ToiToi Reading - Footprints in the Sand

 

Task explanation:

Today I finished another ToiToi reading task and the story was Footprints in the Sand. I enjoyed completing this task since it was short. We just needed to fill in the blank areas and fill it in with our information from the story. I've seen this story and Nadal read it so, I decided to read it too.

Jigsaw Puzzle - Tui

 

Task explanation:

Today I did another Jigsaw puzzle but it was a Tui. It only took me 18 minutes and I am happy that it was shorter than my other jigsaw puzzle.

ToiToi Reading Certificate

 

Task explanation:

Hey everyone ! Today I did another ToiToi reading task but a different story. This was the 'Morning Feed' it's a short text and I enjoyed filling in the boxes. Click on the image to see what text I did, but click on this sentence to see the website.

Recount of my lockdown

 Kia ora, I linked in my work on this blog post so I won't take up any space. Anyways the task explanation is about my lockdown. My lockdown has been amazing lately since I am with my family. I've had fun during lockdown and can't wait lockdown to be over. Also it's nearly our school holidays so I am excited for that. But anyways, here is the link to my recount writing.

ToiToi Reading Certificate

 

Task explanation:

On our class site there is this website with many stories to read. After you have submitted you get a certificate for completing this task. There are 9 stories to read and if I read 2 each day I would be finished by the end of this week. Click on the image to see the text I read.

Cybersmart Challenge: Replying to comments

Task explanation:

Today this task was to complete it and reply to comments on our blog. The three things we needed to include in our comments is a thank you, an answer and a question. Today Mokoia commented on my blog on the concept circle which was a perfect timing because I needed to reply to a comment to complete this task.

Critical Questions

Task explanation:

We needed to read another article about Waikato University to offer Bachelor of Climate Change. Then after we read it we needed to create question. In our reading we are learning to ask and answer critical quesitons when reading texts and discussing ideas.

Concept circle

Task explanation:

I did the concept circle on our reading slides and we needed add 3 more words and then make 3 sentences with all of the 4 words in those sentences. We had to make each sentence different from each other.

Word Study T3

Task explanation:

Today our literacy tasks was to do this word study and a concept circle. I worked on the word study first because it would short to work on. 

Brainstorm Lockdown

Task explanation:

For writing we need to write a recount about our lockdown since school is almost over and this is our last week of term 3. This is my brainstorm of my lockdown, it's simple and boring in my lockdown since we don't go to school.

Critical Questions

Task explanation:

Today in our reading we had to read an article about people thinking to change New Zealand's name. There were a few comments saying that it was great to change the name because it has been New Zealand for too long and other people say that we should keep it like New Zealand. In my opinion I think that we shouldn't change it's name, well it depends on what name it is. But I think that we shouldn't change NZ's name.

Link to article

Cybersmart Challenge - Empowerment

Task explanation:

Today for cybersmart we did a task called empowerment. It was about if you would find a comment that's not positive and you are feeling sad or uncomfortable look on these slides and see if they help you.

Jigsaw puzzles - Kiwi

 

Today I tried out one of the jigsaw puzzles and it was amazing and fun to do. I worked on it for 22 minutes, if you would like to try, have a look on our class site and go to online learning page and scroll all the way down and you'll see a small image of the website. Thanks to Mrs Cox for telling Mrs Dhaliwal to link in thisi website.

Prototec Basic Facts

 

Task explanation:

Kia Ora everyone, I am in a happy mood right now because I got all correct answers in my basic facts prototec. I didn't get all the answers correct last week if you saw my post about it. But I am so happy I got 100% on stage 6 and I am looking forward to move onto stage 7.

Cars in the car park

Task explanation:

Kia ora another math task finished for Thursday. I needed to answer the questions on the right and draw some dots to show how many cars and how long they have been there for on the chart.

Ants math task

 

Task explanation:

Kia Ora today I have finished another math task for Thursday. It took a while to setup this blog post because I had to rearrange the pictures in order. Anyways, in this task we had to use the website teacher tools and solve these questions.

