Make sure you evaluate the websites that you have chosen to make sure that you have the information that you need!

Learning intention: We are learning to understand the reading skill of evaluating.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I list down three questions that you need to ask yourself when you are evaluating.

Do you like how metallic my bird is?

Thursday Art Lesson

On our 10th art learning session, we had another great time improving our art skills and painting our epic sculptures!

We continued adding on some odd but useful items to our sculptures that were used in many different ways like wings or heads. I planned to add some polystyrene foam to my sculpture’s wings so it can be water proof. The original wings were made out of cardboard. It took me a long time to cut the foam since it was thick and very long. I asked Siliga if he can glue the foam to my wings so it wouldn’t break apart since cardboard isn’t water proof.

After that, I began to cut out some tail feathers from polystyrene foam. The tail feathers were thin at the top and wide at the back creating a wide tail feather. The only problem was that the tail was bent on top, making it look like it was falling. When I was nearly done sticking my tail feather, I created some feet (which were also made out of foam) and stuck them on my terrific sculpture!

Next, I was at the painting phase. I painted my sculpture in brown except for the head and body. I painted the tail black and topped it with brown paint when it was dry to create a brownish- blackish colour. When I was finished painting, I grabbed the body of my bird and brought it outside where Salome was spray painting. I politely asked her if she could spray the whole body grey. She started painting quickly when Alessandra and Justice came to test their splendid sculptures if they can stand. I told them to back away since Salome’s spray paint had a wide radius for the paint to spread. I did not want them to inhale the paint fumes. Then, I also asked Salome if she can coat the beak yellow. The spray spreaded and created a metallic style bird with a yellow beak.

I returned to the classroom to finally do the last job of my sculpture and that was to paint the dichroic eyes in black. When time it was almost home time, we all quickly cleaned up our mess so we can happily say bye to Siliga and Salome and thanked them for helping us in our sculptures.

Working on our sculptures and getting to paint them was spectacular! I wish I had more time to paint the bottom parts white. My favorite part of the afternoon was when I got my sculpture spray painted gunmetal grey!

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand and use descriptive language in our writing.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use verbs and adverbs in my recount about our Thursday art lesson. 

Aniana is onion in Te Reo Maori!

Learning intention: We are learning Te Reo Maori.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I label 10 fruits and vegetables in Te Reo Maori

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Welcome aboard to the T.E.B!

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our critical thinking skills.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I express my opinion about whether elevated buses are a good thing or a bad thing.

What is a carved meeting house called in Maori?

Learning intention: We are learning Te Reo Maori.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I label ten words related to the Marae in Te Reo Maori.

How many geographical features do you know in Te Reo Maori?

Learning Intention: We are learning Te Reo Maori.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I label ten geographical features in Te Reo Maori.

How many geographical features do you know in Te Reo Maori?

Learning Intention: We are learning Te Reo Maori.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I label ten geographical features in Te Reo Maori.

Do you make connections with the text when you are reading?

Learning intention: We are learning the understand how to make connections when we are reading.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I describe that making connections is a strategy where you relate sentences with each other.

Synthesizing is like putting puzzle pieces together!

Learning intention: We are learning understand the reading skill of synthesizing.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I describe how we can put pictures together like a puzzle piece.