Friday, 23 September 2016

Topic Reflection T3W9

Explorers
This week for explorers we had to study a famous explorer and answer three questions about the I chose Vasco Nunez De Balboa because he was one of the hardest ones. Here is mine.

Literacy Reflection T3W9

Writing
This week for writing we did a backup explanation on mummies and even though my group only got one part finished it is outstanding!(I did wrapping).

T3 Numeracy W9 Reflection

Snake
This week for area and perimeter we continued with our area and perimeter snake here is what my group have agreed on is the best.

Tuesday, 20 September 2016

Carnival of horror's

Author: R.L. Stine
Genre: Horror
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The Enormouse Pearl Hiest

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Author: Geronimo Stilton
Illustrator: Geronimo Stilton
Genre: Fiction 
Main Character: Geronimo Stilton
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Friday, 16 September 2016

Big Day Out

Big Day Out
This Thursday we went on a "Big day out" we went to a private screening of Pete's Dragon, The Krypton factor games at the Recreation Center and a swim at the Aquatic center.

Movie
At the movies we watched a brand new movie that came out on the day when we went there. The movie was called Pete's Dragon it is a sad story about a boy who gets lost from his family and is about to get eaten by wolves. Then Elliot, the dragon, scares the wolves away and becomes Pete's best friend.

Krypton-Factor-Games
We also went to the brand shining new recreation center where we played a variety of sports including soccer and badminton we were in groups of about 10-15 and played against other groups to come out on top. The sports we played were: Soccer, badminton, cricket and basketball.

Aquatic Center
After everything else we went for a long swim until about 2 o'clock and it was so fun everybody was playing tag and sliding down the hydro slide's and just having a good time. It was so hot and we all needed a swim so this was my favorite part of the day.

V.I.P
On top of all the fun things we did there was V.I.P for those people who had done all of there homework and completed the log and V.I.P's got: Popcorn, An Ice-cream, first into the pool and a different room to everyone else in the movie.



Numeracy Reflection T3 W8

Numeracy
This week for numeracy we did a thing called area and perimeter snake and we finished a few activities her is my best one.

Writing Reflection T3 W8

Writing
This week for writing we had to use this google maps site to find out about a place in  the world I chose Burj Khalifa (the worlds tallest building) and we had to have: 10 facts, 5 images, 2 videos and colours that work. Here is mine.


Earth Picker
We also play a game called earth picker which is where you get a street view image of somewhere in the world and you have to try and figure out where you are. It is very fun because you use google maps to find out where you are. Earth Picker

Reading Reflection T3 W8

Reading
This week for reading we had to do a word cloud for a book we had read using all the literacy elements and I chose the BFG. Here is mine.


Wednesday, 14 September 2016

Stormbreaker

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Author: Anthony Horowitz
Main Character: Alex Rider
Genre:Action, Adventure
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Monday, 12 September 2016

The Saint Of Dragons

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Author: Jason Hightman
Main Character: Simon St George
Genre: Action, Adventure
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Friday, 9 September 2016

Reading Reflection T3 W8

Reading
This week for reading we had to do another shorter explanation of the book we read. Here is mine.

Explorer Reflection T3 W8

Explorers
This week for explorers we did a thing called the age of discovery that was with a buddy one of why people explore and one was an activity about highlighting things in yellow, blue, red and green.Here they are.
Why people explore? James and Sam

People explore to gain money and fame from finding new creatures/places and mapping new areas. Explorers explore ancient places like Egypt, Africa and a lot more. Explorers explore to find new places where they can establish crops and new tribes of mankind.There were many explorers such as Captain James Cook. Sir Frances Drake found the north-west passage in Antarctica.

Explorers get rich and famous from exploring but mainly from the things they find and discover special explorers called archaeologists and paleontologists find old rocks and fossils that make them very, very famous. Many explorers and their ships had never returned and most of them have not been found. Some of them have gained lots of experience through their journeys and they and some of there get journeys famous with them.


Not far into the age of discovery the spanish wanted a new trade route through to the far east explorer Christopher Columbus thought he could sail west but however he could not get the portuguese to fund his expedition so he went to the spanish to get funding and they agreed, on one condition, they got half of his profits from the expedition and when he succeeded the spanish were very happy indeed.