Becoming a martian - Answers from Nadal

Task explanation:

These are the answers that Nadal had answered in the "Becoming a martian" blog post. You can see the questions there. He had good answers to my questions and we finished fast on this task.

 

Time Series Data

 

Task explanation:

Today in math we did this math task and this is our Wednesday & Thursday task. We just needed to answer these questions, it was easy.

Becoming a Martian

Task explanation:

Kia Ora, today for reading we read a text about becoming a martian. After we have read it we create 5 or 6 questions about it and ask someone to answer. I created 7 questions and asked Nadal if he could answer these questions. I will publishing the answers as soon as she answers. Have a nice day.

 

Information report of a dolphin

 

Task explanation:

Today in our writing we needed to write an information report about an animal but it had to be one of the staff's favourite animal. So I chose Ms Amy's favourite animal, a dolphin.

Concept circle

Task explanation:

Kia Ora everyone this morning we started off with our literacy. This took me a long time because I had to think really had to make up sentences with all of these 4 words. Lucky I managed to finish this task.

Scams and Phishing

Task explanation:

Kia ora everyone today this is our new cybersmart challenge and it was about scamming and phishing. You need to be careful when you are on your device because there are some silly ads, pop-ups and some websites that are asking for your personal information. You could get an email about winning a prize or something and they will ask for your email or something from your personal information. Be careful since it's lockdown a lot of people are online so stay safe.

Checking addition and subtraction

 

Task explanation:

Another math task for today is completed and it was about subtraction and addition. It was easy because I knew all of the answers.

Math Task: Shaking Hands

 

Task explanation:

Today our math task was to solve this math problem. We did it again because not a single person got it right except for Lara, Maia and Syntyche. They read it carefully and they got extra points. It was confusing at first but thanks for Mrs Dhaliwal for explaining during our google meet.

Word Study T3

Task explanation:

Today our first task for Monday was to fill in the blank spots with out answers. We used these websites to find out the dictionary meanings and to find some synonyms with the word. Then in the last box we had to make up a sentence with the word in it.

Prototec Basic Facts

Task explanation:

In our math learning we did prototec basic facts and I filled in a sheet and marked it but I just got 2 wrong which made 38/40. I wasn't really happy about it but I just thought that I could try next time. So now the certificate is 95%. The reason why I am trying to get all answers correct so that I may move onto the next level.

 

Paraire (Friday) - Word List

Task explanation:

Kia Ora, it is the last day of Maori Language week which means this will be the last task for Maori Language week. I just needed to rearrange some words and add some it was easy to do but confusing at the same time, but I still gave it a go.

Champion LeaderBoard

Kia Ora, so far I am coming in the top first from online learning. I am really proud of myself with all my learning. I appreciate my family supporting of how I am doing at school and also to my teacher. Huge support from me to those other people who are trying really hard to earn some points. I am going to continue working harder with online learning so that I won't fall back when lockdown is over and we go to school. My parents would be really proud to see me doing very good in school so I am going to work proud and hard.

Math Task: Fractions with the same denominator

Task explanation:

Our math task was to do answer these questions. It was really easy because the denominators were the same numbers which means that we only add or subtract the top numbers that are called numerators. It took me long though because there were a lot of questions to answer.

Make a Poster - Numbers in Te Reo Maori

Task explanation:

Kia ora eveyone today is the second last day of Maori Language week and this was our Thursday task. It was about numbers but also in Te Reo Maori.

Make a poster about your feelings

Task explanation:

Today this task was to find pictures for the words and it was about your feelings. Your feelings can be important and so does other people's feelings matter.

History about Te Reo Maori

 

Task explanation:

Since it is Maori Language week we are watching videos about Te Reo Maori and learnt the history of the Maori culture. It was an interesting video, if you would like to watch the video and learn some new things, look on our class blog and our teacher has put up the videos that we are watching.

Math Task: Fractions

 

Task explanation:

Today our maths task was to watch a video about fractions. It explained to us about a common denominator. It was easy to understand because my dad taught me a long time ago. This task was just about putting the lines to the correct answer, here is the result.

