Maths - Basic facts goal

My basic facts goal was to master my 7 and 12 times tables .
One of the things that helped me achieve my goal was hit the button

At the beginning of the week for 12 times tables I got 17 out of 19 . At the end of the week I got 31 out of 31


At the beginning of the week for 7 times tables I got  20 out of 23 . At the end of the week I got 29 out of 29

Writing Reflection

    Reflection

What did I do well ?  I met all of my success criterias and learning intentions . I also used language features for impact . Example : My heart felt as if it was racing a cheetah and winning .

What did I learn? I learnt how to punctuate speech correctly  and use semi-colons .  The structure of how to  write a narrative .

What was difficult ? It was difficult to work on lots of success criteria and include everything . Also make sure my ideas were relevant to my flaw

What next ?   Find out why and how Ellipses are used and Learn how to use connective devices .

Erica and Chloe -The Speech

“Chloe, what am I going to do ?”

“I’m not sure , why are you asking me ? You need to think for yourself Erica !” Chloe sighed .

“ Puppies,Books,Technology? Chloe please help me you always have the best ideas,” I moaned

“Fine,but only if you give me some credit. You should do your speech on why you hate speeches.”

“Thank you so much Chloe ,you're the best .”

As Chloe and I walked to school she explained that she was presenting her speech on ‘Singing’ .

“Are you actually going to sing?”

“Of course I am.”

“Won’t it be terrifying ?”

“No! I’m not a scaredy cat,like you.”

“Hey!” I said giving her a playful shove

I stood there petrified;My teeth were chattering and I was only performing in front of my class!

“Speeches,do any of you like speeches? Well, I don’t and today I’m going to tell you why I Erica HATE speeches.”

My nerves started to feel like they were lying on a smooth,heated beach ; But the longer that I had been talking but I was speaking faster and faster  .One of my least favorite things about speeches is… when you are about to perform! ...Then finally THE END. I was extremely relieved . The applaud felt amazing, like the sound of waves lapping onto the sand.

The class started chatting as listening to 27 speeches can be VERY boring .People were throwing paper across the class yawning,whispering to their friends.Until Chloe!She started singing;she was amazing!Her voice    echoing in the small room as all 26 of us stared in wonder .

I was in my bedroom,pacing around attempting to memorise my speech.

“Speeches are a pain?annoying?” Snorting in annoyance, I gave up. As I lied down on my bed, I started thinking:maybe speeches weren't so bad after all.

3 days passed,It was the day of the speech.It felt as if my heart was racing a cheetah,and winning . Chloe was waiting for me but she didn’t seem nervous at all .

“Chloe aren’t you nervous .” I practically shouted

“About what ?”

“It’s the day of the speech compitition.How could you forget that?”

“AAHhh. I haven’t been practising ,I thought it was next week.”

“Oh,well there’s nothing we can do about that,” She looked up at me mournfully with the saddest puppy dog eyes that she could manage.

“There’s got to be something we can do!”

“Sorry Chloe you’ll  just have to hope that you’re last.”

When we arrived at school,we were marched off to the hall ,the speakers going backstage.

We picked numbers out of the basket to determine the order;I got dreaded number 1 . As I  My stomach doing never ending somersaults .

“Erica your turn ,good luck!”

“Your heart was pounding,your brow pouring sweat,your hands feel like slime.It felt as if time had stopped . Well today I’m going to tell you why I ,Erica hate speeches .”

I continued,I felt as if people were actually enjoying it . By the time I finished I was out of breath . The applause deafening,I strolled of the stage.As Chloe congratulated me  I collapsed from exhaustion,who knew that doing a speech was so exhausting .

“Good luck Chloe !”

“I think I’ll need it !”she replied

“You’ll be fine,” I said

“If you say so .”

Chloe was fine,she came second place!But surprisingly, I came 1st .

When my prize money was handed over ,I was astonished ! There was $250 .

“Chloe, what am I going to do ?”

“I’m not sure , why are you asking me ? You need to think for yourself Erica !” But this time she did grin mischievously .

Flower art

This is one of the pictures that inspired me for our art . I have done a purple lily with similar colors and design .

