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Friday 29 July 2016

Which word is better? Towering or tall?

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand shades of meaning.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that you can use different adjectives to imply shades of meaning and give two different examples.

Sunday 24 July 2016

Is this website more important?

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand evaluating.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that evaluating is about comparing websites and seeing which websites gives you more important details.

For example:
I evaluated these three websites:
TheGuardian
Telegraph
Grownups
The first website gave me the information that I need because it talks about the different kinds of winter vegetables while the other websites gave me information about where to plant winter vegetables and talked about their childhood when they were planting winter vegetables.

Saturday 23 July 2016

Is the answer a positive number or a negative number?


Learning Intention: We are learning to understand multiplying negatives.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that when you multiply two negative numbers together, you get a positive number.

Friday 22 July 2016

When you summarise, remember to only include the most important information!

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand how to summarise a piece of text.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that summarising means finding out the most important details in the text.

Thursday 14 July 2016

Look, the bus is going over the cars!


Learning Intention: We are learning to develop critical thinking skills.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I express my opinion of whether the TEB is a great idea or not.

Wednesday 13 July 2016

They are going to go there!


Learning Intention: We are learning to understand progressive verb tenses.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that the tense of a verb shows the time of action. 

Tuesday 12 July 2016

This room is like a pig stall!


Learning Intention: We are learning to understand non literal meaning.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that non literal means using figurative language to express emotions.

Monday 11 July 2016

Do you know how to round decimal numbers?


Learning Intention: We are learning to understand how to round decimal numbers.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that rounding decimal numbers is about making the number simpler.

Friday 8 July 2016

Did you know that 'koha' means gift in Te Reo Maori?

Learning Intention: We are learning Te Reo Maori.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I label ten features that are related to the Marae in Te Reo Maori and English.


Tuesday 5 July 2016

Do you know that 'awa' means river in Te Reo Maori?

Learning Intention: We are learning Te Reo Maori.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I label ten geographical features in Tea Reo Maori and English.

Monday 4 July 2016

There is so many items in this store!

On a very cold Saturday night, my family and I went to K-Mart Botany to do some shopping. We changed to our winter clothes and hopped in our gigantic red car. On the way there, I closed my eyes and thought about all the things that happened in my life like when I was baptised and became a Christian. Then I talked with my mother about when I was a baby and all the good times I shared with my family while growing up.
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When we reached our destination, I hopped out of the car and I saw people coming in and out of the store. When we were inside, I looked around and my parents told me we should start exploring from the right side first then the left side. So we first headed to the baking and cooking department.  My mother looked at a black baking pan for cooking. We talked about the price, if it's good value for our money or if it would fit in our oven or if it would last. Then after five minutes of discussion, my mother decided to buy it.


Image result for toysThen we proceeded to the toys section.  I saw different kinds of games like indoor games and outdoor games. We didn't buy anything there so we went to the clothing area. My uncle found a jacket that he really wanted to buy. He even tried to fit it in and the jacket did fit him, perfectly. So we went to the check-out to purchase our items.


When we reached the cashiers we waited in the line and when it was our turn I helped my uncle and my mother to put the items in the bags.  As soon as my mother finished scanning the bar codes of the things we were buying, she paid them using her credit card and when the receipt came out, we headed back to our car. We all ran towards our car because we all felt extremely cold outside especially because  we just came out from a warm place.

Saturday night was a great night because we got to purchase two items. My favourite part of Saturday night was when I helped my parents scanned the  bar codes of the things we were buying from K-Mart.  Next time we go shopping, I want to ask my parents if we could go to another store besides K-Mart.

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand and use descriptive language in our writing.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I add 14 appropriate adjectives to describe my weeking shopping at K-Mart.

Sunday 3 July 2016

Is 'ness' a suffix?


Learning Intention: We are learning to understand suffixes.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that a suffix is a group of letters or a single letter added to the end of a word which changes its meaning.

Friday 1 July 2016

The rate has recently increased by 25 basis points!

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand percentage points.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that percentage points are points used to find the newest rate.