This term in my reading group we have been reading a book called Hatchet by Gary paulsen. So far we have read up to chapter 4, I know that the main character is Brian Robeson he was going on a plane trip to his Dads house he is the only passenger on the plane. He is with an elderly pilot the pilot had a heart attack and Brian had to fly the plane by himself. They were flying over top of the Canadian forest there were lots of lakes until he tried to land there was none infront of him. He tried to land in an L shaped lake to his right. He landed on the side of the lake he tried to get out he did. He fell asleep by the lake and woke up at dawn... I think he will try to make a shelter using his suroundings and kill the animals for food and start to head back on a journey. If I were Brian I would be scared out of my pants I would be in a massive situation I would be scared, frustrated, confused,
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This week we looked at a NZ artist Dick Frizzell he has made lots of art here is some of his art. During week one of term 3 Arrowsmith went to the EA Netvork pool for swimming lessons.
The best part was playing with the seal toys that float to the bottom of the pool one time I got seven of them. Something I learned was a easy way for breathestroke timing it goes like this,breath, kick 1, 2, 3. I need to work on my breathestroke gliding from my kicks so I go faster. Some times tables I need to work on are 9x6, 7x4, 7x6. Some times tables I have mastered are; 2 times tables, 10 times tables and nearly all of my 5 times tables. Some division facts I need to work on are 54 divided by 9, 64 divided by 8 , 32 divided by 4
some division facts I have mastered are; 2 division facts, 10 division facts an This term I have learnt a lot about native NZ. here are five things that I found interesting
~ Weta's flick their back legs for protection ~ Kiwi's are the only bird in the world with nostrils on the end of their beak ~ There are only 55 maui dolphins in the world ~ New zealand have 14 birds that start with "k" ~ Little blue penguins are found around the whole coast of NZ I am working on stage 6 2mins in daily basic facts. by the end of the year I hope to be on stage 6 1min - stage 5 30 sec. I am going to practice these questions in homework maths log . Some questions I need to practice are 7 x _ = 56, 4 x _ = 28 and 72 divided by 9 = _.
The best thing about the broblem solving is sharing because we get to see the best strategy for the problem and we get to share our thinking.
I have learn't it is easier to work as a big group with people the same stage as me. An example of a poblem and my working is: 2 1 $160 $389 +$197 ======== $746 ========= Written Method |
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