Te Reo Learning 2017

Kia ora

Ko Zara taku ingoa

Ko  Braithwaite taku whanau

Ko tei hiamoe ahua

Ko Brigitte raua ko Julian aku matua

Ko Theo taku tungane

E tekau aku tau

Ki ora

Cross Country

                Cross Country

Do you like cross country ? Well I don’t . The sludge of the mud crawling like worms up my legs , The feeling of mud crawling under my toenails,feeling like a dead flower too weak to hold themselves up .  I was parched and could taste blood in my throat,people were falling down on either side of me .

Down the finish shoot ,sprinting like a leopard that hasn’t eaten for weeks, desperate to catch it’s prey . I bounded across the finish line . I felt like a stone resting on the bottom of the ocean . So shattered that I could barely walk ,longing for water,for sleep,for rest . But not yet .

5 minutes later I was sitting down on the rough concrete floor. Quenching my thirst with a glass of ice cold water.It had been a successful cross country. The last one that I will ever compete in at Pinehill .

Mathletics Learning

This week on Mathletics I have learnt how to subtract fractions with different denominators .
An Example of this is:

21/49 - 2/7 =

First you have to change the denominator to the same numbers,you usually change the smaller number to the bigger number using multiplication.

7x8 = 49  2x8= 16

21/49  - 16/49 = 5/49

This is how you subtract fractions with different denominators .

Zara's Camp Writing

Camp Writing 2017   Zara  Braithwaite

L.I : Use different lengths of sentences for a purpose

L.I : Follow the whole writing process

L.I Use different sentence starters

As I rode through the tall pine trees that were looming over top of me  I practiced changing gears . Ouch, my hand got really sore as I frustratingly struggled to change gears . Oh no it’s my turn to ride over the ramps .‘Keep going ‘ you can do it ‘ I thought as I was recapping everything Sam  the instructor told us : fast speed , level pedals , stand up on your bike and look forwards .  This was only the first ramp I was already slightly hesitant .I  quickly ascended the  ramp . I was thrilled . I actually made it over the ramp ,I thought I was going to fall off and fail . Miserably . But I  succeeded .

I was staring at the pine needles scattered across the ground while I was waiting in line for my biggest fear . The See-Saw . I was scared but I was still determined to conquer the seesaw and face my biggest fear .I was the front of the line nothing was stopping me so ….

Now for the see-saw . If I was nervous before , that was an understatement . As I approached the see-saw it felt like it was rushing towards me like a big horrifying monster . But once I was on it I was ecstatic . The tilt Of the see-saw was like a miniature turn of a tiny rollercoaster . I wish there was a time machine so that I could go back and replay that moment over and over . I loved the feeling the wind in my hair and feeling successful as I had conquered it . I enjoyed it so much I want to do it all over again . If there was any activity that I want to do again I would definitely say mountain biking because  I enjoyed it so much I want to do it all over again .  

Raspberry Cheese cake

As I look at the creamy,mouthwatering raspberry cheesecake that has ever so  carefully  chocolate sauce drizzled on top . I couldn't help but having just a little lick , It was Delicious!  [ I hope none of the guests  will notice ]

Finally we started to cut the cake , the smooth filling oozing out of the cake . Sadly I need to wait .And Wait . And Wait . For last piece because of that “ Guests First” rule.

As everyone experienced the heavenly taste of the sensational Cake , at last my tummy is satisfied  with the superb raspberry cheese cake .

Doing Nothing

I lay stiller than a stone lying on the bottom of chilly lake Wanaka . I felt  infuriated as I had just lost one of many battles with my devastatingly annoying little brother . He was angrier than a rampaging bull charging straight at me . Just because I borrowed his pens .


I lay still listening to everything around me .I could hear  little wax eyes  chirping a harmonious song outside my window . While my cat peacefully purred by my side . The clank of knives and forks showed that delicious dinner was nearly ready .


Slowly I fell into a deep sleep dreaming of nothing but light , fluffy candy floss clouds and sparkling rainbows glimmering in the sky as the sun’s radiant light reflects off them .Yet to suddenly have to wake to go to dinner

Anti-Bullying

My wharenui

Isometric Drawing

Today I did isometric drawing on a isometric drawing website I made a table and a chair

Rain Writing

My writing goal so far this term is to write complete sentences by showing one where sentence ends by putting in appropriate punctuation, and starting the next sentence with a capital letter.