Make a Poster

Task explanation:

Kia Ora! Yes you, it is the second day of Maori Language week. One of out tasks on our Maori Language week slides said to make a poster. I was really confused of how to do this task so I just added the images of what the word says try and guess, what's on the first slide? Put down your answer in the comment section.

Fact file of Ms McKenzie

 

Task explanation:

A wonderful morning with another interview and this was our last interview we had with the staff members of Glen Taylor. Ms McKenzie had a lot of information to answer our questions. A lot of teachers love the color green and the reason why Ms McKenzie loves the color green is because she loves nature.

Fact file of Mr Pete

 

Task explanation:

Another fact file completed but about Mr Pete! I learnt cool facts from Mr Pete, he really enjoyed our interview with him and also Mrs Kasipale also joined into our google meet.

Cybersmart Task: Create a quiz about Te Reo Maori

 

Task explanation:

Our cybersmart task for today is to create a quiz about Te Reo Maori. Comment down your answers to these questions.

Math Task: Sara's Table

 

Task explanation:

In this task we needed to solve this word problem it was just like adding each number and equaling these numbers in the boxes.

5 Questions I would ask a scientist

 

Task explanation

Our last task for today in reading was to create 5 or 6 questions to ask a scientist or historian.

Concept Circle

Task explanation:

Today this was our warm up just to keep our brains active. We needed to think of a word then write another word and put it in a sentence. Then put a different word into the next box and make a sentence with all those words in the sentence. It was really hard to think of words but I'm happy I have completed it.

Word Study T3

Task explanation:

In our reading we needed to complete this word study about a book called Puawai Cairns. I had to figure out the meaning and find some synonyms for each word then make a sentence with the word in it. 

How to introduce yourself in Te Reo Maori

 

Task explanation:

Our task after our break was to work from these slides that our teacher has made for us to learn from. We watched a video of how to introduce yourself in Te Reo Maori. I created a doc and tried out introducing myself in Te Reo Maori. If you didn't know, it is Maori Language week !

Fact File of Mrs Vaevae

 

Task explanation:

It's Monday today, that means...another fact file ! Today we interviewed Mrs Vaevae. She enjoyed the interview because the questions we asked really made her think. I finished quickly because I did it during the google meet and gathered many information to create this fact file. I also worked with Vake and blogged separately.

Saying the days in Tongan

 

Task explanation:

Today one of our tasks for friday was to have a go and say the days in Tongan. Today's date in Tongan is Sepitema 10 ʻo e 2021. I hope that you learnt how to say days in Tongan. Malu mo ho fāmilí pea fiefia !

Venn Diagram

 

Task explanation:

I have completed another Tongan language week activity. In this task we needed to compare the Tongan Ta'ovala with another culture that has Ta'ovala. 

Fact File of Mr Herlihy

 

Task explanation:

Another fact file completed but today it was about Mr Herlihy! We did our interview of him in our morning google meet. I learnt 3 things off Mr Herlihy's interview.

Reflective & Rotational Symmetry

 

Task explanation:

In our maths this was our Thursday task, it was difficult to solve and I forgot to time myself. But I managed to finish it. I would love this tile to be my floor for my kitchen when I am old enough to buy my own house and recreate the tiles for my kitchen.

Fact File of Miss Shannon

 

Task explanation:

For our afternoon meet we interviewed Miss Shannon. She had awesome answers, she loved the questions that we asked. Her favourite color were purple and green so I decided to make it her background and all the details.

Sipi Tau and 2 other Island nations

Task explanation:

Another Tongan activity completed ! Our task today was to watch a video of how to do the Sipi Tau. Once we finish watching the video we need to create a presentation of the Sipi Tau and 2 other rugby teams that have Hakas.

Fact File of Ms Wrack

Task explanation:

In our morning google meet we interviewed our lovely deputy principal. She had very great answers to our questions that we asked her. We had lots of laughs in our google meet. The next interview will be about Miss Shannon.

