KiwiCan 17.3.21

We were learning how to co-operate in a team.

Today in Kiwican we started off with a game called "Bear, Salmon, Mosquito." Its a bit like Rock, Paper, Scissors. The aim of this game is to decide a team which action to choose to battle the other team. Bear beats Salmon, Salmon beats Mosquito, Mosquito beats Bear.  In this game you have to work together and agree which action you are all doing. Everyone has to do the same action. If there is confusion your team loses. 

We enjoyed this game because its exciting, and you get to do funny faces, good expressions, and make loud noises at our classmates. 

Today we didn't do so well because we kept talking during the game, so the game had to stop. 

Bear

Salmon

Mozzie

Maths Groups

 WALT read and order whole numbers up to 1,000,000

This week in Tui Whanau, some of us have been learning how to read larger numbers involving 7 digits or more. Including tenths and hundredths.

We discussed the difference between 'digits' and 'numbers' and learnt that reading and ordering numbers requires understanding that where a digit is placed within a number changes its values.  If a digit is in a higher place its value goes up. For example:

3,567,896 - Here the 9 is worth 90

3,967,856 - Here the 9 is worth 900,000

To practice this understanding we played a game using cards. Each member of the group gets dealt 6 cards between A (1) - 9, with a Q as a 0. Each player looks at their cards and decides where they are going to place their cards face down to make the biggest 6 digit number.

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They then place their cards face down in front of them, with the lowest digit on the right and the largest digit on the left. Each person reveals each places value.

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The group has to order the numbers from the highest to the lowest number. 

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Each person then receives the number they made in maths money.  So the biggest number is worth the most. 

Our group enjoyed playing the game and seeing how the value changes.

By Ataahua, Bailee, Maya, Starley, Summer, Sofia.

Bok Choy Summary

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Today was our last day reading Bok Choy. Our writing tasks for the last two days have been to create a storyboard and a summary. Below is a picture of my storyboard and summary.




Bok choy is a story written by Paul Mason
The story is set in a chinese village in New Zealand.
There’s a few main characters in the story, Ah sum, mother, Mrs Bishop, William and Jacob. At the beginning of the story Jacob and his mother are stacking firewood and they get interrupted by an old man named Ah sum, who came over to sell some Bok choy to get money.Then Jacob decides to go fishing, as he was fishing he go swept of the rocks and couldn’t get out, all he remembers was waking up in Ah sum’s chinese hut.It’s weird for Jacob because he has never been in the chinese village before, then Jacob realises that Au sum’s very kind and helpful. Soon later Jacob's mother comes to collect him and his mother was very grateful for what Ah sum did and wanted to thank him for his good deed.
As Jacob and his mother are walking home they are stopped by Mrs Bishop, Jacob and mother aren’t happy with this so they stick up for Ah sum by correcting her racist word that she calls chinese cabbage which it is actually Bok choy.
How do you think I did creating my storyboard and summary?

Did I enjoy reading Bok Choy? I did enjoy reading Bok Choy because it had a really good message in it. A old man, a nice old man, Ah Sum was not liked or treated nicely at the beginning. Towards the middle of the story he saves a boy from drowning and people begin to treat him nicer. I like how doing good deeds makes people realise you are a good person?

What was my favourite part? My favourite part is when Jacob's mother sticks up for Ah Sum in front of Mrs Bishop. This is my favourite part because instead of putting down Ah Sum, she protects him as he has protected her son.

I believe the author has written a fantastic story. They've taught their audience an important message which is great.

Ah Sum's Hut

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Today was my first proper day back at school. Being at school has been different from when we left last term. We have been continuing our online learning that we have been doing at home, but we have been doing it at school instead. Today for reading we read a book called 'Bok Choy' and our follow up task was to create a google drawing, a pencil drawing or our own chosen way to create Ah Sum's hut.

I choose to create a google drawing of Ah Sum's hut. To create his hut I used the shape tools and images off Google to create my hut. In my hut I have stone walls, a fire and a chimney. I've also included a clothes rack with is draped with their wet clothes. Their clothes were wet because they got swept off the rocks. I also have chairs, a table and food that they were eating on the table. Ah Sum and Jacob are inside the hut talking.

I enjoyed making this creation and thinking of different ways to make different objects. To improve my creation, next time I will label the items in my creation so that people know what they are. Below is a picture of Ah Sum's hut.



Have you read Ah Sum's hut before? If not, can you guess what it is about from my google drawing?

Diary entry

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Today we had to write a diary entry from the perspective of the main character in the story. Here is my letter, take a read, let me know what you think.
I really enjoyed this task as I enjoy creative writing and I like putting myself in someone elses shoes to try and understand how they would be feeling.

This week our reading text has been a graphic novel. A graphic novel looks very similar to a comic. I enjoy reading graphic novels because they have very cool images/pictures and they use minimal words, but still manage to tell a great story. Have you read a graphic novel before?

LEGO creation

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I have been reading a text called Harry's War and my reading task for today was to create a scene from the text out of LEGO or materials I could find around the house. I LOVE LEGO so I created a LEGO scene. 

The scene I choose to create was Harry practising at his training camp. In my scene you can see men with guns, army tanks, cabins, medical centres and grass. I choose this scene as Harry really didn't want to go to war or to practise war, but he had no choice.

Do you build LEGO creations? What have you built before?

ANZAC Day Poster

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Today our reading task was to watch a video about ANZAC day and then create a poster online about what we learnt. In my poster I have written about what ANZAC day is, when and why it is celebrated and the background behind it. Take a look, tell me what you learn!

I already knew quite a bit about ANZAC day as my poppa fought in the world war 2, so I've always shown in interest in wars. But some new things I learnt was: it was made a public holiday in 1916, pretty much straight after the war. I also learnt that the ANZACs really struggled in war and found it very hard to fight back.

I would have loved to have been born a little bit earlier and to be able to talk to one of the ANZACs. I bet they have very interesting stories to tell and I'd love to thank them for protecting our country. Would you to?