Critical Friend - Writing

Room 6 and Room 5 (my class) worked collaboratively together in critical partners to go over one person's writing sample from term 1 and term 4. My partner (Linda) and I decided to work on her writing sample's instead of mine. To correct her work and see what level she is working at and what she needs to do to get to the next level, we used the room 5 writing rubric. The Room 5 writing rubric is a presentation a group of students in Room 5 including myself created for students who found it difficult to understand the teacher rubric to use ours and easily understand what it means. We went over all six slides (rubrics), punctuation, vocab, organisation, sentence structure, structure and language, and ideas. In the comments section, we worked together to find her mistakes and what she had done right. When we figured it out, we listed in the comments what these were. This helped Linda know what she has right and what she needs help with. The rubric told her what level she is at and what she needs to do to get to the next level. We used suggestions to fix up her Term 4 writing sample so she could understand her mistakes and how to fix them and how easily it is to fix. We worked collaboratively helping each other and giving critical feedback. 

Axel and Wheel

This is the ifaketext my partner (zeba) and I created on the axel and wheel history. It gives you a brief rundown of the history of why everyone under three feet was executed. We list all the reasons we know and try make it simple to understand.

The Lever

This is the google poster my group and I created giving you information about a lever. This is based around 'simple machines'. Our science topic. We wrote down in less than 25 words a short explanation of what a lever is. We also included the defintion of the three words present on the image so you understand it more simply. 

Wedge

This is the google poster my group and I created giving you information on the wedge. This is based around 'simple machines'. Our science topic. We included a 25 word explanation about the process of a wedge, and facts beneath to build a bigger picture. 

Tamaki College Science

Today the year 7 and 8 classes went to Tamaki College to start our science project. We were split into two classes and were in groups of 4 or 5. We were introduced to the things we need to know before we create our moon rover. For the next four weeks, for our science we will be creating a moon rover powered by a rubber band. We went over a presentation with different questions we needed to figure out and find out about before we start creating anything. When we finish our rover, we will race against other groups and record down the greatest distance. 

Screws - Simple Machinery

This is the digital learning object my group and I created revolving around screws. This ties in with our science topic 'simple machinery'. We're learning about the Six Simple Machinery. My group and I watched a video that gives you information about screws and created a google presentation recording down what we learnt in our own words. We added an extra slide with fun facts!

Decimal Place Value

This is my Decimal Place Value digital learning object I created. My classroom have been practicing place value and one of our follow up tasks were to create a dlo showing our understanding of decimal place value. I included examples to make it clear.