Tag: Reading

SSR Selfie

Maori Warriors were some of the scariest warriors the world has ever known. Their braveness and savageness are literally legendary. Throughout their history war was a part of their own Maori life. Conflicts over land and insults of any type were the main catalyst for war.

Inferencing

Today we were doing inferencing, inferencing is a act of passing from one proposition, statement, or judgment considered as true to another whose truth is believed to follow from that of the former.

Wonder Ch 11 – 13

This term in reading we are diving into a novel study for the book “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio.  This week we are trying to understand the characteristics and personalities of key characters in the story.  We also practiced summarisation  skills by extracting relevant details from the text.


We had to read Part One Chapters 8-10 which was about…

 

Next, we used what we had read to answer our slides about the key characters.

 

I enjoyed doing the activities

I need to improve on nothing really

I did well at words

How Graffiti art is made

Graffiti is art that is written, painted or drawn on a wall or other surface, usually without permission and within public view. Graffiti ranges from simple written words to elaborate wall paintings, and has existed since ancient times, with examples dating back to ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, and the Roman Empire. here is my work

Wonder

This term in reading we are diving into a novel study for the book “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio.  This week we are trying to understand the characteristics and personalities of key characters in the story.  We also practiced summarisation  skills by extracting relevant details from the text.

We had to read Part One Chapters 8-10 which was about auggie and he was in the car and overhearing his parents

Next, we used what we had read to answer our slides about the key characters.

I enjoyed reading the book

I need to improve on saying big words

I did well at reading the book

 

Wonder

This term in reading we are diving into a novel study for the book “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio.  This week we are focusing on what we can learn about the characters, especially through their dialogue.  Characters’ thoughts and feelings can be revealed through their dialogue.  This allows readers to make inferences about their internal perspectives and motivations.

 

We read Part One Chapters 5-7 which was about august

 

Our first task was to choose dialogue from the relevant chapter and use the dialogue to infer what each of the characters’ thoughts may have been.  Here is my work

Our second task was to imagine we are part of a welcoming committee at Beecher Prep, and create a warm and inviting poster to welcome August, the main character in the story. Our poster had to reflect the school’s values of kindness, inclusivity, and diversity.

 

I enjoyed doing the speech bubbles

I need to improve on what speech bubbles are

I did well at the speech bubbles

Wonder SSR selfie

Today I did a slide about wonder and the book wonder is about  a story about a ten-year-old boy named August Pullman who has facial differences. Because of his medical condition, he was home-schooled through fourth grade. Wonder is about August’s first year of school as a fifth-grade student at Beecher Prep. Here is my work