Learning Pit

WALA: The Learning Pit

                                                Strategies To Get Out Of The Pit

You can get out of the pit by never giving up and when you need help seek it form a expert.

Start easy then get slightly harder then keep going and then you would of had made your way to succes.

Try and if you don't pass well then try again.

Use materials to help you get out of the pit.

Take small steps and practice and practice then you will get out but only to find yourself in another learning pit.

                                          Things you can say to get out of the pit

You can always say don't give up success might be waiting just around the corner.

If other people can do this then I can do this.

Keep on going succes only happen when you are fouced.

Good learning always happens in the pit. That's why it's called the learning pit!

Description: We have been learning about when good learning happens.  

Task: Share what you know about the learning pit.

Criteria:

Draw the Learning Pit.

List at least 3 feelings that you might have when you are in the pit.

List at least 3 strategies that you could use to get out of the pit.

Label where good learning happens.

List 3 things you could say to yourself when you are in the pit.

Evaluation:

Reflect on a time when you have been in the pit.

At math I was in the pit because I did a two prove it's in 40 minutes.

How did you feel when you were in the pit?  

Challenged flustered stressed because I didn't know if I should practice on study ladder or just prove it.

What did you do to work out of the pit?

Take small steps and practice then take another step and soon you will be out. 

Feedback:It looks like you have a clear understanding of how it feels to be in the learning pit and how it feels to be at the top of the pit, great work.  I think I really like about your post is when you were explaining how you could work out of the pit, especial the bit when you said " then take another step and soon you will be out" because that is very positive for people the think they can't get out. You are a great role model for others Mitchell!

Feedfoward:Maybe you could put the definition for the words you use to describe how you feel for example people might wonder what flustered means so you could put what it means at the bottom of your post.

Grace C

Pronouncing Words

W.A.L.T Read with accuracy

We had to take three words out out of the story the biggest snake in the world and take them and pronounce them.

Here is my mini movie that I made.

Teo Reo Maori Poster

WALT: communicate a message.

Description: We have been participating in 3 different workshops around colour, compositions and fonts.  We put these skills to use in a poster sharing our knowledge about Te Reo Maori.

Why? We have noticed that our posters are too cluttered and do not communicate a  message well.

Task: Make a poster about Te Reo Maori.

Criteria:

Message: My message is clear and purposeful.  Everything that is on my poster relates to my message. 

Composition:  My poster is balanced. 

Font:  My font is clear, readable and suits the message.

Colour:  I have used 2-3 colours that are complementary.  My background choice makes the text pop!

Accuracy:  All of the words on my poster are spelt correctly.

Evaluation:

What are you most proud of and why?

I am most proud my poster because it is balanced and the text colours and fonts match my meaning.

What challenged you the most and why?

What challenged me was making the poster balanced because there was always a extra word.

Next time, what is a goal you can work towards?

I could work on adding more words on more useful things.

Feedback I like how you have laid your words.

Feedfoward You could work on putting some greetings on the poster.

Brennan

Finding Fractions Of A Set

I made a Educreation on finding fractions if a set

This is my prove it.

SMART Goals

W.A.L.T Set smart goals

S.M.A.R.T. means Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time-sensitive.

Specific: Don’t be vague. What exactly do you want?

Measurable: Quantify your goal. How will you know if you’ve achieved it or not?

Attainable: Be honest with yourself about what you can reasonably accomplish at this point in your life, taking into consideration your current responsibilities.

Realistic: It’s got to be doable, real and practical.

Time: Associate a time frame with each goal. When should you complete the goal?

My writing goal is to...use subject specific vocabulary to support the meaing.

The reason I have decided to focus on this goal is because...so I can support the meaing and give the reader more information.

I will accomplish my goal by...learning more specfic and interesting words in my spelling and then add them to my writing

My reading goal is to... Make connections between what I know about the world

The reason I have decided to focus on this goal is because...so I can take what I know and then

expand that knowledge.

I will accomplish my goal by... By reading the text and see what I know about it and then ask questions.