Notes of Ms Amy

 

Task explanation:

Today me and vake worked on this task together. We couldn't find any other picture, so sorry Ms Amy but we both enjoyed doing an interview with you. You had amazing answers to our questions, thank you for giving up your time to go on our google meets to do an interview with us. Malo ! :)

Math Task: Brian's pegboard

 

Task explanation:

In maths our task was to solve this math problem which was quite easy. There are 2 different ways they are both similar. This took me 1 minute and 31 seconds.

3 Types of Ta'ovala

 

Task explanation:

Another Tongan language week activity done for today ! Today's task was to watch a video that our teacher has put up on the Tongan Language week slides. We needed to create a google drawings and write down the 3 different types of Ta'ovala and explain when and why you need to wear it. I hope you read carefully and learn something new from this task, malo.

Notes of Mrs Faalili

 

Task explanation:

In our morning meet we had Mrs Cox and another awesome teacher. That awesome teacher was Mrs Faalili, we interviewed her by asking some questions. Unfortunately Mrs Faalili had to leave at 9:30AM for her to teach tech. But we all had enough information to create this fact file.

Tongan Language Week - 5 Questions

 

Task explanation:

This was another activity from the Tongan Language week slides. Vake and I worked on these questions together. It took us 1-2 minutes King Tupou VI is a great king.

Notes of Mrs Kasipale

 

Task explanation:

In our google meet we asked a lot of questions to Mrs Kasipale like an interview. Me and Vake worked together on this, I hope Mrs Kasipale enjoyed our questions.

Maths Warm Up W7

Task explanation:

In maths we have our maths warm ups, our daily tasks and some maths activities to do afterwards. I finished off my maths warm up so that I can clear up all the learning that needs to be finished and so, that it is more easier and quicker to finish learning. These maths warm up were kind of difficult but I got the hang of it.

Math Task: Shaking Hands

 

Task explanation:

We needed to figure how many hand shakes there were read the writing carefully. This math task was really confusing it took me about 2-3 minutes. I believe that I may not be correct but I guess this is my answer in my opinion. Comment down your opinion.

Tongan Language week - Facts Sheet

Task explanation:

In my last blog post I have explained about this task but I will explain again. We needed to find 10 facts about a famous tongan person from the slides (on my last post) so I chose King Tupou VI. He was the king since 2019. I learnt a lot from this some information I got is from Wikipedia. I have worked really hard on this and it took me a VERY long time to finish, I am so proud that I have finished it off.

King Tupou VI

Tongan Language Week

 

Task explanation:

In the afternoon since it is Tongan Language week we are doing this activity. We need to pick one of these famous Tongan people and find 10 facts about them and include information about their accomplishments, their education & their career. Results will be posted soon.

How to be Cyber-Smart

 

Task explanation:

In our cybersmart learning we are setting tips for those who need to be cybersmart or to show how to be cybersmart. You should always be careful online because there are some dangerous people but some can be safe online. Just be aware being online because a lot of hackers can find it easier for them to hack us since a lot of people are online of the cause of lockdown. Stay safe and be cybersmart.

Math Task - Pizza Things

 

Task explanation:

For this math task it was really hard to figure. This took me a long time to finish.

Reading Docs

 

Task explanation:

In reading we read a text that was about the Taranaki Mounga. It had so much information of how it erupted and many other stuff. I asked these questions with Nadal. We worked on it for a little bit and we managed to finish it off.

Questions to ask a GTS staff member

 

Task explanation:

In writing we are creating evaluative questions. Today we are creating interesting questions to ask GTS (Glen Taylor School) staff members like an interview. They will be visiting our google meet and some students will be asking them questions.

Alan's Challenge

 

Task explanation:

This is Alan's daily challenge for September 3rd. He has put a lot of work into the challenge. He also said something that I just learnt from. He said 'knitting is actually a form of maths'. I'm guessing that it takes away one line and puts it on the opposite side.

Maths Shelfie

 

Task explanation:

In math we have a lot of maths activities if we have finished our maths tasks. I chose maths shelfie because it has lots of websites that I can work on my maths with.

Asking and Answering Questions

Task explanation:

In reading we are learning to create evaluative questions and sharing it to buddies for them to answer. We had to read a text first and ask questions to someone you would ask to.