Fish 'n Chips-Term2
Good Spotting
Making Amazing Places
Walt: use information from a range of texts.
Instructions
Follow ALL instructions
1. Read the text carefully
Text: Making Amazing Places
2. Make a copy of Designing your own amazing playground
- You are going to design your own playground in groups of 2 using the steps that are laid out in our text.
- You will need to think about what students at Pt England school would like to have in a playground, what ideas are already awesome that you could adapt and researching some amazing playgrounds from around the world.
- Once you have finished your design you need to post this onto your blog with 1 paragraph explaining your learning and post to the learning log.
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.
Text: Biographies of Inventors
Ancient but Earthquake-proof
Walt: Inferring - use prior knowledge to help make meaning of the text.
Instructions
Follow ALL instructions
1. Read your story carefully
2. During reading with the teacher answer these questions
3. Read the instructions and complete the task.
- Create your design.
- Complete this presentation showing your design process.
- Post your presentation onto your blog with 1 paragraph and answer the questions in instructions.
4. Write your own Story Review
Text: Ancient but Earthquake-proof
Extended Reading:
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.
Text: Elephants' Next Act
Eureka! Accidental Breakthroughs in Science
Walt: Find clues in the text to help us comprehend what we read.
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: Eureka! Accidental Breakthroughs in Science
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.
Text: A Tyreful of Air
Maori Rock Science
Walt: Ask questions before and during reading to focus my understanding
Instructions
Follow ALL instructions
1. Read your story carefully
2. Create final animation plan.
3. Complete a Game Review.
Text: Maori Rock Science
Links
Extra text:
Eco-friendly Inventions
Walt: Ask questions before and during reading to focus my understanding
Instructions
Follow ALL instructions
1. Read your story carefully
- 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: Eco-friendly Inventions
Links
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