Week 2: Monday 19 October - 23 October
WALT:
Write about a time where someone helped you when you were down
Success criteria:
Retell a personal experience
Include, when, where, who, how and why
Add interesting details to sentences
Capital letters and full stops
Check if sentences make sense
Week 1: Monday 12 October - 16th October
WALT:
Write a recount about what you did in the holidays using who, what, when, where, why.
Success criteria:
Include, when, where, who, how and why
Include descriptive language
Full sentences and capital letters
Check if sentences make sense
WALT:
Explain how we can keep ourselves safe from COVID19 with examples.
Success Criteria:
I have a topic title (Opening question).
I have included clear steps on how to protect myself from COVID19
I have included a picture or diagram of my topic.
I have my connective words (firstly, secondly, thirdly.)
Writing topic: How to make a friend
WALT:
Write a procedural writing of "How to make a friend"
Success Criteria:
I include the title
I listed all the materials I need
I explained the steps in chronological order
I include action verbs (hug, smile, grin, laugh, wave)
I include transition words (first, second, next, then, finally)
Writing topic: How to plant a seed
WALT:
Write a procedural writing of "How to plant a seed"
Success Criteria:
I include the title
I listed all the materials I need
I explained the steps in chronological order
I include action verbs (hold, squeeze, fill)
I include transition words (first, second, next, then, finally)
Writing topic: How to brush your teeth
WALT:
Write a procedural writing of "How to brush your teeth"
Success Criteria:
I include the title
I listed all the materials I need
I explained the steps in chronological order
I include action verbs (hold, squeeze, fill)
I include transition words (first, second, next, then, finally)
Writing topic/Purpose: How to make a fairy bread
WALT:
Write a procedural writing of "How to make a fairy bread"
Success Criteria:
I include the title
I listed all the materials I need
I explained included the steps in chronological order
I include action verbs (cut, fold, pour, twist, hold)
I include transition words (first, second, next, then, finally)
1. As the man lies down to read his book, he hears something outside of his blue tent .........
2. Rooaaarrrrr!!!! The man hears an angry lion coming towards him ...........
Let's create a story using this picture prompt. Can you tell me what is happening? What is the man doing? What will the big ferocious lion do to the man? Where are they?
WALT:
Create an interesting story using adjectives (descriptive language)
Success Criteria:
Use adjectives (descriptive language) in our sentences
Add on details to our sentences to make story interesting
Make sure to use full stops and capital letters in the correct places
Tell the story of Superman’s brother, Carl, who left Krypton as a child but ended up on a deserted planet filled with space trash instead of landing on Earth.
WALT:
Create a story using your imagination and describe Superman's brother
Success Criteria:
Describe how Superman's brother looks like
Describe what he wears
Describe his super powers and what it does
A long long time ago, there was another superhero named Carl. He was Superman's lost brother.
Watch Geoff's Story.
‘From day dot, young Geoff had a curious and unshakeable love for beans.’
WALT:
Watch Geoff's story and retell the events
Success Criteria:
Use descriptive language (adjectives) to make story interesting
Make sure the story is in order
Add details to sentences.
Describe Geoff using this picture prompt!!!
WALT:
Describe Geoff (describe his features - appearance)
Success Criteria
Use descriptive language
Create 5 sentences
'Together in Love: A Legend of Matariki'
WALT:
Watch the video & retell the story of 'Together in Love: A Legend of Matariki'
Success Criteria:
Write the story/events in order
Use descriptive language to make story interesting
We need to continue to be safe and have to keep germs away.
Tell me how you wash your hands. What are the steps?
WALT:
write out the steps of washing hands
Success Criteria:
put the steps in order
explain the process in details
use first, second, then, next & finally
When writing is complete and T has checked, you will publish on Google Doc. Make sure you share your work with Miss Kyee.
Look at this picture and tell me what you see. Make sure you make your sentences interesting by adding descriptive vocabulary.
WALT:
Create descriptive sentences using this picture prompt
Success Criteria:
Describe what you see in the picture
Use descriptive vocabulary
Give these sentences a try and put descriptive language in!! Describe the bold words....
1. A lady is dancing to a song and she is wearing a dress.
2. The woman is on the beach. She is wearing flowers on her hair.
Can you now come up with 5 sentences using descriptive vocabulary?
Using this template complete the following questions
Who was in your level 4 bubble?
What you missed the most during lockdown?
What you liked the most during lockdown?
How did you feel during level 4 lockdown?
What was your favourite memory during lockdown?
WOW!! Tell me an interesting thing that happened due to the lock down...
You can complete this on google doc and use headings to answer the questions, or you can get creative by using paper and copy this template.
Make sure you use bright colours.
As you all know we are still needing to be very careful and we need to constantly wash our hands so germs can be killed.
WALT:
Write the steps of washing hands
Success Criteria:
Make sure it is in the correct order of washing hands
Describe using words of how you wash your hands
WALT:
describe your mother using descriptive language
Success Criteria:
describe my mother
Use this template to describe your mother. Be sure to make it creative and use bright colours to colour in. You can do this on paper or online through google drawing.
