Reading Comprehension: All That Glitters

Reading Comprehension: All That Glitters 26 September 2017

1. Kim wants to drive her three kids and their two friends to the soccer game. The problem is that her shiny new SUV only has room for five passengers including the driver. Kim misses her old eight passenger SUV but she’s still thankful that the new one gets much better gas mileage. Which of the following statements is false?

a. Kim’s new vehicle is not meant to carry six people

b. Kim’s old SUV had seating for more passengers than the new one

c. Kim won’t be able to take her kids to the soccer game

2. Karim had $500 dollars to invest. He was considering a number of options. “I’d really like to buy gold bars with the money and hide them in a big hole in our yard,” he said. “Five hundred dollars won’t buy much gold,” his father pointed out. “You could put all the gold in your shoe and never notice that it’s there.“That takes all the fun out of it!” Karim groaned. “I just won’t buy any gold at all!”. When Karim’s father suggested that he deposit the money in his new savings account at the local bank, Karim quietly stated, “That could work.” What did karim want to buy?

a. New shoes

b. A small gold coin

c. Gold bars

d. A used hamburger

From the selection we can tell that Karim _______.

a. Will save his $500 at the local bank

b. Might decide to put his money into his bank account

c. Will put the cash under his pillow and wish for a tooth

d. Does not trust banks

3. Scientists in Australia have discovered a planet that seems to be a solid diamond. They estimate it to be about five times the size of Earth. The diamond planet is 4,000 light years away, so don’t plan on traveling there any time soon. Which one of the following do you think scientists needed in order to make this discovery?

a. a microscope

b. a smartphone

c. a jewelry store

d. a radio telescope

Making Quiche

Making Quiche 25 September 2017

For tech today we made an quiche. The quiche had bacon, onion and with cheese on top. We learnt how to make it and like always my partner and I both had different jobs. The quiche tasted nice and I couldn’t wait to show the recipe to my family at home.

Harold Caravan + Measuring The Sugar In Drinks

Harold Caravan + Measuring The Sugar In Drinks 22 September 2017

This morning some of the year seven and eights attended the harold caravan to learn some new exciting things. One of the activities that we were told we were going to was measuring the amount of sugar in different types of drinks.

Nicole who ran everything got a variety of different drinks for us to measure. There were drinks like Coca Cola, Rock Star, Mother, Wave, Powerade, E2, Flavoured Water, Red Bull, Fresh Up and a few other drinks. We were to look at the label at the back of the drinks and read and see how many teaspoons of sugar were in the drinks. We estimated how much sugar by using how time tables. One teaspoon would equal to a number in the four times table. So, for example if a drink had 51mg in it we would have to look at the four times table and see which one is the closest to that number. So for 51mg there are 13 teaspoons of sugar in there because 4 x 13 = 52 and that is the closest result to the number.

Before we measured everything we had to make an assumption and guess what drink would have the most sugar and what drink would have the least. My assumption was the flavoured water having the least and the coca cola having the most. We got into groups and measured the drinks. My group measured the drinks “Rock Star” and “Mother”. We were surprised and overwhelmed with the result because of how much sugar was actually put into drinks. The rock star had 69mg with 17 teaspoons and the mother had 51mg with 13 teaspoons.

All of the drinks had a lot of sugar in them but the rock star had the most and the flavoured water had the least. I was shocked at the results because I thought coca cola would be one of the ones with the most sugar in it but it was one of the ones with the least. I was also more surprised with the amount of sugar people put in drinks.

At the end of the activity it was time to leave and go back to class to have morning tea. That was our last session of harold and we even got to say hi and bye to harold. I really enjoyed attending the harold sessions and I hope to maybe even see him in the future more often.

Reading Comprehension: The Best Cooked Potato

Reading Comprehension: Is It Possible? The Best Cooked Potato 20/09/17

Making Meaning Questions:

1. What was the fork used for in the experiment with the microwave oven?

Annie used the fork to stab and poke holes in the potato so it wouldn’t explode

2. What helped the children decide which was the best way to cook potatoes?

They looked at the method of how it was cooked, how long it took, and how much power was used to cook it.

3. What is meant by the sentence “Annie gave it another minute”?

Annie gave the potato another minute to cook in the microwave oven.

4. Which cooking method would be best if you preferred baked potatoes?

The best option would be to use a conventional oven.

5. How could you measure which method of cooking people liked most?

They couldn’t measure it/

6. Which of the cooking methods used the most power?

The conventional oven used the most power with 1.99kilowatts

7. Which of these three ways do you prefer potatoes to be cooked?

I prefer the conventional oven way because I like how the potatoes turn out, But if I were on a budget I would use the microwave because it is easier and uses less time and power.

Teaching Long Division

Technology: Potato Salad

Technology: Potato Salad

For Technology, we made Potato Salad with Sausages. We learnt a lot of things like knowing when an egg is ready and when and how long potatoes should be boiled for it to be edible. I found that the cooking part was a little bit hard but once I got the hang of it, it was really fun and intreseting.

Grammar Blast

Grammar Blast 14 September 2017

For reading grammar, I went on this reading activity called “Grammar Blast”. The activity gives a bunch of questions that we had to answer correctly to test our comprehension and our knowledge in grammar and correct wordings and sentences. I learnt a few new things like differences between words that sound the same but it spelt differently like you’re and your and their and they’re. I found this site a little helpful because i knew some of the things already.