$100 Word Challenge

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WALT: use a change of pace and direction to get free for a pass

In Catch Me If You Can (CMIYC) I am learning to change pace and direction so I can get free for a pass. To get free for a pass, you need to move into space. Then you tell the person for the ball. If the defender moves in front of you, keep moving.

Milania, 5, takes long way home

Milania Lang is only 5 years old, but she didn't let 6.8km of busy roads get in the way of an epic solo scooter journey.

Milania's intrepid outing began when mum Kamilla took her and two friends, plus Kamilla's 19-year-old niece Danielle, to watch a movie at the Auckland waterfront on a recent busy Sunday 

"We'd been at the Lantern Festival and I'd heard there was a kid's movie on at the Wynyard Quarter. So I decided to take the children to see it."

With the three children and Danielle, Kamilla went to an information centre on the waterfront to ask about the film.

"They were only about a metre behind me. I thought Milania was just an arm's reach away." But setting out for Princes Wharf, Kamilla realised Milania was missing.

"I asked the others if they knew where she was; but they didn't. So we started frantically looking." But Milania was nowhere to be seen.

Security staff reviewed CCTV footage, which revealed Milania had looked away at the moment the others went into the centre and it showed her looking around, confused, and scootering off in the opposite direction. 

Kamilla called the rest of Milania's family and they came immediately to join the search. After about an hour, the police were called.

One of the officers asked if there was any chance of Milania having gone home. Kamilla thought it unlikely but went with an officer to their home almost 7km away.

"I left the other children with my friend, and drove home in the car. The officer said it was time for us to alert the media and get a helicopter out. That really hit me hard."

They arrived at the family home, but Milania was nowhere to be seen. As they were driving back, a policewoman saw a small child four doors from the home, sitting on a footpath.

"She asked me 'is that her'," said Kamilla. And it was and she was very tired and quiet, but calm. The first thing she said to me was 'you lost me Mum'!

Milania explained she'd lost sight of the group and thought they must have headed home. "So she decided to scooter home to find us. She had to cross some of Auckland's busiest streets all by herself."

Milania's journey is all the more remarkable as she has been to the Wynyard Quarter only two or three times this summer.

Asked if she was scared or sad during her epic journey, Milania responded: "I cried, but just a little."

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Comprehension Questions

WALT: Analysing an article

Record your responses to the following questions on your blog. (Think about a suitable title) 

1) Do you think Milania did the right thing? What could she have done instead?  I don't think she did the right thing. She could have waited where she was and asked a police officer for help.

2) What are some potential dangers that Milania faced? Busy streets, stranger because they could have kidnapped her, and driveways.

3) Define Frantically and what is another word for it that you could use. Another word for Frantically is Worried.

Swimming Sports Reflection

WALT: evaluate our learning honestly

Task: Relfect on my efforts at swimming sports day

SC: Answer questions honestly, use correct spelling and punctuation and ask my learning partner to write me some feedback.

I was proud at swimming sports because I kept coming last last year but this year I was coming 5th in some races.

The thing that was challenging me the most was that I had to keep catching up.

I showed Kotahitanga by cheering on other houses. The other houses are Kereru, Kiwi and Kea. The house that I am in is Tui.

My goal for next time is to swim length and win a race!

Peer Comment:

WALT: add using tidy numbers

I have been learning to add using tidy numbers. Tidy numbers are numbers that end in a 0. Here is an Example.

The first question is 43 + 29. The first thing to do is to make a tidy number. We make a tidy number by adding 1 onto the 29 to make 30. Where does the one come from? We takeaway 1 from the 43 to make 42. 3 + 4 = 7 so 30 + 40 = 70 and adding two makes 72. Now you know what tidy numbers are,  you can try use the strategie for yourself.

WALT: show Kotahitanga

WALT: show Kotahitanga

Kotahitanga is Unity and Togetherness.

Here is a screenshot of my diagram.

Kotahitanga means togetherness, unity, caring, sharing and helping each other.

You and me can show Kotahitanga by helping if someone is stuck and scared. Or maybe help someone if they are hurt. Whatever it is, Kotahitanga is togetherness.

WALT: make an excellent post

I am trying to make my posts interesting so an audience from the world will learn from my learning.

Here is my first draft of Kotahitanga. 

The next thing I have to do is add some words.

Here is my 2nd draft.

Doesn't it look much better? The last thing to do is to add some detail. Let's see if I add some more words.

That adds a bit more detail rather than telling others what it means. It will also tell you how you can show Kotahitanga. So now you know that you can have lots of different drafts on your posts so you can make it better. When people give you feedback, they are not trying to be mean, they are trying to help you to improve to do a better job than your rubbishy first draft. I hope that you learned something. Remember, you don't only have one chance to do something, you have as many as you need.

I think you need to improve your picture by making it neater. By Rileigh-Kaye 

Camp

I can't wait until it's march 18. Because I am going on camp! That will be fun! I will be doing all sorts of thing, e.g rock climbing. I won't be publishing on my blog until the 22 March.

New Words

I have made up three new words in BookTalsites today. 

Submobile which means underway.

I lost the sheet for the other two so I will try find that ASAP.