Samoan Day!!

Some helpful phrases

Japanese Greetings

Word Search

This is a site where you can see how quickly you can find words in the grid.

Cultural Week kicks off!!!

Action Research November Data

Student Safety Survey @ SAMS

Statistical Investigation

What is a Statistical Investigation?

- finding the right amount/right percentage
- doing a tally
- finding information out of graphs

- finding the answers

- using graphs to find out answers/statistical information

- helps you figure out statistics

- finding out information on graphs

Find some examples of statistics.

1. Who has done the research? Who has carried out the investigation?
2. Who will benefit from the results of this investigation?
3. Is it clear to you what the purpose of the investigation is?
4. What do you like about the way the information is presented?
5. Does it help you in any way to understand the information better?

Not long to go!!!!

We have been working really hard on our speeches in Room 5 and most of us have finished writing them. We have been using the 'S.E.X.Y' format (Statement, Example, Explanation, Your Opinion) to write each paragraph and are now ready to memorise our speeches and practice speaking in front of others. Our practice with impromptu speaking has helped with our confidence speaking in front of peers. Lets have a look at the assessment schedule and see what we will be marked on.

Student ICT Survey 2010

Reflection

Room 5 Playing Table Tennis Today

Table Tennis

Equipment:

Rules:

1. The winner can choose who serves, sides etc
2. The ball must bounce on the table once before being hit/returned.
3. The table is divided into 2 parts - the ball must bounce on the opposite side.
4. Can be singles or doubles.
5. Each player serves 2 points in a row and then switch server.
6. You need to score 11 points to win the match. If both players/team have 10 you must play on until either player/team has a 2point lead.
7. You must not have a 'double bounce'.

Techniques:

1. The Drive - is a light top spin strike that produces a low ball.
2. The Push - a basic back spin stroke.

Videos:

Mean, median, mode

statistics

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Statistics

This Term in maths we will be learning about:
STATISTICS
What do we know already about this topic and why do we need to learn about it?


Statistics:
In the world around us, information is recorded using statistical tools such as graphs and tables. The ability to read these graphs and charts is very important in understanding the world we live in. You will see that graphs and charts are used in newspapers, television, books and elsewhere.

This term we will be learning to:

• Interpret information from graphs
• Make statements based on data shown in graphs
• Identify the most suitable graph to show survey results
• Write questions for statistical investigations
• Collect and display data in an appropriate format
• Make conclusions about statistical investigations

Copy master 1

Copy master 2
Copy master 3
Copy master 4
Copymaster 5
Copy master 6
Copymaster 7

Grammar Tool Box

Active/Passive Voice - click here for more practice, here for a quick quiz or here for the teachers notes.

Comparatives - click here for more practice, here for a quick quiz or here for the teachers notes.

Silent letters - click here for more practice or here for the teachers notes.

Word Families - click here for more practice or here for the teachers notes.

Compound words - click here for more practice or here or here for the teachers notes. To play a very funny game go here.

Speech Making

Progress through the links taking note of all the key points that will help you to write and present your speech.

1. Preparation

2. How to Begin a Speech

3. How to Use Humour

4. Engaging the Audience

5. Telling a Story

6. Using a Pause

7. Memorising

Tennis basics

Table Tennis - How to serve

What makes a good group member?

In Room 5 we have been working in groups for our inquiry/ induction and transition project. Today, we looked at what makes a successful group and what a good group member looks like and recorded our ideas on this bubblus. We feel that forming a strong group is extremely important in making this inquiry a success and are working toward becoming more successful 'Sams Contributors'.

Shanice's Narrative Storybird

Ice-Cream Shop by shaniced on Storybird

Khan's Narrative Storybird

SUNNY AND THE SINGER by shakirk on Storybird

Cheyanne's Narrative Storybird

Melody's fare.. in the water. by cheyanneh on Storybird

Y9/10 Induction/ Transition Programme

Mufti Day on Friday

This week we are holding a mufti day to raise money and grocery items for two really good causes both locally and nationally. We will be donating the grocery hamper to a family in our school who has recently lost someone close and the money we raise will be donated to the people affected by the Christchurch earthquake. We would also like to write letters to children in Christchurch that have been affected and let them know that our thoughts are with them.

Finding out about the Christchurch Earthquake

This week we have been following the reports about the earthquake that affected Christchurch on Saturday. Many people have been effected and may not be able to return to their homes for weeks or even months. It is a miracle that nobody was seriously injured or killed in the incident.

Use the internet (the NZ Herald website is great for information) to find out more about the quake and the effects it has had on people. Try to answer these questions:

Who did it affect?
What happened?
When did it happen?
Where was most effected?
Why did it happen?
How will the damage be fixed?

