Wednesday 21 May 2014

Today in Te -Are- Tika i was using  my prior knowledge. This is a pitcher of my prior knowledge.










Sunday 11 May 2014

Writing a Quality Blog Comment

Writing a Quality Blog Comment  
We are learning to write quality blog comments.




Choose your top three tips from the video and list below.
Highlight each line and replace with your text.


  1. never use more than one exclamation mark
  2. complement the writer in a specific way
  3. end with a question


Take a look at this poster here: Writing Great Comments on Blogs


What are the main points of this, add a point to each number below:


1. be nice


2. keep your comments short


3. check your spelling and punctuation

Let's look at some comments on Manaiakalani blogs.


What do you notice about the comments?  That they were short and sweet.
Do they have anything in common? Yes, that they all say well done that the person that made it.


Share your thinking with a friend.
Visit our class blog on a class mates blog and read two or three recent posts
Select one post and leave a comment


Proof read your comment - capital letters, punctuation, spelling, does it make sense?


Make sure you are logged into your Google Apps Account.


Publish your comment.



Take a screenshot of your comment and insert it here:


Compare your comment to our Quality Comment: Success Criteria


  • How is your comment positive, thoughtful or helpful?
Positive: it says “wow”.
Thoughtful:
Helpful: we asked 2 questions.


  • How could you improve your comment?


We could make a connection e.g.
I’ve seen a recipe on how to make a gingerbread family in a cookbook.



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Monday 5 May 2014

me and ari at a car show


It was fun riding around the paddock at the car show in Stratford.  The driver went fast and it was bumpy.

Sunday 4 May 2014

At the beach with my dog

This is me and my dog Buster at back beach.  He likes digging in the sand, swimming and chasing seaguls.

Lego movie.


Can you spot me at the Lego movie?