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The beautiful colourful shell hidden on the inside of the Paua. It is used to make jewellery and other special things.
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Good Spotting!
About my group
WALT:make connections across texts.
Instructions
Follow ALL instructions.
1. Read the instructions carefully, and make sure you read all the text in full.
2. Read the text.
3. Complete the tasks in order.
- Complete this first
- Save in your reading folder
- Complete after Questions and planning doc
- Save in your reading folder
- Publish to blog (Include WALT and description of your learning)
Text: About Paua
Year 5/6 Camp
Walt: Make Connections across a range of texts.
Instructions:
1. Use the school blog page to help you locate blogs from year 5/6 students who went to camp this year.
2. Choose one student from Classes (6-10) and read their blog post from last week at camp. Be sure that no one else has left that student a comment yet!
3. After reading their post, leave them a "quality" blog comment as discussed in class.
4. Then, use this doc to help you record the blogs you have read.
5. Post your own blog comment as discussed on the doc above.
Text: Year 5/6 Camp Blogs
Iron Tamariki
Walt: be a contributing group member.
Walt: make inferences about a text.
Walt: further our understanding of words that describe emotions.
Instructions:
1. Complete It's a Sign! as a group.
2. Listen to Iron Tamariki.
3. Complete this assignment as a group.
4. Discuss the emotions found in the text with Mrs. Moala. Spend some time as a group creating a Word Wall to help us further understand different words to explain emotions that we feel everyday.
5. Watch the movie from this year's NZ Iron Man race, and complete this emotions task.
6. Read the blog posts, "Meet the Team" and "Race Day." Feel free to leave comments for the team from last year. Don't forget to ask any questions you may have.
Text: Iron Tamariki
Reading a Boat
Walt: evaluate and form opinions while reading
Instructions:
1.Read "Reading a Boat" with your reading group.
2. Complete It's a Sign! as a group.
3.Friday Fun! Choose one and have it on your blog before 11:45:
1. Check out the Auckland Ferry Services link below. Using Google Draw, create a poster advertising the Auckland Ferry Service. Be sure to consider what information from the site should be included on your poster. When finished, post your poster and a short paragraph on your blog.
2. As a group, use an iPad (check one out with Mrs. Moala) take pictures of posters around our school and make a Google Presentation showing each sign. Be sure to include why you think that each sign is important.
Text: Reading a Boat
Taupō
Walt: identify the main ideas in the text by using a variety of strategies.
Instructions:
1.Work to complete your assignments from "Living with a Volcano"
Begin by reading the story again on your own or with a friend.
2. Read "Taupō" with Mrs. Moala and your reading group.
3. The Taupō volcano is a well-known tourist attraction in NZ. Take some time looking over the fact sheet to help you complete this docbefore beginning your info poster about this gorgeous lake that caused one of the world's largest eruptions.
Text: Living With a Volcano
Living With a Volcano
Walt: find specific evidence in a text.
Instructions:
1. Read your text carefully with your reading group.
2. The text Living With a Volcano introduces Auckland's Mt. Eden. Use the Mt. Eden Text to help you complete this doc before creating an info poster about the volcano whose guardians are the Ngati Whatua tribe.
3. Watch the Iceland Volcano Eruption from 2010 and write a paragraph about it on your blog. Title your post, "Reaction to a Volcano Eruption"
Text: Living With a Volcano
What Makes a Volcano?
Walt: find specific evidence in a text.
Instructions:
1. Complete a KWL chart with your reading group and Mrs. Moala.
2. Read your text carefully with your reading group.
3. The text What Makes a Volcano? introduces Mt. Smart Stadium. Use the Wikipedia link to help you complete this doc before creating an info poster about the volcano that is now Mt. Smart Stadium.
Text: What Makes a Volcano?
Understanding Volcanoes
Walt: find specific evidence in the text
Instructions:
1. Read your story carefully with your reading group.
2. The article "Understanding Volcanoes" talks about Auckland's Rangitoto Island. Take a look at the Rangitoto Fact Sheet to learn more about this iconic Auckland volcano before completing this doc.
Text: Understanding Volcanoes