Y9/10 Indoor Netball Day

Mathletics

This week Room-5 as been competeing in mathletics. You can vs countries like: Korea, Austraila, India, Usa, England, United Kingdom and Newzealand. Khan is in action on mathletics he is vs people from other people and schools.

A Special Message

Just to update Room 5 with some new features on our blog. In our efforts to get 500 visitors on our blog this week I have talked to other teachers in other schools and as a result I have added "Our Favourite Blog's". This list of blogs are classes from around Hamilton. Have a look at them and please leave comments because they in turn will come visit us :-) Tell me what you think!!!

Indoor Netball

We have been learning to play indoor netball so that we can beat Berkley Middle School in our annual interschool challenge.

The Tinkering School

Check this out - just watched it and I am amazed!!!

Sharing our Learning

Just in the middle of a session at Southwell today and guess what?? This guy Ewan McIntosh was talking all about how important it is to 'share our learning' - 'share our mistakes' so others can learn from our mistakes. This guy is from Scotland and has come all the way to NZ to share his ideas with NZ teachers so that we can become better teachers.

He was making a point about taking 15min at the end of each lesson to reflect on our learning, to see:

What have we learnt?

How do we now?

What do we need to do next? How will we do that?

I was thinking - cool we are already doing that!!!!! Then I was thinking - does this really help you as a learner? and if so how?

Place a comment against this post to let me know what you think :-)

Complication in Narratives

Today we learnt that in narrative writing there is an orientation, complication and resolution. The orientation comes first then the complication/problem and the resolution/solution.

Written by Shaolin, Aaron, Liam, Paul, Brock and Maria.PowerPoint on Narrative

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Writing an Orientation

Today we are focused on Writing an Orientation – the orientation is always at the beginning of a narrative and tells us about the setting and characters. An orientation hooks the reader while letting the audience know about setting and main characters. Usually answers who? when? where? eg. Mr Wolf went out hunting in the forest one dark gloomy night. Success criteria – - Describe the setting - Describe the Main Characters - Similie/metaphor - Consider First/third person - use Adjectives to help our description

Annotate our Writing Samples

Today we are going to Annotate the sample using rubrics. Annotate means to find specific features in our text/writing and to highlight it and write out to the side 'what the work shows'.

Today we will be looking for the following:

Rubrics is here

Through annotating our work we can become better writers!!!

Narrative Writing Sample

We have been exploring narratives for the past 5 weeks. Today we have had a quick look at what we have learnt so far. Our Learning Logs or blogs now have these samples:

1. Brainstorm on 'What we have learnt so far about narratives…..'
2. Writing sample which we have annotated.

Writing Sample Scenario

People and things are not always what they seem to be. Sometimes there is a sense of mystery behind people and their lives. Write an imaginative story about a family who are not quite what they seem, and how their secret is discovered. Don't be limited by your own experiences. Write the story so that young people in secondary school will enjoy reading it.

Hints

Plan your story before you write.

Include an interesting title for your story.

Write a beginning which attracts attention and an ending which is satisfying for the reader.

Use an interesting and logical structure in which story elements are introduced and developed.

Use descriptive words and images so the reader can imagine the characters and places in your story.

Make use of the time at the end of the task to edit your writing, paying attention to grammar, punctuation and spelling.

Maths Week Success

Last week we had Maths week and it was really challenging. The whole school ran a competition to see who could get highest points on the Mathsweek website. Room 5 took all the PRIZES!!!!

1st Place - Storm Tupuailei
2nd Place - Pavithra Reddy
3rd Place - Cheyanne Henry

We were so proud of our classes efforts!!! Go Room 5!

Waimaths Success for SAMS

Last night we had a number of students participate in the regional Waimaths competition. Our Year 7 Team came 3rd and we won 1st, 3rd and 4th Place in the poster competitions. Our Year 8 team performed well on the night but did not place.

Year 7 Team

Joyce Guo

Nathan Cleaver

Horim Choi

Year 8 Team

Panpan Seehamart

Abigail Wallace

Dylan Roberts

1st Place for the Waimaths Poster

Horim Choi

3rd Place for the Waimaths Poster

Susan Rangi

4th Place for the Waimaths Poster

Darshni Moodley

Design Features

We have been looking at design features so that we can make our narratives more interesting to read. We need to consider these when we make our own picture books.

Poetic Devices

We have been looking at poetic devices in class so that we can make our narratives better and more interesting to read.

Maths Week!!! 9th - 15th August

Join in the fun for maths week next week on the maths week website...........heaps of fun games, quizes and prizes to be won. Check out the maths quizes held in the library each day at lunchtime and be in to win heaps of prizes aswell!

Fractions! Fractions! Fractions!

Click on the link to practice your fractions on this fun maths website:-)

Spelling City

Practise and test your spelling skills....

