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Miss West
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Rongoā
Walt: make inferences from reading a text.
Walt: share information from texts in different ways.
1. Plants that Heal (Sue Gibbison)
Connected 2, 2010
(Pages 18-25)
2. The Science of Rongoā
Remember to add new vocab to this padlet
Attributions:
Predators, pests, and other threats
Walt: make inferences from reading a text.
Instructions:
1. Read this week's first text.
2. Meet with Miss West to discuss this text.
3. Read text 2 and 3.
4. Complete the follow up task: Letter to Lily.
5. Add any new vocabulary to the vocab padlet.
If you have finished all of this, continue with
- Completing your blog log.
- Poem/ rap/ song.
- Animation and Voice over
Remember to add new vocab to this padlet
Attributions:
Video: Youtube video: Kiwibank, the department of conservation, & predator free NZ trust join forces (Kiwibank), 14 Sept 2016.
Predators and Pests
Walt: read to add to our information and current knowledge.
Instructions:
1. Read this week's first text.
2. Complete the task after reading the first text.
3. Read text 2 and 3.
4. Add any new vocabulary to the vocab padlet.
4. Continue working on your poem/ rap/ song.
Native Plants and Tahuna Torea
Walt: read for a particular purpose and synthesise information
Instructions:
What is our environment like in Pt England?
What native plants are likely to thrive in our environment?
By the end of the week:
1. Read this week's texts
2. Add interesting words to the Environment Vocab Padlet
3. Complete the follow up task.
4. Complete any learning on the blog log.
Fast finisher?
Read blog posts of our Tuhi mai, Tuhi atu buddy classes and leave some positive comments!
3. Card Game
(NZG, Stuff.co.nz)
Remember to add new vocab to this padlet
Attribution:
Photo: H West (2017)
Our environment - Native Plants
Walt: read for a particular purpose and synthesise information
Instructions:
What is our environment like in Pt England?
What native plants are likely to thrive in our environment?
By the end of the week:
1. Read this week's texts
2. Add interesting words to the Environment Vocab Padlet
3. Use the texts to create a letter to Mr Burt asking him of the possibility of planting native plants around school.
4. Complete any learning on the blog log.
Fast finisher?
Read blog posts of our Tuhi mai, Tuhi atu buddy classes and leave some positive comments!
2. Flax (Harakeke) (TFSNZ)
Choose 2 native plants from the DOC website which you think would grow well around Pt England. Why do you think this?
3. Harakeke by Melanie Drewery (SJ, Nov 2011)
(NZG, Stuff.co.nz)
Remember to add new vocab to this padlet
Attribution:
Youtube video: Top 5 Native Plants of New Zealand by Rural Design NZ
Our environment - Pollution and Estuaries
Walt: research a topic and display findings in our own words.
Walt: synthesise ideas from more than one text.
Instructions:
What is our environment like in Pt England?
How can our actions effect these environments?
What can we do to help?
By the end of the week:
1. Complete your magazine cover from last week.
2. Read this week's texts
3. Add interesting words to the Environment Vocab Padlet.
4. Create a WANTED poster for someone who is having a negative impact on the environment and post it on your blog along with a task description.
Fast finisher?
Read blog posts of our Tuhi mai, Tuhi atu buddy classes and leave some positive comments!
Attributions:
Video:: Te Karere, TVNZ
PES Responsibility poster - Garth Jacobsen (2017)
Our environment - New Zealand
Walt: research a topic and make connections to our own lives.
Instructions:
What is our environment like in New Zealand? What about our environment at Pt England?
How can our actions effect these environments?
Below, you will find three texts and some tasks to work through which you will then be able to share on your blog .
By the end of the week:
1. Take a photo somewhere around school which represents 'Te taiao o tāmaki.'
2. Using this image, create a magazine cover about our environment.
- What would be the main topics in the magazine?
- How would we draw our audience in?
Let's start thinking more about our environment...
Vocabulary Bank: Padlet
Text: Forest and Bird: Te reo o te taiao
Think about how this links to our community at Pt England?
Create and Share - Magazine Cover
About my group - Maungarei
Walt: research a topic and display findings in our own words.
Instructions:
Welcome to your reading page for 2017!
This week you are going to be finding out about your reading group, Maungarei.
Below, you will find three texts and some tasks to work through which you will then be able to share on your blog.
By the end of the week:
-Post your follow up task onto your blog with an explanation of your learning.
Teacher Notes
Mt Wellington Quarry (now Stonefields)
Auckland Volcanoes
Attributions:
Video:: Auckland Museum
