Medals Meaning

Today we had whaea tony came in and show us her great grandfathers and her grandfathers metals and we had to the metals they had they had four each. Then we had to pick out of all those 8 and research about what it means and what it means to them. The thing I had learnt about the medal I picked was that it was a medal you get if you, The United Nations Medal (Korea) was awarded for service during the Korean War (1 July 1950 to 27 July 1953) and for service in the first twelve months following the Armistice (up to 27 July 1954). It was manufactured in the language of each country that participated in the United Nations force in Korea. The Sovereign has given approval for New Zealanders, who meet the eligibility criteria, to accept and wear the United Nations Medal (Korea). Here is a picture of the medal I chose.

Haiku poem

For the past week we have been learning about haiku poems its been kinda fun and hard at the same time. There are rules to a haiku poem so there has to be 5 syllables at the top of your poem, 7 in the middle of your poem and 5 syllables at the bottom of your poem not 5 or 7  words but syllables. There is anther rule it can only be about a certaint topic or about felling. The hard part was creating words about my feelings because I was felling lots of emotions. The easy part was writing my haiku poem and making sure it makes sense. The thing I will do next time we do this is to came up with same different or better words for my haiku poem. Here is a pic of my haiku poem I did about my feelings.

Structure and language

Today I chose a writing goal and it is for structure and language  rubric 4. I am going to re look at it in term 2 week 4 to see if I have made progress. My goal for writing is, I have all of the structure and one part maybe well developed. My next goal for next term will probably be for my vocabulary rubric 5 and if I do well on that it will make me more better at vivid vocab.

Postcards

For the past week we have been writing postcards for other schools in new Zealand we had to use a site called anagram maker it is a very productive site. We also had to get a item from the class and see, feel and smell the object, my object was a bottle ship and I had to make other words that you can make with that word. The easy part was making words because I had used the app anagram. It is a site you can make other words with so you do not have to do it yourself. The hard part was putting the words In a sentence because it had to make sense and had to rhyme if it wanted to. The thing I will do next time is  try do it my self because I had  a little bit of help by my friend. Here is my classes  postcards. :)

Metaphors

Today we did metaphors about our family. We had to chose animals that represent our family members. The hard part was choosing an animal that relate to my parents and siblings because they have lots of personality. The easy part was knowing what to do because I already knew what metaphors were. The thing I will do next time we do this is to add my half and my step siblings. Here is my work.

Mahutas maths review

Today I did some work on maths the maths was rounding to nearest ten, find 1 tenth and x by 10, 100, 1000. The hard part was the the tenths because I did not know how to do them. I need lots of work on that. The easy part the multiplies because I am very good at them. The thing I will do next time is to work on my tenths, so I can get better and smarter at my learning. Here is some of my work.

Koru art

Last week on Thursday My class and I were doing koru art work. We were only allowed to use Makariri colors which were green, blue and dark blue and the others were wera colors red, yellow and orange. The thing I found challenging was drawing my art work example because I did not know what to draw. The thing I enjoyed was dyeing because I got to use to of my favorite colors. I learnt how to finally draw a koru Because I did not know how to draw it. The thing I will do next time is to color it in nicely. Here is my finished art work.