Merit can do #7

Evidence for PALs
Last week me and Anneke did kakono PALs and we played with the skipping ropes and it was a lot of fun. We played with the giant ropes and had all different games going. Anneke and I had to Finnish early because of the kakono cross country. The care value I used the most was community because I showed up on time and gave a PAL game to the kakono.

Merit can do #6

Merit can do
On Friday I went to kapa haka, first we got in our lines to do our school song, then we were getting our transitions right for the culture festival, after that we were just about to get into poi then we got stopped because me and a couple of my classmates had to leave for the library. The learning quality I have shown was being resilient because I kept on going even when we had to do the song over and over.  

W.A.L.T Use side or edge lengths to find the perimeters and areas of rectangles, parallelograms, and triangles and the volumes of cuboids.

Rich Assessment Task: WALT:  Use side or edge lengths to find the perimeters and areas of rectangles, parallelograms, and triangles and the volumes of cuboids.

Complete the 3 problems below on a blog post and then put your name up for a teacher conference.

The best possible outcome

Answer for problem 1: #26 is the perimeter that is the lowest so the rectangle has a length of 9 and a width of 4.

Answer for problem 2: #28 Is the perimeter that is the lowest a length of 8 and the width of 6

Problem 3:

3 bags needed

W.A.L.T: I can use my growing wide range of academic and content-specific vocabulary to understand texts.

W.A.L.T: I can use my growing wide range of academic and content-specific vocabulary to understand texts.

Definitions

Void: an empty space or vacuum. Fluorescent: able to give off visible light after being exposed to a source of heat, light, or other form of energy Vulnerable: able to be hurt or injured Interconnected: to connect or cause to be connected one to the other or others. Seldom: not often; rarely.

Example/Non Example	Is a void messy? Why or why not?	No because a void is an empty space in a vacuum cleaner.
	Which color is the most fluorescent at night? Why?	silver because it is a color that is able to give off visible light after being exposed to a source of heat,light or form of energy like on cones.
	Why are elderly people more vulnerable than children? Why?	Because elderly people are old and are falling apart whether children are more flexible and have more energy
	Which is more interconnected; a vine or a dandelion? Why?	A vine because it was made to grow and to stick together.
	Which is more seldom; the Olympics or an election in NZ? Why?	The olympics is more seldom because it is every 4 years and a election in nz is like every 3 years.

Word Associations	The plants in the garden are die during a frost	Seldom
	There were lots of different paths that joined each other	Interconnected
	I made a shot from halfway while facing backwards.	Vulnerable
	We are still exploring  outer space.	Void
	I can find my key ring easily in the dark.	Fluorescent

Word Relationships How might each pair of words be connected?	Vulnerable/Fluorescent	The meaning of the words mean they are both able to achieve something.
	Void/interconnected	Nothing because a void is a empty space and the word interconnected is where something connectes.

Extended Writing	Think of a time when you felt as though you were in a void or when you saw something that happens seldom. Write a paragraph about this.
	I received an award one day and now it happens very seldom. I never receive awards for anything anymore.

Merit can do #5

Kapa Haka Merit post 2

Today, a group of my classmates and I, went to kapa haka it was whole hour long practice instead of the usual time which is about 30-40 minute practice because the cultural festival coming up. We learnt that we are going to start our performance at the cultural festival with haleluia and the timing to when we step toward the front of the stage during the song. During Kapa haka I showed the learner quality of resilient by not giving up when learning the new moves and I just kept on trying with the poi.

Merit can do #4

Merit evidence for:PAL's
I was on kakono PALS today we were playing with objects you can through. Me and anneke arrived late we only had 10 minutes, they all enjoyed it. they had smiles on there faces and some of them knew me I don't know how. All of the children loved it they were enjoining it.

My short story

For this piece of writing I have focussing on my vocabulary and punctuation. I have been learning to

• use a range of precise vocabulary to communicate meaning (Year ⅞)
• use all basic punctuation independently and attempt more complex punctuation (eg semicolons, colons, parentheses) (Year ⅞)

The pieces of my writing that are highlighted green are where I have shown my vocabulary and punctuation goal

My Story...

The story of Marie's life

Hamburg was a cold and dangerous place with the war, it was always nice and jolly now it had the scent of gunpowder and the look of one of your nightmares.

Marie was an 12 year old girl living by herself in the lonely cold war and she had no parents so she had to look after the farm all by herself, no one to say goodnight to her and nobody to feed her.

It was Marie’s birthday the date july 13th in 1945, one year since her dad died in the war and her mum died with an heart attack, but no one celebrated birthday’s anyway because it was to dangerous. The war was still going on people kept on dropping to the graves. This year it was her 13 and all she wanted was her parents to be alive again.

She blew out the lonely candles on a big cake that could feed 50, and wished to see her dad and mum when they were alive. POW, BANG, POW her mind stretched as she got dizzy she landed in a strange place not knowing where not knowing when. It smelt like gunpowder, she felt strange, scared and frightened.

BANG! a shell shoot past, bang, bang! two more, her dad came out of the distance a foggy distance with a limp a bandage and a gun.

“Hey, you, child over there rrrruuuunnnn” her dad yelled “get to safety” she needed a very fast pace to get to the nearest building a smashed one with a poster lying on the ground and had a date on it she read out “1943” she whispered, the year her mum and dad died. She had gone back in time.

Marie heard a ticking noise tick tick tick tick a bomb, her dad was outside the bomb had 5 minutes left, tick tick tick tick it getting louder. She picked it up and ran, ran and ran and ran.

“Hult” a strange man uttered she hid the bomb “what are you doing here” he asked with a gun up against her head “I will shoot you” the man announced with a deep voice that had that little bit of fear. She didn't comment, “What country or town are you from?” he yelled in her ear.

“Hamburg, Germany” she mumbled.

“Hahahahahaha” The man laughed and put the gun away “we better get you to the shelter”. So they ran to the shelter.

Once they got near to the shelter there was 30 seconds left on the bomb she chucked it as far as she could and it made into the enemy's base it was NZ base.

More than 2,000 people died and they were not only New Zealanders, refuges were within 100 metres and it destroyed the camp they were heading to. Marie’s mind was wanting to go back to her house to her home but one part of her brain wanted to stay to see her father again but that other part of her brain knew it was dangerous…

Maddison