Good Spotting!
Finish it off properly and blog reading/commenting
This term we have covered a range of readings and activities. This week is all about making sure it is finished off properly. Follow the instructions below.
Task A
1. Finish of your reading tasks/activities from the past 3 weeks.
2. Make sure they are filed in you READING folder
3. Make sure they are linked to the READING TURN IN
4. Only once you have fully completed numbers 1- 3 complete the following task.
a) Copy the presentation to your right
b) Read a blog post from 1 boy student and 1 girl student from every year group.
c) Write an appropriate and positive comment on each student's blog
d) Screen cap your comment and add them to the presentation.
e) Post your presentation on your blog along with a description.
Student Choice - Find something you enjoy reading!
Task A
1. Select an article links to the Olympics in any way.
2. Create a 2 -3 slide presentation based on your Olympic focus.
a. Explain what your focus is, note the article title (link, author, date)
b. 4 interesting related facts
c. YOUR opinion and thoughts on what you have found out e.g agree/disagree
d. Authors purpose and perspective
e. New knowledge you have and how it can be useful
Extra : Silver medalist
Task A
1. Read this article and find out more.
Discuss with a partner what this is about. Do you think they should be happy with their silver medal? Why?
Use other links available to find out more.
Game On!
WALT: use words and phrases from text to justify our answer
Task A
1. Read your story for the week from the beginning to the end.
3. Make a copy of the presentation below.
3. Fill it in and put it into the Blog Log.
4. Save into your Reading folder and post on your blog with a paragraph explaining your learning.
TinTin Comic
WALT: inference with words and pictures
Task A
1. Read your story for the week from the beginning to the end.
3. Make a copy of the presentation below.
3. Fill it in and put it into the Blog Log.
4. Save into your Reading folder and post on your blog with a paragraph explaining your learning.
Why do our muscles get tired?
WALT: identify the detail that supports the main idea in the text
Task A
1. Read your story for the week from the beginning to the end.
3. Make a copy of the presentation below.
3. Fill it in and put it into the Blog Log.
4. Save into your Reading folder and post on your blog with a paragraph explaining your learning.
Sleeping Sleuths
WALT: sort information from a story into topics to help plan our writing
Task A
1. Open up T.I.I.C planning document and make a copy.
2. Read your story for the week from the beginning to the end.
3. In the yellow boxes, sort information from the story into the two topics. This will be your plan when you are writing this week.
4. Save into your Reading folder and post on your blog with a paragraph explaining your learning.
Text: Sleeping Sleuths
Extension:
Rahi and the Patupaiarehe
WALT: identify a problem and a solution in a story
Task A
1. Open up T.O.P.S planning template and make a copy.
2. Drag the grey boxes, containing sentences from the story, so that they sit in the correct section: Title, Orientation, Problem or Solution.
3. In the white boxes, in one sentence, explain why you put those sentences in that section.
4. Save into your Reading folder and post on your blog with a paragraph explaining your learning.
Text: Rahi and the Patupaiarehe
School Journal, Part 2, Number 3, 2010
Extension:
WALT: identify a problem and a solution in a story
Task A
1. Pick one of the stories below to read.
2. Make a copy of the T.O.P.S template. Put your name at the beginning and the name of the story at the end.
3. Identify the Title, Orientation, Problems and Solutions in the story.
4. Fill in the grey boxes with sentences from the story that fit in the four sections.
5. In the white boxes, in one sentence, explain why you put those sentences in those sections.
6. Save into your Reading folder and post on your blog with a paragraph explaining your learning.
Stories to choose from:
Best Mates
WALT: identify a problem and a solution in a story
Task A
1. Open up T.O.P.S planning template and make a copy.
2. Drag the grey boxes, containing sentences from the story, so that they sit in the correct section: Title, Orientation, Problem or Solution.
3. In the white boxes, in one sentence, explain why you put those sentences in that section.
4. Save into your Reading folder and post on your blog with a paragraph explaining your learning.