Mrs Buchanan
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Mission Impossible?
Walt: think carefully about texts with greater confidence.
Walt: identify the main and supporting ideas in a text.
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We will read and view our texts together and you will read them independently. After you have read and thought about what you have seen and read, how will you share what you have learnt?
Select one of the texts. Choose how you will share the main and supporting ideas with your audience. What will you do? Create an infographic? Write a newspaper report? Think of some questions to ask an expert on Mars? Create a quiz for a buddy? Your choice!
Please share your finished task on your blog. Labels: 2017, Reading, Guardians of the Galaxy, inquiry
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Crashing into Saturn
What we learned from Cassini
Exploring all that space
Walt: find the main ideas in a text.
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We will read our texts together and you will read them independently. There is one follow=up task that you must complete for each text.
Share your tasks on your blog. Labels: 2017, Reading, Guardians of the Galaxy, inquiry
Have you and your buddy finished your song/rap about the solar system? We would love to hear.
We will continue to work on our activity "Shrinking the solar system" with Room 10 to explore the distance between the planets in our solar system this week. You may like to read the article about this again.
Take some time to read Sunshine Classics too!
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What's out there?
Walt: scan a text to find information.
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We will read our texts together and you will read them independently. There is an activity for you to complete after we have read the texts together. Have you and your buddy finished your song/rap about the solar system? We would love to hear.
Share your tasks on your blog. Labels: 2017, Reading, Guardians of the Galaxy, inquiry
We will continue to work on our activity "Shrinking the solar system" with Room 10 to explore the distance between the planets in our solar system this week. You may like to read last week's article about this again.
Take some time to read Sunshine Classics too!
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Beyond earth
Walt: scan a text to find information.
Walt: explore the size of our solar system.
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This term our inquiry focus is Guardians of the Galaxy. We have read about the natural resources that make earth a special place for us to live. Now we will begin to investigate what lies beyond planet earth. Where and how do we fit into the solar system, our galaxy?
We will read our texts together and you will read them independently. There will be a task for you to complete after you have read the texts. We will also work on an activity with Room 10 to explore the distance between the planets in our solar system.
Share your tasks on your blog. Labels: 2017, Reading, Guardians of the Galaxy, inquiry
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Reading for pleasure as a group
Words beyond Earth
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Living on earth
Wal: how texts are created for different purposes and audiences
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Before we launch into space and begin learning about the solar system, why is Earth such a perfect place for us to live? What makes it habitable?
We will read the texts together and you will read them independently. There will be a task for you to complete before you read each text. There will also be a task for you to complete for each text after reading:
Tasks:
Water Cycle Word Investigation Chart
Garden With Science Word Investigation Chart
Garden With Science Follow Up Task
Share your tasks on your blog. Labels: 2017, Reading, Guardians of the Galaxy, inquiry
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Tales from Outer Space
Wal: how texts are created for different purposes and audiences
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Guardians of the Galaxy is our theme for this term and for writing we are creating a narrative about an adventure in space. We will be reading some stories this week about adventures in space.
* What makes these stories entertaining?
* How have the authors set the scene for their story?
* How have they described their characters?
* Look closely at the sentences the authors use. How do they make them interesting?
There will be a task for you to complete for each text after reading and discussing with your group.
Share your tasks on your blog. Labels: 2017, Reading, Narratives.
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