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Whitebait Fritters are an all time Kiwi favourite. Everyone has their own "best" recipe.

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Good Spotting!

About my group

WALT: make connections across a range of 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.

Questions and planning doc

- Complete this first

- Save in your reading folder

Presentation

- Complete after Questions and planning doc

- Save in your reading folder

- Publish to blog (Include WALT and description of your learning)

Text: Recipe

Extra link: Te Ara

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

Idea City

Walt: make connections between a texts.

Instructions:

1.Complete Slide #2. Then, read Idea City on your own or with a partner and work to complete the questions prior to meeting with Mrs. Moala.

2. As a group, we will read and discuss the text.

3. Work to complete the questions on slides 3-8.

4. Read "Get Thru: After an Eruption".

5. Create an animation (alone) or a commercial (in a group) that will teach Aucklanders what to do after a volcano eruption. Be sure to keep it interesting, yet informative.

Text: Idea City

Miri and Raru

Walt: make inferences about the character in a text.

Instructions:

1.After a group discussion with Mrs. Moala, read the story Miri and Raru with a partner from your group.

2. Group discussion about the text with Mrs. Moala.

3. Work to complete the Miri and Raru graphic organiser.

Happy New Year

Walt: understand character reactions in a story.

Instructions:

1.After a group discussion with Mrs. Moala, your group will be watching a New Year's Celebration together and recording your reactions on padlet.

2. Read the Text Happy New Year with a partner or on your own.

3. Work to complete the Happy New Year Presentation and post it on your blog by Friday.

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 doc before beginning your info poster about this gorgeous lake that caused one of the world's largest eruptions.

Text: Taupō

Living With a Volcano

Walt: make connections across texts

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"

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.

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.

Extended Reading: