Where Do You Come From?

WALT investigate cultures and traditions within the class.

This week in IL (Integrated Learning) we were looking at cultures and traditions and things like class cultures and what culture and traditions mean to us. After all of this we had to make a slideshow that shared things about our cultures and traditions in our families.

I found this kind of hard at the beginning because I didn't really know what to write but after asking my mum it started to become a lot more easier! I hope you like my slideshow!

Here is my slideshow

Have You Weaved Before?

WALT increase speed when unpacking sentences using ITTM (I think that means)

This week we had another Information Web to do and our story was called "Willow Weavers". This story is about a class that learns the process of weaving with the Willow branches and the things that you have to do to complete this. I tried to use all the feedback that was given to me but the one thing I couldn't do was make a picture because I didn't know if I should but here is my Information Web!

Do You Know What Taonga Means?

WALT define and identify our own 'taonga'.

This term for Integrated Learning we are starting to learn about what 'taonga' means. 'Taonga' means something that you treasure or it's like your prized possession, after we read that we had to create a poster that combined all the things that you treasured and that were your 'taonga'.

In my poster I have a Tongan finger print and a New Zealand finger print because I am from Tonga and I was born in New Zealand . I also put a heart because that symbolizes love. Another thing I put is two friends holding hands because friendship is really important to me.

The next thing I put was a family and my family is a family of 8 and I treasure everyone in my family. I also put a USB and a camera because the USB holds all of the videos and pictures that we would take when we were little on the camera so it would be sad if that was lost or destroyed. I also put a cross because that symbolizes my religion. And the last thing is the earth because that's where we live and it would be sad to watch it get destroyed.

I hope you like my poster! What is your Taonga?

Do You Want To Be A Zookeeper?

This week my reading group was reading "Zookeeper For A Day". After reading this we had to make an Information Web kind of summarizing the story, so we can see how the author of this set it out. 

I found it difficult at the beginning because I was confused but when they teachers explained it with more depth I found it much more easier than before and finished my work quickly. 

Here is my Information Web