SLJ – Art In The Web – Kickstart

For the Summer Learning Journey Kickstart activity, it is all about spiders webs. Exploring how these tiny artists create their masterpiece; I was challenged to test my own spider web skills by drawing some spider webs design of my choice. We used paper, pen to embrace my inner spider. On my piece of paper, I created the corner spider web with a massive spider and simple web with a small spider. We watched a the “how to” video to help us learn to draw spiderwebs. When we finished all of the activity, we was also challenged to test out their game called Spider Web Weavers. One interesting fact I found in the video is that when spiders create a web it isn’t traps, they are a work of art! I enjoyed doing this activity because we get to find interesting information about spiders/spider web.

Did you know that their web are just a work of art? Because I thought it was for other creatures to get captured and trapped.

 

Diorama – Rosa Parks

LI: To explore a moment in time (history) and create a diorama to capture events in once scene.

For Inquiry, we used our smart searching skills to research a moment in time that captures our interest. In our moment in time, I chose Rosa Parks because it captured my interest. We used cardboard to trace and cut out our pieces. I drew Rosa Parks while she was in jail and the bus that she refused to move. For the bus, I used scissors to cut down the side of the bus to make it 3D. We also used a box and double sided tape to stick our drawing onto the box. Something I found interesting about Rosa Parks is when James (bus driver), told her to move but during that time she said she wasn’t tired, but tired of giving in which means she was tired of people treating her people unfairly and mocking her for the colour of her skin.

Google Vid – Moment in Time

LI: To create a Google Vid that tells us about your moment in time.

LI: To explore a moment in time (history) and create a diorama to capture events in one scene.

Hasna and I designed a Google Vid giving a summary of who was Rosa Parks, Where did it happen and What are they known for. Firstly, we designed our Google Vid by putting in some information to make it more appealing. The second part we completed is the voice over, we planned a script making sure we don’t read anything off the information. One intriguing fact I learned is that the title “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement” typically refers to Rosa Parks, whose refusal to give up her bus seat in 1955 sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a crucial event that ignited the modern Civil Rights Movement.

I really enjoyed this activity because it gave me a chance to learn about her backstory and why she stood up for racism.

SLJ – Critters and Creature with superpowers – Kickstart

For the Summer Learning Journey Kickstart activity, I was challenged to choose an animal and create a graphic to share their superpowers. We used a presentation slide to create a poster to share more information about the animal, I have chosen an White Bengal Tiger. Before we got started into the activity, we explored 10 animals with superpowers. One of the animals I found was an Indian Chameleon. We watched a video about ten amazing animals. For the activity, in my information I put White Bengal Tiger’s appearance, diet and habitat. An interesting facts about my creature is that their preys are mostly deers, wild boar (large mammals). I enjoyed doing this activity because we get to learn about their powers and how to defeat their preys.

Here’s a question for you, have you been in India and seen a White Bengal Tiger?

SLJ – Critters with Superpowers – Step It up

For this Summer Learning Journey step it up activity, I was challenged to create an animal with superpowers. The theme is Critters and Creatures. We had options of where to create the picture, either on a piece of paper with a pencil or on a google draw. My animal I chose was a Raccoon with its superpowers (fire coming out of their mouths). The name that I created for the creature is called Blazecoon, the meaning behind blaze is the flames so the fire and the coon is a short name for racoon. One thing that I enjoyed about this Summer Learning activity is that we get to use our skills to create an animal using the tools and it makes our learning go. One interesting fact about raccoons is they are masked mammals known as “nature’s lockpickers” for their ability to solve puzzles and open latches.

Here’s a question for you, have you ever seen an Racoon before?

 

Idiom

LI: To identify idioms and understand their figurative meaning.

For writing, we learned about what is an idiom, learning objectives, literal and figurative, the purpose of idioms and how to create an idiom. We were challenged to create an idiom by picking an object (animal, food or weather), an action (unusual, funny, something happening to the object) an example is, the monkey is slipping on the ice and giving it a meaning (decide what the idiom will mean and to make it different from literal words). One of the idioms we went through was cool as a cucumber which means very calm; not nervous. An idiom is a phrase or expression where the meaning isn;t obvious from the individual words. We enjoyed doing this because we are putting words together to make our own idiom. One interesting fact is that they are often specific and difficult to translate or know.

Ancient time

LI: To explore how our ancestors measured time

For inquiry, we learned about ancient telling time (hourglass, sundial, clepsydra). We used our smart searching skills to research and create a DLO that tells us about ancient timekeeping devices. We were challenged to get into groups of 3, and to find out what our device will be. An hourglass was used in ancient times, some people call it sand time or sandglass. Sundial was created in Ancient Egypt around 15000 BC, people use this to connect to natural time or to teach them about the Earth’s rotation. Clepsydra is an ancient water clock that measures time. We watched a video that tells us the brief history of keeping time. We enjoyed doing this activity because we get to learn and understand the history of ancient times.

AI movie day/night

LI: To understand the how time move

For inquiry, we were challenged to use our smart searching skills to research day and night, creating an AI video to show the process. We watched 2 videos that explained the Earth’s rotation and revolution, day and time. One full rotation of the Earth is one day, the part facing the light is a day and the part in shadow is night. We used Hailuo AI to create our video that shows the earth rotating that is transferring from day to night by creating our own prompt. We enjoyed doing this activity because we get to use our skills to create a video by AI and get to know how time moves.

The Great Shearers Strike

LI: to understand the story within the poem

For reading, we were challenged to create a DLO explaining both perspectives about the Great Shearers Strike. We watched 2 videos that told us about the Strike in Australia (the strike was inspired by future labour reforms and the birth of Australian Labour Party. We shared our knowledge to explain what we know from the video that is added to our perspective A and B (Farmers and Shearers). Did you know that the farmers were paying the shearers low money which led to the shearers to protest and show them what is not enough on the other side Shearers needed a day off due to showing their bosses about how they do things, treat others and how they were getting low paid money. In our own opinion it talks about which side is the best decision. We wrote a summary about the story of the Great Shearers Strike. We enjoyed learning about The Great Shearers Strike because we got to learn about how strike was invented and how they fought for their own rights.

Waltzing Matilda

LI: To understand the story within the poem

For Reading, we learned about a poem/song called Waltzing Matilda. We read a text that talked about a swagman traveling from one place to another. In the poem, for every end of the line there is “You’ll come a Waltzing Matilda with me”. When we read the poem, we answered all of the questions with our own words and what we know about it. We were challenged to create a DLO that reflects the analysis of the poem and to summarise the poem with exactly 25 words. We enjoyed doing this activity because we got to learn his history and understand.