Here is a piece of writing about the rain.

Splish splash splish splash. The rain is bucketing down like hammers nailing a broken fence board back in place. As I walked outside,whilst the rain was still pouring it smelt divine. Cold and crisp fresh air. After a while I decided to go back inside,when I got inside I realised I was as cold as an ice block and so numb I couldn’t feel anything!! I heard the thunder clap like a giant’s deep, loud voice booming across the land. As I stared out the window the

Reading Log

3-15-2016

Book Title: The 24th summer of Angus Jack
Author: Jen Storer
illustrated by: Lucinda  Gifford
The pages I read pg 48-pg 60

EOTC Diary writing 2016

                

            EOTC Diary Writing 

           Day 1 Long Bay 3-15-2016

  I was so excited , I couldn't wait until I got to school.Once we got to school we went to Long bay on a bus and started our activities.  For damper                    cooking we had a partner and we had to get our damper mixture and roll it onto a stick and then hold it over the gas cooker. Bush survival was great fun we had to build a shelter to stay in. We also had to make sneers to try and catch animals but no one caught anything.In my group we decided to  set up our sneer in front of a rabbit hole.It started to smell really bad. Then we discovered 

that there was a skeleton of a dead bird or mouse.At first my milo was to hot so I didn't get to drink it. So before I even finished it we had to take down our tents.But after that I drank my milo but then sadly we had to go back to school for the end of the day.

My favourite parts of the day were damper cooking,milo drinking and bush survival.

  Day     2 Castor bay day 3-16-2016


Today we did  raft building. We were put in teams and we had to build a raft with 5 pieces of bamboo,10 pieces of string and big milk bottles with planks stuck in them.My team didn't do to well though because we came last in the race,and we got disqualified . I fell of the raft as soon as we got in the water. But there were some rules like you couldn't  put your feet on the floor  .So I was pushing the raft for mostly the whole way. But there was also a challenge . The challenge was that you had a pirate flag and you couldn't let it touch the water or the ground
and if it did touch the water or the ground you are disqualified.

Day 3 Big foot on the field  3-17-2016
Today  rock climbing was my favourite.  The wall was nearly higher then my bedroom window. I was a bit nervous at the start but then afterwards  I managed to climb up the hard wall.The first time I couldn't climb up the hard wall but after a couple of goes I made it up to the very top and pressed the buzzer. My favourite was probably the easiest though because I liked climbing up really quickly. But my favourite part is coming down because it feels like your flying downwards.


Day 4 Rangitoto hike 3-18-2016

Today was the most tiring day of all .We climbed up to the top of Rangitoto  it was really hard work .I think it was worth it though we didn't get any food until we got to the top . I was glad to get on the fairy back so we could have lunch.

Summer poem By Zara

Zara summer poem

Antarctic Seals

Antarctic Seals By Alan Parker and Catherine Parker. This book is filled with seal facts. Seals are mammals,and they are found in all oceans in the world. Leopard seals hunt penguins underwater. Weddel pups have to start finding food for themselves at seven weeks. The pup snuggles close to its mother and feeds on her rich , creamy milk. Many seal pups don’t survive their first months at sea . Weddell seals are the only seals that spend the long,dark winter in the Antarctic. All that breed on the ice in the far south of the world are true seals. Seals join together in large groups called colonies . Leopard seals hunt alone. I learnt lots of facts about seals. I liked the fact when it talked about the seal pup.I liked it because seal pups are cute. My favourite part is when it talks about weddell seals because they are my favourite types of seals. I didn’t like it when it said leopard seals hunt penguins.Because I like penguins. I would recommend this book to Ryleigh because she likes seals. I think people who like seals should read this book. .

Hey Diddle Diddle The Cat And The Fiddle

Hey Diddle Diddle The Cat And The Fiddle




Hey diddle , diddle,
The cat and the fiddle ,
The cow jumped over the
moon;

The little dog laughed to see such sport
and the dish ran away with 
the spoon.