Student Led Conference Reflection

The thing I enjoyed most about my SLC was Sharing All of my reading Because I have made quite a bit of progress.

What went well and why, Sharing my reading went well because I was able to share a lot of my reading.

What were the challenges you faced when preparing and presenting your SLC, the challenges I faced in my student led conference was the amount of time I had to share my work.

What changes would you make for next time and why, I would use my timebetter because I didn't have enough time to finish my student led conference.

Visual Arts

Visual Art: WALT: Apply knowledge about shapes and patterns derived from nature into an original artwork

For Visual Art the SOLO level I achieved was Extended Abstract because I was able to use all of the different techniques and Use different colours that match with the other colours.

The techniques I used in my art work to achieve this level were Moving Water colours, Shading and Glazing.

Here is a photo of my art work

My next step in visual art is to use a different range of Techniques and Skills. I want to use the skill of shading a bit more and use the skills of Moving water colours and Glazing more.

Reason with Linear Proportions

WALT - Reason with Linear Proportions

Here is an example of some of the question that we had to answer.
These questions are for the activities called Percent of change and Compare Percents of Numbers.


This question is for the activity Percent of change.
What is the percent of decrease from 600,000 to 300,000?

Write your answer using a percent sign (%).
Here is how I worked it out

I started by working out the difference of the two numbers which is 300,000 and then you divide the number by the first number (when you divide you have to use the first number) so it would be 300,000 Divided by 600,000 and then you times it by 100 and then you will get your answer.

Here is an example of a question

Here is some of my progress

This question is for the activity Compare Percents of Numbers.

This is how I worked it out

Firstly I used calculator to help me to work out all of the calculations and then what I did was I calculated 30x30%= 9 and then I did 9 Divided by 100 which = 0.09 and then that is the answer.

Vocabulary Assesment

WALT - I can use my growing wide range of academic and content-specific vocabulary to understand texts.

This is my Reading assesment for Vocabulary.

Defintions

Void: an empty space or vacuum. Fluorescent: able to give off visible light after being exposed to a source of heat, light, or other form of energy Vulnerable: able to be hurt or injured Interconnected: to connect or cause to be connected one to the other or others. Seldom: not often; rarely.

Example/Non Example	Is a void messy? Why or why not?	No Because it is a empty space.
	Which color is the most fluorescent at night? Why?	Yellow because it is a really bright colour.
	Why are elderly people more vulnerable than children? Why?	Because elderly people’s bones are older and they can’t get away from danger in a hurry.
	Which is more interconnected; a vine or a dandeloin? Why?	A vine because they can grow in all different directions.
	Which is more seldom; the Olympics or an election in NZ? Why?	Olympics Because they are every 4 years and a election is every 3 years.

Word Associations	The plants in the garden are die during a frost	Vulnerable
	There were lots of different paths that joined each other	Interconnected
	I made a shot from halfway while facing backwards.	Seldom
	We are still exploring  outer space.	Void
	I can find my key ring easily in the dark.	Fluorescent

Word Relationships How might each pair of words be connected?	Vulnerable/Fluorescent	You can be vulnerable when in light because everyone else can see.
	Void/interconnected	A void is connected with random things.

Extended Writing	Think of a time when you felt as though you were in a void or when you saw something that happens seldom. Write a paragraph about this.
	Seldom: On Tuesday Jack W, Jack M, Finn and Myself were playing basketball at lunch time, and when I dribbled up the court I got just past halfway and then I threw the ball over my right shoulder and the ball hit the backboard and went in.

My Short Story

For this piece of writing I have focusing on my vocabulary and punctuation. I have been learning to: use a range of precise vocabulary to communicate meaning and use all basic punctuation independently and attempt more complex punctuation (e.g semicolons, colons, parentheses)

The pieces of my writing that are highlighted green are where I have shown my vocabulary and punctuation goal

THE BACKLANE CRIME

James Hagrid is a 24 year old and he works as an Undercover Police Detective in New York City. He has been working as an Undercover Detective for 4 years and there is one crime scene that hasn’t been solved for 4 years and it happened for just before Detective James was recruited.

When Detective James went to the crime scene on the 9th of May (Tuesday night) to look for leads to find out who killed Johnny McStiffenson, waiting for him there is the man who killed Johnny McStiffenson. He looked Detective James in the eye and threatens to kill him as well, and then dashed off so Detective James paced it after him and he chased him down an alleyway called backlane lane then Detective James runs out of breath and he has to stop. Once he gets his breath back he starts to hunt him down again and he chases him all over town, now Detective James has had enough so he calls in the Special Arms forces to chase him down. But luckily for him he has led the cops right to his 2014 Lamborghini, it was an awesome car for someone who probably lives in his car but I mean he probably stole it or bought it with the money he stole. It was pimped out it looked pretty awesome, I bet that this would be Detective James’s Dream car. The thing is that Detective James was actually dreaming he only had a piece of dirt Toyota it was a 4 door car but it only had 2 doors because he had been in too many police chases. But anyway back to the police chase, they chased him for 2 hours and they had to bring in tanks and police choppers, there were so many police on the chase. They chased him right through the city and all the way out to the dessert, and that was where they stopped him and arrested him. They found out his name and his relations, and they researched his other police records and they found a lot from the past year.

His name was Alex Scott and they couldn’t find any other relations alive, He was arrested for 26 months in the NYSDOC Queensboro correctional facility. 20 months later…      Alex Scott has 6 months left in the NYSDOC Queensboro correctional facility and when he is released he will be under supervision for 4 months to make sure he doesn’t do anything like murder or things like that.

Term 1 Integrated Learning - Leadership

We have been learning all about What makes a good leader.

Here is a link to the Leadership modelling book.

We identified that good leaders show 6 main character traits. These are Integrity, Trustworthy, Resilience, Goal Focused, Active Thinker and Motivational.

The leadership trait that I think I show the most is Resilience because when I fail to achieve something the first time I keep on trying to achieve it the second time.

The leadership trait I would most like to develop is Active Thinker so I can develop my thinking to come up with new ideas and extend ideas.

Something NEW I have learned about leadership is that it is a skill of being able to motivate people/teams to work towards a goal.

The SOLO level that I reached during this unit of learning is Extended-Abstract because I can evaluate the effectiveness of a leader.

My next step in learning about leadership is to apply everything that I have learned about leadership to my own leadership roles.

Music

WALT - I can describe the characteristics of music from songs of a different time and place

Over the past 7 weeks I have been learning to describe the characteristics of music from songs of a different time and place.

I can describe these characteristics in a piece of music

Melody- A procedure of single notes that is interesting and enjoyable.

Harmony- A combination of musical notes to make it effective.

Timbre- Is a quality of a musical note or sound.

Form- Form refers to the overall structure or plan of a piece of music.

Rhythm- Is a pattern in music that represents that certain type of music.

Here is an example of my learning

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xOuaGgo0kiWEKC2exYBhS1H5SKX0JT0mbtIiaWaLMNc/edit