Identifying Comprehension

LI: To use our smart searching skills to expand our knowledge of Ancient Greek Mythology. 

 Today David shared the next reading challenge with us. It is all about the Greek gods and helps us to practise the skills we have been learning in our reading lessons with our teachers. David created this task as part of his CARE award challenges.

In this smart searching activity, we used our comprehension and research skills to learn about the difference between Athens and Sparta. I found this activity interesting because I got to identify the different compression between Athens and Sparta. 

Researching Maps

L.I To use our smart searching skills to expand our knowledge of Ancient Greek Mythology.

Today David shared the next reading challenge with us. It is all about the Greek gods and helps us to practise the skills we have been learning in our reading lessons with our teachers. 

David created this task as part of his CARE award challenges. In this smart searching activity, we used our comprehension and research skills to learn about Greek Mythology vocabulary and identify Greek places on the map.

I found this activity interesting because i've learnt more about the places and details of greece history. 

Ancient Greece Word Sorting | Myths Legend

 L.I to organize and research, words that connect to ancient greek. 

This week, David as been teaching and expanding our knowledge about greek mythology. Greek Mythology is a large collection of stories, started in Ancient Greece, about the beginning of the world, and the lives and adventures of gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines. 

In this activity David has explained that we were acquired to organize these words, into the categories: People, Places, Government, War and Culture. The list of words can be seen on slide three, as well as the organization. We all collaborated together to get this done.

I really enjoyed this activity because it has taught me so much new words. I also enjoyed learning and growing my knowledge on greek mythology.  

Mars Landing Facts | Inquiry Toys

 L.I to gain more knowledge about the rovers in the mars landing. 

Our focus this week in inquiry is Toys. Are goal for this week was to create a rubber-band powered rover. With this in mind, we were acqiured to learn and gain more knowledge about the mars landing rovers. In our groups, we needed to search 10 interesting facts. We used the Nasa Site to find out these interesting facts. 

The first mars landing took place in July 4 1997. This was the first successful landing ever since 50 odd failed missons. 

The fact I found most interesting was that each rover had a name(Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosty and Perserverence. 

Venn Diagram | Myths & Taonga

 LI: To find the differences and similarities within the different stories.

We watched a video about the maori creation story and we also read a text that was also about the maori creation story, when comparing them together there were some noticeable differences that were easy to spot. Our task was to write down the differents and the similarities of the video version and the written version. We compared and contrasted and we then looked the some of the simalarites that they both had. Our group enjoyed doing this because it helped us know the difference between the two different stories as some stories tend to chnage over time as stories are passed down

I enjoyed this task to because I found it easy to find the differences and the similarities between the video and text.  

Culture | Abstract Noun

Our focus this week in writing is to create a abstract noun poem. A abstract noun is something that you can feel emotionally and mentally, but not physically. In this poem we were required to pick a abstract noun and create a poem about it. in this poem, we needed to include the 5 senses, puncuation, complex sentences, metaphors, similies & abstract nouns. we also used DRAFT, to help us complete our poems.

 Liletina and I had worked collaborativly on creating a poem about Culture. We also used word-hippo to check if there was any other words we needed to change to make our writing more detailed. We also used inspiration fo the classroom to make it more descriptive, and create a more vivid image in our peers minds. 

I really enjoyed this weeks focus in writing because it allowed us to become more creative, and gain more knowledge about how to enhance poems and abstract nouns. 

Did this happen? | Taonga & myths

LI: To consider both perspectives 

 

 We are learning about the Taonga of Storytelling, the story that we learnt about was about Maori legend about the mountains. For this task we worked together to decide/negotiate whether or not we think that it had happened using evidence to help support our opinion. We used our smart searching skills to help us find evidence that it happened or didn't happen. We then negotiated whether or not we though if this actually happened and then said why we thought what we thought. 

I really enjoyed looking at how the other perspectives have different ways of thinking.