Jonah Poetry Slam - Step It Up - SLJ

Today I have completed activity 2 for Poetry Slam - Step It Up - SLJ (Summer Learning Journey) This one was also fun and easy, same as the last one,

Here it is

Jonah Poetry Slam - SLJ

 Today I have completed Poetry Slam for SLJ (Summer Learning Journey), this was fun to do AND it was easy as, all I had to do was insert a photo, write down my favourite Noun, Adjective, Verb and Adverb words.

Here it is.

Summer Learning Journey Day 1

Today I have completed the first SLJ day (Summer Learning Journey), this one was about art, for this one you had to choose a painting and colour it in, there was 2 sections of 8 colours, the original painting colour and some other ones. I chose was a wave in an ocean,  and it was a little hard for me.

Jonah the Jesse Tree

 Today I have done a presentation about answering questions about the Jesse Tree, basically the Jesse Tree is to help people prepare for the coming of Jesus by marking off the days leading up to Christmas what you do is put symbols of a Bible Story to show we are getting closer.

Here are my slides:

Jonah Dice Fitness Exercise

Today the Year 5's in my class had to do another fitness thing, how we had to do this one is to get a dice, then we split into 2 groups of 3's and 4's my group was Solomon and Isitolo, whenever we rolled the dice it signified what exercise we had to do, the number we didn't want was a 6 but we rolled 6 three times the game would stop when all of our rolls added up to 25and Here are some photos.

How much we did. In a drawing. 

Jonah, Xavier, Isitolo Tuck Jumps

On the 29th of November, Xavier, Isitolo and I did the tuck jumps again, this was easy but hard for me because I have a slight injury on my leg, this was fun still, next time I hope I achieve more than 18 and do better than today.

Jonah Advent and Liturgical Calendar

 Today for the start of Advent I did an activity Slides on Advent, the only thing we had to do is to match the words with what makes sense, some of them were, In the Liturgical year we are coming to the end of - Ordinary Time another one was, We are moving into the season of - Advent, I also did a DLO, and I will show you the Liturgical Calendar here it is.

The Calendar

Jonah Elephant in the Room Chapters 3-4

This week I finished my Elephant in the Room Chapters 3-4, the hardest one I found is to draw something infinitesimal, because I didn't know what to draw but then after I finished doing all the meanings I thought of small rocks, now i'm moving on to 5-6. Here is my slides.

Jonah and Xavier Tuck Jumps week 1

 This week me and my partner (Xavier) did an activity on recording ourselves doing Tuck Jumps, after we did it we made a graph on who did more Tuck Jumps, I did 8 and Xavier did 7, we will be doing this until next week (Wednesday 1st of December), here is the video of us doing the tuck jumps and how to do Tuck Jumps.

Jonah Elephant in the Room Chapter 1-2

 Today I did my Elephant in the Room, I was supposed to blog this last week, but I didn't like my Tapestry art so I redid it, this was not hard at all, the longest one it took me to do was the information about Tapestry, this is my activity.

Jonah Prototec

 Today I did another prototec, but this time I was only focusing on my Division, I nearly got a perfect 9/9 score but instead I got a 7/9 which is not bad, and now my other goal is to focus on my Find Dividend/Divisor because I didn't know it.

Jonah Prototec

 Today before class begun, we had to do prototec and we set a 5 minute timer, but my timer didn't work, this was kinda easy and my goal is to keep on working hard till I move up a level.

Jonah Celebrating Me! Blog

 Yesterday for Health and PE, some of my class and I went out to the court to draw chalks of ourselves. This activity was celebrating me, so what we had to do was get a partner and draw an outline of them, my partner was Aston, after we drew each other we had to put in 7 words we did well during lockdown. Some of mine were Sport, Food and Cook.

Jonah Cybersmart #20

 Today I did Cybersmart 20, this was about commenting on a classmates docs, I commented on Lisiates Recount writing. 

Jonah Coming back to School Term 4

 Today I came back to school on the 17th of November, the first thing we did was hear a welcome speech from Mr. Mailei. 

We listened to a song named, "Together as One," by Andrew Chinn after we did some activitys on Friends not the tv show, and we did another activity on a Scripture reading then we ended on the song named "Psalm Blessing." Also by Andrew Chinn.

Jonah Cybersmart 19

 Today I finished another cybersmart, this one was about being ready for google meet, on the last slide I didn't have a photo of me on Google Meet so I just took a photo of me in class. 

Jonah Converting Decimals to Fractions

 Today I did Converting Decimals to Fractions, this was kinda hard but easy at the same time, this was fun to do and kinda long but still fun, here it is.

