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Mrs Buchanan
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Kaitiaki - more about our birds
Wal: how texts are created for different purposes and audiences
Video
Instructions:
We have been reading and learning about New Zealand's native birds. We will find out more about birds this week.
This video shows how blue penguins pass under a busy road in Oamaru (in the South Island) between the sea and their nests. The tunnel was built last year to protect this rare penguin, the smallest penguin in the world..
We will read and talk about the texts together. Then it is time to complete your activity.
Remember to share this on your blog when it is finished.
Image for Text
Audio
Task for text:
Flightless birds (PM)
Kaitiaki - watching over our birds
Walt: ask questions to make meaning from a text.
Video:
Instructions:
Remember how we spotted some birds when we walked over to the creek?
What can you recall about the birds we saw?
We will be learning about some of New Zealand's native birds and the challenges they face. We will talk about this as a group.
Complete your drawing and writing task.
Remember to share on your blog when it is finished.
Kaitiaki - our environment
Walt: make personal connections to a text.
Video
Instructions:
We will read the texts Is it a fish and Animals, plants and air together.
Grab some headphones. On your own, watch the video. Then, listen to the audio of What a disaster.
Complete your drawing and writing task.
Remember to share on your blog when it is finished.
Watch the video: Containers on Mt Maunganui Beach
Te Taiao o Tāmaki
Walt: make connections across texts.
Video
Instructions:
Watch the video about Omaru Creek in Pt England Reserve.
Listen to the audio of Kaitiaki of the stream.
We will read and talk about parts of this article together.
Then, complete your task.
Text
Audio
Task
Reading a recount
Walt: identify the features of a recount.
Text
Instructions:
We will read and talk about this text together.
After that, it will be time for you to re-read the first page and begin your task.
Once you have done this, you can borrow some headphones to listen to the story OR read and listen to the Studyladder recount.
Teacher Notes
Task
Studyladder example of a recount: set task
A story for watching and listening
About my group - Mata-Au
Walt: read for meaning and retell what we have read.
Instructions:
Welcome to your reading page for 2017!
This week you are going to be finding out about the name of your reading group, Mata-Au, as well as some other rivers in New Zealand.
You can also read a story or two and complete a task to show your learning.
Teacher Notes
Task
Research: Wikipedia
Research: Te Ara
Attribution:
Video: Manatu Taonga
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