Information Report Writing

 In writing we have been writing information reports and creating information posters

Here are some for you to read. If you would like to read some more please visit our individual blogs. 

Descriptive Writing AND Argumentation Writing

This week in our class we have been learning to add the wow factor to our writing using descriptive writing techniques and language features like similes, onomatopaeia, personifcation, adverbs and hyperbole. Hope you enjoy our writing. If you would like to read more descriptive writing examples from our class then please visit our individual blogs that can be accessed from the left hand side of this blog.

 

 

We also do argumentation writing every week. This week's topic we debated and shared our opinion on was- Should Snakes Be Domesticated? We read online articles, watch videos, read books and also have a debate in class with our peers and then write our opinion on the topic. Hope you enjoy reading our opinions. If you would like to read more argumentation writing examples from our class then please visit our individual blogs that can be accessed from the left hand side of this blog.

 

AWESOME Readers!

In Room 5 we have read over 1000 books this year already and we still have 5 weeks of school to go. There is nothing stopping us!

This Week's Argumentation Board Topic

 Should we use animals to test? 

This week we have been discussing if we should use animals to test.

Please click on individual blogs to read what we think about this. 

Here is an example of Sadaw and Joanna's argument/opinion-

Click here to listen to their video.  

Click here to listen to their video. 

Student Designed and Created Word Problems

This week some learners in Maths received a create challenge from their teachers to plan, design and create a word problem questions slides for their classmates. Below is the task slide and under the task slide are two examples of some amazing mahi that these learners have done. They had to pick a theme to create their own word problems. The teacher example as you can see had the Ratatouille theme. 

Joanna's Spongebob Themed Word Questions 

Sadaw's Retro Video Game Themed Word Questions 

Recount Writing

We have been focussing on writing recounts in our class lately getting prepared for our upcoming writing assessment in a couple of weeks. The writing assessment will be on our ability to write effective recounts.  

Here are some different types of recounts we have been writing. We have have been writing recounts that are on real life experiences we have had and are recounting the experience and we also have been writing imaginary recounts on being stuck in a natural disaster as we are exploring the topic of natural disaster as part of our learn, create, share inquiry studies at the moment.  

Rotoroa Island (By Joanna)

On Monday all the year 6 to 8 went to Rotoroa Island in the golf harbour. 

First we all went in a bus to get to the Auckland harbour and as we got

there, there was a biosecurity dog who sniffed our bags to check if there

was anything bad. 

We went on a really cool but huge ferry and it had a very cool bow it was really big

and when you stand near the railing then it will feel like your going to fall off but it

was safe to go there and then there was a cafe but it wasn’t open until it was time

to go back home.

As we arrived at Rotoroa Island we had a really long walk. At first it

was a quick short walk to the beach and then we went on the sand

where we had to identify bugs and all types of creatures and bugs there.

When we finished doing that activity any who brought their togs had a really

good swim in the beach I didn’t swim because I didn’t bring my togs but I

still put my feet in the water and me Maia and my sister made a sand pool

we basically made a base and then water came in it and then it became a sand

pool, it was really cool.

 Afterwards we all packed up and continued our walk. This time it was really long

and we went up so many hills I felt like I was going to fall down. I literally

couldn’t feel my legs!

 We had lots of breaks but it still wasn’t enough for me because I was really tired

and exhausted  but I still kept on going because I had to! While we were on the

beach I collected really cool rocks and stones, one of them was white and clear

and the other was dark forest green.

 When the walk was finished we went back to the ferry. The ferry ride was really

long, maybe about 1 whole hour and 45 minutes! When we got back on the bus it

was a long ride but not as long as the ferry ride and as soon as we got back to school

I was running around and then suddenly my green stone dropped and it cracked in

half. I didn't even know that stones could break that easily!

At the end of the day I was really happy I went on that trip because I learned a lot of

new things and it was a really fun but exhausting experience.

Survival Kits

We have started Term 4 by exploring the topic of natural disasters and are studying the different types of natural disasters. This week we created a list of items we think we could need in an emergency in a survival kit. First we discussed in groups what a survival kit is and then we shared our lists with other groups in our class and compared and contrasted our lists with them. 

We will be making a class survival kit in the next few weeks and also individual survival kits. 

Here are some photos of our draft survival kits. 

Story of the week

Every week we share a story from our class that gets shared on the class blog. In our class we do free choice writing every week as we all are authors. Every week a story makes it to the class blog. 

How The Kiwi Lost Its Feather

Author- Sadaw

Year 5 Room 5 

Once upon a time, there lived a healthy family.

They had a farm at the side of their house and a forest nearby.

They didn’t know why people kept entering the forest.

Then one day, they figured out the answer…

While they were sitting at the dining table,

the father saw the word, “Kiwi” on the box.

He was confused at first, so he researched

and found out the answer. “The Kiwi is a bird!”

he exclaimed with delight.

He shared his discovery to his family and

they got excited just as he did.  

Next week, they all went out to the forest

and tried finding a kiwi at night. Soon after,

they heard a rustle in the distance.

The father ran as fast as he could,

and he… caught a kiwi! The kiwi looked frightened,

but the father realized he did bring some worms!

So the kiwi munched on the juicy worm and,

finally, she felt safe around the father.

After that, the father named the kiwi “Maple.”

Maple had a silky gold colour at the side of her beak.

The family knew they couldn’t keep Maple so they let her go.

They felt upset, but they knew it was the right thing to do. 

While they were walking away, the younger sister spotted a feather.

She realized that the feather looked like Maple’s feather,

so she took it to her family.

The feather became their best taonga

because it reminded them about their adorable kiwi bird!

Learn Create Share Symbols and Images ART

Today for our creative hour we decided to create symbols and images that demonstrate or show our teaching and learning in our school- Learn, Create and Share

At the beginning of the year we brainstormed what learn create share looks like, sounds like and feels like and now we are revisiting this term. 

Look at the fantastic posters we have created to visualise what learn create share looks like. 

Mathematicians at work!

In our class we have been doing a quarter of an hour hands on maths and we just simply love it. We love it because we get to use a variety of maths equipment and get involved in solving math sums and word problems using any equipment we want from the maths centre in our class. 

Slogan Art

In our class we have been learning about New Zealand protests and we learnt about the kind of things that make protests effective and powerful. One of the things we found out was great slogans that convey powerful messages. 

This week we have created an art piece and written a slogan on our designed background. 

Here are some photos- 

This is Drevyn working on creating his slogan art. 

Financial Literacy with PwC

Click here to view the photos

On Friday last week we were very very lucky in Room 5 as professionals from Price Waterhouse Coopers came to our class and ran a financial literacy programme with us. 

Please click on the image above to view our photos with them. 

They taught us about income, spending, savings, borrowing and lending. They also taught us about how to be a smart spender and earn income. 

Please click on learner blogs to read our individual reflections from our time with PWC coaches. What a treat it was to learn from these professionals from PWC in our class teaching us to be financially literate and smart. 

Thank you PWC! 

Making Tropical Smoothies

We decided to make a tropical smoothie in this chilly winter in Auckland in anticipation of spring next month. 

We all really enjoyed drinking it in company of each other.