Jonah Word Problems Slide 7

 Today I did 3 word problems, these were very easy and again I was just focusing on the Percentage because thats all the math we are learning this term.

Jonah Decimals, Fractions and Percentages

Today I did something about Decimals, Fractions and Percentages, this was kinda easy but it was still fun to do. This activity was mostly about learning Percentages but here it is the work I did.

Jonah's Goal Setting Term 4

 Today I have done my goals for this new term, and I had to really think about Question 5 because I didn't understand it at first but I did at the end, and here is my goals.

Jonah - The Birth of the Mother of God

 Today I did a reflection on The Birth of the Mother of God, this wasn't hard, like at all but there was a quiz too and I got 70 percent on the quiz, there were only 10 questions.

Jonah - What defines a continent

 Today I blogged a little slide about Zealandia, but the main question was What defines a continent, and also we got the questions Why is Zealandia a continent? and What is Zealandia? here is my slides.

Jonah, Sione, Lisiate and Xavier Gondwana Land

 Yesterday we were learning about the Gondwana Land and we did some research on slides, we also had to work in groups for this activity, and my group was Sione, Lisiate and Xavier, here is it.

Alfonsus, Briana, Jonah, Taniela & Sani What is Earth Science? Video information

Today I finished my slides about What is Earth Science?, this wasn't hard and it was easy, hard because one of our group members took a long time to finish, this was completed last week but we blogged it now, here is our slides and the video we watched to get the info, my group members were, Sani, Taniela, Alfonsus, Briana and I, we all did 2 slides each.

Jonah || Paralympics 1964-2020

 Today I did a comparison between the 1964 Paralympics and the 2020 Paralympics, and this wasn't hard. 

Jonah || Japan Facts

Today I did a drawing about facts about Japan and these facts are interesting, but before we did that did you know that the Paralympics started last night 24th of August 2021, and so we are doing an activity, about Paralympics, but not about it. we also learned about the concept about the Olympic, I picked Inspiration. Here is my Japan activity.

 

Taniela & Jonah || What is Earth Science?

 Today I did another activity with the a partner and it was Taniela again but it was a different subject, the subject was inquiry and we had to make a graffiti page about everything you think Earth Science might include, this wasn't hard it was just a graffiti page and this was really easy. Here it is I think we did good.

Jonah Adding Improper fracions

Today I showed you how to add fractions, we are talking about normal fractions and improper, this wasnt hard but here it is

Jonah Ko Wai Whakapapa with Taniela

Today I did another kind of Whakapapa and I had found a partner his name is Taniela (Click his name to go to his blog), we just had to answer eight questions about our family, we did separate drawings but it was fun, here it is Taniela's one is at the bottom and my one is right below.

Mine: Tanielas: 

Stealing Maru Book || Jonah

Stealing Maru Book || Jonah

Today for Literacy I did an activity about Stealing Maru a book this wasn't hard because I just had to answer 2 questions and easy as, here is the questions and answers.

Question: In the story things happen that people might call "Magic". Explain what the things were and what actually happened to make people think it was magic?

Answer: The thing that the people thought was magic was called Maru, they didn’t know there was another island called Aitutaki, they wanted the plant.

Question 2: Thinking back two years ago, (google 2001), what in our lives now would be seen as magic ten years ago? ( Eg, Smart Phones)

Answer 2: I thought that magic was driving a car because what would it do to drive?

My Spelling activity Word-search - Puzzlemaker

 Today for spelling I did a word search about my spelling words, this was easy and not hard because all I had to do was put my words in the puzzle maker and then screenshot.... Heres my activity, I have a challenge can you do find all of the Words? and The link to the puzzlemaker is this: Click Me

The Words Are

Acceptance Ache Agreement Analysis Capital 

Environment Government Minister Neighbour Separate

Jonah Amazing Plants Presentation

On Friday the TWP 6 & 4 people did a presentation about our amazing plants, half of us did Pacific Plants and the other half did Native Plants, I was in Native plants, we were put into separate groups, my group was Pauline, Kalisi and Elijah and we did a presentation on the Kawakawa tree in a Poem form.

My poem was The Fruit of the Kawakawa ripens to be Orange and Yellow, it is clustered on a central stem and healthier than a marshmallow, it takes 1-5 months for the seeds to germinate, the birds who eat it that its first rate and the Fruit of the Kawakawa is supposed to look narrow, there also trees like the Kauri Tree, Puriri Tree, Hiapo Kava from the Pacific and others, also Dr. Jannie Van Hees (From Tahuna Torea) came to watch us.

