Multiplication Explain Everything

In maths I have been learning multiplication strategies. I have learnt how to do multiplication problems using my five's and ten times tables to make it easier.

Expanding Balloons

In Literacy we have been learning about weather. Air pressure is involved with weather so we did and experiment on it. If there is hot heat it rises.

Rotational Symmetry

For the past few weeks we have been learning about rotational symmetry and what it means. I learnt that rotational symmetry means if you turn it it is going to stay exactly the same no matter what. 

Power Time Growth And Fixed Mindset

During Power Time we have been learning about growth mindset. We watched a video about Luke Sky Walker and Yoda lifting an X-Wing out of the lake. Luke had a fixed mindset. A fixed mindset is where you complain about not wanting to do things and not trying. Yoda taught him how to have a growth mindset. A Growth Mindset is where you want to do lots of work and take it to the next level. We talked about what we could say to ourselves to change from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset. Here is my D.L.O.

My Rainy Day

W.A.L.T Use crayon and dye to show movement and ripples in a weather feature.
We have been learning about the weather so we did a rainy day art. First we got white crayon and did rain drops, spirals and a line across the middle to show the line between the concrete and the sky. Next if we wanted to we drew a rainbow and colored it in so hard so that it would still show when we put the dye on. Then we went to the dyeing station to put on the rainy miserable colors.

My Emperor Penguin

W.A.L.T Use paint to create they effect of feathers.
We have been learning about Antarctica so we decided to do a penguin and paint it. First we sketched they outline of the penguin very lightly. Next we did some black paint on it to make the effect of feathers. Then we did the orange, yellow and white paint that is on top of the blubber. After that we did some white paint on top of the black to make some grey shading and did the green for the eye.

Antarctica Information Report

W.A.L.T: Create 2 pieces of writing about the topic you have chosen.
I have been learning about weather and climate and this is my information report.

    The White Continent

             Antarctica is the coldest,whitest, most amazing place on earth.

Some people go there to study the life cycles of animals. It is a very interesting place.

The climate of Antarctica is the coldest on Earth! The lowest air temperature was on the 21st of July 1983. The temperature was -89.2 C. This is very cold compared to what we get!

Antarctica is so dry that scientists believe that it is a desert! It hardly ever rains in Antarctica. Antarctica is fascinating. Most of the snow that we see isn't just falling it is getting blown around in the wind.                                                                         

Antarctica has katabatic winds just like us but… when we have katabatic winds they come from the mountains and give us warmth. In Antarctica they come from the mountains that are covered in  ice and brings bone-chilling cold.

Antarctica is 25% bigger than Europe. It is the least polluted of all continents. Antarctica is bigger than New Zealand by about 40,000 sq. miles.

Antarctica has two main areas, East Antarctica and West Antarctica. They are separated by the mountains. West Antarctica is the smallest of both of them, because of all the ice Antarctica is the highest out of all the continents.

In my opinion Antarctica is a one of a kind extraordinary place to be in. I also think that it is very cold . I would love to go there someday and find out what it is like to be there.

Antarctica Description

W.A.L.T: Create 2 pieces of writing about the topic you have chosen.

The Brilliant Blizzard

The most important, whitest, windiest and iciest place in the world is… Antarctica. Antarctica is a very fascinating place. The white, and the ice just makes me wonder about the history and how everything just came to what it is now. Antarctica used to be at the top of the world but throughout    the years it came to the very bottom.                    

Antarctica sounds like people are right next to you whistling so loud into your ear. The ice of Antarctica sounds like a cold crackling fire. The ocean sounds like heavy splashes of water into your drink. The crashing icebergs sound like bags of ice getting smashed by a hammer. It sounds so amazing. Antarctica is the best place in the world.

Antarctica feels like frostbite is nipping the end of your toes off. Antarctica feels like you're sleeping outside in a pool on a cold winter's night. Antarctica feels like you are a snowball and the cold never stops. Here in NZ when it is winter we think it is quite cold but you should feel what it's like in Antarctica. In the summer here we have the sun stretching fiery fingers down on us and it is just amazing but down in Antarctica it is sunlight all the time but it is still freezing.

Antarctica looks like the biggest mountains covered in hundreds of snow layers. The snow is the whitest thing you have ever seen. The colors are like the most beautiful things ever. It just makes me speechless.

In my opinion Antarctica feels freezing and bone-chilling. Sounds extraordinary and mind blowing. Looks amazing and the best place in the world.

Addition/ Two Digit

WALT- Add two digit numbers together.