy is changing the order of numbers to make the multiplication easier.As you saw from the WALT.In my opinion this is a easy strategy to learn and will make maths a lot easier.I hope you enjoy and learn something new that YOU can do in maths.

ENJOY!!

Can you think of any other equations that you can switch around?If you can comment what equations you can switch around and if you learnt some new x tables!I HOPE you learnt something new and had fun reading my DLO. If you have any  questions comment what and I will help. (Make sure it's related to this!)I hope you enjoyed!
Have a nice day

Karaitiana

NZ Sea Lions

Hello readers,
Today I have created my create task.If you have been checking out my blog you should know what a create task is.If you don't that means out haven't been checking out my blog...WHAT ARE YOU DOING!Im kidding.A create task is a challenge my teachers set where we have to make a DLO (Digital Learning Object) to draw awareness to a animal.This week I chose NZ sea lions.This is sad that there are dangers to animals.SO that's why I want you to read my work and try and do something about these helpless animals.If you can't that's okay but please help them.ENJOY!!!


Do you know anything else about NZ sea lions?If you do comment what and how you found this out.I hope you learnt something interesting and new.If you could it would be amazing if you could write a letter or make a sign for any animal that is endangered or you want to help.
Have a nice day

Karaitiana

A little more A little less

Hello readers,
Today and Thursday I have worked on my "A little More A little less" project.I had to show you guys my new Strategy I learnt this week.This week I learnt Compensation.Compensation is where you add some onto your number or, take some off.I hope you enjoy this and learn a new way to figure out maths Questions.
Enjoy


Do you have any other questions?If you do comment what you don't get and I will reply and tell you another example.Its okay if you don't get it, because like I said, it might be hard to learn but once you get it, you will be awesome at it.
Have a nice day

Karaitiana

Maui's Dolphins

Hello Readers,
Today i have created a create task.From my previous posts, you should know what a create task is.If you dont and your not checking out my blog...WHAT ARE YOU DOING!Im kidding, a create task is a challenge my teachers set where we have to make a DLO (Digital Learning Object) to draw awareness. The animal I picked was Maui's Dolphins.WALT:Monitor our reading to ensure we have a full and deep understanding of what we read.I hope hope you enjoy and learn something about Maui's Dolphins.


Have you ever seen a Maui Dolphin?If you have comment where and what it did. Did it twirl or just swim away.I have never seen a Maui Dolphin, but I would really like to help a Maui Dolphin if i saw one.
Have a nice day

Karaitiana