Maths WorkShop

                                                        Maths WorkShop

Today in my maths workshop we were learning to find patterns in a maths question. I was told to write a a grid that showed six squares. I rote numbers one to five in the top boxes.  Underneath the high boxes we had to find out the answer of the first pattern. We were using ice bloc sticks but the question on the big screen made the question using matchsticks. The question was: If you had  a triangle and connected 11 more tryangles to the single triangle how many matchsticks would you have to use. Instead of connecting 12 triangles together and finding the answer that way, we were told to find patterns through the numbers of the grid shown in out maths book.  

At first I found the questions a bit hard to understand, but after a few questions I had got the rhythm of the patten mastered. Our teacher kept changing the shape to make our minds figger the question and multiply the shape of the number.  I had to keep trying and never give up. When I tried to find patterns, I would use my multiplicative thinking to find the easy ways of answering the question. 

                                Here is my work I did in my maths book today in the workshop. 

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High Modality Learning/ SPaG workshop

                        High Modality Learning/ SPaG workshop

                                    What are high modality words?

High modality words are strong words that usually stait your opinion strongly. High modality words are normally found in speeches or other ways, when people try to convince and persuade you to agree with there opinion. High modality words are strong words that are used to convince people in positive and negative ways. They are also words that make you seem certain on your opinion. 

  Here are some examples of high modality words, that I have made.  

                                                                                                                                                          

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First Day Back To School

                                               First Day Back To School

First day back to school. I woke up nice and early in the morning. It was raining cats and dogs. I got ready for school and pack my bag. My family and I swung our bags onto our back and stornched into the car, ready for a big day of learning. I felt nervous and excited to start the first day of term 4. Soon we arrived at school. 

The clouds were crying as I walked through the school gates. My bag weighed a ton when in shrugged on my back shoulders.  As everybody ran into school, it sounded  like a pack of elephants charging  at you. 

Dinning the loud school bell rang loudly. That was the sign that told us it was 9.00 ( class time ). All of MLH ( my class came ) came storming through the open doors of the classroom. I ran to the hall, trying to cover my face from the rain. I had to go to the hall to get ready for the welcoming of the new students joining our kura.  When we welcome people to our kura we sing waiatas and the teachers speak. 

I was very excited. Loud singing danced around the room springing and echoing back and ford. Soon it was time to leave the hall. The muddy grass splatted out the sides of your foot when footprints stomped down. Me and my friends ran through the spitting rain. 

Workshops started and we were soon back to usual routine. I started my weekly priorities confidently. The school day had started. 

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