Term 3 - Reading
Term 3 - Week 7
Watch the videos below to get a better understanding of our text for the week - Our Blue Planet.
Term 3 - Week 6
Over the next few lessons, we will be reading and exploring “The Mohawk” from the School Journal, August 2019.
As we read, we will practise thinking deeply about the text. We will use clues to make inferences, understand how characters are thinking and feeling, identify important ideas and support our thinking with evidence from the story.
👉 Read the text carefully and complete the related tasks.
Remember to:
think deeply about what you are reading.
use clues from the text.
explain your thinking.
use evidence to support your answers.
Term 3 - Week 5
This week, we are celebrating Tongan Language Week 2026 by reading some wonderful Tongan stories.
📖 Choose one story at a time to read.
📝 After reading, complete the follow-up activities for that story.
⭐ When you have finished, choose another story and continue!
Enjoy the stories and celebrate the Tongan language and culture! 🇹🇴
The Mysterious Stones of Tonga
Staying Afloat
Ngatu Keeping the Tradition Alive
Safe from Sharks
Term 3 - Week 1 - 4
Response activities
Read and enjoy the story.
Buddy read the story with expression.
Write down with your buddy the Pros and Cons of having such a school.
Write a persuasive letter to our Principal asking if we could have such a school. Make sure you convince Mrs Patea about your idea
Term 2 Weeks 9 - 11 (Matariki - Learn / Create / Share)
Create a Matariki Star
Read the text and use the clues in the text to understand what you read.
Term 2 Week 7 & Week 8
Term 2 Week 7 & Week 8
The Reading text and the Reading Response activities for weeks 7 onwards to Learn, Create and Share are in your drive in the Reading Folder.
Use the reading text in the slide deck and complete the reading tasks.
Make sure you upload to your blog what you create from your reading response activities.