Thursday 22 September 2016

2016, literacy, week 9, Term 3,


This is my big day out video. you had to make a video of the big day out. I have used Magisto. I am proud of it because I worked hard on it. Next time I will work on making it longer. 

Wednesday 21 September 2016

2016, literacy, week 9,



This is my DLO. you had to write a reflection about Tales of a Fourth Grade nNothing. I used a google drawing. I am proud of it because I worked hard. Next time I will work on making the font colour different.

2016, literacy, week 9,


This is my toddler bike add.that I created for our Chapter Chat follow-up you had to do add of a toddler bike it was one of the book activities. I used Moovly. I am proud of it because I used a new application. Next time I will work on having it more information.  

Friday 16 September 2016

numeracy, 2016, week 8,


This is my Snake Area and perimeter you had to work out math problems as a grope. I used a Google slide. I am proud of it because I worked really hard to find the answers with my group.

literacy, Term 3, week 8,



This is my Chapter Chat, you had to do a picture on a google drawing of fudge and a turtle named dribble  I am proud of how hard I work because it is net. Next time I will work on having a body.

Thursday 8 September 2016

numeracy, week 7, Term 3,


                                     

This is my Snake area and perimeter. You had to choose a question and work on it as a group. I have used a google slide and took a screenshot of an activity to work on.  I am proud of how hard I worked because it did not take long. I will work on writing more.

literacy, Term 3, week 7,

Age of Exploration


The Age of Exploration (also called the Age of Discovery) began in the 1400s and continued through the 1600s. It was a period of time when the European nations began exploring the world. They discovered new routes to India, much of the Far East, and the Americas. The Age of Exploration took place at the same time as the Renaissance.


Why explore?
Outfitting an expedition could be expensive and risky. Many ships never returned. So why did the Europeans want to explore? The simple answer is money. Although, some individual explorers wanted to gain fame or experience adventure, the main purpose of an expedition was to make money.


How did expeditions make money?
Expeditions made money primarily by discovering new trade routes for their nations. When the Ottoman Empire captured Constantinople in 1453, many existing trade routes to India and China were shut down. These trade routes were very valuable as they brought in expensive products such as spices and silk. New expeditions tried to discover oceangoing routes to India and the Far East. Some expeditions became rich by discovering gold and silver, such as the expeditions of the Spanish to the Americas. They also found new land where colonies could be established and crops such as sugar, cotton, and tobacco could be grown.


Henry the Navigator
The Age of Exploration began in the nation of Portugal under the leadership of Henry the Navigator. Henry sent out ships to map and explore the west coast of Africa. They went further south than any previous European expedition and mapped much of western Africa for the Portuguese. In 1488, Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias was the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa and into the Indian Ocean.


Christopher Columbus
Soon the Spanish wanted to find a trade route to the Far East. Explorer Christopher Columbus thought that he could sail west, across the Atlantic Ocean, to China. He could not get the Portuguese to fund his expedition, so he went to the Spanish. Spanish monarchs Isabella and Ferdinand agreed to pay for Columbus' trip. In 1492 Columbus discovered the New World of the Americas.


Portugal and Spain
Portugal and Spain became the early leaders in the Age of Exploration. Through the Treaty of Tordesillas the two countries agreed to divide up the New World. Spain got most of the Americas while Portugal got Brazil, India, and Asia. Spain sent over conquistadors to explore the Americas and to conquer the peoples there. Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico and Francisco Pizarro conquered the Inca Empire in Peru. They made Spain rich with the gold and silver they found in the Americas. Portugal sent out Vasco da Gama who found a trade route around the southern tip of Africa and to India. They also explored much of the Far East and were the first Europeans to establish a trading colony in China at Macau.


Colonies
Other countries such as Great Britain and the Netherlands established colonies in the New World. Eventually Great Britain would overtake all of the European nations in terms of the size of their world wide empire including the thirteen colonies in the Americas that later became the United States.


Geography
The Age of Exploration was one of the most important times in the history of world geography. A large portion of the unknown world was mapped during this short period. Also, many advances were made in navigation and mapping which helped future explorers and travelers.


Interesting Facts about the Age of Exploration

  • During the Age of Exploration Europeans referred to the entire area of Southeast Asia and India as the "East Indies".
  • The first expedition to circle the globe was led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. Unfortunately, Magellan was killed during the expedition and did not complete the voyage.
  • Some areas of the world were not fully mapped or discovered until well after the Age of Exploration including Eastern Australia, the interior of Africa, the Arctic, and the Antarctic.
  • Many explorers such as Captain James Cook and Sir Francis Drake searched for a Northwest Passage to East Asia, but it wasn't until 1906 that explorer Roald Amundsen completed the journey.

This is my age of exploration. you had to highlight what is good, bad, time and reasons why they explored. I have used a google doc for this. I am proud of it because I worked hard. Next time I will work on highlighting more specific key facts.

Friday 2 September 2016

literacy, Term 3, week 6,


This is my explore I used a google drawing I am proud of how hard I worked.  You had to do 5 reasons why people explore as a group. Next time I will work on putting more info on it.

Success Criteria
What makes a fantastic Explanation?

I can…..
Self
Peer
Teacher
Begin with an introduction of the topic

Life Cycle of a Frog


Write a series of paragraphs that explain
Tadpole hatches out of the egg.After a few days External gills apar.
Sort of

Write a concluding paragraph
Now the tiny egg is now a full grown frog!!

Write in paragraphs
Fertilised egg,  eley tadpole tadpole with gills and fins, tadpole with hind limbs, froglet, froglet with regular tall, Adult frog.                                                       

Use a variety of sentence openers
yes

Use technical language
Wind rainfall.
Separate develop

Words that show cause and effect
A layer of jelly provides protection to the eggs.   

Use present tense correctly
Then the eggs...

Correctly use a variety of punctuation
yes

Write grammatically correct sentences
yes

Use correct spelling
yes


Next Steps:




This is my success criteria you had to watch a video of a life cycle of a frog and say what you lent. I used a google dock. I am proud of it because I put a lot of  into in it. next time I will work on getting the spelling correct.  

numeracy, Term 3, week 6,


This is my screencastify you had to do it on a game called count the cubes the purpose of the activity is to do a screencastifya volume maths game. I am proud of it because It is the best screencastify I'd done next I will work on playing the games  longer to improve my skills.  I hope you enjoy it!