Fractions

 

Fractions

Writing From Visual Prompts

 In literacy we have been doing small pieces of writing that is based off a picture we are given.

My goals are 

1. Writes using abstract ideas and vocab that require interpretation.

2. Paragraphs,  making the ideas flow.

White powder falls down on my nose and eyelashes. I smile as I walk down the familiar path of long white trees. My small friend, Cole, barks at snow as it falls on his face.

I haven't been here ever since the war. As I’m walking I see a heart carved into one of the trees, I stop right in my tracks and walk over it. I graze my hand over the initials carved in the middle of the simple heart. MJ+HS. Mark Johnson and Heather Smith.

I wiped a tear from my eye. Why did he have to go? I should of stopped him from going to that stupid war. I still remember those distant memories when Mark and I would come here in the summer, living our life and doing whatever we please.

I remember when we found Cole hidden over some leaves in autumn, we looked around everywhere to find his owner but it was no good. So we kept him and he was a great friend when the war started. He would wait by the door everyday, waiting, hoping for Mark to come home, and honestly so was I. 

If only he were here.

Maths

In measurement I am learning the difference between linear measurement and area. They are marked in mm, cm, m, or km for linear and area is measured in sq mm, sq cm, sq m, sq km. 

100 Questions

 Today we did 100 questions, again. Last week I got 100 in nine minutes. Today I 100 in 8.05 minutes. 

I can give evidence to measuring, can you?

On Wednesday we had to do a measuring of different things and then we had to take a photo of us measuring for evidences.

While I was measuring I got messed up with the inches and the centimetres so I had to go back convert all of the inches into centimetres.   

 

Debate

Yesterday I did a debate, the moot for the debate was cats should be banned.

My team was the affirmative side. We did a lot of research on the bad things about cats like the diseases they spread, the native birds they kill and how they don't really do anything to help our world.

My team didn't have very good eye contact but we had a lot of good research with good facts. 

The other team on the negative side was really good at eye contact but their speeches lacked a lot of facts and research.

The scores were 180 and 185. 

The negative won.

We didn't have a time penalty if we did we would have won because the other teams speeches were short.

Next time I will try and make more eye contact and be more confident then I was.          

100 Questions

Today in 100 questions I got 100 in 9 minutes and 10 seconds. 

My goal last week was to learn 8 x 8 and know it off by heart and I did. This weeks goal is finish in under 9 minutes.

I kind of like doing these 100 question, when we first started doing them I hated it and I was really stressed but now they are kind of easy and I don't really care about them.   

Photosynthesis

In class we had to do a diagram on photosynthesis but we weren't aloud to copy and paste information.