Aboriginal Dotted Art

The task for art was to create a story using Aboriginal art.

Aboriginal art comes from Australia. Most of Aboriginal art tells a story and people call these 'Dreamtime stories'. Dreamtime stories have what the Aborigines believe. We watched a video which was called 'How the kangaroo got its pouch'. It is a video that contains aboriginal symbols.

The first thing we did was practising the symbols using dots instead of lines. All of the symbols represent a thing. For example a circle with dots around it is a representation of a star. After practising the symbols we made our good copy.

Our good copy told a story that connected to us. We used paint and cotton tips to create the dots. The majority of the paint took most of the space on the paper.

LI: To create art that tells a story with traditional methods.

Properties of Sound

The task for inquiry was to observe/investigate to the properties of sound.

We were using a sound meter that measured the volume of sound in decibels. In a Google Document we were recording the meter and writing down the hypothesis. A hypothesis is a property. Property is a characteristic that something owns.

In the second column we wrote down the evidence of our observation. The evidence is what the sound meter says. We could pause the meter at the time the sound took place.

After that we wrote the properties of sound in the hypothesis column. The three properties of sound that LS1 identified was that as sound travels it dissipates, sound travels the same in every direction and that sound can travel corners.

LI: To observe the properties of sound.

Measurement | Length

The task for maths was to measure the length of three things in the classroom using standard forms of measurement. Length is how long an object or item is.

We first wrote down the standard forms of measuring length, and they are: mm (millimetres), cm (centimetres), M (metre) and km (kilometres).

After that we estimated the length of the three objects we chose. Estimation is an educated guess. Then we measured the items with a ruler or metre ruler.

Lastly, we converted the form of measurement to one up and one down a unit. For example: if our measurement was in cm and it was 37cm we converted it to mm and m. To convert centimetres to millimetres we times the number by 10. However, if you were to convert centimetres to metres divide the number by 100.

LI: To explore the standard forms of measurement.

South Pacific Beats | Patō Drum

The task for reading was to take a test on our understanding of the article South Pacific Beats.

First we read the article until we understood the text. The article was about the process of modernising the lali drum to mix it into the digital age. In Rachael Hall's final year of university, she wanted to rejuvenate the lali and came up with the Patō drum.

After that we took the test. The test had a total of nine questions. When we finished the test, we went to Mr Wong so that our score could be released and so that we could get feedback on our answers.

LI: To read, understand and recall the article South Pacific Beats.

Link to article: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_gtyNw2GetDYjvMsJSAIUOOYr-wPZfy_n85RuZxXS1k/edit#slide=id.p 





















Link to quiz:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdr9VYithYhCjoYusgcXXwSE1wGle1bkB1RO6lRD737OeKjZw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Adjectives

The task for writing was about adjectives. Adjectives are words that describe nouns. There are three different types of adjectives, they are: absolute, comparitive and superlative.

Absolute adjectives are when you describe something on its own, for example: the dark room. Comparitive adjectives are when you describe something compared to another thing, for example: the darker room. Superlative adjectives are when you describe something that is in the highest level, for example: the darkest room.

We wrote the adjectives we know in a Google Sheet. After we wrote the adjectives we know, we wrote more interesting adjectives like: miserable, frantic, horrendous, cruel and ect. 

Adjectives can help with someone's describing.

LI: To learn about adjectives.

Light & Sound | Inquiry

The task for inquiry was to demonsrate our prior knowledge by organising the objects that we know make light, sound or both.

Light is what makes things visible and sound is the noise that travels to someone.

We organised our images in the left side and right side. The left side was for the objects that make light and the right side was for the objects that make sound.

After that we wrote how we knew the objects make light or sound.

LI: To demonstrate prior knowledge.

Measuring | Maths

Mr Ogilvie's learning for maths was about measurement. Measurement has two forms and they are standard metric, imperial and non standard.

We first learned about the three different types of standard metric. They are: length, weight and volume. Length is how long something is, weight is how heavy something is and volume is how much space is in the object.

We recorded ourselves measuring five different things around the classroom using non standard forms of measuring.

LI: To use non standard forms to measure common items.

Nouns | Writing

Mr Wong's learning for writing was about nouns. All objects have a name given to it, these are called 'nouns'. There are three different nouns and they are: noun, proper noun and pronoun.

We first learned the definition of the three types of nouns. A noun is the name given to an object. A proper noun is the name given to a unique (unique definition: only one version of it) thing. A pronoun is the general name given to an object, person or group of people.

Afer that we learned about how proper nouns need to have a capital letter at the beginning of the word. Pronouns and nouns need to have a lowercase letter at the beginning of the word.

LI: To learn about nouns, proper nouns and pronouns.

Scanning

Mr Wong's learning for reading was about the reading strategy scanning. Scanning is a reading strategy where you look for specific information in a text to understand the text.

We created a list of keywords on a Google Document to guide us. There were eight requirements that we answered.

To scan we first looked at the contents page in the book, our text didn't have a contents page, so we moved to the next step.

Next we looked at the heading. If the heading contained one of our keywords we noted, we started reading the information in the body. 

LI: To scan the article South Pacific Beats.

Narration | Reported Speech | Writing

Mr Wong's task for writing was about narration. Narration is telling people what is happening in a situation. We narrated a scene with reported speech. Reported speech is when you tell someone what someone else has said.

In reported speech we need to use third person like; people's names, he, she, they and ect.

We first wrote who was speaking with a dialogue word. Some example's of dialogue words are: 'shouted', 'stated', 'asked', 'questioned', and many more.

Next we wrote what the person was saying but without quotation marks (""). We made sure to change all the first and second person words to third person words. Example: Debbie shouted at her kids to brush their teeth.

LI: To narrate a scene using reported speech.