Swimming

What is a cycleway?

What programme runs at Charlie's school?

What would Liz like the council to do instead of adding more bike lanes?

Write down what question might have been asked about the article to get these answers

75 percent of people would consider biking if cycle lanes were seperate from traffic

A disease that makes it difficult for the brain to communicate with the body

To keep cyclists and cars apart

Create a poster supporting the use of cycleways or wider footpaths with a specially marked area for cyclists. Your poster should encourage more people to ride bikes to get around, so make sure you include some of the benefits of cycling.

Use the glossary to find the meaning of these words from the text, then use them in your own sentences

• destination

• intersection

• pedestrian

Easter Monday

Easter Tuesday

Quick Find

1. What vegetable did Api and Tyson pick?

2. What fruit did they pick on the weekend?

3. What did Api want to do with the money from picking the strawberries?

Vocabulary and Language

Find the translation and meaning of these words or phrases from the text and then use them in your own sentence.

1. mara kai

2. puku

3. ka pai

Fifty Words

Summarise the text's key points in 50 words or less.

Swimming

Quick Find

1. What is tapa?

2. How long did the students spend exploring their turangawaewae?

3. What is a collograph?

What's my question?

Write down what question might have been asked about the article to get these answers.

1. The bark of the mulberry tree

2. Tissues, cardboard, and wallpaper

3. Mgati Awa and Te Ati Awa

Beyond the text

The word tapa is from Tahiti and the Cook Islands. It can be found in many countries in the Pacific Ocean. Tapa cloth is known by a different name in each of these nations. Research the countries of the Pacific and find out what the name is in each of those countries.

Easter Friday

Swimming

Quick Find

1. What did Aunty Elsie actually rescue, and where did she rescue it from?

2. What did Mum say Uncle Henry did?

3. What did Uncle Henry do for a job?

Vocabulary and language

Find the meaning of these words from the text and then use them in your own sentence

1. parachute

2. refugee

3. disbelief

What's my question?

Write down what question might have been asked about the article to get these answers.

1. Helps refugees

2. A baby from a burning library

3. Whaea Peck

Innovation

The story ended with Uncle Henry saying, "It wasn't actually a big whale. It was a..." Finish the story. What could it have been if Uncle Henry didn't fight a big whale? What might have really happened?

Swimming

Quick Find

1. What is a fact?

2. What is an opinion?

3. Where did a dispute break out?

Vocabulary and language

Use the text to find the meaning of these words or phrases, and then use them in your own sentences to show you understand

1. reliable evidence

2. observation

3. persuade

What's my question?

Write down what question might have been asked about the article to get these answers.

1. A puriri moth

2. Holes in old trees

3. Under its knee

Innovation

Play a game of 'Fact or Opinion?' with your partner. Each of you should write two things down about the text. One should be a fact, and the other should be an opinion. Can your partner work out which is fact and which is opinion? Can you work out which of theirs is fact or opinion?