spaghetti bridges

This week for inquiry we have been learning about bridges. For this activity we were given a bag of spaghetti and rubber bands and we would use these items to build a bridge. The meaning for this activity is study how bridges work and what different jobs they have. Our bridge carried the most weight, It actually only carried 5 bricks but eventually we got to the bridge to hold all 8 bricks and we really surprised on how muck weight it carried, it was a lot fun doing this activity and hopefully we get do some like this again   

Duffy assembly

Today we had a really special Duffy assembly. We had Michel Mulipola come in and talk about how it is important to keep reading and what he does for a living. He talked about that how we wanted to be a illustrator. He makes comics for the WWE and he makes school journals, he also a professional wrestler know as liger and he also made story's based on samon heroes. He went to a video game competition in LA he made to the semi but he lost and came 12th, it was interesting when he was telling us about his job and who knew being illustrator could be really cool. 

Wheel Words

This week for our group has been doing wheel word. When we do this activity some one in our group will time ten minutes then and during time we have to find as many words as we can. I manged to find 20 out of 21 words, as you do this activity gets harder. It's a fun way of learning new words and meanings.

Exponents

For maths today we have been learning about exponents. When doing this strategy if you see for example 4 squared you multiple the exponent by how ever the exponent you multiple by that number. So 42  you multiple it by the exponent twice then you 4x4 then you just work the answer from there 4x4=16 

Reading

Today for reading we joined another group. For this activity we were learning about index and labelling, what we had to do was that we would have arrows that point to different parts of the book. We worked collaboratively with each other to work out were each arrow goes and you can learn a few things while doing this activity. 

Sensory verbs

We were given a sheet of missing colons then we would fill in the missing colons. After you have finished we would make a DLO illustrating one of the sensory verbs explaining why we placed our colons were they are. I placed my colon were it is because it shows the start of the list. 

WHEEL WORD

Today my reading has been doing wheel word. Every week we do this activity so we can keep getting better and increasing knowledge. Every time I do this activity I'm always learning new words and meanings and it's a fun way of learning. 

Rugby cluster

On Wednesday we rugby union from year 5 to 8. The year 7/8 rugby team first game was against pt England, it was a tough game but we lost 1-5. After we lost we were under defeated for the rest of the day, we beat Glen inns, barbing pt England, st pries and bailey road.

Sense verbs

Today for writing I have been learning about sensory verbs. We went on a website called English language centres. This website helps with your writing skill and how you play is the be a short sentence then there will be four answers then you would choose the answer that fits best and once you have finish then you check your answers and if some that are incorrect you can go back and do them again.

wheel word

Today for reading I have been doing wheel word. This website teaches you words and meanings and I have learned a lot of new words and meanings since I started this activity. wheel word can help you with your knowledge and it's a fun way of learning new words and meaning.