Winter Holidays Around The World

sea life

How to do decimals

Party Math work

Balanced Argumentation

Taylah:  

The issue is should cats be banned.

Some people believe they should.

On the other hand, some people

believe they shouldn’t. We will

look at both sides of the argument.

Arguments for cats being banned:

They kill our native birds

in the country and that

means they could possibly

be endangered in around

2-3 years. They rip your

furniture and it basically

forces you to pay and fix it.

Since they sleep most of the day,

at night they could be roaming

around meowing and keeping you

awake.

The facts:

They kill our native birds and if they keep

killing them they could eventually go extinct.

They scratch open your furniture while

trying to sharpen their claws.

Cats like to roam around and walk

on your bed at night because they sleep most of the day.

Arguments for cats not being banned:

Cats are great pets to help with struggles.

They are great family pets. They won’t get

in your way while working.

The facts:

Cats can sometimes help with anxiety.

Cats do great with little kids. They won’t

get in your way while working because

they sleep a lot.

My personal opinion:

I personally believe cats should not be

banned. However, others believe they

should.

SLJ Paying it forward

if I could go back in time to the great depression (1930's) I would give them nice clean clothes and I would try my best to give them a nice life. I would give them food, not just one selection I would give them a couple of selections to choose from. and I would give them blankets for warmth. I would give them some money to pay for the things they really need. I would give them towels for them to dry off. I would give them the medication they need.

My Chart

for cybersmart we made a map and put the different countries and how many weeks they have in their summer holiday. This is my chart.

Cybersmart Work

Endangered Animals

Leashing dogs into the wild poster

Math for this week

Me We Them

Smart Relationships

In cybersmart we made a slideshow on making good reply's

Reducing fractions

Least common denominator quiz

In Math we did a quiz on the least common denominator.

The Ice Experiment

Indentifying Variables

Identifying Variables

A science experiment has three kinds of variables.

• Independent variable – The factor that changes in an experiment

• Dependent variable – What is being measured in an experiment

• Control variable – The factor that remains constant in an experiment

Identify the three variables in the following scenarios

Two groups of fifth graders were tested to compare their speed solving long
division problems. One group had calculators, the other didn’t.

What is the dependent variable?  The speed of what they have made
____________________________________________________________
What is the independent variable? One group has calculators and the other
group dosen’t _________________________________________________
What is the control variable? There the same age

Students of different grades were given the same jigsaw puzzle to assemble.
The time they took to assemble it was measured.

What is the dependent variable? Jigsaw puzzle ____________________________________________________________
What is the independent variable? Students of different grades ____________________________________________________________
What is the control variable? They took time to assemble

Match the terms

Scientific Method Match the Terms

Match these scientific method terms with their definitions.

Experiment 1	Facts contained in reference sources that support the data in an experiment 2
Data 2	The problem that needs to be resolved through an experiment 4
Research 3	A test done to check if a hypothesis is correct or not. 1
Question 4	The results of an experiment in the form of visuals like graphs, etc. 3
Conclusion 5	A possible answer to the problem/question 6
Hypothesis 6	The result of the experiment that states whether the hypothesis was correct or incorrect 5

How to write a quality blog comment

Today in cyber smart we made a screencastify on how to make a quality blog comment. here is my video

How to make a quality blog comment

for cyber smart we made a powtoon on a quality blog comment.

My Pick A Path Story

I wrote a story using google forms. my partner was Brianna and we made a story together on a haunted house. first we made a google drawing and put our ideas there. we did this activity for our cybersmart with Mrs G. 
(the underlined/colored words are links)

Scratch

Scratch

Questions:

When was scratch invented / made?

Can you make your own characters in scratch?

How do you use scratch?

Why is the cat the most famous thing in scratch?

Why have they created scratch?  

Can there be other animals on scratch?

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Scratch language

People use scratch because they can create interactive stories ,games ,animation

In the simplest terms, the Scratch language is a free programming language where you move blocks (also
called bubbles) into a set order, then configure some of the blocks to create interactive stories, games, and
animations.

 The event-driven language is fairly easy for anyone to learn, regardless of age. Scratch rewards tweaking
and playing, either from a blank slate or by modifying existing code. The language also has been adapted
into new languages and inspired other languages.

Started in 2007, Scratch is a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. Since the
project started, 3.6 million people have signed up on their website and over 6 million Scratch projects have
been shared with other members of the community. Scratch also includes a very active community of
teachers, as well as support for parents helping kids learn the language.

What makes scratch special?
While the Scratch language is fairly easy to use, fun, and addictive, the language is special for two main
reasons, its community and how Scratch encourages kids to learn then take risks to adapt what they’ve done.
While not everyone wants to be a programmer, everyone benefits from projects that teach creative problem-solving. The ability to imagine, create, play, and reflect are critical skills regardless of your age. The
language hides the difficult parts of programming (different languages have different syntax, for example)
while exposing details that lets people configure actions. It’s much easier to touch a block then type in the
number of seconds to perform an action than type the same action in Python or JavaScript. Dragging the
blocks into order also is fairly easy for anyone to understand.

