Explanation template

 Explanation template

T	Title - What you will be explaining
I	Introduction - Tell your audience what the topic is about and what is to be explained.
I	Information - Explain the (3 or 4) elements or steps in a  logical sequence
C	Conclusion - Final summarising statement, an evaluation, or comment about what you have explained.

Title Be clever! Hook your reader	Water cycle
Introduction Begin with a rhetorical question or introduce the topic in an interesting way	liquid water is found in oceans, rivers, lakes—and even underground.
Paragraph 1	The water cycle is the path that all water follows as it moves around Earth in different states. The four-part water cycle is evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, and also china uses the most water in the whole world. It uses  362 trillion gallons of water every year.
Paragraph 2	The water cycle is the path that all water follows as it moves around Earth in different states. The four-part water cycle is evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, and also china uses the most water in the whole world. It uses  362 trillion gallons of water every year.
Paragraph 3	Humans are creating a problem by making lots and lots of plastic and polluting the water. Also killing sea life by making plastic and its blowing into the sea and the fish think its food and eat it and die.
Paragraph 4	China uses 362 trillion gallons of water every year that`s the most in the world that gets used in one year per country.
Conclusion There you have it - 4 reasons as to -why -that will help you -for you to try...	Now you know how much water the world uses per year and how the water cycle works. The end.

WALT: do an Explanation. 

I found it hard to find the information.

It was fun to do it in groups of two

Next time I could put more writing in the paragraph.

Read works

WALT: write two things about the story that we read. 
 I learned that Carbon monoxide detectors help prevent carbon monoxide poisoning in the home. I also learned that Carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless gas that comes from burning things like kerosene, coal, or wood. It is poison. 

I found it hard to read the story.

It was fun to read together.

Next time I could do more writing about what we learned.

Te reo

 WALT:  speak in Maori

This week we were learning to speak in Maori. We got these booklets that we hand in every week so the teacher can mark them. This week I did the word search with my friend awa then we found some bird names and Maori words. 

I found it hard to find the words.

It was fun to do the word search with awa. 

Next time I could do it by myself.

Word problems

WALT: do multi-choice math word problems.

I found it hard to find the answer.

It was fun to find the answer together as a group.

Next time I could maybe try to do it by myself.

 

Word problems

WALT: do word problems

I found it hard to do word problems.

It was fun to do them together.

It was easy to do them in groups.

Next time i could do more working out.

readworks

WALT: do roadworks and say what we learned

It was hard to say what I learned.

It was fun to do them together. 

Next time I could write more about the story.

investigation slide

WALT: do slides about the topic we chose 

I found it hard to find the information.

It was fun to do the slide.

Next time I could work on getting more information.

Niue language week

WALT: speak in nuiean language

 This week is Niue language were learning to speak Niue language. This is a couple of lines in Niue language. Fakaalofa atu, that's how you say hello in Niuean. Did you know that niue is two thousand four hundred km from NZ that's a lot of km away from NZ?

I found it hard to say the words. 
It was easy to translate the word.
It was fun trying to say the words. 
Next time I could add more writing about the topic. 

water cycle slides

WALT: do water cycle slides.

I found it hard to find the pictures.

It was fun to look at different sites to find the picture.

Next time I could add more writing.

Article a day

WALT: do article a day.

I found it hard to write all the words.

It was fun to read the article.

Next time I could work on doing more writing.

 I learned that Gold and silver are two of the most common metals used for jewelry, but they are very different if you compare them. 

I also learned that Because gold is soft, it needs other metals to support it so that it can stand up to the normal wear-and-tear of life when worn as jewelry. 

Get ready to shake out

 WALT drop cover and hold in an earthquake. 

I found it hard to do all the steps. 

Enjoyed trying to get down fast enough.  

Next time I could try to work on doing the steps better.

This week Thursday 15 October 9:30 we practiced for an earthquake. If a real won happened we had to do the steps drop cover and hold. And when we got under the desk we had to stay there for one minute but in a real one, we stay there until the shaking stops. Then we all went out onto the school field and the teachers called our names to see if we were all there. Then we all went back to class to write a blog post about what we did in the practice. Then we got it checked by the teacher then posted it to our blog.

WALT:do word problems

I found it hard to say how I worked it out.

I found it easy to find the answer.

It was fun to work as a team and finish the word problem.