pauashells-T4
The beautiful colourful shell hidden on the inside of the Paua. It is used to make jewellery and other special things.
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Good Spotting!
Laundry Advertisements
Walt: think critically about texts.
Key Concepts:
What is in washing powder?
What makes washing powder work?
What is better - powder or liquid?
What changes take place when washing powder is used to clean clothes
Instructions:
1. Watch the advertisements critically
- What are the advertisements trying to tell you?
- Do any parts of them seem exaggerate or offer false ideas?
2. Read and discuss the text with your reading group.
3. Jingle task
- Create a jingle using the jingle template
4. CREATE: Get into a group of 3-4 and write a commercial for you to create a movie using of one of your jingles. This can be done with anyone from our class.
Myth: Are all Washing Powders the Same?
Walt: to synthesise information across multiple texts
Key Concepts:
What is in washing powder?
What makes washing powder work?
What is better - powder or liquid?
What changes take place when washing powder is used to clean clothes
Text: Detergents and Soaps
Instructions:
1. Read Detergents and Soaps and discuss with your reading group.
2. Watch the Soap and Oil video and complete a Scientific Method Sheet describing the experiment that the boy does in the movie.
3. Choose one of the additional texts to read, and then make a 30 second video for your blog telling your readers 3-5 things you learnt from the reading.
Additional Texts:
Pseudoscience
WALT: show a developing understanding of ideas within, across, and beyond texts.
FOCUS: Use our growing science knowledge when considering issues of concern.
Instructions:
1. Continue to work on completing Blog Log, and animation this week.
2. Meet with Mrs. Moala to discuss the text Pseudoscience.
3. Continue reading the text while completing the Assignment.
4. Choose one of the additional texts to read, and then make a 30 second video for your blog telling your readers 3 things you learnt from the reading.
4. Reading Eggs.
Text: Pseudoscience
Becoming a Confident Tester
Walt: confidently respond to texts under testing conditions.
Walt: reflect on where we are at in our reading, and where we need more support.
Instructions:
1. Complete Practice Test
2. Blog Commenting
3. Group Meeting with Mrs. Moala to discuss using contextual clues when testing.
Complete Assignment on your own.
4. Reading Eggs
5. Poetry Assignment and discussion with Mrs. Moala.
