Blog To Kereu's school

                      In MacCahon class we have been doing quad blogging over the few weeks.
                 Today is our last quad blogging, we will be quad blogging on Kereru class blog.
                                           This is the last week for quad blogging!

Ashlyn's 4 sentence recount template

This is about my holidays sleep over......

Ashlyn's Term 2 Reflection 2015 (Blog Post)-3/07/15

This is my reflection for the end of term 2. I am really looking forward for the holidays also term 3!

Backward-Looking:

What have been your learning highlights this term?

My learning highlights from this term were knowing lots of fascinating facts based on science and topic which was around space! Also doing geometry work with different teachers and different learning intentions. Most of all, I loved being in a digital class!

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Inward-Looking:

What were your Learner Profile goals for Term 2? Have your goals changed? Are you on track to meet your goals?

My learner profile goals for term 2 is to be on task at all times and to be balanced with my learning. My goals have changed because I successfully achieved them! I am on track to meet my goals. My next 2 goals is to be motivated and to always work with people that I can do my work or just work independently!

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Outward-Looking:

If you were the teacher, what comments would you make about your learning so far?

If I were to be the teacher I would say to Ashlyn (ME) that I have been alright carrying with the learning that I have done. But you still haven’t been able to do things independently still.

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Forward-Looking:

As you look back at your learning so far, what's one thing that you would like to try to improve upon?

I would like to prove upon my Maths by picking a strategy like place value and use it for any question I get asked.

Another awesome post from Paerata's individual blogs! (Tara)

 Hi Guys today I did another comment on an awesome blog post from Tara- (Paerata's blog) Her blog post about bullying made me stop and have a look through, so I did! Here's the awesome blog post from Tara :   http://www.tarapaerata.blogspot.co.nz/2015/06/this-is-cool-check-it-out.html

My Comment:

My blog comment on Paerata's individual blog (Miracle)

McCahon class was doing quad blogging today. If you have no idea what quad blogging is then it means a new term/concept that has 4 schools blogging in a cycle that helps people view and comment on students blogs. The way this works is once a class signs up they get entered into a "quad" and then a moderator makes sure things run smoothly. When I was looking at Paerata's individual blogs. I was flicking through until I came to Miracle's blog, I scrolled down and I found a best friends blog post. It gave me detail on her friends, and furthermore detail about their nicknames. Here's the the link to her blog post:  http://miraclepaerata.blogspot.co.nz/2015/06/my-best-friends.html?showComment=1435106194726#c4970251086092669598


      Blog comment:

I PAST ADDITION FINALLY!

   I have finally past addition! I guess all that work paid of now all I have to do is pass subtraction, multiplication and division. 

4/06/15 A.T.K Speedwrite: What are Stars?

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My Information Report Success Criteria:	Self	Peer
My heading/title:
is an interesting title (I might have phrased the title as a question.)
My opening paragraph/introduction:
says what my report is about in a clear way
gives a general “classification” – and maybe a technical classification
outlines the main features of the subject
My main paragraphs/body paragraphs:
have clear topic sentences  (topic and main point)
are organised so that each paragraph is about a different aspect of the subject
give detailed information (factual descriptions)
include specific, technical vocabulary
are generally balanced (have a similar amount of detail about the different aspects I write about)
may have helpful: tables, pictures and/or diagrams to add information
My end paragraph/conclusion:
draws the report together/sums up my main points
may give a personal opinion; ask the reader a question and/or tell the reader where further information may be found

[Introduction]

Have you ever wondered about the life cycle of stars? Well if you have, then read on this explanation will help you gain more information that you could use to write your own explanation!

[Paragraph 1-Life cycle]

To begin of with the life cycle, stars are born in a cloud of hydrogen atoms and dust atoms that is called nebula. Also there is gravity battling the star, but the core of the star which is nuclear fusion and it’s usually called equilibrium which means it’s the main sequence. The energy produces to help blow much of the disc of gas away, leaving the new star shining brightly. The centre, or core of the proto star gets increasingly dense and hot until nuclear fusion is finally triggered!  Stars sequence lasts depending on the mass of the star and how much hydrogen fuel the star contains. Some stars shine unevenly, and known to be a variable star.

[Paragraph 2 -Appearance]

Have you noticed that most of our stars are all different colours and shapes! One star that makes me really interested in is Orion. The reason why I am interested in Orion is because because it is visible and from we live (New Zealand) in Autumn we can see it in and also in winter and spring! Lastly, we can see that stars are all different colors and shapes and sizes.Stars range in colour depending on how hot they can be. (Temperature) Did you also know that the second brightest star is Canopus!

[Paragraph 3 -Types of stars]

These different types of stars like a proto and dwarf star. Did you that Rigel (the star) is 20 000 degrees and it is also 40 000 times brighter than the sun! Stars that are more than eight times the mass of the sun are called “blue giants”! During a supernova event, enough light is released is outshine an entire galaxy of billions of stars. A supernova are the most dynamic and energetic events in our universe. There are different kinds of stars, there are nova stars, a supergiant star and a dwarf star.

[Conclusion]

Did you know in ancient civilization they knew when a new year had passed by observing changes in patterns in the stars! I hoped you have learnt some information about stars if you still have some questions then go to this website http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/space/stars.html. Good luck on your explanation.