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Kiwifruit are a New Zealand favourite since ages ago. Also known as a Chinese gooseberry, or in other parts of the world shortened to just "kiwi".
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Kiwifruits
A History of Rock
Te Waka o Aoraki
Whakaari
Living on a Lava Flow
Maori Rock Science
Good Spotting!
A History of Rock
WALT: Understand vocabulary that is more difficult and specific,
WALT: Use prior knowledge with information from the text to help our understanding
A History of Rock, Connected 2 2003, Written by Alan Bagnall
Read through the article again carefully and note down any words that you do not understand. We will go over these together.
Answer the following questions:
1. What are two ways magma can erupt from a volcano?
2. What happens if magma is blocked?
3. Describe in two sentences what the mantle looks like beneath the earth’s surface
4. Explain what ‘tectonic plates’ are
Create a short movie 1:30seconds (no bloopers) or a google presentation to share your understanding and answers of the above questions. Share another interesting fact that you've learned from reading this article.
Maori Rock Science
WALT: Identify how early Maori used rocks for daily living
WALT: Use prior knowledge with information from the text to help our understanding
Read through the article again carefully and note down any words that you do not understand.
Activity One:
Answer the following questions
Answer the following questions:
What have scientists found hidden near early Maori villages and along the Wellington coast? (3 things)
Where were they from?
List 3 different ways early Maori used these rocks and for what purposes
Explain why some of the sites were precious rock are found are known only to local hapu
Living on a Lava Flow
WALT: Understand vocabulary that is more difficult and specific,
WALT: Use prior knowledge with information from the text to help our understanding
Instructions:
Whakaari
WALT: Understand vocabulary that is more difficult and specific,
WALT: Use prior knowledge with information from the text to help our understanding
Instructions:
Whakaari - Online book
1. Read your story carefully
2. Meet with Miss Lavakula
- If you have not been called, continue with your task from last week.
3. Follow these instructions to begin your Google maps task.
- This task is on going, so you can add more to it throughout the term!
- Post this onto your blog with 1 paragraph explaining the task and what the main thing was that you learnt about 'Whakaari'
Te Waka o Aoraki
How the South Island was formed
WALT: Retell the story again in our own words
Answer the following questions
What had Aoraki and his brothers set out to do?
Explain why was Aoraki distracted while he was chanting his karakia?
Which part of the canoe was stuck in the ocean and which part launched into space?
Why couldn’t they return back to the sky?
Explain why the brothers turned to stone
Where are Aoraki and his brothers now?
Write a paragraph (3-5 sentences) retelling the story again in your own words
Kiwifruits/ Crocodile Creche
Walt: Find interesting facts about Kiwifruits
Instructions
Use sumopaint to draw a picture of a Kiwifruit
Blog Post Title: Kiwifruits
Copy the WALT to your blog
Insert your answers and questions and your picture to your blog
Complete each part of your activity. There are three parts.
Part One - Questions and Answers
Part Two - Fact File Presentation about saltwater crocodiles
Part Three - Use sumopaint to draw a picture of a crocodile
Blog Posting Instructions:
Give your post an appropriate title
Write a short paragraph with 3-5 sentences that explains what you have learned about Crocodile Creche
Embed your Fact File presentation and your image to your post
Copy your URL and paste it into Miss Lavakula’s Literacy Blog Log
WALT: Gather information about saltwater crocodiles and present it on our blogs
