math test

Here is a snapshot of my Term 4 results for the PAT maths test. I scored 16 points out of 37. I am not that pleased with my result. My score in Term 4 was 1 points more than Term 1.

Here is a snapshot of my Term 4 results for the PAT comprehension test. I scored 27 out of 37, I am pleased with my result. My score in Term 4 was 8 points more than Term 1.

Five Senses Writing

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We are learning how to add description to our writing by including ideas from our five senses and creating Show not Tell sentences. We mixed Skittles and warm water in class and got to hear, smell, touch, see and taste them. Here is my writing.

Island

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This week some people came to see Ms B and Ms H and see if  learning together is empowering. We had to work in our groups of 4. We got a picture and had to use our 5 senses. Then we had to do it ourselves. Can you guess where am I?                          

    Island  

The fresh island breeze is blowing in my face. Palm trees are waving crazily in the wind. The bright sparkling water tastes like the honey and lemon drink my mum makes to help me feel better.

Cross Country

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This week we had Cross Country and there were 200 people at our school and lots of other schools that came. I was very excited because I like meeting new people. I got to see so many of my friends though it was so hot that I thought that I was going to die. I came 13th in my age group . After the Cross Country I went to my Mum and Dad's workshop and watched movies. Here is a photo.

 

Learning how to write reports about a scientific experiment.

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We are having a science fair this term so we needed to learn how to write a report about a scientific experiment. Our teachers chopped a piece of scientific writing into bits and we had to sort them out into the right order. We had to match the structure clues with the correct sentences and paragraphs. It was tricky. When we were finished we used the report to carry out a floating and sinking experiment using Blutack.The Blutack wouldn’t float unless we squeezed  it into the shape of a boat. It was fun. Here is a picture.

Yuk!

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This term our theme  is Up Up and away and it is all about science. In the first week back at school we did something with baking soda and vinegar.  First we had to taste the vinegar and baking soda then we had to mix them together. It started to bubble an fizz and we had to taste the foam to see if it  tasted the same. Here is what we did after that.

B E G I N N I N G	TITLE	Yuk!
	QUESTION.	If we mix this two different cim
	THESIS.	Vinegar taste sour and it is a liquid. Baking soda is a solid, soft white powder and it taste salty and horrible. They are both food substances but based on their different taste, they must be chemically
	HYPOTHESIS.	We predict that when we mix vinegar with baking soda an observable  chemical reaction will occur. We might see and hear an explosion, fire, foaming, bubbles , fizzing  or something else. THe resulting mixture might look and taste different. There might even be a difference size of the materials.

M I D D L E	EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS:	Baking soda Vinegar Container for mixing Teaspoon for mixing
	PROCEDURE	Step 1: Pour some vinegar into a container to a depth of about 2 cm. Step 2: Use a teaspoon to measure in one teaspoon of baking soda   Step 3: Mix with teaspoon Step 4: Observe and record what happens
	OBSERVATIONS:	At step 2 the mixture started to fizz. A fizzing sound was heard, bubbles were seen to appear in the mixture and the materials rose higher  in the container. At step 3, when the materials were mixed, even more bubbles appeared  in the container rose even higher .  When the mixture was tasted, the taste was unpleasant and was similar taste to the baking soda.

E N D	ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSION	The goal of this experiment was to see if an observable reaction would take place when vinegar and baking soda were mixed together. The result of our experiment proves that our hypothesis was correct. We predicted that there would be an observable reaction, and there was. There was lots of foaming and fizzing happening and bubbles appeared which mean a gas must have been Produced. A quick check online showed us that the gas was carbon dioxide.