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Week 8: Oil Spills
Week 8: Oil Spills
WALT: Make observations, gather data, and interpret and discuss outcomes based on observations and information
WALT: Make connections by thinking about underlying ideas within and between texts.
Success Criteria:
Think about what I already know
Find the main ideas in the texts by thinking what does the author want me to know?
Make links to other texts I read
Connect what I know and what I read to come up with new ideas.
What impact do oil spills have now and for the future?
What impact do oil spills have now and for the future?
Does what is learnt make a difference in terms of prevention and/or the approach to cleaning up oil spills?
Does what is learnt make a difference in terms of prevention and/or the approach to cleaning up oil spills?
Supporting Text 1
Supporting Text 1
Cleaning up the spill
Cleaning up the spill
Supporting Text 2
Supporting Text 2
Learn
Learn
Task 1: Watch this video and then use what you learn to answer the questions here. Compare this oil spill to the MV Rena spill.
Task 2: How do you clean up oil? a) Reciprocal Reading here
b) Cooperative learning investigation here.
Task 3: Read or listen to the focus text and complete the environmental impact chart here
Create
Create
Does what is learnt make a difference in terms of prevention and/or the approach to cleaning up oil spills?
Use the information you have learnt this week to design a tool for collecting and disposing of the oil from beaches and rocks. You need to do this without contaminating yourself or spreading the oil further. Design Task here
Share
Share
Share your learning around this topic on your blog. Include your oil spill design task write up and photos. Share your thoughts about this week's big questions.
Include the WALT and reflect on how you went with the learning tasks.
Invite your readers to give their opinion on this topic in their blog comments.
Week 7: Endangered Animals
Week 7: Endangered Animals
WALT: To identify author's purpose and point of view
Success Criteria:
Identify the main idea of the text
Think about what the author wanted you to know, think, feel or do
Find evidence in the text to support your thinking
Draw a conclusion on the author's purpose
Does species extinction matter?
Does species extinction matter?
What is the point of saving endangered species?
What is the point of saving endangered species?
Focus Text
Focus Text
Read this article about attempts to save the endangered white rhino from extinction.
Supporting Text
Supporting Text
Supporting Text
Supporting Text
Challenge Text
Challenge Text
Learn
Learn
Task 1: Read the focus text and then use what you know to complete this graphic organiser.
Task 2: Why do scientists go to so much trouble to try to stop animals like the northern white rhino from becoming extinct?Imagine you are one of the scientists on the team in today’s story. Write a paragraph explaining why your work is so important.
Task 3: Graph interpretation on endangered animals here
Task 4: FInd another source of information for this topic and link on the padlet here
Task 5: Complete the synthesis chart here.
Create
Create
Does it matter if the northern white rhinos become extinct? Why or why not?
Choose one of the create options below
Create an opinion continuum around this issue. Include both points of view we have explored today, a friend’s opinion and your own opinion.
Or
Create a news report video clip to present the arguments we have explored today. You could have a news reporter interviewing a scientist and a person opposed to the saving of endangered species.
Share
Share
Share your learning around this topic on your blog. Include your create task and your paragraph from the scientist's perspective.
Include the WALT and reflect on how you went with the learning tasks.
Invite your readers to give their opinion on this topic in their blog comments.
Week 6: Quotation Exploration
Week 6: Quotation Exploration
WALT: To infer key ideas using evidence from the text
Success Criteria:
Ask questions
Find information and evidence from the text
Think about my prior knowledge and experience
Draw a conclusion
Key Ideas to find out and understand:
Key Ideas to find out and understand:
How do others describe the pursuit of excellence?
What traits are needed to achieve excellence?
What actions do people take to achieve excellence?
Learn
Learn
Task 1: Excellence Quotation Analysis
Part 1: Reading comprehension questions
Part 2: Compare and contrast 2 quotes about excellence.
Part 3: Choose the quote that you think best represents your thoughts about excellence. Write a paragraph explaining the meaning of your quote and the reason you selected it.
Task 3: Reciprocal Reading of Triathlete Sam
Task 4: Excellence text reading 3 level guide here
Create
Create
Use your favourite quote about excellencefrom task 1 part 3 and create a presentation slide.
Example: Quote slide presentation
Share
Share
Post your quote presentation slide on your blog along with your paragraph explaining the meaning of your quote and the reason you selected it.Don't forget to share information about the learning process you followed this week and to reflect on your understanding of this topic so far.
What questions do you have now about excellence?
Week 5: What is Excellence?
Week 5: What is Excellence?
WALT: Locate and summarise information from across texts
Success Criteria:
Record the main ideas in a mindmap using keywords
Identify the important information
Use the ideas from all of the texts to answer our big question.
Key Ideas to find out and understand:
Key Ideas to find out and understand:
What is excellence?
What traits are needed to achieve excellence?
What actions do people take to achieve excellence?
Create
Create
Create an interesting representation of excellence including words, phrases, synonyms and images.
Share
Share
Post your visual representation on your blog. Don't forget to share information about the learning process you followed this week and to reflect on your understanding of this topic so far.
What questions do you have now about excellence?
Weeks 2-4: Constellations
Weeks 2-4: Constellations
WALT: Gather and interpret information from visual and written texts
Success Criteria:
Record the main ideas and important information using keywords
Use the ideas from all of the texts to answer our big question.
Interpret tables and diagrams
Constellations
Constellations
Key Ideas to find out and understand:
Key Ideas to find out and understand:
What is a constellation?
What constellations can we find in our night sky?
How are constellations identified and named?
Why and how were constellations important to people in the past?
Learn:
Learn:
Task 1: Read Tautoru's Bird Snare and answer the questions here.
Task 2: Southern Hemisphere Star and Constellation investigation. Make a copy of this slide.
Task 3: Read and follow the instructions to weave your own star. Instructions
Task 4: Explore the website below. Choose one aspect of life(fishing, growing crops, navigation or telling time) where tātai arorangi (astronomical knowledge) was relied on by Maori. Write a paragraph to explain how and why they used the night skies to help with this part of life.
Create
Create
Use the information you have gathered this week to create a star dome and build your constellation using LED lights and copper tape.
Share
Share
Put your slide and photographs of your star dome on your blog. Don't forget to share information about the process you followed with this project and to reflect on your understanding of this topic.
What questions do you have now about constellations?
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