Room 8 Learning Tennis

Term 2 Learning Goals

These are my learning goals for Term 2.

Reading

To get to the next level I need to:

• Make connections between the text and what I already know about the topic I’m reading.
• Form an opinion about the text, making a conclusion or an assumption.
• Use inference to gain a greater understanding of what the characters are feeling.

Writing

To get to the next level I need to:

• be consistent with the use of tenses in my writing.
• Check that I don’t confuse the use of was/were.
• Add description to the setting of my narratives by using powerful words to ‘show’ the reader and set the scene.

Maths

To get to the next level I need to:

• Use the mathematical symbols =, <, >
• Find an equivalent fraction e.g ½ = 2/4
• Put 3 or more number into order (up to 99)

How Special I am

This term people have thought about me and other people in my class.They have thought about special things about me.

In the future I can look at this again and think how special I am.

The Amazing Artistic Nigel Brown

Did you know, in Nigel Browns childhood he spent a lot of time in a packing shed? This is because he grew up in a farm in Invercargall.
And he is now a famous New Zealand artist.

Have you heard that he has graduated the University of Auckland at Elam school of fine arts?
Earlier in his life he was inspired with expressionism(emotional inspired)from Gareth Tapper and he was influenced from a very famous artist Colin McCahon which he studied for three years.

In some of his art he uses really good signs and symbols,for example putting a circle on top of a square and making a snow man or toaster.He also uses shapes,numbers and letters.

One of Nigel Browns artworks is named N-Brown. It is a portrait of someone sitting inside a kitchen.

Are you aware that he has been influenced by Phillip Clairmont in doing wood cutting?
He has exhibited and extended(Getting involved in what he does like attending things more) in public and private galleries around New Zealand.

He aha te tae?

Buddy Work for 2012

Me and my partner Nemani wrote a story for buddy writing.He said it was fun reading the story to me so I could listen, to it while I typed it out. He also said that I can type fast.I think he could type faster when he gets older.

First Post for 2012

This is my first post for 2012!I like using my net- book to work on.This year

I am looking forward to all the new comments I get this year and also putting new posts onto my blog.