Jonah The Feast of Transfiguration

 Today for mass we celebrated to Feast of Transfiguration, and then we did a DLO about The Feast of Transfiguration, Moses and Elijah, Calvary Disciples and Jesus on a google drawing and it was easy.

What does transfiguration mean? 

In a religious context, it is the experience of momentary divine radiance

What does divine mean?

Means something that comes from a higher power

Jonah Cybersmart 17 What is a Quality Blog Comment?

 Today I once again finished another cybersmart, this one is 17 and it is about what is a Quality Blog Comment, this Cybersmart was based of Cybersmart 14, this wasn't hard but it wasn't that easy too. Here is my activity. 

Jonah Current Events

 Today I did another current events activity and this one was about Samoa Impasse Ends, this was kind of hard but most of it was easy. Here is my activity.

The people or group was Naiomi Mata’afa, Mr Malielegaoi and the citizens of Samoa.

The key event was Naiomi Mata’afa becoming the first Samoan woman prime minister.

This event took place in Samoa. The date that this happened was 29th July 2021.

Glossary:

 

Impasse - A problem where progress is not impossible.  

Unincorporated - A company that is not formed into a legal company. 

 

Jonah Cybersmart 16

 Today for Cybersmart, I did another Cybersmart this one was Cybersmart (16) and this time I made a poster, for this I had to put in photos of what I like and this wasn't hard at all. Here it is.

Jonah Footsteps Term 3

 Today I did a drawing about what happened during footsteps, footsteps was really fun and we had one new teacher, Kelly, and she taught us the 5 different elements to dancing, Time, Body Awareness, Space, Energy and Relationship. Here it is!

Jonah Church Strand

 WALT: Identify various ways people worship God through karakia in the Church. 

Today for Religious Education the year 5's in TWP 4 did another church strand activity, this one was about why we Worship God. Here is my Activity and the questions.

Jonah Church Strand

We only worship and adore God because he gave us life on earth and made the earth.

The difference between honoring, worshipping and adorning is honoring means to make regard with respect like we follow his life lessons, worshipping is to show reverence, adorning is to make more beautiful.

Worshipping is an essential part of the life of the church because Jesus gave his life for us. And god is the one that created the World with lots of trees for breathing, water to drink and food to eat

Jonah Cybersmart 15 Vlog post

Today I wanted to catch up on my cybersmart's so I did cybersmart 15. This cyber smart activity was about a short vlog. What you have to do is vlog your self telling the viewers about yourself. And now here is my vlog!

Jonah, Aston and Vili ancient Olympics

Today for inquiry Aston, Vili and I did an activity about ancient Olympics, this was hard and easy at the same time and did you know that in the ancient Olympics athletes competed with no clothes. Here is our Slides!

Jonah Wonderopolis Activity

Today for Literacy I did an Wonderopolis activity, this activity was about invisible ink. One fact I learnt is that one very simple form of invisible ink is heat activated, and some words I learnt was Ultraviolet, Tell Tale and Stamp. Here's my activity and a video.

Solomon and Jonah Worshipping God through prayer

 WALT/TOPIC: Identify various ways people worship God through karakia in the Church. 

Today for Religious Education the year 5's in TWP 4 began working on our Church Strand learning. First of we had to find a partner and my one was Solomon then we had to discuss with them the Who, what, where when and why about Worshipping God. Here is my Activity.

Jonah Pre Test Term 3 2021

Today for maths I did a slides activity about fractions, this activity has hard stuff for me and easy stuff, the one I found hard the most was the last question, and the easiest one was the first two questions, here's my activity. 

Jonah Current Events Best Cities

Today Twp 4 did another article and this article is called best cities, this was not hard at all and did you know that Auckland is home to over 50 volcanoes and Auckland is home to the world's largest Polynesian population. But here is my activity. 

The main people in this article are millions of tourists, and French builders. The key event from this article is about the Statue of liberty and the sky tower, it is about two tall buildings and the best cities to go to. This event took place in America and New Zealand. This event took place in 1832 and 1923, the Europeans sailed to New Zealand in the year of 1642.

This article is about two cities that are amazing in that country. The main person in this article is French builder because so many people, because they are tourists, they also try to be expert in the two buildings in those cities, those two buildings are the Sky Tower and the Statue of Liberty.

Compile - Manufactured a list or book by gathering details collected from other sources. 

Economist - This means an expert who studies the relationship between a society’s resources and  its production or output. 

Isthmus - A narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land.

