Titi's 2016 Reporting Blog

For reading we have been reading different stories. Most of our stories that we have been reading were based on myths and legends from different cultures. In reading me and my group have been reading this story called “Tarakura of the Rangitaiki Plains” by Bernadine Ngaheu. It was about a great Chief and great Warrior, his name was Iratumoana. There was also another character & this character was not a human, he was Tarakura, the monstrous taniwha who plagued the people of Ngati Awa. This book was interesting because there was a sentence that hooked me in Here is the sentence I was talking about: “This conflict between chief and taniwha would determine the future of the Ngati Awa people”. It hooked me in because.. it has interesting words- for example: Conflict & Determine. It also hooked me in because when I read it the author made me feels like I am part of the story. The author also makes us visualise an image in our heads by using- (Powerful adjectives to m...

Writing Learning Story. In writing we have been writing Narratives. We re-wrote different Narratives into our own words- Maui & The Sun and Apache Myth. These are my success criteria that helped me in writing Narratives: I can include interesting ideas like what people do and what happens in my Narratives. I can also include: Ideas we can infer from (show not tell) & include in the past in my Narratives. Sentences: I can use or include: A hook to make the reader hooked in straight away in my Narratives. Figurative language: I could include Onomatopoeia when a word makes a sound e.g BOOM!!! in my Narratives. Here is a piece of writing i’d like to share- (Veititi and The Sun)... In the past in there lived a girl called Veititi who lived with her brothers in a old rusty torn house & they street they lived in was Waitangirua. There also lived a Flammable, Deceitful and lazy Sun. The sun looked like a warrior going to battle an army of ...

Fraction Learning Story In Maths with Miss Gibbs we have being working on our fractions but hard ones. The problem is about Manaia’s Church is having a Mother’s Day service on Sunday. They spent ¾ of an hour practising on Tuesday afternoon, and ⅞ of an hour practising on Wednesday afternoon. How many hours have they practised for so far this week? I was trying my best to find out how many hours have they practised for so far this weekend? First we draw a diagram with ¾ and we colored in 3 boxes because it says on the problem that Manaia’s sister’s spent ¾ of an hour. Then we draw another diagram with ⅞ and colored in 7 boxes because it says that ⅞ of an hour practising on Wednesday afternoon. After that my maths group were tired same as me but I didn’t give up because when you are in a maths group you don’t give up i was really trying my best thinking and thought to worked out the problem but it was time to pick up. Next time don’t give up on your maths group ...

Talking About My Learning We were learning to work together to solve problems I am good at sharing Ideas because I listen well to groups. I can solve problems with group because I listen to my groups ideas and sharing ideas. I got better at understanding people of what they did because sometimes I disagree. It is hard when someone takes over but I want an opportunity to because I really like my maths I feel Proud of myself when I achieve a goal in Maths My next steps are to try hard to take risks and challenge myself to try harder problems. I am going to achieve my next steps by trying my best that I can do.

In maths I solve problems in my team by: I am good at working Together, I am good at Sharing Clever Ideas, I am good at participating in my group by not being on track with my group, I am good at friendly arguing because sometimes I have different thoughts about the problem or there strategy, I am good at agreeing because it is very easy to agree with other groups with there strategy because it is very easy because you use your prior knowledge to know that you agree, I've got heaps better at sharing my ideas with the whole team because it's good to share your clever thinking so your group could have some connections with your idea, I still have to get better at sharing my groups strategy and some ideas because sometimes I get nervous, I get better when my group supports me with sharing our clever strategy, When I work together as a group in my group I feel proud of our team because we have done hard work & has putted heaps of effort in our Maths.