Party Plan Problem #2

                 Party Planner

                                                              Jasmine, Taanvi, Vrishti and Prisha

Jasmine - I think it went well. Our group worked collaboratively and we were able to work out our total amount. The downside to our group was that, we sometimes split up and we also sometimes disagreed on some things. Otherwise, we worked well. We all learned how to work together effectively, had equal air time and also we learned how to subtract and add decimals. 

Taanvi - For collaborating i give 8/10 because at some times we went wondering to another group but we still had time to share our ideas and we also made our party creative. We made our game creative by adding a candy scavenger hunt and get to play charades.

Vrishti - My opinion in this activity was positive because we all participated equaly and we had a lot of creativity in our final copy! but sometimes we would walk to other groups and waste our time talking and mucking around.Overall I would say we collaborated effectivly and used our time wisley as we had a limited amount of time.

Prisha - I liked how we did the sequence  of the party to go with it to show that we had planned a proper party and just not the budget. Aside that the collaboration wasn't quite good. Because when Vrishti was sharing she didn't know what to share. So that clearly told us that we weren't good collaborators

The Party Problem

During maths this week, we worked in groups of four and tried solving a party plan problem. Our goals were to figure out what we could buy under the budget of $50. We also needed to worked out how many people we were serving and how much we would get of the items we were buying. There were e.g cups, different sized pizzas and party hats.

We also needed to find a way to be creative and have our own thinking.

My group was Vrishti, Prisha and Taanvi. I think we worked together pretty well. We were able to agree on things and we were able to work together to solve it.

At the end, we presented our work and was also able to look at other groups thinking and see what they did as well.

I learned how to be creative and do things my way and how to subtract and add money/decimals and also be able to plan and look at the cost for my party. My group also learned how to work together or be Collaborative.

I want to continue working collaboratively and also keep on learning how to add, subtract, divide and times decimals.

The connections that my group made is that, decimals are similar to ratios. Like we used one thing to eight people - 1:8.

What we all learned about decimals:

Decimals could be converted into fractions and percentages

1/10 or 10% or 0.1 is all similar to each other

Decimals could be equivalent to fractions and percentages
Decimals could be added, subtracted, times and divided and could be changed into another decimal

So that was my groups party planning. I would rate my groups collaboration a 4 out of 5 because. We did spit apart from time to time but still did lean in and have equal air time/talking time.

The Boy On The Top of The Mountain

Hi everyone! Today's blog is about a literature circle book that my group and I are reading. Here is a summary of this book:

Chapter 1: Three Red Spots on a Handkerchief
The book first talked about Pierrot's family and his best friend Anshel. Anshel was born deaf so Pierrot and him created a sign for each other. Anshel gave Pierrot the sigh of a dog while Pierrot gave the sign of a fox for Anshel. Pierrot would also help Anshel with his stories that he writes. Pierrot's mother rarely talks about her husband but Pierrot could imagine him as a tall man who would mimic the sounds of a horse. Pierrot's mother was also a French while Pierrot's father was a German. One day, Pierrot's mother had something a long the lines of a change reaction. She coughed non-stop and one day, while she was coughing into her handkerchief, when she pulled it away, there was three res spots of blood on it.

Chapter 2: The Medel in the Cabinet
This chapter talks about the Durrand sisters, Adele and Simone. They grew up in a large mansion about eighty miles away. Their parents owned a orphanage where they take care of children that's lost their familys or parents. After they died, the Durrand sisters took charge of the orphanage and did the same things as their parents. Pierrot's mother then died of a disease and his father died after he fell under a train. Pierrot was then sent to the orphanage.

Chapter 3: A Letter from a friend and A Letter from a stranger
The orphanage wasn't that great. The beds were thin and hard ad the food was plentiful. Pierrot was also bullied by a boy named Hugo. He really didn't like it. Hugo threatened Pierrot to give him five francs or he would continue to bully him. Pierrot didn't accept so Hugo lashed out his fist and punched Pierrot directly on the nose and he fell to the ground. At the end Josette went and told the Durrand sisters what had happened.

Chapter 4: Three Train Journeys
In this chapter, it talks about Pierrot being sent to his aunt Beatrix's house. He goes a train three times. This first stop is Mannheim. Josette is sort of upset that Pierrot is going and she was also sort of curious about Pierrot's aunt. In his first train, there was this mother and son sitting in one of the carriage. A tall man dressed in black came and sat at the fourth seat. The lady didn't enjoy it and the conductor thought he was creating a big problem so he kicked him out. His second stop was Munich. Before he got on his train, he tripped over a man also in black and Pierrot recovers himself at the end. He is put in a carriage with these older kids and one of them steals two of Pierrot's sandwiches that he was sent with for his journey. The boy ate the first one in three big bites and started on his second one. His last stop was Salzburg. In the train, he starts reading a book called Emil and the Detectives and he found that Emil had some common things with himself. When his journey was done, there comes up a lady saying that she is his aunt.

Chapter 5: The House At The Top of the Mountain
Pierrot woke up the next morning to find himself in a room. He was changed in his nightgown and everything was gone. He suitcase and clothes. Then there comes one of the mistress of the house that expects him to be clean and told him that his suitcases and clothes were possibly ashes by then. He also found out that the house was on top of a mountain.

So those were the chapters that I've read for my literature circle. So far, I would give this book a 4-5 rating so far. It's pretty good. So that's the end of this blog. Stay tuned for more!

Rockets Narrative Assessment

Counting Cogs

This week, LH3 did a maths activity called Counting Cogs.

Our first step was to colour in one tooth on the paper cogs. My group was Aleena, Ash and Vrishti. We each got two. We needed to find which cog tooth fits into a empty space on the other cog prefectly. We then had a piece of paper and we wrote down which pair worked and which didn't.

Our challenge was to find which cogs fit. We found that 5 and 7 didn't work because it is times to a odd number. 6 and 8 did work because they times to a even number. So we found that even and odds mattered.

We all got help from this digital tool linked on our maths design. It lead us to this 'app' that lets us experiment with the different sized cogs. My group found it cool and really easy to work with. It helped him a lot.

We then wrote on our poster which cog pairs worked and which didn't and our 'conclusion' that we found.

I think my group worked really well. We exchanged ideas and we listened to eachother so our work became successful.

What I want to do next is to learn how the cogs work and how thy fit together. Like, is there a different why to solving it and how else could we check it instead of the timings method.

Over all, this activity was really fun and cool and it got my mind going on how the cogs worked. I also think that it was amazing to work with other people because I could exchange ideas and we could help each other. I also liked how this activity was a lot different than our other maths activity.

Character Description

My character is called Cotton. Here is my description about him:

Cotton has ocean blue eyes, he has tiny lips but is talkative. He wears a white suit and has glasses. He has gleaming teeth and is petite. He has fluffs of cotton as hair. He has a smiling mouth and a button nose.

Cotton is a cool fluffy guy. He's kind, caring and friendly. He is always happy and always smilely. He's smart and loves reading so he's just a book worm. He's helpful and adventurous, but shy. He is sensible and thoughtful. He's careful and charming but daring. And lastly, he's brave and is up for any challenge he comes upon.

His background story:
Cotton's parents are back in Cotton Land while Cotton traveled to LA. He lived with his aunt for 5 years and once he became a young adult, he moved into his own home. He is now living happily. Cotton dislikes mean, uncaring people. He is 20 years old and likes reading and writing as his hobbies.

Here is a picture of my character: