Robotics

Today for tech, we were learning about coding, with Mrs Ferguson at Tamaki College. Our challenge, was to code the m bot, on the m block site, to move in a square. We used the programing codes, Repeat, Wait for seconds, Move, Show, and other codes. I liked coding and watching my robot sucseed. I also used lights, to show that I was indicating to turn right. I moved in a square, indicated, and did a victory dance, and move, at the end. This was fun, because I havnt been to tech in a long time, and I love coding, which is one of my most favortite techs except food tech, to go to.

Ancestor Poem

Learning intention: To write a poem to describe your ancestors using literary devices of alliteration, onomatopoeia, metaphor, simile, hyperbole, and rhyme.

This week, we were writing poems. It was based on our ancestors. I wrote about them, and my culture. It is powerful, and it brings back memories. I used the 5 senses, powerful words, emotional words, and phrases, to make my poem stronger. My favorite part of my poem is where I talk about my ancestors travelling around the world, to find their home, and the path of success. I enjoy writing poems, because I like writing, and It is exciting. I love my poem, and I am really proud of myself.

Steps

L.I to practice our suffexes on steps

Today this morning, we were practicing suffex - ability on steps. I have completed 5 of the 10 activities set for me, and I have managed to complete them all perfectly. My favorite one was the spelling. You had to look at the words, then spell them to get them correctly. I like steps, because we can practice hard words.

Ta'ovala Maths Challenge

L.I to find the most eficient stratergy

For this challenge we solved a question regarding  ta'ovala. Ta'ovala is a traditional Tongan  piece of clothing worn for special occasions. Our main information was that for 8 ta'ovala 12 meters of material was used, we need to find out how many meters of material would take to make 26 ta'ovala. First we found out how much material it would take to make one ta'ovala which we did by dividing 12 by 2, 6 by 2 and then 3 by 2 which gave us 1.5. After that we multiplied 1.5 x 10 two times which gave us 30, then we multiplied 1.5 x 6 and that gave us 9. Lastly we added 30 and 9 to give us our answer 39.

Maths Challenge

L.I to create a DLO about how you solved this maths challenge
This week for maths, we created a DLO about how we solved this maths question challenge. We first started as a big group to work out how the first question should be solved, using the most eficient stratergy. Then we chose a partner to work with. I worked with Vayan. We first worked out the answer to each question, then we out the answers on our DLO. We then put on the main information. Lastly we made a rule, which was the main focus of this session of maths.

Maths DLO (Fish)

L.I to create a DLO on how you solved the question
Today, we created a maths DLO. It contains the question, Working out, and Main Information. Vayan and I worked as partners to create this DLO. We used our division, and addition skills. The question was that the remain 4 fish weighed 25% of the total weight (150 kg). Then we had to figure out how much the 4 fish weighed each. We figured the answer would be 9.375 each. This activity was a bit challenging and fun.