Thursday, October 22, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Our learning Week 8 Term 3
We discussed what learning is and we all shared some ideas about what learning is. We came up with some ideas and then we put these together and made a definition of what we think learning is.
We said that anyone can learn something new and that there is an endless amount of resources that people can use to learn from. Overall we came up with that learning is taking in new knowledge and mixing it with what you already know and thinking about it t create new knowledge.
I used Image Chef, a new web 2.0 tool to make a poster for our class so that we can all talk about our learning each day.
We said that anyone can learn something new and that there is an endless amount of resources that people can use to learn from. Overall we came up with that learning is taking in new knowledge and mixing it with what you already know and thinking about it t create new knowledge.
I used Image Chef, a new web 2.0 tool to make a poster for our class so that we can all talk about our learning each day.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Week 7 Term 3
What is learning?
I think learning is when a person or a group of people work together or alone to work something out or learn each others opinions.
How do I know that I am learning something during a task?
I know when I am learning during a task because I am taking new knowledge into my brain.
How do I know that I have learnt something after I have completed the task?
I know that I have learnt something after the task because I may have had a different opinion about the subject before and now have a new opinion.
What could my teacher do to help me decide what I need to do next in a task? Mrs.M could help me by looking at my work and tell me how I need to improve my work and what to do next with my learning.
These are the ways I like to learn the most...
acting
discussing
drawing
and dancing
I think learning is when a person or a group of people work together or alone to work something out or learn each others opinions.
I know when I am learning during a task because I am taking new knowledge into my brain.
How do I know that I have learnt something after I have completed the task?
I know that I have learnt something after the task because I may have had a different opinion about the subject before and now have a new opinion.
What could my teacher do to help me decide what I need to do next in a task? Mrs.M could help me by looking at my work and tell me how I need to improve my work and what to do next with my learning.
These are the ways I like to learn the most...
acting
discussing
drawing
and dancing
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Term 2 reflection
This term my goals were to try to get 50/50 in my basic facts test and improve on my speed and acurracy. On the last basic facts test I got 50/50 and my time was 3:52 seconds, well around that mark. For my other goal which was singing I didn't do very well on that because I haven't got around to it yet but when I go to singing lessons I think my voice has improved a whole lot. For my basic facts test I have been practicing with our tables chart at home and that has been really good. For the whole 6 months my learning has been really good I have learnt a lot about plants this term. It was very fascinating. I feel that I have improved on my hand writing and my typing on the computer because I have been typing sentences on the computer and gone on some websites that are about learning how to type. My typing is really fast now. Next term I want to work to record sound and put movies on my blog and I think that will be really cool.This year I have made some really good friends and have now joined a lot of sports clubs in Townsville. I have made a lot of new friends at the sports clubs. Next term I want to improve my spelling age. At the start of the year I thought that this year was going to be the hardest year of my life because all of my friends wouldn't be there and I thought I wasn't going fit in with the others but when I got to my class on the first day everyone was so nice and once I got into the year ,so this year I think that I would want to stay at Townsville Grammar for the rest of my school years . Everybody is so NICE!!!!!
Thursday, May 14, 2009
My visit to the Palmetum
On the 14th of may 2009 4M went to the Palmetum and I went with my mum and some of the kids in my class were in that group too.The first environment we went to was the seasonally dry savannah and our group had to sketch 1 tree and 1 mini beast or animal I sketch some fan trees and a ladybug. Claudia, Anna, Jess, Brendan and Adam's sketches were really good aswell and Brendan drew a really good parrot. Then we went to the dry lands and we saw heaps and heaps of cactus's and it was really hot like a desert. Then we had a look at the Rainforest and the wetlands and the canopy was sooooo! cool. We went to the Palmetum because we are learning about plants and different environments in our class and we thought it would be a great and a fun way to learn about the different pants and environments. My favourite part was when the desert was really hot and the rainforest and the wetlands were cold but not freezing cold.I learnt that the leaves on the bottom of the forest floor are much larger and wider than the leaves on the trees on the top of the forest roof I also learnt that the top of the roof of the rainforest is called a canopy. The trip to the Palmetum was really fun.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
The end of term 1 2009
This term I learnt Indonesian with Bu McNamara and we learnt how to say a heap of stuff. We also learnt how to count as well.
The really interesting thing that I learnt this term was how creative Mrs.Mitchell is. I mean the back of our classroom has so much colourful and artistic stuff on it.
This term I enjoyed our cultural afternoon tea where both the year 4 classes shared their culture with everybody else and both classes made hats that represented their culture and there was a heap of food there as well.
Next term I want to do a "So you think you can dance challenge" because we have already done a writing one and I think it would be really fun as well.
The really interesting thing that I learnt this term was how creative Mrs.Mitchell is. I mean the back of our classroom has so much colourful and artistic stuff on it.
This term I enjoyed our cultural afternoon tea where both the year 4 classes shared their culture with everybody else and both classes made hats that represented their culture and there was a heap of food there as well.
Next term I want to do a "So you think you can dance challenge" because we have already done a writing one and I think it would be really fun as well.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
My learning in week 9
In 4m we have been learning about Cyclones.
This is what I have learnt about Cyclones. Cyclones are very powerful rotating storms.They have very strong rotating winds,rain, thunder and lightning.
Cyclone winds blow in a spiral around the centre called the eye. A wall of thunderclouds called the eye wall surrounds the eye.
Long bands of rain clouds spiral around the storm.
We have also been learning about the history of Townsville which goes back to 1770, when Captain James Cook sailed through,coastal features like Cleveland Bay, Cape Cleveland and Magnetic Island. In maths Claudia, Brendon and I have been doing different maths to the rest of the class. My learning is important because I may need it in the future. . We have been reading a story called BOY OVER BOARD and it is about a family from Afghanistan and they want to move to Australia for a better life but are having hard time getting there. The next step for my learning is to study problem solving in maths. I also want find more things about Australian animals.
This is what I have learnt about Cyclones. Cyclones are very powerful rotating storms.They have very strong rotating winds,rain, thunder and lightning.
Cyclone winds blow in a spiral around the centre called the eye. A wall of thunderclouds called the eye wall surrounds the eye.
Long bands of rain clouds spiral around the storm.
We have also been learning about the history of Townsville which goes back to 1770, when Captain James Cook sailed through,coastal features like Cleveland Bay, Cape Cleveland and Magnetic Island. In maths Claudia, Brendon and I have been doing different maths to the rest of the class. My learning is important because I may need it in the future. . We have been reading a story called BOY OVER BOARD and it is about a family from Afghanistan and they want to move to Australia for a better life but are having hard time getting there. The next step for my learning is to study problem solving in maths. I also want find more things about Australian animals.
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