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Miss Parrant
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Week 8 - Woodwind Instruments
Walt: to be able to answer comprehension questions.
Instructions:
We are getting close to the end of the year and the end of our topic musical madness, we are going to explore one more element of instruments this week which is the woodwind instruments.
Activities checklist:
Pick an article from KiwiKids News complete the questions and then an extra activity on the KiwiKids News Link below. (Yellow)
Complete the reading activity for the day (Green)
Complete the fun activity for the day (Blue)
KiwiKids News
Daily Reading Activity
Fun Activity
Percussion Instruments - Drums
Walt: to be able to find important information in the readings
Walt: to identify what percussion instruments are
Instructions:
This week we will be focusing on how to find the most important information in a reading and be able to share it in our own words. We have had a of practice at this during the year and we want to be able to see how far we have come in being able to write in our own words.
For our topic Musical Madness this term we will be looking at percussion instruments. We will have a large focus this week on the drums and their origin and how they work. We will look at the different types of drums there and and what sorts of different sounds they have.
Fast Finishers - Kiwi kids news. Pick an article from the kiwi kids news link below and read the article. Once you have read the article answer the questions related to the article. Rememeber if you are unsure of the answer go back and reread the article the answers will be in the reading
Read "Instruments of the Orchestra"
The Percussion section
The Hisotry of Drums
Reading Comprehension
Books: KaosShots, Pixabay @ https://pixabay.com/en/books-paper-book-book-pages-read-718583/
Activity Percussion Instruments
Timeline Activity
Kids News
Musical Madness - The Violin
Walt: to be able to find important information in the readings
Walt: to identify what string instruments are
Instructions:
This week we will be focusing on how to find the most important information in a reading and be able to share it in our own words. We have had a of practice at this during the year and we want to be able to see how far we have come in being able to write in our own words.
This week we will be having a look at stringed instruments especially the violin. We will look all of the instruments that are part of the string family but will be doing a lot of reading about violins and what they are like to make and be played.
Read "String Instrument"
Read "The Rules" by Maria Samuela
Reading Comprehension
Activity
Activity
Kids News
Practice - Reading the Question
Walt: to practice comprehension skills
Instructions:
This week we will be practicing our comprehension skills again and there will be activities that you need to complete make sure that you read all of the questions properly and the readings that go with the activities.
Complete the activities
Check them with a buddy
Post your work on your blog
Read and complete the activity
Read and complete the activity
Poem Practice
Read "Starting with Strings"
Comprehension "Starting with Strings"
True or False "Starting with Strings"
Practice - Comprehension
Walt: to practice comprehension skills
Instructions:
Welcome to Term 4, we are getting close to testing time so we will be spending the next few weeks practicing our comprehension and also learning key elements of texts that are important. This week we will be focusing a lot on poems and what elements there are in a poem that are important.
Activities:
This week you need to make sure that you are reading all of the readings carefully and finding the right answers to the questions. Make sure that you reread the text to find the answer as all of the answers will be in the text.
Read and complete the activity
Vocbulary Practice
Poem Practice
Read "The Big Dig"
Comprehension "The Big Dig"
True or False "The Big Dig"