Today me an my group (which is group 3) did long divison. This DLO here shows how to do long division step by step, my favorite part about long division was bringing down the numbers.

LI: To understand we make judgements based on stereotyping, assumptions and prejudices

Today we read the text Bok Choy for Reading. This text showed us the prejudices that existed towards the Chinese immigrants in early NZ. It also showed us that it is important to show empathy for those who are seen to be different from us. Our challenge after reading this was to write a letter to Ah Sum to thank him properly, as you didn’t have the right words when you were shivering in his hut. 

This was what I wrote:

Dear Ah Sum

I am so sorry, I just… wanted to fit in. But I didn’t have the right words at that time, so I wanted to give you an apology. Also, the bok choy mother buys from you is surprisingly good. If you hadn’t sold it, I’d probably be a little bit more bored. Thank you for saving my life, Ah Sum. I truly mean it.

Sincerely, Jacob

LI: To structure and write a narrative

Mrs Anderson read us the book ‘First Flight’ by June Crebbin. We talked about the narrators point of view and used a Gemini Gem to prompt us to think more deeply about what the story might look like when told in the first person. I enjoyed using the Gem because it helped me create the book itself. Without the gem, I couldn’t of created it.

LI: To design a mural for our community that connects to my culture

For Reading we read ‘Painting the Town’ by by Renata Hopkins. This text was about how Christchurch has painted murals all over the city to bring back happiness to the city after the 2011 earthquake destroyed 80% of the city. My mural (which was created in Google drawings) shows the freedom to fall wherever you want.

Today, we went to tech again. This time, we were introduced robots called “Mbots”. We had to make them move around in a square, using specific code our teacher provided us with. I absolutely loved using the robots.

Today, in LS2, we practiced a way to divide numbers called short division. Short division is a quick way to divide large numbers. My favorite part was the multiplication. 

Today, me and my buddy Ali tried to recreate the image on the first slide. As you can see, we got pretty close to recreating the image on the first slide. My favorite part was seeing the results of the prompts.

Today, we made a DLO about the art we did today. I used Antic slab for the fonts, and also used drop shadow to make it pretty.

Today I was making a DLO about influencers, and how they influence us, and also about what influencers are anyway. The font I used for the title was Archivo Black, the font I used for the information was Arvo.