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Week 10
School holidays in New Zealand - Whole Class reading and activities
Week 7
A day in the life of a veterinarian - Whole Class reading and activities
Week 6
Kapa Haka - Whole Class reading and activities
Tuesday - Kapa Haka
Wednesday - Kapa Haka Festival
Week 5
Paris Olympics 2024 - Whole Class reading and activities
Tuesday - Kapa Haka
Week 4
Four Stories - Whole Class reading and activities
Tuesday - Kapa Haka
Monday
Why do you think the author, Jock Phillips, has decided to tell us the history of these four objects?
Wednesday
a. The word ‘heaved’ is on page 22. Find out what it means if you don’t know, then put it into a new sentence.
b. What does the word ‘deafening’ mean on page 22?
c. What does it mean to ‘pass the time’ on page 24?
d. What word on page 25 means there were very many of something?
e. What comparison did Joseph Banks make to describe kurī?
Thursday
a. Where could you have found a fur seal in Aotearoa prior to the arrival of Māori? Give evidence from the text to support your answer.
b. Why was the rocket in Timaru only used for such a short time?
Friday
In 50 words or fewer, summarise the key points of the text.
Week 3
Chaos - Whole Class reading and activities
Tuesday - Kapa Haka
Monday
Find the two adverbs on page 14
Which word on page 14 could be replaced with the word 'confused'?
What does 'makeshift' mean on page 15?
Wednesday
This story is written from the perspective of aliens, who are unfamiliar with Earth. Think of another thing about Earth that might be strange to them, and write a recount of experiencing it from the perspective of an alien. You might choose to use the same alien characters from the story, or you could invent your own.
Thursday
a. Why do you think the illustrator has chosen this particular way to illustrate the aliens in the story?
b. Write down five similarities between the alien world and Earth, and five differences.
Friday
a. Why do you think the Great Brain won’t allow games on the alien planet?
b. What do you think makes Shazz go along with what Bryn wants? Give evidence from the text.
c. Which words would you use to describe the character Bryn? Give evidence from the text.
Week 2
As we have Kapa Haka on Tuesday and then we are out of class Wednesday and Thursday, there will be no activities uploaded here. Miss McGeady will explain what we are doing this week!
SJ-L2-May-The Memory Toolbox.pdfWeek 1
The Memory Toolbox - Whole Class reading and activities
Tuesday - Kapa Haka
Monday
Compete with your friends to see who can remember the most items on pages 18 and 19 of the text
Wednesday
Write down what question might have been asked about the article to get these answers
Roy G Biv
The man with the poodle
A person's name
Thursday
Use the text to find the meaning of these words or phrases, and then use them in your own sentence to show you understand
recall
rhyme
championship
Friday
Summarise the texts key points in 50 words
Fast Finishers
Fast Finishers
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