SLJ Week1 Activity7

 LI:to create an optical illusion.

For our 7th activity for the Summer Learning Journey we created an optical illusion. An optical illusion is something that tricks your eyes. In this illusion I created it is supposed to look like it's going in or like it's going out. We could use a device and google draw or google slides or paper/pencil/ruler. I thought this was fun because at first I didn't know what to come up with.

SLJ Week1 Activity5

 LI: to create our own kowhaiwhai. 

Today for our fifth summer learning journey activities we were tasked at creating a kowhaiwhai pattern on paper or digital. In my kowhaiwhai I tried to create something that had to do with family. The task at hand was really fun and I enjoyed it a lot, it was also really fun to see my partners designs, and I found  it really challenging.

SLJ Week1 Activity4

 LI:to make a insect art using plant life.

The art is inspired by Raku Inoue

For the fourth activity for the first week we were tasked to make an insect out of plant life we find in our backyard. We could pick any insect we wanted to make. I chose to make a dragonfly. I used a long skinny leaf, two leaves, a fluffy flowers and two flower stems. At first I didn't know what insect to make but when I clicked on the link on the SLJ site. The first thing I saw was a insect that looked like a dragonfly and that is how I got my idea. I then started putting my art together, the first thing I did was split the two leaves to make the wing. Then I placed the long leaf to make the bottom of the dragonfly. Next I placed the fluffy flowers to make the body and the head. Lastly I placed down the stem of the flowers to finish my dragonfly. 

I feel proud of my creation because it was fun to make and I got to discover the school backyard.

Do you like my dragonfly? 

SLJ Week1 Activity3

 LI:to get a greater understanding of the text.

For our third Summer Learning Journey activity LS2 worked with room 5 to create a comic strip of a video of what might they have been saying. There was a video and we had to create a comic of what they might of said in the video. We worked in our pairs and created this DLO. We then watched the video to compare our guess to the actual video.

SLJ Week 1 Activity 1

 LI:To collect materials needed to successfully complete our weekly superpower building missions with Nano Girl.

This morning LS2 worked in groups with our Year 4 students to help them create their first Summer Learning Journey blog posts. PBS are still at school this week so finding some of the materials we needed for our treasure hunt was easy. Our challenge is going to be able to find all the materials we need at home now. I found this activity fun because it fun looking around my house for things I needed. I am looking forward to the next experiment with Nano Girl.

What do you think the next experiment is going to be?

Digital Board Game

 LI: To create a digital board game for the juniors

Press on the image to play but before you play you have to make a copy.

This week we designed digital board games with a Christmas theme to play with the junior students. To play the game successfully they will need to read and follow the instructions, then use their counting skills to move around the board. Today we showed our Year 4 students how to make their own games. In my game I used the colours from the Christmas colour pallets. You have to catch the thief that stole the present from Santa. The thief placed some traps so you can't get him. To know more about the game read the sentence under the image. It was fun and interesting because I didn't know I could come up with a game the kids like and I was very happy to see the kids were having fun.

Operation Christmas Drop

LI: To write a summary of the story behind the Operation Christmas Drop in your own words.

For the last 68 years the men and women of the US airforce who are based at Andersen Airforce Base in Guam have been using a pilot training drill to drop much needed supplies to the people who live on the 60 remote islands that surround Guam. In my opinion I think the idea of Operation Christmas Drop is good because it brings the community together and makes people happy, it also leaves the negative thing in the past.

Designing the Christmas Tree

 LI: To design and make a holiday decoration that fits the client brief.

We were making a holiday design for our school Christmas tree. I would say the strength of my product is My sewing is strong enough to hold the stuffing and the amount of cotton it can handle. While making my design I didn't change anything. After finishing my creation I was very proud of what I did and in my opinion I think it looks great. We hanged our holiday designs on our school Christmas tree, and took a photo with our friend group. I was really proud of my creation because I got express what I wanted to make.

Design technology, Evaluation

 LI: To design and make a holiday decoration that fits the client brief.

We were making a holiday design for our school Christmas tree. I would say the strength of my product is My sewing is strong enough to hold the stuffing and the amount of cotton it can handle. While making my design I didn't change anything. After finishing my creation I was very proud of what I did and in my opinion I think it looks great.

Illustrated Story

LI: To write a pourquoi (tell me why or how) story that follows the structure and paints a picture in the mind of the reader.

Our challenge this week was to create a porquoi story that we would illustrate and share with our junior classes. A porquoi story tells us why something is the way it is. Our story tells why/how… This morning we shared our stories with Room 2 and Room 4, and they loved listening to them.

I enjoyed making the animation because it was fun to create it and get create our own imagination.

Probibility tree

 LI: to create a probability tree to explain your thinking.

Probability is the chance that something is most likely to happen. LS2 has been studying Probability for two weeks. Sulia and I have been working together on this DLO to explain how Probabilities work. In small groups, part of LS2 had a maths session with Mrs. Anderson talking about Probabilities. One of the maths problems that occured through our session can be seen in this DLO. We used Probability tree to solve these problems. Here are the results.