Homestudy Term 4 Week 8 - Educational Options / Online Learning and interaction.
Continue your groups PMI
Poetry - Continue to add to the poetry Coggle you started in class
Class Writing Blog - New Stories are up : Comment on your classmates writing. (Remember the correct format)
Update your Website.
Check out - http://bit.ly/HeiqHQ
What's going on around the school - Use the links on the class blog to comment on other blogs around the school.
Google a day Challenge.
Mathletics. - Geometry - Shapes
http://e-ako.nzmaths.co.nz/
(Challenge - Get one of your parents to comment on this weeks TodayMeet.)
Homestudy Term 4 Week One. - Dialog and Interaction.
Term One - Homestudy was all about getting into a routine and cycle for completing work. Being organised was the key. Homestudy was carefully monitored, discussed and shared. Home Study results were recorded and tracked by the teacher.
Term Two - was all about setting goals around Home Study, using the information from term one. The focus was around self management, self motivation and preparation for high school.
Term Three - Was about deadlines. Presentations, completion times and ensuring work was ready on a set day.
Term Four - Dialog and Interaction. The current Inquiry is on Educational Options. With in this unit we will be looking at online learning sites. We will be reviewing and evaluating a range of sites. This term the requirement is to have continual dialog and Interaction with the class using a range of online tools, including the class blog, writing blog and other blogs around the school. Be involved, interact and explore ways to take ownership of your own learning.
Here is this weeks Starting Point.
Class Writing Blog - Comment on your classmates writing. (Remember the correct format)
Teach Meet. - Interact what have you done, enjoyed? Share your thoughts..
Rebecca’s Adventure - Comment on Rebecca’s Travels
Google a day Challenge.
Mathletics. You know what to do.
Free rice
Who would you vote for and why?
State who you would vote for and why?
Please complete your Short Stories by the end of the Term.
When they have been improved & proof read, please e-mail the finished product to me to post on the class writing blog.
Prepare your Presentation for Monday 16th September.
Campaigns that changed the world.
- Select a campaign or campaigner that you believe changed the world.
- Outline the campaign - When, where, what, who
- How do you think this campaign changed the world?
- Why did you select this campaign to research?
- Was it a successful campaign? Why /why not?
- What techniques, strategies and methods were used during this campaign?
You will present your finding to the class next week.
Make sure you are well prepared and have practiced presenting your information.
Continue:
Your reading
Mathletics
Short story writing.
Room 19 Home Study Week four & five Term Three.
Task One - Effective Feedback and developing and continue to develop an understanding of Short stories.
Use the knowledge gained from completing the SWSW in class to give feedback on the short story on the Blog (Tab).
Start brainstorm ideas for your own short story. At this stage just ideas! Do not start writing.
Task Two - ASB New Zealand Maths Challenge
- Use your Mathletics Password to get involved in the ASB New Zealand Maths Challenge
http://www.mathletics.com/nzmathschallenge/
- Start to work through the statistic component of Mathletics
Task Three - Media - The Media - A negative and misleading source of information regarding body image.
Find a commercial, item, or example of something where the
message is a negative influence on people in their puberty years.
Task Four - Write and email to Ms Walter welcoming her to the class and telling her a bit about yourself guest9@raroa.school.nz
Reading – You must read at home for at least 20 minutes every night.
Discussion is encouraged and can provide valuable extension opportunities
Homework - Term Three Week 3
Please review previous term goals and add your new goals to your website.
- Be ready for your student lead conference.
- Effective Feedback
Comment on at least 10 pieces of writing on Room 19’s Writing Blog.
You must complete this feedback in the way we have been reviewing short stories in class. (Use examples.)
Continue to spend time on Mathletics.
Read each night - Find a selection of Short Stories to Read.
Room 19 Home Study Term Two Week Nine.
Task One - Celebrating Māori Language Week 2013. (10)
What is the theme for Maori Language week?
List three things you will do to celebrate Maori Language week.
Task Two - Write up and learn your Mihi (10)
- Include a greeting to begin.
- To be presented on Friday.
Task Three -. Mathletics -Continue to work on Mathletics. (10)
Reading – You must read at home for at least 20 minutes every night.
Discussion is encouraged and can provide valuable extension opportunities
Marking Key
Task 1 –Task One - Celebrating Māori Language Week 2013. (10)
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Task 2 -Task Two - Write up and learn your Mihi (10)
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Task 3 - Mathletics (10)
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Time Management (5)
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Total
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Make sure you self assess, check with a parent or classmate and complete the shared monitoring sheet by Friday Morning tea. Try to complete your homework on a Google doc and file in your 'Homework' folder.
Room 19 Home Study Term Two Week Eight.
Task One - Rube Goldberg (10)
Tuesday next week - Have all your components ready.
