blogger prompt week 2

Blogger Prompt - Week 2, Term 2, 2018

Native New Zealand Animals

This week we are looking at Persuasive Writing and sharing an opinion

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The Māui dolphin

One of the world's smallest and rarest dolphins. An endemic sub-species closely related to the Hector's dolphin, it is now found only in the shallow coastal waters off the west coast of the North Island. In 2012, it was estimated that between 48 and 69 mature animals remained.

Opinion, Facts and Thoughts

 


 
1. What are some native animals to New Zealand that are in threat of extinction?

2. How do we protect and look after our native animals in NZ?

by keeping them in the zoo.

3. Where are you most likely to see New Zealand’s native animals?

the forest

4. Many people believe that to save animals from extinction they should be bred in zoos? Do you agree/disagree with this statement and give one reason why.

i agree but i have no reasons i couldn't think of any

5. When zoo bred animals are released back into the wild there can be serious problems. What might some of these problems be?

dogs

6. Zoos are …...a life sentence for animals. What do you think this means?

really it means don't put them in the zoo

7. Why do you think animals in the wild die before they reach maturity?

i've never heard of it before

8. The only way to save our endangered animals is to study and protect their habitat. Why?

because they can be more adaptive

9. Should we have zoos or wildlife parks? Why?

no because its not there habbitat

10. If you could chose one animal to study what would it be and why?

tiger because my name is tiger

blogger prompt week 1

Blogger Prompt - Week 1, Term 2, 2018

Creativity, Passion, Talent and Inventive Thinking

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This week's topic is about your creativity, passion, talent and inventive thinking.

1. What are your interests, talents or passions?

gaming

2. How do you get to learn about your interests in the classroom? Give us an example. 

well i don't really learn about it.

3. Do you think it's important for children to have time each week to learn about something that they're interested in? Why?

no there is no reason

4. What is the world's most important invention so far? How does it affect your life?

the phone,no

5. The Kid President wanted to invent a Catuum Cleaner. What would you like to invent to make the world more awesome? 

bully alarm

6. "In 2006, Facebook was in its infancy, Twitter was being launched, and nobody had iPhones." Twelve years on, the world is a very different place, and so is the workplace. What jobs do you think there will be in 10 years time and what jobs won't exists in 10 years time. Make a list.

1.building

2.shopkeeper

3.police

4.firefighter

5.ambulance

7. Inventive thinking requires taking risks, being curious and thinking skills. How do you do this in the classroom?

really

i don't do that in class

8. Is creativity important? How can we encourage creativity in the classroom?
just be creative
9.Sometimes we get stuck with our learning and have to problem solve. What does good problem solving look like?

re doing the task

yeah what would it look like

blooger prompt week 11

Expectations and Values - What are they good for?

 

1. What are expectations and values? Use a dictionary to define each word.

Meaning a strong belief that something will happen or be the case.

2. Why do we have expectations and values in our classroom, school and community?

To keep our school safe and clean.

3. What are some of the expectations in your classroom?

Be clean and tidy. Be welcoming humorous and have good vibes.

4. How do your classroom expectations influence your learning?

Word hard with your maximum effort.

5. What would your classroom be like if you had no expectations and you could
do whatever you wanted? It will be a tragic everyone will go crazy.

They won't even listen to the teacher.

6. If you could make an expectation for your class what would it be and why?

You can go on devices anytime but you have to be sensible. Because i feel like were not having much

device time.

7. What are your school values? How are they displayed in your classroom and at your
school? At school we have them display on the wall so no one will forget. School is the same but

in the office.


8. How do you get recognised for displaying your school values?

 Well your work has to be high stranded to show your school values.

9. How do you think your school values link to your learning in your classroom?

Because they show us what to need to be done.

10. What are your family values and why are they important? If you don't have any come
up with some - what would be important values in your family and why? No swearing and always caring

and sharing.

blogger prompt week 10

Weekly Blogger Prompt

Blogger Prompt - Week 10, Term 1, 2018

 

Your Success - Who is responsible?

This week is all about ‘not giving up’.  

We are almost at the end of term one and we thought this was the perfect time to chat about what to do when things get hard!

