Walt: listen to other points of view and offer our own point of view within group discussion, thinking and responding in a critical way.

Instructions:

• 1. Read the text, The Legend of Tāmaki Makaurau.

  2. Complete the table.

  3. In a pair, choose a statement which you gave different responses to. On your blog, share how you both responded to the statement and what you learned from this task.

Text: The Legend of Tāmaki Makaurau

Extended Reading:

Walt: make connections across a wide range of texts.

Instructions:

Follow ALL instructions

1. Read the instructions carefully.

2. Using google search for the Year 5/6 camp at Pt England School

• Choose one of the blog posts about the Year 5/6 camp.

• Create a new blog post.

• Summarise the authors thoughts about camp in their blog post in 1 paragraph.

• Write a second paragraph explaining how this might be similar or different to your experiences of camp.

3. Link the authors blog post to your blog post.

4. Give a shout out to the author on your own blog.

5. Leave a comment on the authors blog.

Texts:

Khaia's Camp Recount Collin's Camp Recount

Lucy's Camp Recount Stevenson's Camp Recount

WALT: read difficult words

WALT: create our own definitions of new vocab

Instructions

Follow ALL instructions.

1. Read your story carefully

2. Define: Vocab

- We are going to create a google presentation that shows our personal definitions of new or interesting vocab.

- You are to choose 4 words from our text and complete the definition process.

- Make sure to complete your definitions with as much detail and thought as possible.

- Once you have finished, post this onto your blog.

Text: Rangitoto Volcano

Photo attribution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rangitoto_Island_North_Head.jpg

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DOC: Rangitoto Island

WALT: follow instructions, and complete tasks to a high standard.

WALT: research a topic and display findings in my own words.

Instructions

Follow ALL instructions.

1. Read the instructions carefully, and make sure you read all the text

in full.

2. Read the text.

3. Questions and planning doc

- Complete this doc first. Make sure to write in full sentences as this will help you with your finished product.

- Save this Doc into your reading folder and put the Doc URL on the blog log.

4. Presentation

- Complete the presentation after Questions and planning doc

- Save this Doc into your reading folder.

- Once you have completed the presentation, publish it to your blog (Include WALT and description of your learning) then add the BLOG POST URL to the blog log.

Text: Sweet as Kiwi lump story

Photo attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascall_(company)

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Lumps or Chunks

Walt: use new knowledge and understanding in different contexts

Walt: read new and challenging words by using a range of strategies

Instructions:

1. Read the instructions carefully

2. Read the text "Time Capsules: Pompeii and Herculaneum"

4. Complete Advice Column Activity

- You will be offering advice to someone who is living closely to a volcano.

- Think about everything that we have read and what evidence you could use to help them.

- Remember to use FREE TO USE images.

- Make sure your writing has correct punctuation, and makes sense.

“Aerial view of Whakaari/White Island volcano in New Zealand” by x-oph is licensed under Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic

Extended Reading:

White Island

Alert level

Walt: find specific evidence in the text

Instructions:

1. Read your story carefully

2. Creating an Info Poster

- You are going to choose some key information or details from your story and create a poster that teaches others about what you have learnt.

- Put the information that you find on THIS DOC

- Turn this information into an Info Poster. Look at the examples below to help you.

- Post this onto your blog with 1 paragraph explaining what the task was and what was the main thing you learnt about volcanoes.

Text: Understanding Volcanoes

Mount Wellington, by Bhutt, is licensed under public domain.

Extended Reading:

Ring of Fire