The use of configurable blocks instead of traditional code makes it easier for people think creatively, reason
systematically, and work collaboratively as they create their projects.

The community is the other half of Scratch. Their website makes it easy to share projects, as well as find
projects other people have completed. The community provides support online. And the community extends
offline in numerous classrooms, hackathons, and local groups that use Scratch to teach programming.

ScratchEd, the community for teachers, also is a very active place to share stories, share resources, ask
questions, and find people to help.

Both the Scratch online community and ScratchEd are great resources for parents who want to work with
their kids to learn the language. The Scratch team also has a web page for parents with lots of links.

Finally, Scratch is available in 40 languages and used in 150 countries.

Written by Mia and Taylah. ( ^~^ )

Angles in real life

Week 4 Vocabulary

Time Manegment work

Pets Report

Pets Writing

Intro: If you have always wanted to have a pet, some of these tips will tell you to look after it properly.

Paragraph 1: Feeding.

Pets need food to live. Pets need to eat so that they can stay healthy. If pets eat, they would be able to gain the protein they need. Feeding pets is a big part it owning them. If you feed pets the wrong type of food, they could get sick so you want to find the right food for them. For example, Dogs and cats should eat biscuits and meat. Pets should be feed 2, or 3 times a day. Pets can live up to 3 weeks without food but you shouldn’t try that. Some pets can pass away from starvation earlier. One thing you should be careful with dogs is chocolate. Milk chocolate can make them sick and lots can sometimes make them die, but dark chocolate just kills them. Food with caffeine is bad for animals. This is because dark chocolate has more caffeine in it. If you have a baby pet, you want to make sure you give them smaller bits than adult pets because they can choke on the bigger bits. Once you buy the animal, a cat and a dog would need bowls to be fed in them. You could also get treats to train your pets to do awesome tricks.

Paragraph 2: Giving Attention.

You should give pets the right amount of attention they need. Pets need attention to be able to trust you. If they don’t trust you, they could run away. They should also get attention so that they know that they are always loved by you. They should always be happy, so giving them the right attention should boost their mood up. If you come home from a long day, they would be excited to see you so it’s good to give them enough attention. The most common places to pat a dog would be stomach rubs, head scratches and a nice stroke down the back, the tail and legs aren’t really a good idea. Cat’s would like scratches behind the ears and strokes down the back, the stomach rubs sometimes work but some cats would bite you. Pets love attention so why not give them some?

Paragraph 3: Exercising Them.

Pets need to exercise to stay healthy. You can exercise you pet by walking it, walking it enough could make your pet strong and healthy. Not exercising your pet could lead to them being weak. If you exercise your pet, they can use up all their energy outside and be happy. Dogs would love to run outside so it would be good to let them run around for a little bit. Some pet’s can be like humans, exercising them can gives them stronger muscles. Cats don’t really like walking but some cats walk with a harness around their chest. Dogs just walk with it attached to their collar. As your pet grown you would need to adjust the collar to make sure they don’t choke. Sometimes people get harnesses for their dogs so that the lead just attaches to the back of their harness. They get the harness because if they attach the lead to the collar if you tug it it could tug on their neck and hurt them. Once you get the pet you have to make sure you have the right equipment. For example a cat and a dog would need a collar and a dog would need a lead as well. You should also let the pet get used to the area so they know where home is. Like I said in paragraph one, the treats can be used to train your pet. Some of the things you can train them to do is, beg, speak, roll over, sit, lay down jump and a lot more cool things.

Conclusion: those were some tips on how to look after a pet. Make sure you look after your pet well.

Watching My Variety Show Act

Watching My Variety Show Act

Purpose: To entertain the reader about me watching my variety show act.

Characters: Anna, Brianna Jessica, Sophie, Shyla, Me, And Willow.

Setting: Auditorium.

Feels like: The seats shaking from the loud music.

Sounds like: The big booming music.

Looks like: We are having fun, We are doing cool tricks, We are doing different things, We are working hard, We are in time to the music,

I sat down at my seat ready to watch the show. Act after act i finally see the dance battle group. The gymnastics group comes on the stage and performs. At the start they do some stretching and then they go into some funny dances. Almost at the end they hold hands and do a worm in their arms. \At the very end they do a pyramid. I was worried that they were going to fall! The whole dance was awesome so I clapped and cheered through the whole performance. I was so happy that I bought tickets to the variety show. I really want to buy tickets for the next one!

Data Collection

for maths we did stations, and a made a graph with my ako whanau group.

Names:	Basketball shots	Names:	Dribbles	Names:	Ring Toss	Names:	Pulse Before	Names:	Star Jumps	Names:	Pulse After	Names:	Tennis
Mia	14	Mia	160	Mia	4	Mia	93	Mia	91	Mia	112	Mia	92
Taylah	7	Taylah	144	Taylah	1	Taylah	66	Taylah	82	Taylah	108	Taylah	95
Aween	6	Aween	103	Aween	1	Aween	92	Aween	81	Aween	100	Aween	98
Yam	4	Yam	220	Yam	3	Yam	76	Yam	97	Yam	118	Yam	184
Davin	6	Davin	36	Davin	1	Davin	2	Davin	90	Davin	111	Davin	111