Week 3 Friday
22nd of October
Reading
Learning Intention
We are learning to retell and summarise a text.
Success Criteria
I can identify the main character.
I can discuss the problem in the text.
I can discuss how the main character tried to solve the problem.
I can identify how the story ended.
Learning Tasks:
Read your independent fiction text for 15 minutes, think about how you would summarise your text.
Summarise your text with a peer.
In small groups of 4 or 5 work together, rehearse your retelling of the Three Billy Goats Gruff
Perform and retell the story in front of the class
Writing
Learning Intention:
We are learning to write a simple information report.
Success Criteria:
I can write sentences about a topic.
I can organise my writing using subheadings.
Learning Task:
In the same groups as yesterday, students will sort out their facts and display them on a poster to create an Information Report. Groups will present their Information Report to the class.
Maths
Learning Intention
To compare and describe the mass of objects.
Success Criteria
I can use balance scales to compare the mass of objects.
I can describe mass.
I can reason about mass.
Warm Up: Tic Tac Toe
How to play: Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7xCHmeANTQ
Learning Task: Measuring Mass
Today in class, students will explore Mass using Pan Balances. They will compare items from around the classroom such as books, blocks, pencils, etc. What do we notice?
Students will then try and find two items that have the same Mass. Students will explore how they know they are the same?