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Miss Scanlan

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Trees

Walt: make connections across multiple texts

Instructions:

Read the texts below.

Use the information from the websites and journals to complete the presentation and poster and then share them on your blog.

Key Ideas to find out and understand:

  • What is a 'native' tree?

  • Name and talk about at least 3 native NZ trees

  • Is a coconut tree native to NZ?

  • Why is a coconut tree so useful?

Read with the teacher:

School Journal P3 N3 2002

Read with a buddy:

Extra activity: Grammar

Activity : The Tree of Life

NZ Native Birds

Walt: make connections across multiple texts

Instructions:

Read the texts below.

Use the information from the websites and journals to complete the presentation and poster and then share them on your blog.

Key Ideas to find out and understand:

  • What does endemic or native mean?

  • What are some names of native NZ Birds

  • Why is it important for us to take care of our native birds?

  • How do pests threaten our native birds?

Read: Forest and Mountain Birds

Read: Sea and Shore Birds

Read:

Read with teacher: Click for sound

Create! Endemic Birds Poster

Activity: Spirit of the Bird

Pests and native animals

Walt: make connections across multiple texts

Instructions:

Read the texts below.

Use the information from the websites and journals to complete the presentation and poster and then share them on your blog.

Key Ideas to find out and understand:

  • What is a pest?

  • What are the main types of pests in New Zealand?

  • Why are pests bad for our environment?

  • How do pests affect bird life in NZ?

Read: Mice

Read: Possums

Read: Rats

Read with teacher: 'Kiwi In The City'

Click on the book for activity

Activity: Pest Poster

Activity: Pest Detectives

Image Attribution:

Mice, possum and rat: www.doc.govt.nz

Week 5 - Reduce, reuse, recycle

Walt: make connections across multiple texts

Instructions:

Read all of the readings and watch both of the videos.

Use the information from the websites and journals to complete the presentations and then share them on your blog.

Key Ideas to find out and understand:

    • What is recycling?

    • How can I recycle properly?

    • What is Para Kore?

    • What are the 3 R's?

    • Explain what Kaitiakitanga means

Read: Kaitiaki Of The Stream

Read: Doing Your Bit

Watch: Para Kore

Activity: Kaitiaki of the stream

Activity: for 'Doing Your Bit'

Activity: How to Recycle

Image Attribution:

Recycle Logo: Petr Kratochvil @ http://www.freestockphotos.biz/stockphoto/5696

Week 3 - Water Pollution

Walt: make connections across multiple texts

Instructions:

Read all of the readings and watch both of the videos.

Use the information from the websites and journals to complete the poster and then share it on your blog.

After you finish the poster, complete the activity for the 'The River'

Key Ideas to find out and understand:

    • What impact does plastic have on the environment?

    • Does NZ live up to it's '100% pure' reputation?

    • How are our oceans and rivers polluted?

    • What are people doing to fight against plastic pollution?

YouTube Video

Read: Plastic Petition

Read: Plastic Fantastic

Padlet word bank

Create and Share - Poster

Activity - "Plastic Fantastic"

World Pollution

Walt: make connections across multiple texts

Te Taiao o Tāmaki

This term our inquiry theme is Te Taiao o Tāmaki which means

'the environment of Tāmaki'. Over the next three weeks, we will learn about one of the biggest threats to our environment: pollution. This week, we will learn about pollution all around the world!

Key Ideas to find out and understand:

    • What is pollution?

    • What are the three main types of pollution?

    • How is pollution having an impact on the environment?

    • Where in the world is pollution the worst?

Instructions:

Read all three of the readings and watch both of the videos. You can read/watch them in any order. Use the information to complete the presentation and then share it on your blog.

Remember:

    • Use safe search for images and then do an image attribution

    • Write a description with your presentation when you publish on your blog

  • Use labels on your blog

Extra for experts!

  • Read 'What a Disaster!' in the school journal

  • Click on the school journal below to take you to the activity

China and Delhi: The most polluted places on earth

Teacher Notes

YouTube Video: Smog in China

What is pollution?

Extra activity: 'What A Disaster!'

Water pollution

Land Pollution

Google Drawings: Poster

Image attribution:

What is pollution: @http://study.com/

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch: Wikipedia @https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastikm%C3%BCll_in_den_Ozeanen

Water pollution: Wikipedia @https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_pollution

Land pollution: Wikipedia @https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landfill

School Journal: tki @http://instructionalseries.tki.org.nz/content/search?SearchText=environment&SearchButton=&CurrentTab=is_homepage&SubTreeArray%5B%5D=22574&ColourWheelLevel=all&CurriculumLevel=all&ReadingYearLevel=all&LearningArea=all

About My Group - Tanzanians

Walt: Read for meaning and present your learning in a slideshow

Instructions:

Kia Ora! Welcome to your new literacy class! This is the group that you will be in for reading, so why not learn all about it?

Read both of the readings and watch both of the videos. You can read/watch them in any order.

Use the information to complete the presentation to a high standard and then share it on your blog.

A few reminders:

    • Organise your presentation in your writing folder

    • Add a brief description about your presentation when you post it on your blog

    • Image attribution - ask Miss Scanlan!

Teacher Notes

YouTube Video

Time for Kids: Day In The Life

Google Maps

Wikipedia

National Geographic - Kids

Presentation Template