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Walt: have an understanding of the Muscular System

Use context and online dictionary to understand hard words

Use parts of text to accurately answer questions

Instructions:

Find 5 ideas that explains to people how to have healthy muscles

Include 3+ sentences with your blog post to explain what you have learned

Read the extended readings and take notes of main ideas in the text to share in our next small group discussion

Fast Finishers:

Reading Eggs

Unfinished activities

Animations

Blog Commenting

Text: Muscular System (innerbody.com)

Activity: Healthy Muscles

Extended Reading: Your muscles by Kidshealth

Extended Text: Muscle Facts by Sciencekids

Walt: Explain and understand what muscle fatigue is

List what we can do to build healthy muscles

Find and use parts of text to accurately answer questions

Text: Healthy Muscles

Text: Fun Muscle Facts

Activity: Agree/ Disagree

Walt: Explain and understand what muscle fatigue is

Find and use parts of text to accurately answer questions

Instructions

Make a copy of your activity

Write 5 questions and answers about muscle fatigue using the presentation

Record your questions and answers in iMovie using an iPad

Make sure your movie has still images and is no longer than 1 minute

Upload both activity and movie to your blog

Remember to include 3-5 sentences to explain your learning and what your activity is about

Text: Why do our muscles get tired?

Extended Text: Fun Muscle Facts

Activity: Muscle Fatigue

Walt: Find and use relevant parts of text to accurately answer questions

Find proof in the text

List different muscles of the body

Instructions:

Make copies of your activities and file them into your reading folder

Label the muscles in your body (you can make a short 1minute movie pointing out these muscles using an ipad)

Activity Two: Does the author agree? You need the book to find the proof to support your statements

Extended Text Reading: Fun muscle facts

Find out more about muscles in the body

Text: Mighty Muscles by Sue Gibbison

(School Journal Part 1 Number 2, 2011)

Activity: Agree/ Disagree

Activity: Labelling Muscles in the Body

Extended Text: Fun Muscle Facts

Walt: Find and use relevant parts of text to accurately answer questions

Persuade and argue why children should use Boost or not

Instructions

Open your activity and make a copy. File it into your reading folder

Write a paragraph and include as many reasons as to why children should Boost and shouldn't. You need to list reasons for both arguments.

Use an iPad to create a movie that is no longer than 50 seconds stating your personal views. Be sure to include why you think your peers should use Boost or not.

Activity: To Boost or not to Boost...

Extended Text: How do performance-enhancing drugs affect athletes

Walt: Find and use relevant parts of the text to accurately answer questions

Understand the author's point of view

Instructions:

1. After reading the text answer these questions:

What does it mean to be a New Zealand citizen?

As a New Zealand, what do you have to do?

List two things that happen during a ceremony

What can people do after the ceremony?

Each slide has a link to help you find the answers

Compare your answers with a friend after you have finished

Text: Becoming a Kiwi

Activity

Extended Text: Marlborough residents become NZ citizens

Walt: Use the text to help us accurately answer questions

List facts about the New Zealand flag

Instructions:

Read through the text again

List 8 - 10 facts about the New Zealand Flag

In your blog post write a paragraph that explains what you learned and whether you support the change of the flag or not. Explain your reasons.

Watch the video and choose three facts to share in our small group in our next session. We will also be reading the extended text about the New Zealand Flag.

Flying the Flag by Trish Puharich (SJ Pt 1 No.1, 2006)

Facts Activity

Extended Text: The New Zealand Flag

Walt: Find proof in the text so support our answers

Understand the author's ideas

Instructions:

Read each statement carefully

Does the author 'Norman Bilborough' agree or disagree?

What page number did you find the proof?

What does the evidence say?

Remember to write from the author's point of view to show your understanding

Jump Shot: Agree/ Disagree

Extended Text: Kenny McFadden

Fast finishers:

Work on your animations

Finish any work from the Blog Log

Reading Eggs

Walt: Use clues in the text to help accurately answer questions

Identify which sentence best shows the picture

Instructions:

1. Open up your activity here

2. Use your book to find a sentence that best shows the picture on each slide

3. Remember, do not copy the whole page

Think about what is happening in each picture, scan the page and find those key words. Copy that sentence only

Text: Chicken Olympics

Activity