International Childrens Library

http://en.childrenslibrary.org/


A fantastic website with hundreds of online books for you to read and enjoy:-)

'Into the book'

'Into the Book' is an online reading comprehension resource for students and teachers. It focuses on eight research-based strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualising, Inferring, Summarising, Evaluating and Synthesising.

We will be using this website to help us develop our reading comprehension skills this term.Log in and have a go at the activities on the site! It's easy and loads of fun:-)

Mrs E.

Maori Language week

As you may know, this week is Maori language week. Room 5 have been working on learning and using new words and phrases in our classroom. Here is a list of some simple kiwaha (sayings) and kupu (words) that we have been using;

Our Classroom:
Wāhi Pāngarau- Maths area
Wāhi Pānui- Reading area
Wāhi tuhituhinga- Writing area
Nau mai, haere mai ki te rūma rima- Welcome to room five!

'Ngā rā o te wiki' (The days of the week)

Rāhina- Monday
Rātū- Tuesday
Rāapa- Wednesday
Rāpare- Thursday
Rāmere- Friday
Rāhoroi- Saturday
Rātapu- Sunday

'Ngā marama o te tau' (The months of the year)

Kohi-tātea- January
Hui-tānguru- February
Poutū-te-rangi- March
Paenga-whāwhā- April
Haratua- May
Pipiri- June
Hōngongoi- July
Here-turi-kōkā- August
Mahuru- September
Whiringa-ā-nuku- October
Whiringa-ā-rangi- November
Hakihea- December

Ngā mihi- some greetings:

Tēnā koe e hoa, kei te pēhea koe i tēnei rā?
Hey friend, how are you today?

Ata mārie!
Good Morning!

Pō mārie!
Goodnight!

Kia pai tō rā!
Have a good day!

Kei te pai koe?
Are you all good?

I pēhea tō moe?
How was your sleep?

Around the house/ I te kāinga:

kua kai anō koe?
Have you eaten?

He aha māu?
What would you like? (to eat)

He aha ō mahi i tēnei rā?
What did you do today?

Hōmai te pata?
Pass the butter please

Whakakīa te ipu waiwera
Fill up the kettle

Whakakāngia te pouaka whakaata
Turn on the T.V

Whakawetongia te pouaka whakaata
Turn off the T.V

Me haere atu koe ki te moenga (name)
You should go to bed (name)!

Kei hea a (name)?
Where is (name)?

Kei waho
Outside

Classroom/ karaihe:

Ata mārie tamariki mā!
Good morning children!

Haere mai ki te tēpu nei
Come here to this table

Kei hea ō pene?
Where are your pens?

E hia ō tau?
How old are you?

Tino pai tō mahi!
Great work

Tū mai koutou
Everyone stand up

Kuhu mai
Come inside

Tangohia ō hū
Take off your shoes

Welcome back to Term 3 :-)

This term Emma Edwards and myself will be sharing the teaching within Room 5 :-) We have been busy preparing for this term and we are extremely excited about starting with the students on Monday!!

What's on this Term?
Writing - Narratives
Reading - reorganising text to better understand what we read and as always improving comprehension.
Maths - fractions, proportions and ratios and statistics
PE - netball
Health - relationships, drug and alcohol awareness
Te Reo - basics in Maori
SAMS Learner - learning to talk about our learning and the SAMS Learner with more confidence

Reminder: Parent Interviews next week - forms come home this week.

Miss Thompson

Landforms Writing Activity

Lesson on Landforms

NZ Volcanoes

Volcanoes in NZ

Latest NZ Volcanoes

Latest US Volcanoes

How Volcanoes happen

And 1 from NZ's own Mt Ruapehu 1995/1996

So how does erosion work?

If this is how it works in the sea - how does it work in the river??

The River

The Start of the Waikato River

View Larger Map

Port Waikato

View Larger Map

Want to learn more on rivers?

Rock Types

We are going to have a look at rock types through using these 2 webquests below.

Discover How Rocks Are Formed

Become a Rock Expert!

Students will work on these in pairs. Students will need to compile basic research notes as they go - you may choose which format is best for you for note taking.

Add 3 things to rock types vocab list as you go - remember once it's on the vocab list you can't add it again, so search for interesting information that others will enjoy reading!! :-)

Post your notes here

Hinuera ignimbrite

Hinuera ignimbrite (often marketed as Hinuera stone) is a yellow-cream to pale-brown ignimbrite containing angular fragments of pumice in a fine-grained matrix of volcanic ash. It is still quarried today, and widely used for cladding buildings in the North Island.

Andesite

Andesite is a fine-grained, extrusive igneous rock composed mainly of plagioclase with other minerals such as hornblende, pyroxene and biotite. The specimen shown is about two inches (five centimeters) across.

