Christmas Thinking Keys

My Reflection I am learning to learn more about Christmas and think about it in different ways. I found it hard to do the 6th slide. I found it easy to do the 5th slide. I learnt more about Christmas.

100 word challenge

My Reflection I found hard at use three similes. I found easy at put my ideas together. I am learning to learn more similes. I learned what is simile.

100 Word Challenge

My Reflection I learning write a 100 word challenge. I found it hard to think more about my writing and my ideas. I found it easy to think of my first paragraph I learned more about hunted houses. I want to work on making my 100 word challenge more interesting.

Guy Fawkes

My Reflection I am learning to learn about Guy Fawkes. I found it hard to answer the third question. I found it easy to read the story. I learned more guy Fawkes. I want to work on writing my answers in full sentences.

Splitting Numbers

My Reflection:
I was working on using the splitting strategy to help solve harder multiplication questions. I am learning to understand what the questions are meaning. I found easy to plus the answers together. I found it hard it splitting the numbers. I learned how to split numbers. I want to work on the word problems.

My Speech - why should everyone have a pet?

My Reflection:
I was learning to write a persuasive speech. I found it easy to think of a topic to write about. I found it hard to make my writing make sense. I learned how to write a speech by my self. I think this is my best piece of writing I have done.  I want to work on adding more detail and research into my speech. I think I need to work on my research skills.

Flower Canvas

My Reflection:
I was learning to use multimedia to create a piece of artwork.
I was learning to paint the box nice and neat and different painting skills.
I found it easy to think about what flower I should have.
I found it hard to draw the flower nice and big.
I learned how to make an equal quarter on a box.
I want to keep practicing my painting skills.

Hockey Skills

My Reflection:
I was learning hockey skills.
I found it hard to walk with the ball and controlling it.
I found it easier to turn with the ball.
I think I got better at this over the session.
I want to work on learning more hockey skills.

Suffixes

My Reflection:
I am learning my ing,ed and er. I found it hard to think of the meaning of the suffixes. I found easy to find the words that have suffixes in the sentences. I think I need to work a bit more on suffixes so I can know other ones.

There, Their and They're Homophones.

My Reflection:
I am learning my there, their and they're homophones. Homophones are words that has same sound but have different meanings. I found writing the meaning of the words and putting the correct words in the sentence easy. I want to work on other homophones.

Olympic Vocabulary

My Reflection: I was learning to extend my vocabulary. I did this by thinking of Olympic related words for each letter of the alphabet. I found this easy at writing the words down. I found this hard I want to work on

Character Description

My Reflection:
I am learning to describe the characters in my story. I found writing what their role in the story was easy. The hard part was describing how the character acts. I think I need to be working on adding in detail to my answers.

Fractured Fairy Tale

My Reflection:
I was learning to compare a traditional fairy tale with a fractured fairy tale. I had to compare the characters, setting and the plot. I found doing the traditional fairy tale easy. I found it harder doing the fractured fairy tale. I wanted to work on spelling my words correctly. I need to be adding more detail to my writing.

Decimals, Fractions and Percentages

My Reflection:
I was learning to convert fractions, decimals and percentages.
I found it hard converting the decimals.
I found easy converting the fractions.
I wanted to work on converting these.

Reading Around the World Challenge

My Reflection:
I was learning to research about a country from the Olympics. I was learning to use skimming and scanning to help me with my research.
I found it hard to choose the country that I wanted to research.
I found it easy to research the flag. I found researching some of the information hard.
I want to work on learning more about my country. I need to work on using skimming and scanning correctly.

Olympic Tagul

My Reflection: I was learning to expand my vocabulary about the Olympics. I found it easy to think of a word for O because I used Olympics. I found it hard to think of words for Z and X. I want to work on knowing more words to do with the Olympics.

Olympic Problem Solving

My Reflection:
I was learning how to problem solve with an Olympics based question.
I found it easy to write the different ways to reach 20 down.
I found hard it think of many different ways to make 20.
I want to work on thinking about more ways to solve this problem.

Kapa Haka

My Reflection:
I was learning to retell a story.
I found it hard to think of what I will write next.
I found easy to write the story down because I used the book to help me.
I want to keeping working on using my own words.

Matariki Acrostic Poem

My Reflection:
I was learning to write an acrostic poem.
I found it hard to think about the words to use.
I liked doing writing because it was fun to think about it.
My next step is making sure my writing making sense.

Splitting Numbers

My Reflection: I was learning to use the strategy of splitting numbers to help me with my times tables. I found the last questions harder. I think I am good at splitting the numbers up. I found the first task the easiest. I want to work on understanding the word problems.

Bike Skills and Rugby Skills

My Reflection:
I was learning to compare two events in my writing.
I found it easy to put it into little paragraphs.
I found it hard to think about what I wanted to write.
I want to work on adding more detail to my writing and make sure that it is making sense.

Pepeha Art

My Reflection:
I find hard to to mix the colours together.
I find drawing my picture easy but drawing the koru was harder.
My favourite part was drawing my picture.
I want to work on making sure I colour in harder so there is no white spaces.

Retelling Timeline

My Reflection:
I find it hard to try to make my retelling make sense. I found it easy when I am writing the story in my own words. I want to work on spelling so I can spell my words correctly which will help my writing make sense.
My next step is to keep working on retelling the stories.

Reading Aloud

Tens and Ones

My Reflection: I was learning about tens and ones. I found it easy because I know my tens and ones and how to add them together. I want to work on solving these questions in the thousands.

Sentences

My Reflection:
I was learning about the different types of sentences.
I found it easy to write my sentences.
I found writing some of the words hard. I want to work on my words.

Te Tuhi Visit

My Reflection:
In Term 1 I went to Te Tuhi. We did the Wish You Were Here workshop. This is my picture. I enjoyed drawing.

My Welcome Post 2016

Welcome to my Year 4 learning blog. This year I am in Room 13 and my teacher is Miss Kulik. I

enjoy maths. This year I am looking forward to reading. I hope you will enjoy my blog and leave lot of feedback.