My maths goal is to...chose the most appropriate strategy for a given problem

The reason I have decided to focus on this goal is because...it might be faster for one strategy and slower for another so I need to choose quickly.   

I will accomplish my goal by...asking for a problem and then quickly chooses my strategy to work it out.

My personal goal is to..work more efficiently in a chosen group

The reason I have decided to focus on this goal is because...usually I chose my own group that I can work well with so I don't work that well with other peoples chosen groups.

I will accomplish my goal by...trying to be more involved in group activites.

SLC Review

WALT: write for self

Description: What is your post about SLC

What is a highlight?

A highlight for me was that it was all on track and I got through all my posts

Another highlight would be that my report was good and not bad.

What could I improve on next time? 

I could improve by not reading the post so much and not saying um that much.

Feedback I like how you were honest with what happenned in your post.

Feedfoward I would try and think of more things to put on here of what you achieved and things like that.

Ben P

End Of Term Reflection

My End Of Term Reflection 

WALT: evaluate our learning honestly

What is an effective learner? 

A effective learner get straight on with there work and dose not sit around friends because they are blockers. Also a effective learner doesn't waste time wondering around looking for a eon or a book.

What were the highlights for this term? Why? 

Grasshopper tennis would be my first highlight for the term because I got to learn lots of new skills and got to practise them every Thursday. 

Writing was also a highlight for me because I got to write about energy and do lots of cool experiments and then write about them.

Math because I got to learn how to add decimals using algorithms.

What were your greatest challenges this term?  Why? 

One of the challenges for me was doing temple tap down at grasshopper tennis because the ball keep bouncing into the net.

Cross-country was also a challenge for me because I had to run every day and at the end of school I was alleys tried.

 

How are you going towards acting with integrity? Why?  How could you improve? 

I act with integrity by also doing what I get told to do and I always pickup after myself.

I could improve by all ways finishing my work on time because sometimes I get distracted by friends.

What are your goals in our learner disposition wall?  Where to next?

My goals are to finish all the priorities and then move on to specials.

I could move up if I always look out for blockers because I sometime forget.

Grasshopper Tennis Sample

WALT: Impove our small ball skills like catching, throwing, and hitting.

We have been participating in a tennis programme with Big John (John Salisbury) from Tennis Manawatu. He has taught us some tennis skills that help with controlling and hitting the ball 

What are you most proud of and why? I am proud of all the skills I have learned and practedisted.

What challenged you the most and Why? What challengened me was when we did some of the games like temple tap down and lobster.

Next time, what is a goal you can work towards? Maybe next time I could practice at home so I could get better at temple tap down. 

Why? We are doing this because then we can review our skills and show what we can so to our parents.

What? We did lessons every Thursday and keeper going for like 5 or 6 weeks.

How? We did our lessons with big John at the court.

What I Learned? What I learned was that it's best to hit the ball at a angle.

I think that next time I need to practice doing two bounces and then hit it over the net. 

Feedback I think that you did a good job expian it.

Feedfoward Next time you should make the picture clearer.

Ben p

Integrity Sample

W.A.L.T. Show Integrity

What is integrity? Integrity is doing the right thing even when no one is looking.

Example's of me showing ntegrity around the classroom.

I show integrity by not cheating in tables challenge.

I also show integrity by picking up rubbish, pens, pencils and gules sticks.

Why? We are doing this to Show our understanding of integrity and show it.

What? We did a panoramic photo showing integrity.

How? We learned all about our team valve so we can show integrity.

I think that we did a good job and that I would give myslef a 7 out of 10 but we could improve it by making the faces clearer.

Feedback-I think you did a good photo/panoramic

Feedfoward-taking the photo a bit closer.

Joseph

Reading Summary

Task: The task was to summarise the legend of rahi

WALT Summarise (How will I know I am successful?)

• identify key words

• identify main ideas

Goals:

- Learn the legend

- Understand the legend

- Re-Tell

- Play the game

Resources:

Ki-O-Rahi

Follow-Up:

Create a pic summary of the story.