 

Jonah - Current Events - Glasswing Butterfly

WALT: Analyse media with an open but critical eye to inform our own opinions

Today I did another article, this article is about the different types of butterflies but the butterfly they were focusing on the most was the Glasswing butterfly. Did you know that Mexico is the home to the world's largest pyramid the Quetzalcóatl Pyramid, here is my Activity.

The main group in this article are a team of researchers from an American University. The key event in this article is a butterfly that has glass wings (Glasswing Butterfly). This event took place in Colombia where the Glasswing Butterfly lives they also live in South America, the Central American countries of Mexico. This event took place on the 17th of July 2021. 

This story is about the different types of butterflies but the one that the story was focusing on the most was the Glasswing-Butterfly, there are 10,00 butterfly species a lot of them have brightly coloured wings, but did you know that moths have more species, only a but of butterflies have transparent wings so then a team of researchers from a American University decided to study about the Glasswing butterfly.

Glossary: 

Exceptions - a person or thing that is excluded from a general statement or does not follow a rule.

Repel - Drive or force (an attack or attacker) back or away.

Membrane - A thin sheet of tissue or layer of cells acting as a boundary, lining, or partition in an organism.

Metamorphosis - (In an insect or amphibian) the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages. Here is my word search!

Here are two photos of the Glasswing Butterfly!

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Jonah Current Events Eusocial Plants

WALT: Analyse media with an open but critical eye to inform our own opinions

Today for current events Twp 4 did an activity on Eusocial Plants and the Lord Howe Island, this was medium but I was a little bit hard, now this is a fact of the Lord Howe Island, Lord Howe Island was discovered in 1788 by Lieutenant Ball, commander of H.M. Here's the activity, recall questions and my glossary. 

The main people are a group of  researchers who work at a New Zealand university. The key event from this news article is about Eusocial plants and Eusocial insects. This event took place on Lord Howe island (an island in Australia). This event took place on the 17th June 2021 

Glossary:

Deflected - Cause (something) to change direction; turn aside from a straight course.

Sterile - Not able to produce children or young.

Epiphyte - A plant that grows on another plant, especially one that is not parasitic.

Fronds - The leaf or leaflike part of a palm, fern, or similar plant.

Parasitic - (Of an organism) living as a parasite.

                                                                                    Yes that's Chris Hemsworth (Thor)  

A ‘colony’ of Staghorn ferns growing on a cedar tree (Ian Hutton)

Cybersmart 14 - Quality Blog Post

Today I did a new Cybersmart activity, the activity is Quality Blog Post and it wasn’t hard but it was so long and I didn’t understand it at first because I didn’t know what the instructions meant but then I read it properly and I found out what to do, here it is (Yes this is from my slides blog).

Cybersmart 13 My Digital footprint

Today I did Cybersmart challenge 13, this challenge was only kind of hard but it took a kind of long time like 12 minutes but nonetheless here is the drawing.

Cybersmart 12 What we Share

Today I did Cybersmart 12 (Finally), this challenge wasn't hard at all but iv'e got to admit it was kinda cool and also here is a question would you share this or not the school you go to, and now heres the slides, (its kinda tall). 

Jonah Tree Leafs

Today I did a leaf activity, the activity I had to do was to name the trees which leaves belong too (The Snake Wood Tree is with the hand shaped leaf). This wasn't too hard 

Jonah Prototec

Today for prototec I did another level 5 but this one I think I was improving because this one I actually got 85 percent and i'm improving on my divide's but here's the certificate. 

Jonah Prototec

 Today for maths I have done prototec Stage 5 Timed, something that I have done differently is that I learnt is that I don't hesitate so much but I am progressing.

Jonah Book Review

Today I did a book review about the book: Gregor and the marks of secret and I have been reading this book for 1 week I haven't finished it but heres what I have read so far!

Tōku whakapapa || Jonah

 Today I did a google drawing on my family tree. I had to add my grandparents from my Mum & Dad's side. I also had to add my siblings but I had to put them in order. Here Is My Family Tree!

Jonah Maths Prototec

Today for maths I have done prototec Stage 5 Timed, something that I have done differently is that I learnt from my last one my dividing but I still got some wrong because I hesitated, I am improving but something I would want to do faster is that I keep on hesitating but I am kind of improving. 

Leitupo, David and Jonah Deeper thinking Harakeke Plant

Today for inquiry my group and I (Leitupo and David) did a deeper thinking about our plant, the Harakeke plant. This drawings includes interesting facts, the threat to the Harakeke plant and how it is weaved did you know that the Harakeke name was given to the plant by the Māori people... Here is the drawing down below.