Balancing with Frisbees

We learned how to balance while throwing and catching frisbees.

First in partners we threw frisbees to each other and tried our best to land without moving.

Then in partners one person called out go and we ran to catch the frisbee. We also tried our best to land in the a direction.

Lastly we played ultimate frisbee with the skills we learned. We got into 2 teams and threw the frisbee into the goal without stepping into the shooting circle

I think need to practice more on catching and landing because I kept on moving when I trying to catch and land.

Planning

We were markting about toys. 

First we looked at a design from Mr Wong, his design was a party popper. He then told us to make a plan about a party poper.

Next, we listed the parts of the design. Our market was kindergarden aged children. The parts were plastic cup, rubber bands, folded paper, confitti, and a tooth pick. 

We then did the updated design. This was about the changes. Our group changed the plastic cup into a paper cup, the paper into a thicker paper, the confitti into a bigger confitii, and the tooth pick is the same. 

Lastly did the rational. We had to give the reason in why we chose it. We did the rational about our updated designs.

I enjoyed this task because I got to finish the task.

Coding

The four basic turns are: ¼ turn, 1/2 turn, ¾ turn and 1 full turn. The two directions are clockwise and anticlockwise.

Explanation Topic Planner

I learnt how to write an explantion with a topic.

First we picked a topic that we want to write about.

Next we wrote three mechanism about our topic and have a information sorce.

Then we pick another topic.

I thought this was challenging for me because I kept on missing important mechnisims for my topic.

Object Locations

I learnt how to say object locations.

 

First we revise matua and maui, which means right and left respectively. 

Then we wrote sentences about food and the location. For example: Kea hea te aporo? Kei roto i te peke. This means where is the apple? The answer is It is inside the bag. 

I think I need to I learn more because I don't always understand how to answer the question.

Balancing

I learned how to balance using tennis equipment.

First we bounced the ball on the tennis racket and tried our best to balance the ball.

Then in pairs we hit the ball that our partner threw to us.

Lastly in groups Joe threw the ball and we hit the ball over the net.

I found this activity hard because I kept hitting on not swinging my arm while I was hitting the ball.

Table Mat Information Gathering

We used skimming and scanning to record the ideas on task called table mat information.

First, our group read a book called New Zealand Filmmakers. It talks about New Zealand Filmmakers and what movies they created. We used skimming and scanning on the books.  Skimmming is to be like an airplane. You reading down the page looking for keywords. Scanning is like an helicoptor, you can stop and hover focusing on the piece of text.  

Next, we did the table mat activity. We had to find keywords and define 1 of them. we then switched chrome books with eachother and checked our work.

Lastly we did the what I would ask and the key questions. Key questions are questions the author thought about before writing the book. 

I enjoyed this activty because I used skimming and scaning to find imformation about a person I never heard about.