Watch the videos before answering the prompts. They may help develop your thinking around having the ‘courage to continue’.

1. "Failures open the doors to success!" Tell us about a time when you failed with something?

i failed at racing

2. Tell us about a time when you had success? What did you do to achieve success?

i don't really know when i had a success

3. We are responsible for our own success and learning. Do you agree or disagree and why?

i agree

4. What is a challenge you have faced this year? Explain what happened.

i haven't had any challenges this year

5. There's no such thing as an overnight success. What does this mean? Do you agree and why?

i don't know what a overnight success

6. Why do we give up? What can we do to avoid giving up in the future? Who can help us?

because we can't do it anymore

7. "If you do what is easy, your life will be hard." What is this trying to tell us?

he telling if you always do the easy it gets harder

but if you do something hard it becomes easy

8. Inner confidence and self-belief are the keys to success. Do you agree or disagree and why?

agree

9. Who is responsible for your success?

i am

blogger prompt week 9

Blogger Prompt - Week 9, Term 1, 2018 

How Well Do We Know Our Teachers?

This week is get to know your teacher time? As teachers we get to know a lot about
our students, their families, their hobbies, likes/dislikes etc.

How well do you know your teacher?

This may require a bit of work. You may need to ask your teacher some of these
questions to find out.

1. What schools did your teacher go to when they were growing up?

st clare
tahuna intermediate

2. What is your favourite thing about your teacher and why is that important
to you?
he is nice and he really helps you

3. What does your teacher enjoy doing when they are away from school?

going to the beach
spending time with friends and family

4. What made them want to be a teacher?

because he did

5. What is it about your school that your teacher likes the most?

everyone in his class

6. Why are you his/her favourite students?

zion,ruby,jb,jamane,dylan.

7. If your teacher could do another job what would it be and why?

own his own business.

8. What do you think your teacher would be great at if they were not a teacher?

being a comedian.

9. Why do you think it is important that you get to know your teacher?

because i only get to know him for two years.

10. If you were your teacher what would you do differently to make your
classroom better?
make sure all the kids have a fun time.

bloger prompt week 7

Blogger Prompt - Week 7, Term 1, 2018 

NZ Census

Roll call! This year is a Census year. A census is a big question form that gathers lots of information about all the people in New Zealand. The census only happens every 5 years. It is a snapshot of the New Zealand population on one night every five years and is compulsory to complete.

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Here are the questions for this week:

Q1: What is your favourite subject at school and why?

it would be reading.

Q2: Do you have any pets? What are they and what are their names? If you don't have a pet what pet would you have if you did?

i would have a pug because their nice and chubby.

Q3: What are some of your favourite foods?

hungry wok with ,lemon chicken,sweet and sour pork,with fried chicken dipped in soy sauce,dumplings,with tofu.

Q4: What is your favourite sport? What do you like about it?

basketball because it is awesome.

Q5: What is your favourite hobby?

playing plants vs zombies 2

Q6: Who do you live with?

my dad and my sister in redwood.

Q7: What is your ethnicity?

christchurch

Q8: The Census video talks about finding out if there are enough parks. Do you have a park in your suburb? Do you think your suburb needs a park or a better park? What would make it better?
yes i do have a park in my suberb nothing really needs to be inproved

Q9: Why do you think the government does a Census every 5 years?
what is a cenus

weekly blogger prompt week 6

How Are You Going To Be More Awesome In 2018?

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Q1. How are you going to be more awesome in your learning
this year?

by trying my best in everything thing.

Q2. What is one thing you will do to make this year great?

by playing basketball

Q3. What are you looking forward to most this year and why?

basketball.

Q4. Describe your current learning environment.

the class room.

Q5. What do you need to work on this year? What are your goals?
How are you going to achieve them?

my maths.

Q6. What are the things that drive your learning?
What are the things that block your learning?

learning stuff.

nothing

Q7. Kid President said, "Life is School, you gotta show up."
What does this mean to you as a learner?
because you learn all life lessons at school.

Q8. What would you like to learn about this year?

how to get better at basketball.

Q9. Reflecting on your learning last year, what piece of advice would you have given yourself?

im not really sure