Buzzy - Bees-Term2

Good Spotting

Phantasie

Walt: use information from a range of texts

Instructions

Follow ALL instructions

1. Read the text carefully

2. Make a copy of the House Buss Design presentation - Follow the instructions on the powerpoint. First open the extended reading texts and find some design ideas that you like. Add these ideas to your presentation - Draw a plan of your own bus design. Either make a copy of this document or draw your design on paper and take a photo of it. - Post your presentation to your blog with a sentence about what you

have been learning. Add it to the blog log.

Text: Phantasie

Biographies of Inventors

Walt: gather information and put it into our own words.

Instructions

Follow ALL instructions

1. Read the text carefully

2. Select one of the inventors you have read about.

Complete the About an Inventor presentation about them. - Remember to write the sentences in your own words. Do not copy and paste from the text. - Use the information from the texts and do some research to find out more about your inventor. - Make your presentation look good by changing its background, text font and adding free to use images. - Post this to your blog with a sentence about what you have been learning.

Extended Reading:

Famous Scientist Facts

Earth Paints

Walt: Summarising - locate and summarise ideas

Instructions

Follow ALL instructions

1. Read your story carefully

2. Write your own Story Review

Text: Earth Paints

Washing up in Samoa

Walt: Find clues in the text to help comprehend what we read

Instructions

Follow ALL instructions

1. Read your story carefully

2. Making a Tauaga Instructions

- Make a copy of this presentation

- Use the book to write the instructions for making a Tauaga.

3. Create an Advertisement

- Make a copy of this presentation

- Edit the presentation to sell a Tauaga.

- Think about who you are trying to sell them to.

- Think about what colours, words etc would make people want to buy your Tauaga.

4. Design from nothing.

- Make a copy of this presentation and get designing.

Text: Washing up in Samoa

Elephants' Next Act

Walt: recognise different text structures and language features of a news reports.

Instructions

Follow ALL instructions

1. Read your story carefully.

2. Answer the comprehension questions following the story.

Craig and the sister-catcher

Walt: Read on then reread to understand new vocabulary

Instructions

Follow ALL instructions

1. Read your story carefully

2. Makey Makey Design Challenge

- Think about how you could make a better controller.

- Complete this presentation with with as much detail as you can.

- Make the actual design and record each prototype.

- Post this onto your blog with 1 paragraph explaining your learning.

Text: Craig and the sister-catcher

A Tyreful of Air

Walt: understand that technology can be developed further to resolve a problem.

Instructions

Follow ALL instructions

1. Read your story carefully

2. Skateboard Design Challenge

- Think about how you want to improve the skateboard and why.

- Complete this with as much detail as you can.

- Post this onto your blog with 1 paragraph explaining your learning.

Moving Old Houses

Walt: ask and answer questions about what I am reading, before, during and after reading

Instructions

Follow ALL instructions

1. Read your story carefully

2. Create final animation plan.

3. Complete a Game Review.

Text: Moving old houses

Links

Extra text:

The story of our house

Walt: ask and answer questions about what I am reading, before, during and after reading

Instructions

Follow ALL instructions

1. Read your story carefully

2. Creating a Game

- Complete this with as much detail as you can

- Remember to add in lots of colour, photos and design.

- Post this onto your blog with 1 paragraph explaining your learning.

Text: The story of our house

Links

Extra text:

Activity: Creating a Game