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:

Reflection.

I got 3 wrong this time when I got my Cloze marked again. Here's a picture.

This Cloze was VERY hard.
When I did my SRA I was very annoyed because there was no marking card for the particular one I did. Luckily it was still marked off.
This week I chose my new art topic. This term everybody is doing lino. This is where we get a piece of lino and carve it out into the picture we have drawn. The topic I chose was carving houses into our lino. So far all we have done is go on Google Images, and take a look at some houses for ideas. I quite like the house that looks like this. It is supposed to be an old looking house, and I am not sure if this house is old enough.

This week for my NPS Broadcasting group, we broadcasted about the Rippa Rugby Tournament which will take place at the Ngatea Domain on the 6th of May. We also talked about our Kiwi Quiz. This is a quiz where our class gets in to teams and Mrs Barker asks us questions about New Zealand. The video should be on YouTube soon.

Cloze

The This week my cloze was really hard. I got 13 out of 20 wrong. I have put my cloze in to be marked again, and I hope I got it all right. Me and some friends worked on it together. The cloze had some really complicated words like dilapidated, and hostile. Some of the main reasons I got them wrong was because I didn't fully know what each word meant. With the word "gaudy I guessed that it meant sort of strong and messy. I will do another post once I have found out how many I got wrong and right. I will also add a picture in the following post.

World War One

On the 4th of August in 1914 Britain announced war against Germany.

This all started because a Serbian assassinated Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the throne of Austria.

It was then known as 'The Great War'. This war was against two dominant groups of countries who were known as "The Triple Alliance", and "The Triple Entente". The Triple Alliance were Germany, Austria and Italy. The Triple Entente was Great Britain, France, and Russia. 

Every country that was involved in World War One organised troops and prepared to fight.
New Zealand had roughly 128,825 soldiers. Australia had about 412,954. Britain had about five million soldiers, and lost one million.
These countries were in the Triple Entente.

The Battle Of Somme was a very deadly battle during the first World War. About one million soldiers were killed during this battle.
420,000 from Britain, 200,000 from France and 500,000 from Germany.

Around about 65 million troops fought in World War One. 558,000 men fought from Scotland. 273,000 from Wales, and 143,000 from Ireland.

Animals played their part in World War One too.
Horses helped transport equipment, dogs helped find wounded soldiers, and they needed pigeons to transport messages. Many animals were also used as mascots.

The war ended at eleven a.m on the eleventh day of the eleventh month (November).
To celebrate the end of the war Jelly Babies were invented, but back then, they were known as Peace Babies.

Lest We Forget.

My Memory Block - Edited

This is my new version of my Memory Block. I have edited it to make it more interesting. Please comment on this post.

FIJI  

The plane ride to Fiji was long but not boring. There was always something to do on the plane. The TV could let me play games, and watch movies. It’s the way down that hurts me. My ears were screaming in pain and I was probably about to as well. All I needed was one juicy, delicious, lolly to suck on. I’ve learnt my lesson.

Coconuts

The coconut milk tasted so tangy, delicious and smooth in my mouth, with a bit of an aftertaste of cream. I wished the heavenly luscious taste would remain in my mouth enduringly.

Hammock

Lying there in the relaxing sun on that net hung between two trees. I felt a bit disturbed as I swung there in between those two palm trees with delicious yet heavy coconuts dangling from their ceilings.

Beach

The hot sandy beach below the little hill was one of my favourite places to be in Fiji. Running down the hill into the waveless, cool water felt like running into paradise as I sank into the refreshing Fijian Ocean.

Sunshine

The tropical sun blazing against my skin as I walk outside, admiring my surroundings. Each day full of it, boiling my body until I feel the supreme need to bomb into the swimming pool, not distant away from my hotel room.

Kayaking

I strapped on my life jacket and hopped into the banana coloured kayak, while Dad pushed it into the sea. I rowed to the small lump of sand I could see in the distance.

Relax

Relaxing in the tropical sun in Fiji made me feel peaceful and sleepy. Each moment I relax in the sun, the heat makes it’s way into my skin like a great hot chocolate warming me up in the winter.

Reflection T1 Week 8

This week I got three questions wrong in my SRA and it took me two tries to get it right again. In my Cloze I got three wrong, but it only took one try to get it right.
I think next week when I do these two activities I will try to concentrate on this a lot more next week.
In my AWS I got five wrong. I wasn't expecting that as it was a really easy page. I think that when I do my AWS I need to concentrate harder. The most occurring way that I got it wrong was when we were told to have five sixths of a number, and I accidentally only put one sixth.

SRA

I need to improve on my SRA because I got three wrong and it took a while for me to get them right again. I think to do this I need to look at the questions carefully and choose my answer carefully as well. They all have ticks because I have them all right now, but I will put another sign next to the ones I got wrong.

SRA

Name: Elaina

Title: The Hunter Throws A Stick

Colour: Violet Number: 10 Box: 3a

Comprehension:

1. C ✓

2. A ✓

3. B ✓

4. C ✓

5. C ✓

6. A ✓

7. A ✓ (got wrong)

Vocabulary:

A  

1. Boomerang ✓

2. Historians ✓

3. Aborigines ✓

4. Swerve ✓

5. Panicked ✓

B

6. Game ✓

7. Contact ✓

8. Launched ✓

9. Targets ✓

10. Feat ✓

Word Study:

C

11. Detailed ✓

12. Curious ✓

13. Break✓

14. Longest ✓

15. Smallest✓ (got wrong)

16. Quick ✓

17. Faint ✓

18. Honestly ✓

D

19. Quietly ✓ (got wrong)

20. Willingly ✓

21. Cheerfulness ✓

22. Politely ✓

23. Redness ✓

24. Hopefully ✓

25. Cruelly ✓

What’s your story?

I don’t think it’s right to hunt for fun because it is silly just to randomly hurt an animal. It doesn’t benefit you, or the animal. ✓