Writing Portfolio Sample

Description: This term we chose a goal to focus on in Writing. I chose Sentences, because my writing doesn't have a mix of long and short sentences.




Big Idea: A complex sentence is a sentence with an independent and a dependent clause. This is an example: Tane is a boy, with brown eyes. To make sure it is a complex sentence, you need to add a comma in the correct place.




Feedback:I liked how you added heaps of complex sentences.
Feedforward: I can't find any feedforward. #Finis

Evaluation: I like that I added quite a few complex sentences. Next time I could add 1 or 2 per paragraph/

Maths Portfolio Sample

Description: In maths this term we have been learning about different addition and subtraction strategies. My maths teacher is Ebony.

Big Idea: We have been learning different strategies. I have learned Rounding & Compensating, which is a strategy where you make a tidy number, e.g, 42+69, you would add one to the 69, to make it 70. So you know that 70+42=112-1=111, because you need to get the one from somewhere. I have also learned the Reversibility strategy, and that is you have a question like 67-23=?, and you add it to get the answer. So 23+?=67. 23+40=63+4=67. 40+4=44, so 67-23=44.

Feedback: I like how in the big idea you put all the questions and put the answer in and you said how you worked them out. #Houston.
Feedforward: Maybe next time you could not put all the answers down and just put the questions because they can work them out themselves and it is quite confusing when you look at it. #Houston.

Evaluation: I like how I explained that something didn't work. Next time I could write down neater.

Science Portfolio Sample

Description: A few weeks ago, we had some science tasters to see what we wanted to do in science. We went to Troy's Science Taster about Food Chains and Webs, Suzanne's Taster about the Digestive System, and Ebony's Taster about Animals. Then was the hard bit, choosing!!! The reason this was hard was because we had to have 2 choices, but I got my first choice, Troy Science Taster.

Big Idea: We have been learning about different animals and plants habitats. We have also found out if we took away the sun, nothing would survive, so we need to rely on the sun. Here is one example, beef. The beef comes from cows, cows eat grass, and grass needs the sun to survive. If the sun dissapears, the grass stops growing, the cows wil die from hunger, and there will be no beef in the world what so ever!!! So really, we need to rely on the sun to survive. 

Feedback/Feedforward: I really like how much detail you put into your description and your big idea. Next time I think you could add a little more to your Evaluation and just make the picture a little clearer. 

Evaluation: I think I really explained my Lunchbox Food Web quite well, it has everything that I ate. Next time I could spread the poster out more so it is not so cramped.

Reading Portfolio Sample

Description: Each week in Poutama, we have been expected to do 3 Tic-Tac-Toes (which are activities that we can do, 2 must does, and 1 can do. This week, week 7, has been different. We have no workshops, and 1 Tic-Tac-Toe to do, so we can have time for our post. My goal has been comprehension.

Success Criteria:

1. In workshops we have been learning to make text to text connections. Text to text is a piece of text which is similar to another piece of text.

2. Text to world is one piece of text to the world similar.

3. Text to self connections is something in a piece of text similar to you.

My Tic-Tac-Toe was "Just Like Me", which is an activity where you draw a character from a book, and you write things which are the same about your book character.

Feedback/Feedforward: I like your drawing and your connections but maybe add more Ideas. Houston

Evaluation: I really like how I explained myself with Greg Heffley, we are really similar, but maybe to similar.

Tane's "Lunchbox Food Web"

Description: In Troy's Science Group, we have been making food webs, which are webs which connect from one type of food to another. We made a Lunchbox Food Web, to show that 'Food doesn't just magically appear in supermarkets.

Catch Me If You Can- Defense

Description:

Every week we learn about skills and movement that will help us play sports. This term’s focus has been around defense. We made a video showing some of the goals we have been practicing. I have highlighted the thing I think I have done well YELLOW and one thing I would like to work on PINK.

Body:

WALT: Defensive skills and movements

Success Criteria:

Body Movement

Weight on balls of feet

Feet shoulder width apart

Knees flexed

Concentration and eyes on ball, head and eyes up

Push hard off outside foot and go forwards to attack pass

Quick small feet, stay on balls of feet

Arms within confines of body

Take feet to ball

Land with a SBP

Intercepting

Body angled to see player and ball

Anticipate pass and player movement

Restrictive Marking

Meet player as they start towards the ball/where they want to go
Stay close to the attacking player

Head and eyes up, arms close to body to avoid obstruction/contact

Angle body so attacking player is ‘pushed’ away from where he/she wants to go

0.9m from ball carrier

Evaluation: I personally, don't really like sports, so doing CMIYC was leaving my comfort zone. I think that with all the skills I have learnt, I would give myself 7/10

Feedback/Feedforward: I think the same you did really well with CMIYC but you could push yourself just that little bit froward #Kyan

Writing T2 W4 (Tic-Tac-Toe)

Description: Complete the follow up task from your writing workshop. Ensure you record evidence of this on your blog for checking.

Complex Sentence: After seeing how cool turtles are, Turtles are one of my favourite animals.

                                    Dependent                                                         Indepedent

In turtles lives, they spend 99% of their lives swimming. Sea Turtles can swim the entire ocean, because of food. Turtles swim thousands of miles, so they can lay their eggs. Motherback Turtles can get so fat, they can weigh up to 1,000 pounds. Mother sea turtles lay their eggs every 3 years. Turtles can swim all the way to the cold waters of Canada.

Two Stars & a Wish

Description: It's the last day of term, so we mad a Two Stars and a Wish to celebrate our learning. Here is mine for you to see.

Marae Storytelling

Purpose: Create a story to share orally

Description: Oral storytelling is a Maori tradition. We have been planning our own story to tell on the Marae in Week 7.

The Big Idea: I shared my story called "Where do Humans come From". The Maōri culture do 'Storytelling', either to tell children how things work, or they tell a warning story. I told a Scientific story. I had to think iof something that SOUNDS scientific, but isn't. I decided to do "Where do humans come from?"

Evaluation: I think I was very original when I had the idea, I haven't  heard anyone talking about it, I haven't seen anyone preform it. Next time I can work on not doing everything like a million times.

Ability to Act T1

Description:
We had to make a little 30 second (or lower) movie about our Ability To Act, instead of standing around, doing nothing. We used a video called 'Stuck behind an Escalator' to start us up.

The Big Idea:
We did this so others could get a message to act, For Example, Let's say that someone is stuck on the first branch and there was a ladder to get down. That person would still be stuck in the tree and not looking down at the ladder. You would think that the person should just look down and come down, but they didn't.

Evaluation: I think that we managed to record it effectilly, we had a few bloopers and then we managed to make the final video in about an hour. I think that next time we could have different places where the camera could go.

Feedback: I think you did good at speaking to the camera

Feedforward: Next time you should move the camera closer.

Joesph