Age of Exploration

The Age of Exploration (also called the Age of Discovery) began in the 1400s and continued through the 1600s. It was a period of time when the European nations began exploring the world. They discovered new routes to India, much of the Far East, and the Americas. The Age of Exploration took place at the same time as the Renaissance.

Why explore?
Outfitting an expedition could be expensive and risky. Many ships never returned. So why did the Europeans want to explore? The simple answer is money. Although, some individual explorers wanted to gain fame or experience adventure, the main purpose of an expedition was to make money.

How did expeditions make money?
Expeditions made money primarily by discovering new trade routes for their nations. When the Ottoman Empire captured Constantinople in 1453, many existing trade routes to India and China were shut down. These trade routes  were very valuable as they brought in expensive products such as spices and silk. New expeditions tried to discover oceangoing routes to India and the Far East. Some expeditions became rich by discovering gold and silver, such as the expeditions of the Spanish to the Americas. They also found new land where colonies could be established and crops such as sugar, cotton, and tobacco could be grown.

Henry the Navigator
The Age of Exploration began in the nation of Portugal under the leadership of Henry the Navigator. Henry sent out ships to map and explore the west coast of Africa. They went further south than any previous European expedition and mapped much of western Africa for the Portuguese. In 1488, Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias was the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa and into the Indian Ocean.

Christopher Columbus
Soon the Spanish wanted to find a trade route to the Far East. Explorer Christopher Columbus thought that he could sail west, across the Atlantic Ocean, to China. He could not get the Portuguese to fund his expedition, so he went to the Spanish. Spanish monarchs Isabella and Ferdinand agreed to pay for Columbus' trip. In 1492 Columbus discovered the New World of the Americas.

Portugal and Spain
Portugal and Spain became the early leaders in the Age of Exploration. Through the Treaty of Tordesillas the two countries agreed to divide up the New World. Spain got most of the Americas while Portugal got Brazil, India, and Asia. Spain sent over conquistadors to explore the Americas and to conquer the peoples there. Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico and Francisco Pizarro conquered the Inca Empire in Peru. They made Spain rich with the gold and silver they found in the Americas. Portugal sent out Vasco da Gama who found a trade route around the southern tip of Africa and to India. They also explored much of the Far East and were the first Europeans to establish a trading colony in China at Macau.

Colonies
Other countries such as Great Britain and the Netherlands established colonies in the New World. Eventually Great Britain would overtake all of the European nations in terms of the size of their world wide empire including the thirteen colonies in the Americas that later became the United States.

Geography
The Age of Exploration was one of the most important times in the history of world geography. A large portion of the unknown world was mapped during this short period. Also, many advances were made in navigation and mapping which helped future explorers and travelers.

Interesting Facts about the Age of Exploration
  • During the Age of Exploration Europeans referred to the entire area of Southeast Asia and India as the "East Indies".
  • The first expedition to circle the globe was led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. Unfortunately, Magellan was killed during the expedition and did not complete the voyage.
  • Some areas of the world were not fully mapped or discovered until well after the Age of Exploration including Eastern Australia, the interior of Africa, the Arctic, and the Antarctic.
  • Many explorers such as Captain James Cook and Sir Francis Drake searched for a Northwest Passage to East Asia, but it wasn't until 1906 that explorer Roald Amundsen completed the journey.

Explanation Reflection T3 W7

Explanation
This week we have finished our explanation and given our self a place on the solo rubric and a next step learning and then we made changes here is mine.

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Wednesday, 7 September 2016

Main Star Visual Mihi

This term we had to record our mihi which was on a google slide.

Friday, 2 September 2016

Just Crazy



Topic Reflection Week 6

How to be an explorer.
This week we started a new topic called how to be an explorer where we had to do a padlet of what we think the topic is going to be about.

Literacy Reflection Week 6

Reading
This week for reading we had to do a google drawing for finding literacy elements and we had to describe how literacy elements helps me with my reading. Here is my screencastify.


Writing
This week for writing we started writing an explanation this is my introduction the rest will be up next week.


Numeracy Reflection Week 6

Numeracy
This week for numeracy we had to solve fraction word problems here is my screencastify for one of my word problems.