Week 8 Blog

What It's Like being a younger sister.

I'm a younger sister I have an older sister

There are good and bad things about having an older sister

Good:

She can help you with things if your parents are busy

You get more attention (if you like attention)

Parents are more easy on you then your sister

You get your sisters old things (But not clothing)

They can really help in issues that they've been in

Even though you fight you always work it out

Bad:

They can be a bit rude

We get most of there old clothes and they get new ones 

They get you to stay out of everything that is there's ( Or think is there's )

You can't really talk to them when her friends are around

When they know a secret they use it against you

They don't let you there device and they use ours.

So these are the good and bad things about being a little sister

Workshop #7 literacy follow up

Title: Minecraft beginner handbook
Author: Mojang

Mojang used different pictures to show what each page meant and what the page is about.

The first example is the blurb and the blurb is at the back of the book and at the back of the book it tells you what the book is a bit about like it says it's about what a bit of each page is about

Mojang used the blurb and the tile cover to show what the book is about and the purpose of the page.

Mojang used pictures to go witth the text

Week 7 ßłögpóśt

Roses are red 

Violets are blue 

Spring is awesome 

And so are you

Spring spring is coming soon

Birds are flying 

Bees are Buzzing

Grass is growing 

I am growing 

And everyone is happy

In this town.

Week 6 Blogpost

The Secret Of the Unicorns

Once Upon a Time there lived a Little Pony named Tim , Tim lived in the meadow with all the other ponies. The Meadow was near The Enchanted forest.Tim used to get teased because he was scared to go into the Enchanted Forest.So One day Tim's mom was teaching him the 
Horse Code Tim was lost in his own world and thinking about his friends .The next day Tim and his friends were playing truth or dare Time chose dare by accident and his dared him to go in the 
Enchanted Forest Tim didn't want to look like a baby so he did it.Tim Went into the Enchanted Forest.Tim went deeper and deeper into the forest and soon got lost Tim cried and cried for help but he had gone so far no one was there to hear him.Just then he saw a 
castle in the distance Tim ran towards it while he was crying at the same time.When he got to the castle he saw a statue of 
Sir Thomas the horse Tim thought it must belong to a Pony when he got to the door he knocked on the door and a loud voice said to enter you must know Horse Code Tim cried and cried and cried because he hadn't listened to his Mom a voice said you know it and you need to think hard.Tim remembered once at school his teacher saying the horse code is in Morse language.Tim said his name in Morse (Hinaloo)
and the doors opened he went inside he told the horse inside the whole story "so" said the horse "I will give you a magic potion which will take you back to your family" Tim said "thank you" Tim drank the potion in one gulp and in the matter of seconds and suddenly he was home and he ran to his mom and said I love you Mom thank you and everyone lived happily ever after.

  this is Tim

Ashmira's Animal Habitat - Digitise It Learning Story - August 2015

Learner: Ashmira                                                                       Learning Coach: DWilkes       Date: August 2015                                                                       Learning Area:  Science

Learning Observed

This term the LH1 learners have been learning about animals, adaptations and habitats. Ashmira has been building her language and developing her understandings of the many ways the natural world can be represented.  Ash is very able to recognise that living things are suited to their particular habitat and can discuss the adaptations of many specific animals. She used her curiosity and creativity to research adaptations for the Penguin (Habitat).  She recognises that all living things have certain requirements so they can stay alive and could identify these in detail for the penguin.   Ash was fortunate enough to go on a field trip to the zoo where many animals captured her curiosity.  She used the learning from the zoo trip to create a creature using the www.buildyourwildself.com wesbite.  Ash also demonstrated leadership and supported many of the other learners during the process. Ashmira  then needed to create a habitat that would be suitable for the penguin.  She opted for the ‘Digitize It’ option knowing that she wanted to design the creature habitat in Minecraft and demonstrate her capability at using it.  She went through a rigorous design process that involved connecting with information through researching to create a fact file on the penguin, drawing a draft diagram of what the habitat would look like and then creating it in a digital tool of their choosing.  Ashmira collaborated well- listening to other learners and asking questions.  She also used Tinkercad and other tools to design her habitat on the days she was without her iPad showing great resilience and a growth mindset. Ask her to show it to you!  When it was time to share their learning, she presented her habitat with heaps of pride and confidence to all of the Learning Coaches and learners in LH1.  See her assessment here.

Evidence of learning

Next Learning Steps

write a reflective blog post about the learning and share with parents create a product of their learning eg. iMovie to show the habitat in Minecraft create a more detailed diagram with labels that is represented in the final product learn about the different species of penguins- do they have different adaptations?

Ashmira's Speech Learning Story - August 2015

Learner:    Ash                                                                        Learning Coach: DWilkes

Learning Area:  Literacy                                                                              Date: Aug 2015

Learning Observed

This term all learners in LH1 wrote a speech on a topic of their choosing.  Oral language is an important skill and Ash refined her knowledge of some language features to enhance both the speaking and writing of her oral presentation.  Ashmira’s speech about why boys and girls should be in separate learning spaces demonstrated her ability to be persuasive both through the content and delivery. Ash learned about emotive language features such as the use of adjectives; persuasive features such as rhetorical questions, repetition, quotations, statistics, contrasts and lists of three; and varied sentence structures like statements, questions, exclamations and commands.  She learned about the structure of a speech including introductions, endings, sequencing words and and how to make her point clear. Ash also explored how to creatively add additional details to make the argument stronger. This was based around the ‘hamburger method’ of speech writing.  I was so impressed with how Ashmira refined her speech through practice and responding to feedback- she was a winner in the habitat competition and did a great job at our first annual school competition.

Evidence of learning

Oral Language Rubric Here   Some of the tools used to structure and develop the speech

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Ash cultivated the curiosity of others with her speech on boys and girls being together for their learning- she made everyone wonder if this would be a positive trend in schools.  She connected with her audience using emotive language and confident delivery - in her hapu group and at the school competition. She collaborated with other learners while practicing her speech and responded to feedback and in discussing, writing and providing feedback and feed forward to the other learners when they presented their speech or poem.  Her public speaking capability has grown as a result of this experience. We were very proud of Ash representing us- the Pukekos- at the Speech Finals- she is a real asset to our OrmPS whanau.  Ka Pai!

Next Learning Steps

write a reflective blog post embed the oral rubric into her learning pathway and a recording of your speech practice reading aloud daily write what you think your next steps are in the comment section future speeches will be strengthened by using some facts/research that has been done to validate what your opinion is and additional persuasive features

Week 4 Blogpost

#Oresome

Ready

Mature

Intelligent

Superb

Terrific

Ormiston

Never give up