Inspirational Quote

I made up this quote -

This quote has been made to show that when you give up, you have failed. But if you try your luck, then you have a chance of succeeding. I created this quote while I was doing Kidsedchat.

This quote inspires me because when I made it I thought that I was giving up on things too much, and to try my luck instead.

I really like making up quotes. I have one about goal setting. Here it is:

Choose your goal

Choose how you are going to achieve it

Achieve it

And be rewarded by triumph.

Art

This week I worked a lot on my art. This term we are doing lino prints. So far I am up to the rubbing, which is where I transfer my paper drawing onto my lino piece.
My art was based on a house that looks like this:

I also added a few little mushroom houses with patterned roofs. 

I really enjoy this art because it's quite challenging and the process is fascinating. 

Discovery Block

This week for Discovery Block I signed up for art. We were doing screen printing. Mrs Barker did not explain to us how to do this, we had to do it ourselves.  I found some very helpful videos on how to screen print. Here is one of them.

We will be screen printing onto paper. We have to make our own stencils which might be really hard. I am doing the same activity next week, where I hope it will be easier. I found lots of videos on how to screen print. Our groups main problem is that we cannot get the fabric tight enough.

Literacy Tasks

My classes main literacy tasks are Cloze, and SRA. This week, I got my Cloze and SRA completed on Monday. I got two wrong in my Cloze, but it was still marked off because there is no point in sending me back just to swap two words around. In my SRA I got it marked off first try. Here is what my SRA answer sheet looked like.

SRA

Name: Elaina

Title: Dingo

Colour: Blue Number: 10 Box: 3a

Comprehension:

1. C ✓

2. B✓

3. B✓

4. A✓

5. A✓

6. A

7. A✓

Vocabulary:

A

1. Quarry✓

2. Sheer✓

3. Corpse✓

4. Hurtle✓

5. Clinging

B

6. Wail✓

7. Gauging✓

8. Crouched ✓

9. Urged✓

10. Hauled✓

Word Study:

C

11. Check/up✓

12. Deer/skin✓

13. Pipe/line✓

14. Mail/box✓

15. Dish/Cloth✓

16. Drive/way✓

17. Pie/crust✓

18. Over/size✓

D

19. Screeched ✓

20. Scratched✓

21. Hissing✓

22. Noise

23. Tingle✓

24. Tickled✓

25. Rattled✓

What’s your story?

I would not have because I just couldn’t. I can’t really bring myself to kill.✓


This SRA was about a dingo and the father in the story was supposed to shoot it, but he couldn't bring himself to do it, because he thought it seemed unfair. The "What's your story?" part of the SRA is where you have to explain yourself due to something that happened in the story. This SRA's "What's your story?" asked me if I would've shot the dingo in the story and why. My answer was "I would not have because I just couldn't. I can't really bring myself to kill."

Every time we get 3 SRA's all correct in a row, we move up a level. I am nearly on the highest level of my box. Next week I hope to move up a level.

Book Club

This week for our Book Club we had our shared lunch for finishing The Year My Life Broke. 

The book Scarlet Ibis is very good. We just read chapter three which was mainly about the zoo. The character Red really seemed to like the Africa section, so I did an investigation of Africa. Here is the investigation. 

Topic: Africa

Africa is the second largest and second most populated country in the world. It’s size is 30.2 million kilometres. It has 1.1 MILLION people in it. This is as of 2013. Africa’s population takes up 15% of the world. 50% of Africans are over the age of 19. Africa is a continent made up of 54 countries. The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea.

Here is an image of the book cover.

My Book Club

This term my Book Club, the Meltdowns, are reading a book called Scarlet Ibis. It is a really cool book about birds and safety. I really have been enjoying this book, although it took me a while before I understood it. Here is my summary for the first chapter:

Scarlet and her brother Red would like to sail the Caroni Swamp in Trinidad. “We’ll wait for the sun to sink, turning the mountains of the Northern Range deep blue.” They will watch the Scarlet Ibis settle into the trees.