Create a Mother's Day card for your mum, grandmother, aunty or anyone that is special to you.
WALT:
Create an acrostic poem with the word mother
Success Criteria:
Use a describing word, phrase or sentence starting with each letter of the topic word
WALT: Tell an interesting story using a picture prompt
Success Criteria: be able to describe what is happening, what I see, what I hear, what I smell and how I feel.
Choose one of these sentence starter to start your story:
Strolling through the smelly park I can see .........
As my family and I walked along the river we could smell .......
On a beautiful sunny day, I decided to go for a walk with my brother .......
Look at the picture and tell me what is happening, what do you see, what do you hear, what do you smell and how do you feel?
WALT:
watch the video and write about ANZAC DAY
Success Criteria:
include all the information
Start your writing using this sentence starter:
Anzac Day is celebrated on .......
The last few weeks have been very unusual with New Zealand being in a full lock down! I want to hear about what you have been doing with your whanau, how you are feeling emotionally, what do you miss the most since the lock down started etc.
1. What have you been doing at home for the last 2 weeks of lock down?
2. How are you feeling? e.g. stressed because you can't leave the house, happy because you like being with your whanau..
3. What do you miss the MOST since lock down has started?
4. What has been your favourite game/activity you have been doing at home?
5. What is your favourite food you have been eating during lock down?
WALT:
Answer the questions about the New Zealand lock down using full sentences.
Success Criteria:
All questions have been answered
Use full sentences (capital letter and full stop)
haunted, gloomy, dark, flashing, bright, rusty, thundering, spooky, dangerous, lonely....
WALT:
Use the picture to tell an interesting story
Success Criteria:
Use descriptive language
Include who, what, when, where, why and how?
Full sentences and capital letters
WALT:
Create an interesting acrostic poem about Autumn
Success Criteria:
Use descriptive language (crunchy leaves, cloudy grey clouds, rustling wind, chilly breeze)
Use full sentences (capital letters and full stops).
Copy neatly on your publishing template
Retell the story of Lily and the Snowman
WALT:
To retell a story in order using first, then, next and finally.
Success Criteria:
Use full sentences (capital letters and full stops).
Use descriptive language.
Check if story makes sense
Literacy Shed: Lily and the Snowman
This week is all about using different sentence starters to create interesting stories. Look at the picture carefully and use one sentence starter and tell me what happens next.
WALT
Look at the picture carefully and use a sentence starter to help describe what might happen next
Success criteria:
Write what happens next in the story
Use descriptive/interesting language
Use full sentences (capital letters and full stops)
Check if story makes sense
Tell me what happens next using the sentence starters provided .....
1. Whoooosh, goes the water inside the tiny boat. The man tries his best to start the boat but.......
2. Ahhhhh screams the man as the engine stops.......
3. The hungry alligator viciously tries to attack as the man tries his best to start the engine.....
WALT:
To retell a story using your own words.
Success Criteria:
Use full sentences (capital letters and full stops).
Use descriptive language.
Check if story makes sense
Scarlett is a short animation which tells the story of a young girl's struggle with amputation following her battle with a rare form of bone cancer 'Ewing Sarcoma.'
In the animation we see how her illness affects her emotionally as well as physically before she discovers, with the help of her mother, that she will still be able to do all of the things that she has wanted to do.
Watch Vid: Literacy Shed
WALT:
Describe what you did in your weekend. Write about the best highlights
Success Criteria:
Write your story in chronological order
Include who, what when, where, why and how?
Full sentences and capital letter
Use descriptive/interesting language
Check if story makes sense
WALT: Tell me about what you did yesterday.
Success Criteria:
Put our sentences into paragraphs
Full sentences and capital letter
Check if story makes sense
WALT:
Describe a special time you shared with your whanau
Success Criteria:
Write your story in chronological order
Include who, what when, where, why and how?
Full sentences and capital letter
Use descriptive/interesting language
Check if story makes sense
WALT:
Describe the best day ever.
Success Criteria:
Use descriptive language
Include who, what, when, where, why and how?
Full sentences and capital letters.
***Once completed students will publish their story on a writing template and add a picture to their story.
WALT:
Tell me about Glenbrae School's Water Fun Day
Success Criteria:
Use past tense
Include who, what, when, where, why.
Full sentences with capitals and full stops
WALT:
Introduce yourself in Te Reo and create a Pepeha
Success Criteria:
Follow the template
Colour in beautifully
Practice your Pepeha
WALT:
Recount an exciting thing that happened on your first day of school.
Success Criteria:
Use full sentences, with a capital letter at the start and a full stop at the end.
Use past tense.
Story must be in chronological order.
Tell us about yourself: Miss Kyee and Miss Safi would like to know more about you.
Write a bit about ourselves by answering questions.
Write in full sentences
Use interesting words
1. What is your name and your age?
2. Who is in your family and tell me something interesting about them.
3. What do you enjoy doing and what makes you happy?
4. What do you want to work on this year?
Use this "All about me" template above and fill in the details.
Write neatly and add in colour