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Instructions:

This week, we are going to write recounts on our trip to Stardome. We will continue to focus on using correct sentences and on the process of editing and publishing.

This video links nicely to the movie we watched at Stardome. Talk to a friend about how they are similar.

Remember to:

- Check your writing.

- Have a friend check your writing.

- Add a picture/ photo/ video.

- Share your writing on your blog.

- Add the link to blog log.

Teacher Notes

Instructions:

This week, you are going to be focusing on the process of editing and publishing writing, and presenting it in an effective way on your blog.

Remember to:

- Check your writing.

- Have a friend check your writing.

- Add a picture/ photo/ video.

- Add the link to blog log.

Teacher Notes

Instructions:

How is your animation looking? Have you thought about what you are going to include in your voice over?

During writing this week, you are going to work on creating a write-up for your animation which you will then be able to turn into your voice over.

Once finished, add your animation write-up to your blog, along with a screenshot from your animation.

Remember:

-Use correct punctuation (full stops, capital letters, etc).

Labels: 2017, Writing, Animation Voice Over, Planet Earth and Beyond

Teacher Notes

Instructions:

1. Watch the videos and read about the solar eclipse from last week.

2. Talk to a classmate about what it would be like to experience a solar eclipse. Add your ideas to the padlet.

3. Imagine you are watching the solar eclipse. Write a recount about this experience.

Labels: 2017, Writing, Imaginative recount writing, Solar Eclipse, Planet Earth and Beyond

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Instructions:

This week we are going to have 2 writing tasks.

1. Take part in an experience and then write a recount on the experience (40 minutes to write).

2. Write a recount about our learning experience in maths, looking at the distances between the planets of the solar system.

Instructions:

• 1. Take part in the learning experience: Capture the flag.

  2. Plan for your writing (5-10 minutes).

  3. Write (40 minutes).

Labels: 2017, Writing, Recount writing, Capture the flag

Teacher Notes

Instructions:

This week we are going to be having a bike lesson out on the courts! On Friday, we learned how to correctly fit a bike helmet. You are going to write an instructional text to clearly explain these steps so someone else could follow them. Once you have finished this, you will be able to take photos or create a video to support your writing.

Instructions:

• 1. Listen to the talk on how to correctly fit a bike helmet (last Friday).

  2. Discuss these steps with a friend and correctly fit a helmet for yourself.

  3. In 2 minutes, write down as many steps as you can remember on the writing doc.

  4. Using the writing doc, write your instructional text.

  5. Add photos or a video, created by you, to support your writing.

Labels: 2017, Writing, Instructional writing, bike, fitting a helmet

Teacher Notes

Instructions:

Why are we able to live on Earth? What is essential to survival on Earth? We are going to be exploring our planet and it’s features, which allow us to be able to live here.

Instructions:

• 1. Take part in the post-it-note task.

  2. Contribute to the padlet.

  3. Plan and write about Earth’s natural resources.

  4. Take photos or draw pictures of each of the natural resources you have written about.

  5. Post your writing onto your blog.

Labels: 2017, Writing, Explanation Writing, Earth’s Natural Resources, Planet Earth

Teacher Notes

Instructions:

Earlier in the year we learnt about Kaitīakitanga i nga wā kātoa, being guardians of everything around us. Now we are exploring being Guardians of the Galaxy. What adventures will there be as we search for new planets in the galaxy? What kind of planet is there to be found? Can a spaceship land there? Can people live there?

What kind of story will you tell? Myth, legend, adventure, sci-fi? Whatever kind of story, there is always a problem to be sorted out by the main characters. There is a template to help you decide on your characters and setting. We will talk about this together.

When you have finished, read your story carefully. Does it make sense? Do your sentences have different beginnings? Have you checked your punctuation?

Read your story to a buddy. What feedback do they have for you? Share your presentation to your blog. Labels: 2017, Writing, narratives, Guardians of the Galaxy, To infinity and beyond.

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