My year so far in Room 16

This is a reflection on my year in room 16.

My year so far in Room 16 by ElijahMy dream job would be a be a pro at Basketball.My favourite thing about being in Room 16 in 2013 was Camp Kaitawa.  Something I would like to do in term four is finish Elijah Man season 1.Something I would like to do next year is get a badge for young leader or digi leader.


Reading
The best thing about reading so far this year is literacy circle.The best thing I read this year was Hachet. I enjoyed it because it was very exciting.My favourite reading blog post that I created is my pangolin report. I chose it because I think it is some  of my best work.This is my favourite reading post from someone else Hemani@parkvale/Hatchet. I think it is awesome because of the amazing illustration assignment.

Maths
The best thing about maths so far this year is Mathletics.I was most proud of learning  Graphing . I was proud because I put a lot of work into making my graphs.This is my favourite maths blog post My 100m maths garden that I created. I chose it because I had lots of fun making and designing what went in my garden.This is my favourite maths post from someone else CameronP@Parkvale/Maths. I think it is awesome because i like this game and I think they are very good instructions.I am really good at Graphing.I want to get better at knowing how to convert my fractions, decimals and percentage.

Writing
The best thing about writing so far this year is Elijah Man.I was most proud of learning  How to right a good narrative. I was proud because it was my second narrative and my best.This is my favourite writing blog post Elijah Man that I created. I chose it because It’s my favorite Elijah man story and the Elijah man series is pretty much my best writing ever.This is my favourite writing post from someone else Thunder skull By Inderpreet kalkat. I think it is awesome because this story gave me the idea for Elijah Man.I am really good at humor.I want to get better at putting in punctuation.

Integrated Topic
My favourite part of topic has been The cultural art like the TeMata art. I enjoyed it because I like art and I really liked the idea of sketching the peak.This is my favourite topic blog post that I created Optimist  yachting. I chose it because i loved optimist yachting and couldn’t wait to tell everyone about my experience.This is my favourite topic post from someone else Dylan @parkvale: indian poster. I think it is awesome because I like the effort he put into the lion on his poster.

School Involvement
Mini ball, Inter School Swimming, academic, extension maths, extension writing. 
How I Have Shown PRIDE
Personal  Best: Elijah Man.
Respect and Responsibility: cyber safety.
Integrity: Not  copying and pasting text into my writing.
Determination: not giving up on my work and always finishing it.
Enjoyment: I have 46 six posts with the enjoyment label for a reason. I like making things as fun as possible! :-}

Is air heavy?

IS AIR HEAVY?

What do I think: No. Am I wrong or am I right? lets see.

Equipment:

• News paper
• Ruler (one that you wont mind snapping)

Method:

1. Put the ruler on the edge of the table half on and half off
2. Karate chop the ruler
3. It doesn’t break
4. Next put the ruler on the edge again but this time put a scrunched up piece of news paper on the end that won't be karte chopped.
5. the paper should fly in the air. Why? It happens because it is not flat so the air can not hold it down.
6. So then put  a flat piece of newspaper on and karate chop the ruler did it break?

Explanation:

The ruler should have snapped because the air is holding the paper down and forcing it to snap.

Was I right? No.



Photos of the experiment

Sience air is heavy by Elijah from Room16 Parkvale on Vimeo.

Calender art

We have been doing calender art. We had an option of a dot portrait or a collage. I did both but ended up choosing the dot portrait. These are my two pictures I had I made.

Science experiment 1: Air exists

This term are topic is on movment and force. This is an expeirment that proves air exists.

AIR EXISTS

Equipment:

• Container full of water
• Jar
• Paper towel

Method:

• Put the paper towel in the jar. Try and keep the paper towel big so it doesn't fall out  
• Turn the jar upside down and push it to the bottom quickly (If there are bubbles it probably hasn't worked)
• Quickly pull the jar back up and check the paper towel is dry if it is wet the experiment has failed

Question:

Will the paper towel stay dry in the jar or not?

Prediction/Explanation:

Yes the paper towel will stay dry because it is cushioned by the air

Observe

We put the paper towel in the jar and quickly put it in the water.Most of it stayed dry but a tiny bit was sticking out. On our last go it was completely dry.

Hachet final assingment

This is my final assignment post on Hatchet.
I'm kind of sad that the book is over because it was exiting. I'm kind of bummed out because I really enjoyed the book.
here is a slide show of my assignments and a what I thought of the book.


Elijah's litercy circle presentation from Room16 Parkvale on Vimeo.

Here is a photo of my final assignment.

It's a bit rushed (can you tell)

 I put rabbits in like in the story but there is a little to much!

Yachting and Kayaking day 3

Reflection for

Something I was pleased with was that I was the third kayaker back  because I usually come close to last.

I really enjoyed learning what to do with three people in the boat because I didn’t think you would be able to have that many people at a time.

Something I found hard was paddling in the kayak  because my life jacket was too tight.

Something that made me think was working the tiller because I have never had that job before.

Yachting And Kayaking Reflection Day 3 by Elijah Casson on GoAnimate