Family Math

 LI:To keep our shopping of under 100 Dolores 

This week for math i maid a google slides about how we have to keep our shopping under 100.00

and still buy my family something. what i started with was i wen ton Kmart and i looked throw the things one it and then i picked something that is under 100.00 that i can buy my Mum Dad Older Sister Little Brother and little Sister. First i went and looked for something my Dad would like and i knew he liked hats so i got him a Bennie that was 6.00 then i got my mum something and i know that she liked bags so i got her a bag that was also 6.00. After that i got my older Sister Something i i know that she likes bags to so i got her a bag that is 6.00 then i got my little Brother something i know that he likes to play with toys so i got him a walks talky  that was 5.50. Fiannaly i got my little Sister something i know that she likes coloring and books so i got her a coloring pencils that was 2.00 and a coloring book that was 1.00. At the end the total i spend was 26.50. This was fun and cool how we did this. 

Te Rea Challenges Word Of The Day

 L.I: Creating a DLO about a Te reo maori word.

In LS2, today I was working on a Te Reo Maori DLO. This DLO is when you pick a maori word then write what in means in english. After that, I wrote facts about my te reo maori word. The word I chose was 'Whanganui' and in english it means 'Big Harbour'. As you can see in my DLO there are a bunch of facts about how long it takes to get there, what is whanganui, why is it called whanganui and many more facts. I really enjoyed making this DLO because I can show and tell people about different te reo maori words.

Digital Board Game

 LI: To create a digital board game for the juniors

This week we designed digital board games with a Christmas theme to play with the junior students. To play the game successfully they will need to read and follow the instructions, then use their counting skills to move around the board. Today we showed our Year 4 students how to make their own games. making this was fun because we made these for our younger kids.

Decorating The Tree

 L.I: To decorate the tree in the office with our handmade decorations.

This Term LS2 was working on our sewing. We got to pick our holiday decoration and I chose a Hanukkah stocking and my other one was a Tongan palm tree . We chose to hang them on the Christmas tree. Today most of the LS2 students have finished their sewing so we went to hang them on the tree we first went to the office where the tree was then when we got there we were talking with Mr Jonhstion (our client) about our holiday decorations and how they look and that if we had any thing we would do differently next time. Then we stood up one by one to hang our holiday decoration on the tree. This was fun and cool looking and we put our holiday decorations on the christmas tree.  

Operation Christmas Drop

 LI: To write a summary of the story behind the Operation Christmas Drop in your own words.

training drill to drop much needed supplies to the people who live on the 50 remote islands that surround Guam. Today in LS2 we have been researching the Operation Christmas Drop. It is a tradition that started in 1952, with the help of many people donating money and volunteering to help wrap the presents to send to Guam , the air force Men & Women have been going around to 60 different islands and countries to drop off supplies in large crates that land with a parachute. It started off as an training exercise for the air force men & women to practice taking food supplies to there troops but then it began to be the longest US civil defense in the world. Something I have learnt and found interesting is that when they make the presents is that they use the same size boxes for all the presents. Doing this was fun and cool to learn what the US Air force is doing for Islands that are unfortunate to get things that we have and how the community is helping with this Operation. 

Illustrated Story

 LI: To write a pourquoi (tell me why or how) story that paints a picture in the mind of the reader.

Our challenge this week was to create a porquoi story that we would illustrate and share with our junior classes. A porquoi story tells us why something is the way it is. Our story tells why/how… This morning we shared our stories with Room 2 and Room 4, and they loved listening to them. I enjoyed doing this story because I got to work collaboratively with my friends and were very creative with our animated story.

Design Technology Challenge

 LI:To design and make a holiday decoration that fits the client brief.

This week, The LS2 students designed and created Holiday Decorations to hang on the christmas tree. We started off  by asking questions to our client  Mr Johnston then we created a DLO(Brainstorm, mood board) with the information that Mr jontsthon gave us we did this DLO to understand what we are going to make and to see how many materials that we are going to use . The materials LS2 used were felt, thread, cotton, needles and many more but before we started on creating our designs we practiced how to do blanket stitching and running stitch so that we can get the hang of sewing. Some of the holidays people chose were Hanukkah, Dewali, Christmas and more. My decoration  that I made was a palm tree with a Tongan flag sewed onto it and my second one was a Hanukkah socking. I’ve been working hard on these decorations and so had the rest of LS2. I really enjoyed this activity because I learnt how to do new things and even though I had some accidents with the needle I still had fun making my decorations. something i would think on working on with sowing is to i need to stop stabbing myself with the needle.