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Week 3 - Remote Learning
Wednesday 3rd March
Lower Moana
Read the story below!
The poem Uira_Lightning (do not need to read) Māori version Uira, tētere Hihira ana te rangi. Haruru ana te ao. Rere ana te wehiwehi. Me te mataku e. Kōhikohiko te ārero wera Rū, wiriwiri te haka a Tāwhirimātea .pdfReading - Uira
Reading
Read the English version of the story
Imagine you can see, hear the lightning and thunder on audio
Answer questions
What do you hear?
What do you see?
What can you feel?
Maths Question of the day
Nana bought a small bag of mandarins for Mele and Rangi. Mele ate more Mandarins than Rangi.
Questions
How many could Rangi have eaten? how much would Mele have eaten then?
How did you get this?, explain
What if nan bought a bigger bag of Mandarins. How many could Rangi have eaten? how much would Mele have eaten then?
Draw a picture of your working out.
Writing - Poetry
Creative Poem Writing - I Am
Find describing words to describe yourself, then put them into similes using as our like.
I am….
I am…
I am…
Add like or as
I am...tall like a giant
I am….staunch like Tāne Mahuta
I am...beautiful like Papatūānuku
Draw an illustration to go with your writing.
Upper Moana
Read the story below!
Reading - Tautai
Gentoo penguin chicks arrive at Kelly Tarlton’s
Read the news article then complete the questions and tasks below:
1. What was the key event from the news article?
2. Why do the Kelly Tarlton’s team think one chick might be a male, and the other chick a female?
3. If you got a chance to name the chicks, what would you call them and why?
4. Read the article again, if you spot any words you don’t know the meaning of, note them down. Find out the meaning of these new words.
5. The article says Gentoo penguins are the third largest penguin species in the world. Find out what the biggest species of penguin is and where they live.
Maths Question of the day
In 2021, there are three children in Aroha’s family. Tom is the oldest. He was born January 12, 2003. Aroha is half Tom’s age and five years older than Nelly.
How old is each child?
Writing
Task:
Use the picture above to write a paragraph in first person, describing what is inside the mysterious object on the beach.
Possible story starter:
It didn’t look like any rock I’d ever seen before. It was shaped like a giant basketball and was grey on top and black on the bottom. As I walked closer to it, I heard a low rumbling sound. I pressed my ear against it and the rumbling got louder! Suddenly, the rock started to shake. I leapt back just as a large crack appeared...
You must:
Write in first person.
Write at least one paragraph.
Use descriptive language that helps the reader visualise what is inside the object.
Maths Question of the day
In 2021, there are three children in Aroha’s family.
· Tom is the oldest. He was born January 12, 2003.
· Aroha is half Tom’s age and five years older than Nelly.
How old is each child?
Writing
About to hatch writing task.pdfTask:
Use the picture above to write a paragraph in first person, describing what is inside the mysterious object on the beach.
Possible story starter:
It didn’t look like any rock I’d ever seen before. It was shaped like a giant basketball and was grey on top and black on the bottom. As I walked closer to it, I heard a low rumbling sound. I pressed my ear against it and the rumbling got louder! Suddenly, the rock started to shake. I leapt back just as a large crack appeared...
You must:
Write in first person.
Write at least one paragraph.
Use descriptive language that helps the reader visualise what is inside the object.