reading

WALT build our vocabulary and comprehension

SC:

• Read the text
• Activate knowledge about the text
• Skim and scan for key information

SRA-CARDS was very interesting for me i learnt lot of things about weed then i know. it was tough answering but i still managed to get everything right. i was skimming and scanning when i didn't know the answers and found it.

Maths

Task 10

WALT use a rule to create a number sequence

SC:

• Identify the term numbers
• Use the rule
• Add, subtract, multiply or divide the term number by the rule
• Write the sequence number

For maths this week i learning to create number sequence. the first five identifying the term number was simple. Then Once i hit the questions i was really stuck but still able to get them right. This task was one of the best for me this year no doubt.

Reading

English language skills

WALT improve our punctuation and grammar skills

SC:

• Identify the part of speech
• Use all clues available to make the most informed answer
• Activate prior knowledge about how parts of speech work

For reading this week i was on English language skills. I was manly working on Nouns. the task i did for nouns was cool because i was able to do two task in one spec. But the difficult part for me was choosing what are nouns and what are not. but at the end of the lesson everything thing was correct and i was able to finish on time.

Maths

Task 3

WALT continue and describe number patterns

SC:

• Identify the missing numbers in the pattern
• Work out the sequence
• Write down the missing numbers
• Describe how each number sequence is created

For Maths i was continuing and describing number patterns. At first i was confused i didn't know what  to do. but then i was shown a example of what to do,then when i knew how to do it i got easy.I mostly had to know my times table and division.

Maths

For maths i was doing Mangahigh. I was focusing on the task that i got assigned to do.When i was doing it i was getting stuck on angles inside quadrilateral.(would have done a better blog but i didn't do any maths but mangahigh

reading

A good reader will ask questions before, during and after reading.

WALT ask questions before, during and after reading

SC:

• Read the title and look at the pictures
• Ask questions before reading
• Read the text
• Ask questions as you read
• Ask questions when you have finished

For reading i had to ask questions before reading,during reading, and after reading. Before reading we had to use the clues of the titles and pictures. The part of the task i was really stuck on was finding questions for after reading.

Reading

WALT improve our punctuation and grammar skills

SC:

• Identify the part of speech
• Use all clues available to make the most informed answer
• Activate prior knowledge about how parts of speech work

On Tuesday my group did English skills book. I had to put ED or T at the word on the list ex: I scream-I screamed.

my task was very easy and small but i finished it, and it was all correct. the hard thing for me was to find another task to so then i found another page and started but did not finish it

Maths

Task 14

WALT find the perimeter of a shape

SC:

• Identify the measurements of the side of a shape
• Add all the measurements together

On Tuesday I had to identify the perimeter of a shape. The first 9 questions i was good i got the hang of it and then got all of it correct. The hard part for me was adding it all together, it started of easy and then really difficult. I finished my task at question 20 and got 17/20 correct. I really need to work on adding heaps of numbers at the same time..

On Monday the year 8 and year 7 boys stayed with Karena and Tracy. Our task was to see which group could stack the most shoes. It was all about the way we had to stack the shoes, we had to balance it and also use a lot of different techniques to stack it. To me the amount of shoes don't matter but it the way you stack it and balance it. My group, group B we did not have faith that we were gonna win, but then we won and the feeling was cool and stinky.

reading

SC:

• Read the text
• Activate knowledge about the text
• Skim and scan for key information

for reading my read a book called river flow. we had to talk about the setting, characters, plot, and resolution. When i read the book skimming and scanning help me a lot, it helps me finish my task faster and more easier for me.  

Maths

task 9

which unit of measurement, tonne, kilogram, gram or milligram

example: the weight of a truck= tonne

For me the task was hard and difficult at the same time. The thing that i was doing correct was answering all the questions to question 11. but once hit question 12 and on that is where i got most of my answers wrong. 

• Know that ± means ‘plus or minus’
• Find the minimum and maximum measurements
• Measure the distance between two points

On Thursday we were working on the plus and minus sign. i was working really well on my work i understood what i was doing. first five minutes i didn't write anything,and once tugi explained it to me i got the hang of it then done it all by myself

reading

WALT build our vocabulary and comprehension

SC:

• Read the text
• Activate knowledge about the text
• Skim and scan for key information

for reading i did SRA-Cards,skimming and scanning was hard but easy at the same time. i could relate to the text because it was a about a child losing her pet. after i read i did the comprehension and answered all the questions.

maths

Task 7

WALT find angles in a triangle

SC:

• Add known angles together
• Subtract total from 180°

for maths me and junior were adding known angles together. we had to subtract the total from 180°. Junior did a great job of subtracting, and adding known angles.

reading

SC:

SRA Cards

• Read the text
• Activate knowledge about the text
• Skim and scan for key information

for reading i was skimming and scanning for key info:when i was skimming and scanning it was kinda hard because it was a higher level then i'm meant to be on. But also easy because i could relate to the book i was reading

maths

Task 5

WALT find adjacent angles on a straight line

SC:

• Take opposite angle away from 180°
• Write answer for angle

i finished off the whole thing....it was hard writing the answer for the angles because i forgot how to use protractor. I didn't get how to take the opposite angle away from 180

Maths- name angles

Geometry

AWS Level 4 - Sheet 1

Task 2

WALT name angles

SC:

• Write letters in order from left to right
• Recall knowledge of geometry terms
• Recall knowledge about angles
  

we were learning how to measure angles with a protractor, also the meaning of the letters.

Reading-inferring

Inferring-use the clues

WALT practice making inferences based on clues in the text
SC: Identify key wordsActivate prior knowledge about the topicMake an educated guess about the question

I was doing good identifying key words,I use the the clues to help me. I've read a book like this once, a boy did all his chores and he asked his parents for bike.