Rimu Class - Hooked on Books!

This weeks in Yalhurst we have been having a Hooked on Books Week. We had this so that we could expand our reading genres and different authors and the books we read get us hooked but we don't read all oth ebook so we have to put our name down  on a list if we want to read the rest of the book. So everyday we get a new book and we don't know what it is until we find out, each day in a different way and creative activity.

On day one it was simple - the teachers pulled a name out of our stick box, The book was called The Honest Truth and it is about a boy who has cancer and runs away. We had to create a recount of what it would be like if we were Mark (mark is the one who has cancer). We also had to make a slide about routes and I found it quite easy because it was a simple task.

 On day two (Tuesday) we played pass the parcel and on the first round it stopped where Gracie and I sat and Gracie opened it, and it went until the last layer (it went forever) and the book was called Space adventure and it is where you get to choose your outcomes and decisions, and it is really fun, we then had to create a persuasive piece of writing about which planet we thought that the person should live on. We also made a pick - a path about it.

 On day three (Wednesday) we had to put together a digital puzzle to learn what the book was called and it was called 'The first hippo on the moon' and before we say the books pictures we got a piece of writing and buddy up with someone and create batik artwork, at the end of the day we got to see the real pictures in the book. We also had to do some optical Maths work where we try creating optical art where it is an illusion.

On day four (Thursday) We had a treasure hunt to find the book and it was wrapped. The person who found it got to open it and it was called ' A Fish In A Tree' it is about a girl who has trouble reading but won't admit to it. We had to read what it was like for someone with dyslexia and how hard it is to read. It is very hard to read and understand words. Here is a link to that. Did you find that Dyslexia sit hard to read? - I know I did.

Today (Friday) we had a vote what book it was but we didn't know which one won and then names got called out and we had choose what box (A, B or C) and we had to choose until it was the correct one. It was called 'The Person Controller' and I have already read this at home and it is fantastic. We haven't done activities on this one yet.

Overall book week has taught me a lot to do with genres and authors and other literacy and maths activities. Some activities were hard and some were slightly easier. But overall this week has been fun. sometimes you think a book won't be good and it ends up being great. This book week in our School has been amazing, you should try it.

Here are some photos:

Maths - Fractions of Amounts

LO: Learning Fractions of Amounts, how to solve the problems.

This week my maths group has been learning Fractions of amounts, this skill is still new to me so if I do something wrong, I am sorry. Today for maths we were told to create a DLO (digital learning object) about what we learnt. Now I am going to be showing you how to work a problem.

Here it is:




I hope that you enjoyed watching/reading what I was learning about. Please say if I did anything wrong or what I could change in the way that I present this.

Non - Chronological Reports

LO:  Learning about Non-Chronological reports. - Learning about how to write a Non-Chronological reports and how to write them well.

Over the past two weeks we have had 2 long write sessions where we have been writing Non - Chronological reports, and over the two weeks we have been editing different parts of our reports. The reports that we have made so far aren't real but they aren't 'narratives'.

I learnt that Non-Chronological reports need to be in the present tense and you need to write in 3rd person.

I found it difficult to write an ending without making it an advert or something that you would use if you were writing in 1st person.

I have improved by writing in some more formal language especially when I edited the conclusion of this story.                                    Here is My Non-Chronological Report:

The Turbo Blaster

The Turbo Blaster is a new type of shoe that can hover up to a metre off the ground and makes
you move around Faster. The Turbo Blaster was Designed in 2018’s March
 and made in New Zealand by the Famous Designer: Grace Baker, she also asked for a trial run
before she released the shoe. 35 students from Yaldhurst Model School who are over 8 years
of age got asked to trial this shoe for one month because the shoe was mainly designed for
ages 8 and up.

Style

The shoe from up close and from a distance looks like a basketball shoe except for the fact
that it has lights that turn on and off in the shape of arrows, these lights can be any colour.
The colour of the shoe can also be custom made but it is mainly preferred in black.
Another special feature is that the shoe can hover because it has a special type of magnetism
in it called prancer and hover on command. It can also make you move very fast and zoom
all around the world because it has a very unique substance called turbo blast and so the shoe
was named after the substance. These Features are important because otherwise it would be a
plain old shoe. *On the bottom of the shoe in special writing is the designers name: Grace Baker.*

Materials

The outside of the shoes material is a plain leather that is real but there is a version that is fake
and which Grace Baker thinks will be preferred. The sole of the shoe is made out of a material that
is really fluffy and warm. The material on the bottom of the shoe is a hard rubber that doesn’t break

Price

The Price of Turbo Blaster will vary with popularity and how big the shoe is, for Children sizes the price will be $90 - 100 dollars and for adults the price will be $80 - 190 dollars.

Comparing the shoe to other brands this shoe is up there in the rankings, it has more stability and will last longer and that's why the price is so high. But most brands would say maybe $300 for this shoe.

The only difference between a child and an adult shoe is how much Turbo Blast and magnetism is in it. Adults shoe cost a lot more because of how much of Turbo Blast and Magnetism is in it.

Conclusion

The Statistics from the shoe trial demonstrates that 97.99 % of  the children liked the shoe because of it’s advanced technology, it floated on command, good stability and zoomed around on command. The children also found these shoes more enjoyable because in the event of the shoe dropping into water, no technology would be harmed because it is waterproofing. Because of these properties of the shoe the children preferred this type of shoe over any others.

May the fourth be with you (Star Wars)