- daybook

- writer’s notebook

- 53 Pages App

- Educreations App

- Explain Everything

Re-Tell the story in a creative way:

- Written

- Picture Story

- Video

- Spoken Drama

- Dance

- Animation

Here is the link if you want to read the legend of rahi just click the link below.

http://ki-o-rahi-horowhenua.wikispaces.com/Legend+of+Rahi

Writing Sample

W.A.L.T Inform 

Success Criteria 

Done         Need To Work On

• use a range of verbs (evaporate, melt, etc.)

• use a variety of specific vocabulary (matter, solid, liquid, gas)

• add significant detail to describe each part (examples, diagram, giff)

• vary sentence starters

• organise my ideas into at least 5 paragraphs

  Draft

  

                                              
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  Heat And Temperature
  
  

  Did you know that heat and temperature are not the same thing? Scientifically speaking hot and cold is called thermal energy.

  
  

  The hotter something is the more thermal energy it has and the colder something is the less thermal energy it has. For an example if you go in a hot pool and then go in a cold pool you would feel colder because all the thermal energy in the pool is trying to get to the same temperature.

  
  

  The Reason we call thing hot and cold is because we compare that thermal energy with our own body temperature. 

  
  

  People use thermometers to measure temperature. When you put a thermometer outside the atoms in the mercury start to slow down and drop so the temperature is lower, outside but when you take it inside the thermal energy in the atoms start to get excited and start to move and jump up and down more so the temperature starts to rise. 

  
  

  The hotter something is the more thermal energy it has so it rises and the colder the thermal energy the lower it goes on the thermometer.

  
  
  I think that I did a good job and I would give myslef a 8 out of 10 but maybe next time I could expian about the atoms.
  
  
  Feedback I like how you explained how heat and Temaperture good
  
  
  Feedfoward you could say that was my first draft and now it is my better one to say there is not two stories
  Logan
  
  

Science Sample

W.A.L.T show our understanding of how energy works. 

What? We are making movies to show energy.

Why? We are showing what we understand in energy.

How? We learned all about potential and kinetic energy and then we we made a video to show our understanding.

I think that i did a very good job and that I would give myslef a 9 out of ten and that I could improve the video by straightining the animations. 

Feedback I think you did well because I have a good understanding of what you are doing

Feedfoward I think you could give the audience more understanding with the soccer ball.

Ben p

Litercery Sample

WALT Rote learn our spelling of by heart

Why? To show a strategy to help us with our spelling words, to share during our Student Led Conference.

What? We did mnemonics to help us with our spelling.

How? By learning how to write a mnemonic so we can use them to help us with our spelling.

What I learned? That mnemonics are words using the first letters of another word to form a sentence and that helps us remember them. Eg: Said : Scott Ate Isaac's Dog

I think that I did a good job on the mnemonics but I could add a few more words but otherwise I think I did a good job and I would give myself a 9 out of 10.

Feedback Mitchell I think you did really well at explaining what you did and how you did it.

Feedforowd Maybe next time you could change the fonts and colour a little bit on you poster so people can read it more easily.

I think I will give you a 8 out of ten.

Nathanael

Maths Sample

W.A.L.T Multiply Two Digit Numbers By One Digit Numbers

Why To show we understand the strategy, to share during our student led conference.

What We did the split strategy to solve two digit number times one digit numbers.

How I did a poster to show my strategy.

What I learnt That you can easily solve two digit number times one digit number if you split them.

Evaluation I think I did a very good job on doing the poster and that I would give myslef a 9 out of 10 because I explained  It clearly and thatI could improve it by adding and explianing a few more questions.

Feedback You did well at explaining the strategy.

Feedfoward Maybe next time you could add another question.

Nathanael

Writers Notebook

Here is my hot and cold page in my writers notebook.

Learning partner poster

Here is our poster.

Tables challenge graph

Here is my table challenge graph.

Spelling activity

For this task we had to take five words out of our spelling test and write them letter by letter.

Here is mine.

Spelling

At school we did a spelling test to see what words you know and what words you need to practice. 

I thought that I might get 5 wrong but it turned out to be that I got 33 wrong out of 300.

Learner dispositions