SLJ Week 1 Activity 4

 LI: To create a piece of insect art

Inspired by art creations by Raku Inoue we went outside and collected leaves, twigs, and other plant debris to create our own insect images. I found it quite hard to find different colours amongst the greenery because most of the flowers have died from the heat. I enjoyed this activity because I got to experiment with different materials and because it was a challenge to figure out which insect I was going to replicate.

Raku Inoue was born in Tokyo, Japan and is now based in Montreal, Canada. Raku used to be known for his polymer clay sculptures but his recent works have consisted of pieces that include organic material which has caught the attention of many people internationally. He also has his own clothing brand which is called Reikan Apparel.

SLJ Week 1 Activity 3

LI: To create your own comic strip of an imaginary conversation.

My comic strip shows the conversation I imagine these two people had after one of the men had sneezed his teeth into the sea during a fishing trip. This was also a collaborative DLO where I worked with Mayshar from Room 5. I found this activity interesting because I've never had to imagine what the people in the film are talking about.

SLJ Week 1 Activity 2

 LI: To write a quality blog comment on someone else’s blog that starts a rich learning conversation.

Leaving a quality blog comment on another  student’s blog helps us make connections to new learning by asking open ended questions that encourage a reply and motivate the blogger to ask their own question in return. This is how a comment thread starts and when that happens we make connections with a wider audience who we can learn with and from.

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 interesting because I am looking forward to the activities that are yet to come.

How are you cooperating with the Summer Learning Journey?

Illustrated Story

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

This week in writing, Sakina, Taheesha and I created a pourquoi story that shows why kiwi's can't fly. A pourquoi story explains why something is the way it is (for example how Maui slowed the sun). Our challenge this week was to illustrate our pourquoi story and share it to our younger classes. Yesterday morning and this morning we shared our stories with Room 2 and Room 4, they loved listening to them. I really enjoyed this lesson as I used a different technique of writing and we got to use our own creativity to create the story. 

Design Technology Challenge

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

Over the past couple of weeks LS2 have been creating Christmas decorations to hang in the foyer of the school office. Close to the start of the term we planned what we were going to create and the materials that would be needed. During some of the sessions we would get visits from Mr. Johnston and Ms. Ferguson to show us how to plan the design. Mr. Johnston was our client meaning that he would give us a brief of what he wanted. We then created DLO's that would give us an idea of what we wanted to create. This process took us awhile but this was necessary as it is important to plan. After planning we started to construct our decorations.

At the end of this design process we wrote an evaluation. Something positive about my product is that all the colours matched each other, the stitching was small and sturdy and I enjoyed seeing the different faces on the product. Somethings I need to work on is to make sure that the size of the stitching is the same size throughout the whole design, make sure the decorations are all the same size and stuff the decorations fully. My design met the original criteria as it was close to 10cm and was a celebration decoration. This was hard to make at first because I was new to sewing but after a couple of sessions I got used to it and was faster at making the decoration. I am pleased with the end result as it meets the criteria the client had said on the brief and because the design gave a festive vibe. 

I really enjoyed this activity as I got to learn the design process and I tried something new. I would definitely do this activity again as you can make different decorations for different celebrations or you can use your creativity to make other things. I am really proud of my designs I've made as I've worked hard to create them.

Probability Tree

LI: To use probability trees to find the chances of an event.

This week in Math, Sakina, Victoria and I worked together to solve probability questions. We were given three different math word story problems to justify the answer of the probability with our working out. We then created a DLO of one question and explained our thinking with the probability tree method. 

Above is the question we answered. To solve this question, we created a probability tree. On our first branck, we added the fractions 4/10 and 6/10 as Maria had 6 frangipani and 4 tiare taina (6 + 4 = 10), making it 6/10 and 4/10. On each end, we wrote a T and F representing each flower. We then carried on our tree. And wrote the same things. After that we wrote all the possible possibilities of Maria picking out the same type of flowers. We multiplied the fractions together, for example (6/10 x 4/10, 6/10 x 6/10, 4/10 x 6/10 and 4/10 x 4/10). After multiplying the fractions, we added them together, so 36/100 + 24/100 and 24/100 + 16/100. Lastly we added 36/100 + 16/100 as they are the changes of picking out the same flower.

We enjoyed working these equations out as we used a different strategy and learnt a new strategy.