The Rock Cycle

Rock cycle animation

The Moon

A Meteoroid Hits the Moon

Moon Information page and a comparision between the Moon and the Earth.

Some Moon Facts from Kathrin via email - difference between Earth and Moon and how landforms were created  Moon had very active volcanism in it's early history - there are still remnants of volcanoes, but most of all Moon was heavily bombarded by meteorites causing many of the craters we can see today. Earth also received meteorite hits but contrary to the moon today they are hard to make out - partially because of all the vegetation we have  in contrast but also because of the lack of erosional forces that lack on the moon in contrast to Earth.

Activities for Landforms

Check out the Landforms page on wikipedia

Volcano Song

Plate Tectonics

Making Mountains

Pre-Assessment Writing - Describe

My Room, My Castle

A television station is advertising for teenagers to enter a competition for a free 'room makeover'. If you win, your room will be transformed into the room of your dreams. Your plans should be considerate of the needs of all the people who live in your house, as well as giving you a dream bedroom. Write a description of how you would like your room transformed.

The entry form asks you to:
briefly describe your original room and what aspects need changing describe your ideas for the makeover of your room show some originality and flair in the changes you describe

Hints

• Plan your writing before you start.
• Be logical and ordered in your presentation of ideas, organising them into sentences and paragraphs.
• Include an introduction and conclusion.
• Use language that will make your writing interesting and vivid for your reader.
• Remember to use the time at the end to proof-read and edit your writing, paying attention to grammar, punctuation and spelling.

Time Frame:

5min discussion as a class

5min Planning

30min Writing

5min editing at the end

Post Writing Assessment Explanations

The Life Cycle of Butterflies

Your class has been researching the life cycles of butterflies. You need to write an explanation of the processes of change that occur during a butterfly's life cycle. Look carefully at the diagram.

You need to write to explain the life cycle of a butterfly. You should think about the process that happens and include details and reasons in your explanation.

Hints

• Remember who you are writing the explanation for.
• Use the diagram to help you think about what to write.
• You can add ideas of your own.
• Start by telling what it is you are going to write about.
• Remember to give details and reasons to help explain the process.
• Write in sentences.
• Think about the order of your ideas.
• Pay attention to spelling and punctuation.
• Remember to use the time at the beginning for planning and the time at the end to check and edit your writing.
• If you need more space to plan your writing, ask the teacher for more paper.

Time Frame:

5min discussion as a class

5min Planning

30min Writing

5min editing at the end

The Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Footsteps of a Nation

In Room 5, we are looking at a brief history of New Zealand, and the Treaty of Waitangi. It is a way for us to understand our heritage, and to be more informed when people like the media start to talk about the Treaty. Mr Marris will be taking these sessions every Friday.

Learning for Life

Respect for Ourselves, for Others and Our World
SAMS Self Manager	SAMS Contributor		SAMS Communicator
Are resilient Are resourceful Set and achieve goals Make informed choices Use their initiative	Actively participate - locally, nationally, Contribute purposefully Connect with others and their ideas Are collaborative		Listen actively Discuss, debate, explain, share their knowledge, ideas and opinions/points of view clearly Use a range of communication tools Articulate their thoughts, experiences, needs
SAMS Explorer		SAMS Thinker
Use a range of tools and strategies to access information Takes learning risks Find and solve problems Seek new solutions		Think about thinking Think critically Think creatively Are intellectually curious Apply & use their knowledge skills and understandings Understand the power of advertising and media on their and others lives

SAMS Learner 2010

Our ideas in Year 9 and 10 about the SAMS Learner.

Reminders for Parents

A few reminders as we near the holidays.

1. All students need to have covered in shoes for Hard Materials every Monday morning.
2. All students need to pay for swimming tuition from February if they haven't already.
3. All students need to pay the $30 school event fees - we have been to the Science Road Show already as a part of this cost.
4. All Learning Logs and Technology folders need to be back at school so that students can continue their fantastic work :-)

Thanks so much for helping us out :-)

Homework for Week 8

This weeks homework could be a mixture of the following:

(keeping in mind 1 hour per night)

• Showing someone else around your blog
• You could even get parents to leave comments as a part of your homework :-)
• Playing learning objects from reading, maths or writing
• adding something of my own choice - remember it must meet the goals before you decide to add it to your blog. It could even be your favorite band - but you will need to write a few sentences to explain why you like them and why you have added them :-)
• reflect on your learning each day - see example below :-)

Monday 22 March - Reflection Example:

Today I learnt how to multiply numbers by 10's, 100's and 1000's. For example, 6 x 200. I can do 6 x 2 which = 12 and multiply 12 by 100 because 200 is a 100 times larger than 2. So 6 x 200 = 1200.

I also learnt not to flinch when you get an injection because you have to have 2 injections instead of 1!!