Mrs Gideon, aka “The Penguin” is the social worker who comes to spy on them. They have to make everything “safe” otherwise this will be used against them.
I have also done my Travel Tracer for the second chapter.

Where today’s action begins: Red wakes Scarlet up at 6:15 a.m. because the baby bird they have been keeping has hatched. Red seems concerned about the bird’s safety but Scarlet assures him that it will be fine.	Page where it was described: 11-12
Where key events happen: Mrs Gideon comes and looks at Scarlet’s school reports, where she saw that she was a smart girl. Scarlet has beaten the Penguin - this time, at least.	Page where it was described: 17-18
Where today’s events end: Sita’s Mum gives Scarlet and her family some banana cake. She is concerned about Scarlet’s family.	Page where it was described:

Reflection

This week I think I did really well on my SRA because I got them all right first try.

SRA

Name: Elaina

Title: Spinners Of Steel

Colour: Purple Number: 5 Box: 3a

Comprehension:

1. C✓

2. B✓

3. C✓

4. C✓

5. B✓

6. A✓

7. A✓

Vocabulary:

A

1. Crew✓

2. Sailors✓

3. Dangles✓

4. Legend✓

5. Temptation✓

B

6. Warned✓

7. Pretended✓

8. Balance✓

9. Stadiums✓

10. Memorial✓

Word Study:

C

11. Tasteless✓

12. Restful✓

13. Senseless✓

14. Cheerful✓

15. Endless✓

16. Faithful✓

17. Graceful✓

D

18. Manage✓

19. Train ✓

20. Open✓

21. Law✓

22. Long✓

23. Turn✓

24. Finish✓

25. Able✓

What’s your story?

A policeman needs skill and bravery because you could get hurt by bad people...✓

I am happy I got them all right because now I can move up to the next level of SRA.
In my Cloze I got a few wrong on my first try, but on my second try I got them all right. This week it was a Cloze where we have to choose our own words. Sometimes I find this easier. I have definitely improved since last weeks Cloze because I didn't even get those all right at all.

During art this week I have settled on my final decision that I am going to draw this house along with a few extras of different heights to make it seem more effective.

At the moment I haven't really done much because I have only a little amount of time to do my art because of broadcasting. Next week I will show you a photo of my art.
We will be carving our houses into pieces of lino, and then we will be inking them onto a piece of paper.

On IXL Year 6 I have done a lot of questions and mastered a lot of skills. I have answered 736 questions (at the moment. This will change rapidly), mastered 7 skills, and I have been on it for 7 hrs and 7 mins.
For Year 7 I have answered 82 questions, I have been on for 39 mins, and I have mastered 1 skill. Next week I hope to do a bit more on Year 7.

Rippa Rugby Tournament

Today I competed in The Hauraki Plains Rippa Rugby Tournament. We played four games, and we won two, and lost two. We did not make it into the finals. I ripped quit a few tags. What I found annoying was how when you try to rip someone who is short, that you have to bend down to get it. I resulted in grass stained knees. We had no subs for our last game because one of us had what could be  a broken leg and another person had a twisted ankle. I really enjoyed this game although I didn't really get the ball very often. I didn't score any tries but I think I'm better at ripping tags anyway. My team was called the Ngatea Hurricanes. Some teams fended and were very unfair and unsportsmanlike. This game was really awesome and I don't get to play it often. My favourite part of the game is ripping tags. Next year I hope to do a bit better than I did this year.

Netball

On Saturday I played a game of netball against Waeranga 2. My team name is NPS 3. I am a shooter in my team. I think I play better at GA because when I am at GS I have to stand around until my team gets the ball which sometimes is a setback because it takes me awhile to wake up again. We won our game 19-2. I really enjoyed this game because I played my favourite positions and my team won. I think everyone was in their best positions for this game and I hope those positions will be played often because we win.
Here are some pictures of the game: