Narrative: Samara and Writing

Learner: Samara
Area:Writing Level 2
Date: 12.11.18 
In Writing, we have been recounting our experiences. A recount is retelling a learner's experience from their own point of view. Some of our experiences include: a blindfold game, cricket and basketball. We have been learning to add in detail by using adjectives, verbs, feelings and emotions in our writing. Our hapu have been working hard to include at least three different words to paint a better picture for our audience.

Samara enjoys writing. She is still learning to build her sentences into paragraphs. Samara has been learning to add more detail and ideas into her writing by using interesting new words. She is able to order her ideas carefully.
She is still learning to develop her curiosity by asking questions and is slowly making connections by using ideas discussed in a larger group. She is able to collaborate with others by sharing her ideas with a buddy. Samara is beginning to think carefully about her ideas and the audience she is writing for.

Key Competencies: Managing Self Thinking Relating to others Participating and Contributing and through the use of digital tools - using language, symbols and texts 

Next Steps: 
Continue using detailed ideas in your writing
Reflect on your learning and think of how you can improve
Keep practising your writing at home

Guess what i did in the holidays? I went to hulu cat with raisa and the playground and the mall On wednesday i went with raise to hulucat .Hulucat is a bubble tea place where you can get food too.Raisa got a strawberry bubble tea and I got the original.my mum got a coffee slushy and raisa’s mum got honey and Lime.after we went to the playground.my mum didn’t come we played for a bit then we went to raisa’s house to play after a while I went home.on Friday I went to manukau with my grandma we went on the train.we went shopping and bought an lol and we went back.we had to go on a bus and train.i had fun in the holidays.

Narrative Assessment: Samara and Ancient Egypt

Learner: Samara
Date: 20.09.18 
Social Studies Level 2
Understand how places influence people and people influences places

During iExperience, Mr Morrow taught the learners about Ancient Egypt. In particular, he focused on pyramids, how and why they were built. They also learned about what was inside pyramids and why they were so important to the Egyptian people at the time.

In this activity Samara is learning to discover new cultures and why people did what they did during this era. She shows she is capable by listening carefully to instructions and thinking about her ideas. Samara has been developing her curiosity by listening carefully during discussions and ask questions that she is curious about. She is able to make connections by using what she learned previously with Mr Morrow during iExperience. 

Key Competencies: Managing Self Thinking Relating to others Participating and Contributing and through the use of digital tools - using language, symbols and texts 

Next Steps: 

Continue developing your curiosity around other cultures

Continue asking questions when you are unsure

Share your learning with someone else

how a spider makes a WEB

First the spider makes a string.it waits for the string to attach to a branch.Next the spider goes to the outer end.It makes another web and goes down.Then it starts to make the web.The spider uses its hooks to get the threads to attach.After a while the spider’s web is done.Now the spider waits for food to come in to the web.

the life cycle of a caterpiller

The female adult butterfly lays a small egg.usually on the underside of a leave.after a few weeks it hatch’s and out a caterpillar.When it comes out it eats its own shell and eats milkweed leaves too. The caterpillar is an eating machine.once it is bigger the caterpillar sheds its skin 7 times.It finds a twig and makes a chrysalis. After a few weeks the caterpillar turns into a butterfly.it takes a few hours for the butterfly to come out.the butterfly takes its time to pump fluids inside its wings.

Narrative: Samara and the Human Digestive System

Learner: Samara
Date: 20.08.18 
Science Level 2
Living World: Recognise that all living things have certain requirements so they can stay alive

As part of our iExperience, we have been learning about 'How the Human Digestive System works'. We looked at the process of food and what happens when we eat. We learned about the organs and their functions. Through Kahoot and multichoice questions as well as a cut and paste activity we were able to learn about what our human bodies does to food and what we need to keep it healthy.

In this activity Samara is learning to develop her capabilities by cutting out pictures of the organs and pasting them in the right place. She develops her curiosity by listening carefully to the instructions and thinks carefully about her ideas. Samara is beginning to make connections by relating what happens when she eats certain foods and what it does to our bodies. 

Key Competencies: Managing Self Thinking Relating to others Participating and Contributing and through the use of digital tools - using language, symbols and texts 

Next Steps: 

Continue developing your curiosity
Think about what other Science areas you would like to explore

narrative girl

Once there was a girl.her name was viola stardust.she had rainbow hair and wore a dress that was purple and sparkly .viola had pink bows in her hair too.she liked to draw pictures and play with her besties.one day they were at the animal kingdom zoo.viola and her friend fleur were looking at the tasmanian devil.when fleur fell in. “HELP”said fleur.she hopped up tasmanian devils couldn't reach .fleur was in there for 2 full minets.when viola went to get a zoo keeper to help.after fleur was rescued and they went back home.