Understanding negative numbers!

WALT: understand negative numbers.

Throughout week 5-6 we've been learning about Negative numbers and how they're different to positive numbers. We learnt how to subtract and add with negative and positive numbers, The number line of it and how this could be use in different things around our lives.

"I wonder" Animation.

WALT: Guardians of the galaxy! Rosalinas I wonder from SchoolTV on Vimeo.
 Throughout the first 5 weeks of the term we were given the task of making an animation of what your "I wonder" question is? watch my video as I'll tell you what I'm learning towards this term.

Negative Numbers!

WALT: Understand negative numbers.
 

Throughout week 5-6 we've been learning about negative and how to add/subtract these numbers, I've learnt the differences between positive numbers and negative. That positive numbers are above zero and the negative numbers are below zero.

Speech - Thoughts.

WALT: We are reviewing how to produce a quality blog post and comments.

Last Friday team 5 had three students from each class present a speech that they've been working on for the past four weeks. We called it "the finals" for saying speeches, It was an amazing experience while

watching other students around my age present their speech so confidently.

Most appealing to you? and Why?

From my perspective, Amelia Feleti's speech was the most appealing to me. Amelia's speech was about how her grandma passed away and she realized that her job wasn't the reason why she was happy, It was because her grandma was able to see Amelia and her siblings everyday. She used descriptive words which made it more interesting for me to listen, I personally think it was emotional for her to read but she had enough confidence to push through and continue on with her amazing speech. I definitely think she has a chance of winning the speech contest.

Which speech was the most entertaining? Most thought Provoking?

Mubashshir Shafil was the most entertaining from my point of view, He had funny points/reasons and also added a little of actions to spice it up. Mubashshir speech was about: If I were a president for a day, He'd do many things while becoming one as he is a president for just ONE day. Muba had plans, He would show his kindness around and make sure others get the same amount, People are treated the
same and not valued differently just because of the way they look. I reckon Mubashshir had a lot of reasons and it did give me thoughts of what I could of done.

If you were to give another speech in literacy what are 3 things you would work on improving?

If I were to give another speech I would work on my topic, reasons/points and projecting my voice louder. I thought my topic was good but not interesting enough for others to listen to, I needed to work on explaining my points more and add a little bit more  of descriptive words. I think I'll  need a bit more practice as I still find it hard to speak in a normal class of 20-30 kids.

Throughout this time it was a great experience to have, I found it interesting and entertaining as not one person didn't give up on saying their speech. From my thoughts I definitely think this would give them a perspective of what they would do with this talent in the future. Overall I thought it was amazing, Everyone was great!

Night light.

WALT: Analyzing - I am able to distinguish between fact and opinion by identifying relevant language features the author has subtly used.


Throughout last week our learning intention was to discover our knowledge of what we know about "Night light" meaning the moon and the different phases. I've learnt many things about these and surprisingly I've noticed that maybe I didn't know that much about the moon.

Reflection - Speech.

WALT: Reflect on our given speech.

Today we had to reflect on our given speech, We basically just had to go through of explaining our feelings and thoughts towards our speech we gave last week. I really thought I could do better next time in doing my speech.

Let's start old school again!

WALT - I will identify the different places speeches/talks are given and how they are designed for delivery

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Over the years of attending Pt England school the technology we use digitally has grown bigger and better since 2010. Pencils and Paper to Ipads, Phones, Computers and etc. Don’t you think we need to start doing old school again? I mean have you seen our hand writing lately, It's hideous!

My point is. Year 8 students have two terms to come before heading off to college and with the writing we all have, The college teachers are going to be gobsmacked with our work. In college, Handwriting will become a common thing and you’ll definitely need it for the subjects you choose. So better start practicing now cause time does go by fast.

Also, I personally think in the future things may change especially our electronics we use everyday. Sooner or later our handwriting will no longer be as common as it is now but why not keep the old trend going? Start it all up again, It just takes a small group of children to start writing by hand.

You never know one day the power all around the world may go out in a flash. The electronics we use wouldn’t be any help, now would it? Except for a piece of paper and pencil, Now when you’re in this situation you have to know how to write/draw! Especially for it to at least look decent for others to understand from what you're trying to say.

Now you see what the consequences are if you don’t have decent handwriting? Don’t be ashamed of what it looks like, Just know that you’re not the only one. As you can see Handwriting is very important, Trust me. You’ll desperately need it during college.

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Over the past few weeks, Room 3 literacy have been focusing on writing our very own speech about thing's we think we should start doing. For me, I did "Let's start old school again." The reason why I did it is because I noticed that most of our pupils in Team 5 have well from what I would say Ugly hand writing, I mean even I do! So I list my reason of why we should. Check it out!

Week 1&2: Geometry Words. Directions.

WALT: Use Geometry words involving directions.

These two weeks of school, During maths we learnt how to use geometry words involving directions. We had to use one of our street maps and locate 3-4 other locations of how to get there using Geometry words. Such as: North, East, South and West or Never Eat Soggy Weet bix. (My way of remembering it.)

Week 1&2: Decimals.

WALT:
- Add tenths and hundredths.
-  Use geometric language.


Throughout the two weeks of school, We learnt about decimals. How we could add tenths and hundredths, We also used fractions to compare with decimals. Our class learnt how to use word problems, For an example: Sixty two and five tenths.