Focus on:
- Originality
- Reliability - Tested.
- A range of concepts within your team creation.
- Portable and easy to assemble.
- Entertaining.
Task Two - Physics of your Rube Goldberg.(10)
Outline the Physics behind your creation.
Task Three -. Mathletics -Continue to work on Mathletics. (10)
Reading – You must read at home for at least 20 minutes every night.
Discussion is encouraged and can provide valuable extension opportunities
Marking Key
Task 1 –Task One -Rube Goldberg (10)
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Task 2 -Task Two -Physics of your Rube Goldberg.(10)
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Task 3 - Mathletics .(10)
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Time Management (5)
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Total
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Make sure you self assess, check with a parent or classmate and complete the shared monitoring sheet by Friday Morning tea. Try to complete your homework on a Google doc and file in your 'Homework' folder.
Room 19 Home Study Term Two Week Seven
Task One - Creative Writing - Complete on drive. (Max two paragraphs) (10)
Creative Writing. - Orientation / Setting
WILT : create an appropriate setting, developing vocabulary and language features. Extra: adding mood and emotion using a range of senses
- I have effectively engaged the audience by describing a small aspect of the scene in detail
- I have cleverly chosen words which will draw in the reader in without creating a recount.
- I have used a range of senses in order to add emotion.
- I have use adjectives to give my story detail of the setting.
- I have used adverbs to show where, when and how particular events took place eg. I creep reluctantly /apprehensively
I have used similes and metaphors to add richness.
Task Two - Rube Goldberg - Start collecting (10)
Collect a range of items that you will use for your Rube Goldberg creation eg.
- Gladwrap cardboard tubes
- Misc Containers
- Cardboard box
- Tape / string
- Wood
- Nails
Anything else as planned.
Task Three - Reading - Complete a book summary on your Google Drive. (10)
Task Four -. Mathletics -Continue to work on Mathletics. (10)
Reading – You must read at home for at least 20 minutes every night.
Discussion is encouraged and can provide valuable extension opportunities
Marking Key
Task 1 –Task One -Creative Writing (10)
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Task 2 -Task Two -Start collecting (10)
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Task 3 - Media / Current issues investigation (10)
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Task 4 - Mathletics .(10)
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Time Management (5)
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Total
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Make sure you self assess, check with a parent or classmate and complete the shared monitoring sheet by Friday Morning tea. Try to complete your homework on a Google doc and file in your 'Homework' folder.
Room 19 Home Study Week Six Term Two.
Task One -Dialog, communication and critical thinking (10)
- Youtube Rube Goldberg creations - The links are available on the blog
- feedback on the learning blog and on the Rube Goldberg clips. - http://room19raroa.blogspot.co.nz/p/blog-page.html
Task Two - Goals updated
Update your goals on your website. Use a different colour.
List what you have been doing to ensure you achieve your goals.(10)
Task Three - Media / Current issues investigation. (10)
Find a news article that interests you. Sum up the article in one paragraph, then write down your thoughts and opinions.
Task Four -. Mathletics -Continue to work on Mathletics. (10)
Reading – You must read at home for at least 20 minutes every night.
Discussion is encouraged and can provide valuable extension opportunities
Room 19 Home Study Term Two Week Five
Reminders:
Beep Test Thursday
Basic Facts Test - Thursday
Task One - Physics - Recap
- Look on-line for the definitions for the three Newton's Laws. Give the main definition for each.
- Look up Rube Goldberg, who was he and what was his claim to fame?
Task Two - Mathletics - Complete the fractions component of mathletics (15)
Task Three - Media / Current issues investigation. (10)
Find a news article that interests you. Sum up he article in one paragraph, then answer the following questions.
- Why did this article interest you?
- How does the article affect you?
- What are the main facts?
- What is your opinion?
Task Four - Cross-Country Write up (10)
Ensure your Cross-Country writing is completed, proofread, edited and on your website.
Reading – You must read at home for at least 20 minutes every night.
Discussion is encouraged and can provide valuable extension opportunities
Marking Key
Task 1 –Task One - Explanations (10)
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Task 2 - Mathletics - FRACTIONS (10)
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Task 3 - Media / Current issues investigation (10)
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Task 4 - Website Cross- Country.(10)
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Time Management (5)
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Total
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Make sure you self assess, check with a parent or classmate and complete the shared monitoring sheet by Friday Morning tea. Try to complete your homework on a Google doc and file in your 'Homework' folder.
Room 19 Home Study Week Three Term Two.
One Box of Tissues Please
Task One - Explanations - Find an online explanation either written or on youtube. (10)
What is the explanation?
List some of the features, that make it an effective explanation (What has it got that makes it an explanation?)
