(use link on poster above)

(use link on poster above)

What am I learning?

*To read for fluency and comprehension.

How can I make sure I am successful?

• Read the text quietly to ourselves

• Read the text aloud with fluency

• Retell the story and its details to a family member or friend.

Activity description/steps:

1. Read the story ‘watching the game’ quietly to yourself.

2. Read it again aloud with fluency and understanding when the tone of a character or the dog is used.

3. Find someone to retell the story too:

See if you can tell them:

• How do you think Mika was feeling?

• How do you tihk mum was feeling?

• Why was Rocky barking?

• Why did Mum have a tennis ball in her bag? Is Rocky a bad dog?

Extras for early finishers:

See how many words you can find in the story that have the blend ‘th’ in them? Write them down.

Resources:

Watching The Game

What am I learning?

*to read a poem and answer comprehension questions

How can I make sure I am successful?

*I can pick out rhyme and rhythm in a poem

*I can work out the meaning behind the text on my own

*I can look up words I don’t understand in the dictionary

Activity description/steps:

Read the poem and article “Barney Whiterats”. Have a kōrero with someone in your whanau about it.

Answer the comprehension questions below–

1. Use a different coloured pencil to highlight all the rhyming words.

2. What is the mental image you get when reading the first stanza? What about the second?

3. What is a swagman?

4. How did Barney Whiterats get his name?

5. What does the author like about an oral poem?

Extras for early finishers

Try reading it again, but this time singing it. Practise it and then sing for someone in your whanau.

Resources:

Barney Whiterats Book

What am I learning?

*To use my creativity and ideas to write about a topic of my choice and experience.

How can I make sure I am successful?

• Express my ideas in my writing.

• Use paragraphs in my writing.

• Try my best with my spelling.

Activity description/steps:

Rocky is Mika's pet dog, they love to go to the rugby and chase tennis and rugby balls (as seen in the picture above.

Today you are to write about your favourite pet or animal and what you guys love to do together.

If you don't have a pet at your house, is there one at someone's house you have visited?

Or have you seen a pet you would love someone in your family to get!

Tell us what this pet is, what you guys love to do together or what you would do if you had that pet?

Think about how this would make you feel, where it happened or could happen and what it would look like?

Once you have written 3-5 sentences with lots of detail about this pet, draw us a picture as well so we can see what they look like.

What am I learning?

*to write a poem about myself

How can I make sure I am successful?

*I have followed the correct format and punctuation

*I have checked that I have done the right amount for each line

*I used a dictionary to come up with words

Activity description/steps:

Today in reading we are going to be creating our own bio poem! Have you ever heard of a bio poem before? No? That’s ok! Bio in this case is short for autobiography, which is an account of a person’s life written by that person. A bio poem follows a predictable pattern and generally doesn't rhyme.

We’re going to first read Miss Shannon’s bio poem.

1. Start by reading over the template here.

2. You will need to make a rough draft first. So grab a piece of paper and start working through each line filling it out as it applies to you. Remember it’s ok to cross out and make mistakes as you go!

3. Once you’ve finished your draft, proofread it. If someone at home can proofread it too, even better!

4. Once you have your first draft done, publish it on canva here. If not, find a nice, blank piece of paper and decorate it.

Make sure to share with your teacher on class dojo.

Extras for early finishers

Turn each line of your poem into a full sentence. Try to stretch them out using more adjectives, verbs and other parts of speech.

Resources:

Bio Poem Template

Canva

What am I learning?

*to observe nature

How can I make sure I am successful?

*I have warmed up

*I have completed at least 80% of the list

*I have come up with new items each time

Activity description/steps:

This afternoon we’re going on a nature scavenger hunt! But before we do so, we need to get warmed up. Follow the motions on this poster to stretch and prepare mentally.

Once you have done so, you’re ready to begin the scavenger hunt! Head outside to your backyard or go for a walk (with someone in your whanau) and try to find everything on the list. Try to check off each box with something new each time. When you find a match, write the object down or draw a picture next to it.

Extras for early finishers

Complete this word find on minibeasts!

Resources:

Scavenger hunt

Warm up poster