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The Cindy Limpics

Muscular System

The Independence Games

Sponsorship

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

How Olympians make a living

Viruses

Olympic athletes

Double, Double Toilet Trouble

Good Spotting!

Olympic athletes

Walt: Explain how athletes make their money

Instructions:

Make a copy of your activity

Fill in the table

To help find answers use New Zealand Olympic Team or google search

Write 3+ sentences in your blog post to explain what you have learned.

Fast Finishers:

Reading Eggs

Animation

Any unfinished tasks

How Olympians make a living

Walt: Understand how Olympic athletes make money

Instructions:

Create a Digital Learning Object that shows what you have learned about how Olympic athletes make a living.

Think of how you can show this effectively.

Fast Finishers:

Reading Eggs

Animation

Any unfinished tasks

Sponsorship

Walt: Understand how athletes get paid and make money through sponsorship and endorsements

Instructions:

Read through the articles and links carefully

Take note of important facts and main ideas to share

Make a copy of your activity.

Fill out the table carefully using the links given

When posting to your blog, make sure you write 3-5 sentences to explain what your activities are about and what you have learned.

Fast Finishers:

Reading Eggs

Animation

Any unfinished tasks

Reading: Athletes and Sponsorship

Extended Reading: Highest Paid Athletes

Extended Reading: Ronaldo generates $176 million for sponsors on social media

Activity: Making Connections

Activity: Create a movie based on one of the sports people. Share as much information about them as possible. Movies must have still photos and footage. No longer than 1 minuted

Muscular System

Walt: Understand different systems of the body and their purposes

Explain up to 5 facts about the muscular system of the body

Instructions:

Make a copy of your activity - no sharing of docs

Identify the name of the muscles (use google search to help you)

Insert each name into the white boxes

Create a short (1min or less) movie using an ipad showing each muscle you found. Extra points for movies that inform the audience more information about the muscles. For example, what bones the muscles are attached too and it's purpose.

Reading: Muscular System by Innerbody

Activity: Naming muscles of the body

Extended Reading: Your muscles by Kidshealth

Extended Text: Muscle Facts by Sciencekids

Double, Double Toilet Trouble

Walt: Explain what a virus is and how it is spread

Instructions:

Make a copy of your activity

Find facts about the norovirus

Use these links here:

Ministry of Health,

Centre for Disease Control and Prevention

Fast Finishers: Use an ipad a movie that explain what a virus is and how it is spread. use your knowledge and what you have learned about Zika, norovirus and others

Viruses

Walt: Explain what a virus is

Understand what the Zika virus is and how it has affected the 2016 Olympics

Instructions

Read through the article

Make note of any words that you find difficult. Remember to look at the word in context

In your activity, you are going to write five questions and the answers for them.

Make a movie to show your understanding of the Zika Virus. Do not make up your answers but be sure to research them first.

Check your questions and answers with a buddy from your group first.

Use an iPad to record your movie. No more than 2 people in your movie and your movie can only be 1 minute, no longer.

Use these links to help

Here are some links to help you

About Zika Virus

Conditions and Treatments

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Walt: Understand the author's point of view

Use the context and our prior knowledge to help understand new words

Instructions:

Read through the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

Make a copy of your activity.

Would the author agree/ disagree with each statement.

Find the proof and identify clearly which page you found it.

Once you have finished your activity, discuss your answers with a buddy from your group and post this to your blog with a paragraph explaining your learning.

Useful Links: Virus's Explained

Videos: Viruses

Fast Finishers: Use an ipad to make a short 1 minute movie of what you've learned about the Invasion article

Text: The Invasion by Berys, Spratt (Connected No.2 2007)

Activity: Compare and Contrast

Activity: Agree/ Disagree

Extended Text: Zika Virus (New Zealand Ministry of Health)

Watch this video to learn more about the Zika Virus. Identify three facts to share in our group discussion.

The Independence Games

Walt: Understand the author's point of view

Understand the Independence Games and who these games are catered for

Instructions:

Use the book to choose three different sports that competitors take part in during the Independence Games. These are not games that abled-bodied people can play so you have to think about what these games would look like.

Activity: Create a fact file about the three sports.

How many people take part?

How do you play the game?

What are the rules? Explain how the rules would differ for people with disabilities

Useful links: Junior Disability Games,

Videos: Boccia, Petanque, Wheel Chair Races,

Fast Finishers: Use an ipad to make a short 1 minute movie of what you've learned about the Independence Games

Text: The Independence Games by Clare Goodwin, (SJ Pt 3 No.2, 2004)

Activity: Fact File about the sports played in the Independence Games

Extended Text: Paralympics

Watch this video to learn more about where Independence Games can lead to for some children

The Cindy Limpics

Walt: Understand the author's point of view

Make comparisons and contrast of shot put, javelin and discus

Instructions:

1. Make a copy of your activity

2. List as many ideas of each sport as you can

3. In the cross over circles you have to list what each of the two events have in common

4. In the middle list what all three of these events have in common (you are making a list of similarities)

5. Post this to your blog. Write 3-5 sentences to explain what you learned from this story

Fast Finishers: Use an ipad to make a short 1.30 second movie of you presenting each event and what you have learned

Text: Cindy Limpics

Activity

More videos: Shot Put, Javelin