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Term 2: Novel Study

Dark Stone Eye

WALT: Read and understand a fiction text by identifying story parts, answering questions, and learning new vocabulary.

Success Criteria:

✅ I can identify key elements of the text, eg, setting, Charters, problems and actions

✅ I can answer questions about the story to show what I’ve read

✅ I can write four different types of questions

✅ I can explain what the word means and give examples and non-examples.

Hello

Linked to NZC:

Recognise and describe key ideas in stories
Identify who, what, when and where in a text
Locate and answer literal and inferential questions
Ask questions to show understanding of a text
Learn new words and how they are used in context
Recognise and use word parts (e.g. suffixes) to help understand meaning

Week 6: Chapter 3

Worksheet

Must Do

Study Ladder

Can Do:

Class code: MTC4292

Can Do:

Week 2: Chapter 1

Worksheet

Must Do

Study Ladder

Can Do:

Class code: MTC4292

Can Do:

Create:

Bloom Balls

Must do

Create:

Thank you card

Can Do

Create:

Novel Quiz

Can Do

Term 1: School Journals

Week 8

Monday

Coral Reefs: An Endangered Paradise

WALT: Understand and use new words from the text using context clues and word structure.

Success Criteria:

I can use the text to figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words.
I can explain new words in my own words.
I can use the new vocabulary in my writing.

Vocab Fact File Wk 8 JJ43

Must Do:

Vocab Create

Can Do:

Free Rice

Can Do:

Study Ladder

Tuesday

Magic Muffins

WALT: Read aloud smoothly with expression and accurate pacing.

Success Criteria:

I can read with expression that matches the text.
I can pause at full stops and raise my voice at question marks.
I can reread to fix errors and make my reading smoother

Patmore Reading Mileage 25

Must Do:

Reading Fluency Task

Patmore Draw/ Create Task

Must Do:

Draw/ Create Task

Can Do:

Study Ladder

Can Do:

Typing.com

Thursday

Water-Worn

WALT: Use information from the text to make inferences and understand main ideas.

Success Criteria:

I can answer questions using clues from the text.
I can explain what the text is mainly about.
I can make connections between what I read and my own ideas or experiences.

Week 7

Tuesday

Gemma Finds a Kiwi

WALT: Identify and understand new words using context clues and word structure.

Success Criteria:

I can use the words around a tricky word to work out its meaning.

I can break words into parts (prefix, suffix, root) to help understand them.

I can use new words correctly in a sentence.

Can Do and Must Do

Connected 2000 Gemma Finds a Kiwi

Must Do:

Vocabulary poster

Can Do:

Free Rice

Can Do:

Study Ladder

Wednesday

Jago Descends

WALT: Make inferences and understand the deeper meaning of the text.

Success Criteria:

I can use clues in the text to infer what is happening.

I can explain the main ideas of the story.

I can connect Jago’s experience to something I have experienced or read about before.

Can Do and Must Do

Task: Create a Comprehension Quiz on Jago’s Descent using Google Forms

Must Do: Make Your own Google Form

Can Do:

Study Ladder

Can Do:

Punctuation & Capitalization

Thursday

Number Hospital

WALT: Read aloud with expression, clear pronunciation, and appropriate pacing.

Success Criteria:

I can read smoothly and confidently.

I can change my tone to match the mood of the text.

I can pause at punctuation marks to improve understanding.

Can Do and Must Do

Patmore Reading Mileage 25

Must Do:

Reading Fluency Task

Patmore Draw/ Create Task

Must Do:

Draw/ Create Task

Can Do:

Study Ladder

Can Do:

Typing.com

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