W.A.L.T What did you learn? What was challenging?

Answer and explanation

The first sweatshirt is cheaper than the second one because 30% of 60 is 42 and 40% off 72 dollars is 43.20. The first sweatshirt is 1.20 cheaper than the second one.

Task 1 Task 2 Task 3

Te Reo, Term 4 2016.

This term we have been learning all about the Marae. We have learned that The Marae

• The Marae is an important focal point for the community.
• The Marea is a place where tradition and customs can be carried out.
• The Marae is a place where people can express their values with dignity.
• There are many kawa ( protocols) that prevail on the marae.
• Marae kawa (protocols) can differ between maraes and iwi.

We have focussed on some key concepts when doing this learning.

These are listed and explained in the table below.

Concept	Definition - give the meaning of these concepts in your own words.
Tikanga	The correct procedure, Custom, way of doing things
Pōwhiri	Welcoming ceremony
Tangata whenua	Local people who are connected to the Marae.
Manuhiri	Visitors to the Marae
Tūrangawaewae	Gives you a home base
Whanaungatanga	Sence of family connection
Manaakitanga	Care for persons well being
Aroha	Means LOVE.

See this video for an explanation of the roles and responsibilities of people on a marae.

Something I would like to learn more about the marae is How people live on a marae

Water Filter

I can take action to improve the water cycle in Canterbury

In this project I was working with James and Mel and we decided to create a Water filter

Here is a link what we made.Water filter

In this project we decided that our success criteria were: Produces good water , reusable , Its strong , Its portable

Overall our project met/do not meet this criteria because...it did not clean the water

CARE: My progress so far.

CARE: My progress so far

The CARE award that I am working towards is:  Active Thinking

The one area of CARE that I am doing best in is: Excellence         because: because I have the most ticks on it

The one area of CARE that I need to work harder in is:  Respect            because: I have to respect school property.

To show my leadership qualities I am a role model to others in the CARE values by doing/showing these leadership traits: PALS

On the CARE SOLO matrix below I am at this SOLO level: Multistructural            because: I need reminded sometimes

Prestructural	Unistructural	Multistructural	Relational	Extended Abstract
I am not aware of the CARE values yet.	I know what the CARE values mean. I need help to use them.	I can use the CARE values. I need reminding to use them.	I can use the CARE values independently.	I can use the CARE values independently. I can role model to others how to use the CARE values.

I can apply my knowledge of adverbial clauses

I can apply my knowledge of adverbial clauses and connectives to see how ideas are linked in texts.

For reading I have been learning about adverbial clauses. I have found this learning hard because i had no idea what it was

In this activity (link to adverbial clause activity), I had to find the adverbial clause.

Water cycle writing.

This is my water cycle information report.The writing is about the water cycle the key stages are evaporation, precipitation, condensation and runoff.Fact evaporation is an invisible process.

I can recognise and understand a variety of grammatical constructions and some rhetorical patterns

I can recognise and understand a variety of grammatical constructions and some rhetorical patterns

In this unit I have been learning about:

• The parts of speech.
• The types of nouns.
• The types of sentences.

In this unit, I found challenging The test because I didnt know what a pronoun was

Something new I learnt was now I know what a pronoun is.