Task Two - Mathletics - Continue to work through the fractions component of mathletics (15)
Task Three - Media / Current issues investigation. (10)
Find a news article that interests you and answer the following questions.
- How does the event, issue affect you?
- Why did you choose this article?
- Is the information accurate?
- Do you know the full story?
Task Four - Website. (10)
Continue to complete your Website
Ensure you have included:
- Goals and Achievements
- Term One Evaluation
- Photos
- Writing from Term One eg. Hitch Hiker
- Aspire to Achieve table
- Comments and progress on goals in a different colour.
Remove all extra tabs
Reading – You must read at home for at least 20 minutes every night.
Discussion is encouraged and can provide valuable extension opportunities
Room 19 Home Study Week One Term Two.
This week I would like you to focus on developing your website and on Mathletics (30)
The current focus in maths is ‘fractions’ - Please try to focus on the fractions learning.
http://www.mathletics.co.nz/
Website:
- Goals
- Achievements
- Term One Evaluation.
- Writing
- Photos off the class blog.
- Books read
One Box of Tissues Please
Room 19 Home Study Week One Term Two.
Task One - Modern day Propaganda (10)
Find five examples of modern day propaganda
- Explain why each one is propaganda.
- What is the message and what is the aim of the message?
Task Two - Historical wartime propaganda (10)
Find two examples of wartime propaganda
- Explain why each one is propaganda.
- What is the message and what was the aim of the message?
Task Three
Media / Current issues investigation. (10)
On Friday we will be discussing the latest current issues.
· Find a news article that is in relationship to misguided information or someone getting misleading information. Discuss and describe your feelings relating to the article.
Task Four - Major Goal (5)
Discuss your major goal with a parent
Reading – You must read at home for at least 20 minutes every night.
Discussion is encouraged and can provide valuable extension opportunities
Mathletics
Spend some time on Mathletics. (NOT just ‘Live Mathletics.)
Marking Key
Task 1 – Modern day Propaganda (10)
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Task 2 - Historical wartime propaganda (10)
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Task 3 -Media / Current issues investigation. (10)
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Task 4 - Major Goal (5)
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Time Management (5)
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Total
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Make sure you self assess, check with a parent or classmate and complete the shared monitoring sheet by Friday Morning tea. Try to complete your homework on a Google doc and file in your 'Homework' folder.
Home Inquiry
- Weekly inquiry will go out on Monday and will need to be completed and returned by Friday.
- Students must make sure that they self assess, check with a parent or classmate and complete the shared monitoring sheet by Friday Morning tea.
- How students structure their homework is up to each individual. It can be completed: In a scrapbook, on a google doc, in a clear file or another system.
- It is important however to complete tasks set.
- Homework at this level is just as much about time management and organisation as it is about the tasks being issued.
- Parents - One of the most effective, beneficial and relevant homework tasks is daily discussion. Topics are generally relevant with a lot of links to worldwide and New Zealand issues. Rich debate and discussion is hugely valued. Please talk about and discuss current issues, which link to New Zealand’s special diverse nature.Parents - Please share your views and allow the students to share theirs. Communication is also important, homework should not be stressful.
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Book
Review Content.
Your
book review should promote a book to the class it must include:
· The Title
· The Author.
· Genre e.g. romance, action, science fiction.
· A basic plot outline.
· Why you liked it and why it is worth reading?
· Who does it suit?
· A rating out of 5
· (When giving an oral book review include a reading of an exciting
paragraph or page)
Six Thinking Hats:
Early in the 1980s Dr. Edward de Bono invented the Six Thinking Hats method. The method is a framework for thinking. It requires students (and teachers), to extend their way of thinking about a topic by wearing a range of different ’thinking‘ hats
Organizations such as Prudential Insurance, IBM, Federal Express, British Airways, Polaroid, Pepsico, DuPont, and Nippon Telephone and Telegraph, possibly the world's largest company, use Six Thinking Hats.
The six hats represent six modes of thinking and are directions to think rather than labels for thinking. That is, the hats are used proactively rather than reactively.
students will use the Six Thinking Hats to:
• Discuss topics
• Solve problems
• Explore alternatives
• Reach decisions
• Research, organise and write reports
• Brainstorming
The Six Thinking Hats at a glance:
• White hat thinking identifies the facts and details of a topic
• Black hat thinking examines the problems associated with a topic
• Yellow hat thinking focuses on the positive aspects of a topic
• Red hat thinking looks at a topic from the point of view of emotions and feelings
• Green hat thinking requires creativeness, imagination and lateral thinking about a topic
• Blue hat thinking focuses on reflection, metacognition (thinking about the thinking that is required), and the need to understand the big picture
What is its purpose?
Students learn to reflect on their thinking and to recognise that different thinking is required in different learning situations.
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