Flower Artwork

My Reflection:
I was learning to create a piece of artwork using multi-media.
I found it easy to paint it because I used small brush strokes.
I found it hard to draw the flower to fill the space.
I need to work on doing it all by my self. I think I need to work on my drawing skills a bit more.

Book Review

My Reflection: I was learning to write a book review. I found it easy to do rating out of 10. I found it hard to answer who would you recommend this book to and why because I didn't know who would like to read it. I need to work on adding in more detail on what is the book about.

Math Quiz

My Reflection: I was reviewing some math questions that we have been learning in class. I found it easy to do the easy and medium questions because these are things I already know. I found it hard to do the hard and expert questions. I need to work on not searching the hard answers up.

My Speech

My Reflection: I was learning to write a persuasive speech. I found it hard to think of and write my conclusion. I found it easy to write more ideas in my paragraph I need to work on putting in more detail to my writing.

Spliting Numbers

My reflection:
I was learning to split numbers to make multiplication problems easier to solve.
I found it easy to split the numders into my tens and ones.
I found it hard to add the numbers together at the end.
I want to work on trying to use this strategy all by myself.

Hockey Skills

My refection

I was learning about different skills during six hockey workshops.

I learnt how to hold the stick correctly.

I learnt at hockey skills that you need to keep your stick on the ground. I found hitting the hockey ball hard because I always hit hard. I found it easier to control the ball as we did more hockey workshops.

'ar' Spelling Pattern

My Refection: I was learning about the ar sound. I found it easy to find the ar sound in the words. I found it hard to write these words into a sentence. I need to work on thinking for better sentences.

Extending Vocabulary Activity

My Reflection:
I was learning to extend my knowledge of vocabulary. I found finding the word in the book hard because there were a lot of words that I didn't understand.  I found searching the meaning hard because there were so many to chose from. I need to work on choosing the right meaning.

2D and 3D Shapes

My Reflection:
I was learning about the different features of 2D and 3D shapes. I found it easy to put in the answers in about the edges, faces and vertices. I found the diamond shape quite tricky. I want to work on knowing more about different 3D shapes.

Retelling Activity

My Reflection:
I was learning to retell a story. I found it easy to know what to write about the story. I found it easy to write a little about the characters. I found it a bit tricky to write about the setting. This is something that I want to work on.

The Memory Tree

My Reflection: I was learning to summarise information about the book. I found it easy to put the answers in for the comprehension questions. I found it hard to do the 'Use three of these words in a sentence' part. I need to work on trying to put the definitions into my own words.

Suffixes

My Reflection:
I was learning about suffixes. I found it easy to write what a suffix is. I found it hard to write what a suffix does. I need to work on choosing three suffixes and describing what is does and using them in a sentence.

Fractured Fairytale

My Refection:
I was learning to compare a traditional fairy tale with a fractured fairy tale. I had to compare the characters,the settings and the plot. I found it easy to write what about the setting in the fractured fairy tale because we watched it. I found it hard to write about how the two fairy tales were similar. I want to work on adding more detail into my writing.

Their, They're and There Homophones

My Reflection:
I was learning my there, their and they're homophones. Homophones are words that sound the same but mean different things. I found I found it hard to know what word to write in the box in each sentence. I want to work on my homophones.

Reading Around the World Challenge

My Reflection: I was learning to research a country that was in the Olympics using skimming and scanning to help me. I think I need more work on using skimming and scanning. I found it easy to research the population of the Netherlands. I found it hard to search for the information I needed for the two interesting facts. I need to be working on putting what I research into my own words. I need to work on my researching skills.

Olympic Tagul

My Reflection:
I was learning to expand my vocabulary about the Olympics.
I found it hard to think of words for P, Z and W.
I found it easy to think of words for N and A.
I need to work on knowing more words about the Olympics.

Jayden's Matariki Acrostic Poem

My Reflection: I was learning to write an acrostic poem about Matariki. I found the letter M the easiest to think about. I found it hard to write ideas for all the letters. I need to work on my spelling mistake.

Basic Fractions

My Reflection:
I was learning about basic fractions. I found it easy matching them. I found hard looking for the right one-eighth. I need to work on placing it neatly and also harder fractions.

Number Squares

My Reflection:
It was easy because the adding was not hard. The outside was easier to do because the only one digit numbers and the inside was harder because there was two digit number. I want to work on using different strategies to help me work out the harder numbers.

Bike Skills And Rugby Skills

My Reflection:
I was learning to compare both rugby skills and bike skills when I was writing.
I found it easy to put it in order and group my ideas.
I found it tricky to add in detail. This is something that I want to work on. I also want to keep working on my punctuation.

Pepeha Art

My reflection:
I was learning to create a visual representation of my Pepeha. I found coloring my mountain hard because i'm not that good at coloring in the lines. I found drawing the details easy because we saw one of someones awesome art so it gave some ideas. I liked coloring because there were a lot of colours to choose from. I want to work on my coloring because I think there is white spaces and I need to fill these in.

Earths Amazing Inviromet

The Junkyard Dog

My Reflection:
I found it easy writing what the first two chapters was about. I found it hard trying to figure out what the next chapter is about. I need to work on my spelling.

Te Tuhi Visit

My Reflection:
In term 1 I went to Te Tuhi.
We did Wish You Were Here workshop.
This is my picture.
I enjoyed drawing my design because I can draw a big or small house.

Scared of the Dark

My Reflection: I was learning to respond to a text. I found some of the meaning of the words easy. I need to work on my spelling mistakes.

Splitting Numbers

My Reflection: I found it easy to do the answer. It was hard to split the numbers. I need to work on where to put my answers.

Did You Poem

My Reflection:

I found it easy because the noun and verbs where giving me a lot of ideas. i need to work on my spelling mistakes.

My Welcome Post 2016

Welcome to my Year 4 learning blog. This year I am in Room 13 and my teacher is Miss Kulik. I enjoy maths. This year I'm looking forward to leaning. I hope you enjoy my blog and leave lots of feedback.