Sound Focus: ou as in short u.
Long vowels say the letter name and the short vowel say the letter sound.
Our Sound Focus for this week is ou. To be able to pronounce ou, you will need to say short u, as in the letter sound. Some of the words we went over were touch, courage etc…
This activity was very enjoyable because there were words that could’ve had different spellings like tough as tuff or touch as in tuch.
We’ve been learning about The Code. We’ve learnt, how ei as in long a or long e. Me and Bethany made a DLO about what we know about Sound Focus as ei in long a. Skein, Beige, Veil, Vein and Rein, all have ei in them and are long vowels. Long vowels are saying the letter name. And short vowels are saying the letter sound.
It was very fun because it’s really interesting to see that ei can make long a sounds or even long e sounds. I’m mind-blown!
L.I: To read the text, gather, sort, graph and analyse the data.
We learned how to analyse and gather data. We gathered our data by going around the class and asking everyone in LS2 their age. Once we had our data, we made a bar graph on sheets. We then made a DLO about explaining how we found our data. I enjoyed this activity because we had interact socially, and its only been a few weeks in school.
LI: To understand the Treaty of Waitangi
In this slide, we combined the CARE values with the Treaty of Waitangi. We connected the Care values with the Treaty of Waitangi. We wrote how the Treaty of Waitangi or the people included showed the Care Values. What I loved about this activity was that we were able to see how our values connected with the Treaty of Waitangi.
This week we have been learning about the vowels and the “ei” sounds. Ei can make long /a/ sound and long /e/ sounds. Long vowels are saying the letter name, and the short vowel is saying the letter sound. We made a DLO of Nonsense Paragraphs, The words we used in our paragraph to make a nonsense sentence is Veil, Skein, Eight, Foreign, Reindeer, Leisure, Receipt, Receive, Beige, Reign, Abseil, Vein, Perceive, Ceiling and Receive.
I enjoyed this task because I liked how we challenged our partners to see who wrote it faster.
LI: To use smart searching skills to research correct information.
Chinese Lantern Festival is an important holiday in the Chinese community. Me and my group chose different questions depending on our ability and drew images to match the page. We added decor and were finished. Did you know that the colour yellow represents good luck and the colour red, represents wealth and success? What I like about the activity is that I learned a lot. Because I didn’t know anything in the beginning.
LI: To understand the Treaty of Waitangi.
LI: Understand how culture connects with your name.
As you can see here, this is my name but with a taniwha interpreted into it. I first did a draft on paper and then soon started on a Google drawing and then soon went onto a google slides. I added color and got feedback from Mrs Fisi’ahi. We then published them and they were laminated and put onto the wall to show everyone our amazing art. What I liked about this activity was that I could add as much designs as I wanted. And the end results look amazing. I”m so proud of myself.
L.I: To visulise your goals.
This is my vision board for 2024. I chose my grandfather as my leader, because of his personality and knowledge. I added my goals for 2024 and what I want to do in the future once I leave Panmure Bridge School. I added photos of the colleges I want to go and the school logo. What I liked about this activity was that I could create my own design. And it makes me look forward to achieving my goals.
LI: To write and say my pepeha.
To help us get to know each other we have written our pepehas. This allows us to make connections and form friendships. I found this activity challenging, because of how many takes it took me.
To become a Kawa of care champion you must get every single question correct or its over, and you’ll need to restart. If you are trying to become a Kawa of Care Champion, you must understand how to take care of a chromebook because most of the questions are about the basics of how to handle a chromebook. One of the questions I got wrong was where to charge the Chromebook because I thought that it would be A. But it’s actually C because it so that no one would accidently trip over the charging cord.
This activity was very fun and simple. It was quite quick to do compared to the rest of the challenges.