Our reading activity + game

For a few weeks we have been talking about how bad the smog in China is. We had a brainstorm and wrote down on the whiteboard why pollution is bad and what would be the consequences if the Chinese government keeps ignoring this situation. In this Google slide, I have put down our Prior, New, and Synthesized knowledge from my reading group into this slide. If you would like to see more, click on this slide. If you want to see my buddy's website, click Ma'ata.

China

Last month I was learning about China for my inquiry with Mrs. Anderson. We learnt where was China compared to New Zealand, the languages they speak over there, Chinese New Year and much more. If you want to find out more, click on this slide.

Smog In China

Yesterday we read an article about the smog in China. After we read each text, we had to highlight a part of that text and put S-T (Self to Text, something you read that sounds like one of your life experiences), T-T (Something you read that sounds similar to something else you have read), or T-W ( Something you have read that is happening in the world now). Most of the things I highlighted were T-S. The aim of this task was to find thing that relate to other things that I've read, seen, or that has happened in the world.

Japan

For a couple of weeks I have been learning lots about Japan with Mr. Wong. We have been learning how to say hello, goodbye, thank you, and some colours in Japanese. In this slide we also hap a map of where Japan is on the world map. If you want to see more about Japan, click on this slide.

Character Photo

This week for homework we didn't have a person to research about, so our teachers told us to do a activity from the Holiday Reading. This activity is called "Character Photo". I chose a character from my book I read last holiday called Pounamu Pounamu. When I chose my character, my sisters to a photo of me dressed up like her. In my homework I have also explained who my character was in the book and what she did to help the main character, plus her personality.

Blessing Our Classrooms

Today this morning we have blessed our classrooms (LS1 and LS2) this morning at 7:00 AM. In this slide shows what has happened on that day. I thought it was really awesome! (although it was long). The Kapa Haka group that we had were really good too. If you want to see what happened, have a look through this slide.

Slingshot To Understanding

Today for reading we played a game called Slingshot to understanding . In this game, we had to read a short essay about the smog in China. Then we compared it to either a video, a flyer, a recipe, or a story that was similar in a way to the essay. When we have chosen and typed down our answer, we either make a strong, weak, or distracting connection (you'll find out what I mean if you decide to play the game). If you have a strong one, you get to jump to a far building. If you got a weak one you only got to jump to the buildings closest to you. But you wouldn't jump if you got a distracting one. What you are learning through this game is to make connections with the information about this topic and other prior knowledge you have about this topic. The challenge in the game is to get rid of all the smog in the city.