Leaf Writing

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Yesterday, Miss Fletcher came into our class to fill in for Mrs B. She took us outside to observe the changing of green leaves to red, orange, yellow and brown leaves. After looking at the leaves we walked back to class and started to write about what we saw. We were doing creative writing, so we got to choose what writing style we wanted. E.g Acrostic poem, poem, song or just a piece of writing. I chose to do a simple piece of writing. My favourite part was being able to choose what we type of writing style we got to write with. The learning behind this was to observe something and write about it to describe it.

Gif Making

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• For the last couple of weeks, we have been making GIFS with a lady called Deborah. 
• First we had to make a slide showing something about cyber smart. 
• Then, we had to use a site called Tall Tweets and insert our slide. 
• After that, we coded how fast we wanted our GIF and how many pixels. 
• After that, we clicked create GIF and our slide turned into a GIF. 
• My favourite part was creating the slide. 
• The hardest part was figuring out how to create it as a GIF. 
• The learning behind this task was to know how to be cyber smart.

Here is my GIF:

Earthquakes Create Task

Kia ora,

For weeks 3, 4 and 5, we have been learning about Earthquakes. We had to choose a task out of a:

• Timeline and venn diagram, 
• Birds eye view, 
• fault lines and a 
• Reporter activity. 

I chose do use the venn diagram and timeline to share my knowledge about earthquakes. For the task we had to figure out which earthquakes occurred earliest in time and most recently and create a timeline. Part 2 was to chose 2 of those earthquakes and create a venn diagram. The hardest part was finding information for one of the earthquakes because it was so long ago. I found if exciting to see what magnitude some of the earthquakes were. The learning behind this was to find out about earthquakes and what they do.

Myths

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For the last couple of weeks we have been writing myths. We had to explain why a natural phenomenon happens in the world. I chose rain. It was about a god who gets bullied so he cries which is rain. Then, a another god comes and saves him and the rain stops. My favourite part was making up my problem for my myth. The hardest part was finding a solution for my problem. The learning behind this was to learn how to write a myth and the structure of a myth.
Here is my myth:

Designing a game with Code

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Today we have been creating our own games on Scratch Junior. My game was about me trying to get to a house. We used arrows in the North, South, West and East directions. We coded them so every time me clicked them the person would move in that direction. My favourite part was trying to complete my game. The hardest part was getting the person to the end. The learning behind this was to know how to create a basic game. I learnt about the tap button. I learnt how if you have coded the code properly when you touch one of the characters they will make another character move.
Here is a screencastify about me doing my game:

Structure of the Earth Comic

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For the last two weeks, we have been learning about the Structure of the Earth. We learnt about the four layers of the Earth. The crust, mantle, outer core and inner core are the layers of the Earth. We learnt what the four layers are made up of too. After a few days of learning about the Earth's structure we had to create a comic, questionnaire or an animation about the structure of the Earth. I chose the comic. After we finished the comic we made a PMI chart. I enjoyed doing it because I got to create my comic and be as imaginative as I wanted it to be. It was tricky to fit all the writing I wanted into my boxes. The learning behind this was to know about the four layers of the Earth.
Here is my comic:

Is Earth like a hard - boiled egg?

Kia ora bloggers,

We are learning about what the Earth is like on the outside and the inside. We used hard-boiled eggs as mini-models for the earth. We got to design our own continents and islands on the outside of the egg shell. At the end of the experiment we got to eat the egg! The egg tasted okay.

Here is a photo of my egg Earth:

Here is the link to the science experiment report we wrote with the teacher.