What is the author describing?

 In Te Ngahere for reading we have been learning how to understand what we read when the meaning is not clear or stated correctly in a text. We had to make a copy of a doc that had a short poem on it describing something but it didn’t tell us what it was so we had to guess it and the poem would get longer and longer making it harder for us. We had to type what we thought it was and then type why we thought that. We did two poems. The first one was describing something that cut grass and the second one was describing something in the sky. I think I did well doing the first part of the second poem because it just described something that could fly so I would have to say something that flies but the second part of the poem got me stuck but that was because I was daydreaming and not focusing on the poem. What I think I could do better next time is maybe focus more on what the author is trying to describe instead of just daydreaming

Our Extraordinary Technology

 On Tuesday the year seven and eights went to technology at Moerewa School. The year sevens did cooking while the year eights did woodcrafting and I had to craft since I was a year eight. The teachers names were Mr E who was teaching woodcrafting and Whaea Dot who was teaching cooking. Mr E first explained the rules in his class then we took a test about the rules. He showed us how the tool works then we played around with the tools until morning teas. After morning tea we got a block of wood to make the Waka and drew an oval shape for the waka by measuring. Then we drilled a hole in the oval and cut it out but unfortunately I never got to the cutting part. What I thought was hard was when I had to measure it because sometimes the measurements were incorrect and then you had to rub it out then do it again till it was perfect since close enough is not good enough which was kinda annoying. What I think I could do better next time is maybe pay more attention so that I can get my work done faster.

The Test That Made Me Feel Dumb

 In Te Ngahere we had a reading test that was about following directions. The teacher gave us a paper that had instructions on it. You had to read and do what the instruction says. I think the teacher was teaching us how to read things carefully and how to follow directions properly. The test was only 4 minutes long and there were twenty-three instructions but technically it was only three instructions. The first instruction was that you had to read everything carefully before doing anything but we all didn’t actually read everything carefully. The 23rd instruction said that we had to do only sentences one and two the flip the paper over and draw quietly while waiting for the other students did which none of us did. When I realised that I didn’t follow the instructions properly I felt pretty dumb. What I think I could do better the next time is to actually read everything properly so that I won’t make the same mistakes in the future. How well can you read things carefully?

Celebrating Shivam’s Birthday

In Te Ngahere we went to Green’s Indian Cuisine for lunch because we were celebrating Shivam’s birthday. We were very lucky that we got to eat for free because Shivam’s parents  were the owners at Green’s. We walked from our school to Green’s and when we got there we sat at the tables and waited for our food. After a while we finally got served some drinks, butter chicken, naan bread and rice. I dipped the naan bread in the butter chicken and ate it. I thought it tasted delicious. I then kept eating more and more till I was full. At the end Shivam’s parents came out with a shopping trolly with boxes of chocolate easter eggs and they gave each of us one easter egg. Angela and Jade then gave Shivam a card that we had all signed. After that we said thank you to his family by doing some waiata. The songs we sang were Utaina mai, Ka pioioi and Rerenga Wairua. Then we went back to school. How do you think butter chicken tasted?

 

Coastal Seas Life Cycle

 In Te Ngahere we have been learning about what sea animals  do and how they live. We watched one episode of a show called Our Planet and wrote all the facts we could on a doc. We then made a DLO that we wrote our facts on it but we had to put the facts in different categories for example we would put all the seaweed facts on one slide and put the shark facts on a different slide. What I thought was hard was when I had to write down the facts because i’m deaf so it was hard to hear what the person was saying but I managed to write some decent amount of facts down. What I think I could do better next time is try to pay attention more to what he was saying so that I could get more facts so that my DLO could’ve at least be more interesting. 

How To Pronounce Maori Words

 In Te Ngahere we have been learning about how to pronounce the Maori alphabet, Maori greetings and place names. We had to screencastify us pronouncing them. We made a DLO that shows us pronouncing them. We screencastify on Education Perfect. Education Perfect is a digital learning program designed for students to learn about Maori and more. When we finished the screencastify we put them on our DLO. What I found difficult was that sometimes I didn’t really know how to pronounce the word and I had to try not to mess it up because I would have to screencastify again. What I think I could do better next time is go somewhere else that's quiet. Have you ever used the website, Education Perfect before?

How To Search The Web Properly By Using Keywords

 In Te Ngahere we have been learning about how to search the internet properly so that we will be able to find more accurate results. To search the internet properly, instead of asking questions we have to type the keywords for example, instead of typing “where do spiders live” type “spiders habitat” because It will help you get more accurate results about where they live. We made a copy of a slide, where we had to highlight the keywords that are in questions, etc. What I found easy was when I had to highlight the keywords because the teacher already showed us what to highlight. What I think I could do better next time is use keywords when I search up a question so that I get more accurate result. Do you know how to search the web properly?