Miss West
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Week 10
Walt: recognise and say word endings.
Focus:
Weekly Reading Tasks:
1. Meet with Miss West to read Book 1.
2. Follow up task for Book 1. Post about this task on your blog.
3. iPads: Sunshine books. Read and complete the tasks for 4 books.
3. Meet with Miss West - Sunshine book.
4. Listen to the shared text for our inquiry.
5. Storyline online OR Reading Eggs.
This term, we are exploring Planet Earth and Beyond through our Inquiry topic, Guardians of the Galaxy. We will explore this topic through our shared text, videos and audio links.
Lāvalava
(Lino Nelisi)
Pete Little
(Beverley Randell)
Just one guinea pig
(Jenny Giles)
Attributions:
Comparing Earth and Space
Walt: break words up into chunks to read fluently
Walt: self correct
Focus:
Weekly Reading Tasks:
1. Meet with Miss West to read Book 1.
2. Follow up task for Book 1. Post about this task on your blog.
3. iPads: Sunshine books. Read and complete the tasks for 4 books.
3. Meet with Miss West - Sunshine book.
4. Listen to the shared text for our inquiry.
5. Storyline online OR Reading Eggs.
This term, we are exploring Planet Earth and Beyond through our Inquiry topic, Guardians of the Galaxy. We will explore this topic through our shared text, videos and audio links.
Mixing Paints
(Pam Holden)
Walking in the Winter
(Beverley Randell)
Taking care of Ourselves
(Jeni Wilson)
A home for Little Teddy
(Beverley Randell)
Locked In
(Susan Price)
Jordan at the Big Game
(Jenny Giles)
Attributions:
Youtube: Our World: Exercise in Space (NASAeclips) = 1 May 2009
Habitable planets
Walt: read fluently
Walt: use different strategies to read unknown words
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Walt: self correct
Walt: have discussions about topics outside our experience
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Walt: make inferences
Walt: think critically
Focus:
Weekly Reading Tasks:
1. Meet with Miss West to read Book 1.
2. Follow up task for Book 1. Post about this task on your blog.
3. iPads: Sunshine books. Read and complete the tasks for 4 books.
3. Meet with Miss West - Sunshine book.
4. Listen to the audio text for our inquiry (if you did not last week).
5. Storyline online OR Reading Eggs.
This term, we are exploring Planet Earth and Beyond through our Inquiry topic, Guardians of the Galaxy. We will explore this topic through our shared text, videos and audio links.
A bird in the classroom
(Feana Tu'akoi)
New Glasses for Max
(Annette Smith)
Rebecca and the Concert
(Annette Smith)
Attributions:
Youtube: What makes a planet habitable | M51 and Gizmo in Half Baked Plan | NASA Spitzer (FREE SPACE) - 15 March 2017
Life Beyond Earth
Walt: make predictions
Walt: take time when we are reading, for accuracy
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Walt: recognise and use letter blends
Walt: retell a story
Focus:
Weekly Reading Tasks:
1. Meet with Miss West to read Book 1.
2. Follow up task for Book 1. Post about this task on your blog.
3. iPads: Sunshine books. Read and complete the tasks for 4 books.
3. Meet with Miss West - Sunshine book.
4. Listen to the audio text for our inquiry.
5. Storyline online OR Reading Eggs.
6. Shared book.
This term, we are exploring Planet Earth and Beyond through our Inquiry topic, Guardians of the Galaxy. We will explore this topic through our shared text, videos and audio links.
Pockets
(Pam Holden)
The Mountains of the Moon
(Jill Mitchell)
Is that an Earthquake?
(Alan Bagnall)
My Granny Rides a Bicycle
(Sunshine Books)
Hatching Eggs
(Pam Holden)
Night noises
(Sunshine Books)
The cross-country race
(Jenny Giles)
The Traveller and the Farmer
(Sunshine Books)
Sleeping at School
(Carmel Reilly)
Attributions:
Youtube: NASA discovers Earth-like planet in 'habitable zone... (CNN), 23 July 2015
Water
Walt: ask ourselves questions as we read to gain a deeper understanding of the topic.
Walt: make predictions
Walt: develop topic-specific vocabulary
Focus:
Weekly Reading Tasks:
1. Meet with Miss West to read Book 1.
2. Follow up task for Book 1. Post about this task on your blog.
3. Meet with Miss West - Shared Text.
4. iPads: Sunshine books. Read and complete the tasks for 4 books.
5. Storyline online.
6. Meet with Miss West to read Book 2.
This term, we are exploring Planet Earth and Beyond through our Inquiry topic, Guardians of the Galaxy. We will explore this topic through our shared text.
Mrs Brown's Garden
(Dawn McMillan)
The Wild Wet Wellington Wind
(Joy Cowley)
Growing Pumpkins
(Shelley de Graaf)
iPad: Sunshine Books Online
Attributions:
Youtube: Water cycle - Blazer Fresh | Go Noodle (Go Noodle, Get moving) - 19 May 2017
What makes Earth Habitable?
Walt: ask ourselves questions as we read to gain a deeper understanding of the topic.
Walt: find words which have the same blends.
Walt: independently use a range of strategies to read new words
Focus:
Weekly Reading Tasks:
1. Meet with Miss West to read Book 1.
2. Follow up task for Book 1. Post about this task on your blog.
3. Meet with Miss West - Shared Text.
4. iPads: Sunshine books. Read and complete the tasks for 4 books.
5. Storyline online.
This term, we are exploring Planet Earth and Beyond through our Inquiry topic, Guardians of the Galaxy. We will explore this topic through our shared text.
Sandy gets a Lead
(Beverley Randell)
Brave Triceratops
(Beverley Randell)
The tale of the turnip
(Annette Smith)
"Scat!" said the Cat
(Sunshine Books)
Dad's headache
(Sunshine Books)
My Sloppy Tiger
(Sunshine Books)
Attributions:
Youtube: Science video for kids; Natural Resources of the Earth (Turtlediary) - 4 April 2016
What is beyond Earth?
Walt: ask ourselves questions as we read to gain a deeper understanding of the topic.
Walt: find smaller words within bigger words e.g. 'am' in 'James'
Walt: independently use a range of strategies to read new words
Focus:
Weekly Reading Tasks:
1. Meet with Miss West to read Book 1.
2. Follow up task for Book 1. Post about this task on your blog.
3. Meet with Miss West - Shared Text.
4. iPads: Sunshine books. Read and complete the tasks for 4 books.
5. Storyline online.
This term, we are exploring Planet Earth and Beyond through our Inquiry topic, Guardians of the Galaxy. We will explore this topic through our shared text.
Where are the sunhats?
(Beverley Randell)
Candle-light
(Beverley Randell)
A visit to the Butterfly House
(Annette Smith)
Ben's dad
(Beverley Randell)
House-hunting
(Beverley Randell)
The Youngest Giraffe
(Elizabeth Russell-Arnot)
Attributions:
Guardians of the Galaxy Image (Garth Jacobson, 2017)
Youtube: Inside a rocket from take off to orbit (external cameras) in HD: 999metalme (25 January 2009)