Kapahaka Reflection Term 2 2015

Every Monday at 2.00, some people practice Kapa Haka But those some people are the people that chose to do Kapa Haka. It used to be that some people were chosen out of our group to compete but now we have made a new group for competing named Tematangi. I'm In that group. The photo below was last year at our Matariki concert.

At kapahaka I enjoy... Learning about the Maori culture.

I am most proud of… Being quite good at Singing in maori.

I find... some of the movements challenging because... people beside me and around me say I'm doing it wrong when they are the ones doing it wrong.

I am managing this challenge by…. Trying not to listen to them but still pay attention.

A personal goal for me is… To learn to do the movements properly and to become a leader someday

Our school wide focus this term has been around showing excellence. I show this at kapahaka by... Paying attention to only what we are doing and not what I am doing after school or at lunch.

FeedBack/FeedForward: Wow Olivia! You seem quite passionate of becoming a successful kapahaka person! I like the way you have a "CAN DO" attitude and will try to achieve anything that you strive for. You lift you head high and be proud girl! I agree with what you find challenging because you could be doing something correct while someone is doing something wrong. You should work on ignoring what other people say and try to not let that effect you. BTW: you will make a great leader one day :D Aye

Math Portfolio Sample

Description: This term in our maths I have been practicing on and getting better at my strategies as in my making tens, ext. And the task that we need to do is a rebel sport question so it looks like this picture below:

So I used some strategies and and these are the answers I got in the end:

Big Idea: I used place value to work out my maths problem. To learn we had to use the cost and plus or take away another cost.

FeedBack/FeedForward: I think your working is really tidy and clear, but some people in our school might not know what a cost is. But well done:) Katie!

Evaluation: I myself think that I did a very good job but next time I think that I need to use more than one strategy because I do not want to jump over the pit. The next strategy I want to practice witch I 

will is place value actually because I actually thought that I was using making tens. #Olivia <3 

My Science Inquiry

Description: In science we have been learning about how to be a great scientist. My inquiry is about Fennec Fox's.We had to find heaps of information about our question we focused on. The main thing we focused on was their biological adaptations and behavioural adaptations.

Purpose: To think, act and talk like a scientist

Criteria: 

• Speaking like a scientist
• Having thoughts like a scientist
• Making some predictions
• Doing a experiment

My Presentation: 

FeedBack/FeedForward: I liked your presentation maybe you could work on having a proper light next time. Devin

Writing Portfolio Sample

Description: My goal is to use complex sentences in my writing. I am trying to get better at it by using it more constantly in my writing. The motivation for my story sort of came from the story below because at the end he got adopted.

Big Idea:  Here is my story. The complex sentences are highlighted in red. If you do not know what a complex sentence is this is my explanation.  Here is an example: "Bella is a girl" That is a simple sentence and if you add Bella is a girl, with long brown hair, that makes it a complex sentence. The underlined simple sentence is the independent sentence. The sentence that's not underlined is a dependent sentence.

Image:

Feedback/Feedforward:
Great Job Olivia. You're story is well thought through and I think you have developed a more understanding of complex sentences. Maybe what you need to work on is your grammar. I know it may be a minor thing but I'm just putting it out there. :D Aye

Evaluation: Well I think that what Aye said is correct I definitely need to work on my grammar because Aye was helping me and if she didn't then it would look pretty bad.

Reading Task Text To World Connections

Description: This term we have been doing reading. We have something called a Tic-Tac-Toe, A Tic-Tac-Toe looks like this: 

W.A.L.T: Comprehension (Connections) 

Success Criteria: I am in Comprehension and I have been learning to make connections so that is text to text, text to self and text to world.

We need to do 3 Tic-Tac-Toe every week. 

The first 2 are the green ones you HAVE to do those.

The 3rd one is chosen by yourself but it 

has to be a white and not one you have already done. 

This is my sample:

Big Idea: 

Text to world connections: 

In my Tic-Tac-Toe I need to reflect on any text that I'm currently reading (Spirit Animals Book 2)

Using the sentence starters at the bottom of this poster, show how your text connects with the world.

FeedBack/FeedForward:

I think that you are good at making text to world connections. I think that you could work on adding more detial to your connections.

#Aalaa

Evaluation: Next time I really think that I do need to add detail because it does not make allot of sense.