I manage my reading by checking that I understand what I read.
I back up and re-read for understanding.
I make connections with the text by relating the ideas and emotions to things I have thought or felt.
I make a picture or mental image in my mind of what I am reading.
I ask questions before, during and after reading of myself and others.
I predict what will happen next by using information I have learnt or know from before.
I summarise the text making sure that my information is sequenced and in order.
I use the main idea and details to determine the importance of information that I read.
Throughout the text I look for the author's purpose.
I look for 'cause and effect' relationships.
I compare and contrast information I read in a text and with other texts.
I synthesise new information from the text. This means matching information in the text to my own ideas to make my ideas stronger and more solid.
Read, read, read, read. Let's try and get this book finished before the end of term. Read as much as you can. Screencastify yourself reading for 5 minutes of your favourite section that you have read today.
Share what you have read with a friend.
Complete a Weekly word of your choice.
Read Chapter 12 and talk about it with a friend. Choose the three most important pieces of information with your friend and take a video on an ipad of you sharing those three pieces of information.
Draw a yellow spotted lizard on google drawing or a piece of paper.
You have got three blog posts to complete this week!
Read Chapter 11. Choose a friend from your group to discuss is with.
Screencastify yourself reading aloud one paragraph from Chapter 11.
In your own words summarise what happens in Chapter 11. What events are important for Stanley in Chapter 11 and why? What events are important for you as the reader to know?Why? You can do this in a video, or on a document or slide.
You have got three blog posts to complete this week!
Read Chapter 11. Choose a friend from your group to discuss is with.
Screencastify yourself reading aloud one paragraph from Chapter 11.
In your own words summarise what happens in Chapter 11. What events are important for Stanley in Chapter 11 and why? What events are important for you as the reader to know?Why? You can do this in a video, or on a document or slide.
Choose a new word of the week and post it on your blog.
Screencastify yourself reading chapter 10 aloud.
Make sure you have finished answering the questions in this document by Wednesday.
Choose a new word of the week and post it on your blog.
If you have finished you flower mosaic, photograph it and create a post about it on your blog.
Skim read through the chapters to remind yourself about the story. Make sure you have read up to chapter 15.
Make a copy of this document and carefully answer the questions in full sentences.
Post your finished document on your blog when it is completed.
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Skim read through the chapters to remind yourself about the story. Make sure you have read up to chapter 15.
Make a copy of this document and carefully answer the questions in full sentences.
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Read Chapters 1 to 12
Post your completed document on your blog explaining what you have been doing and what you have been reading about.
Draw a map of Camp Green Lake. You can do this on your chromebook or on paper and post it on your blog.
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Read Chapters 1 to 10.
Make a copy of this document and find the meanings of the words by using google.
Draw a map of Camp Green Lake. You can do this on your chromebook or on paper.
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Read Chapters 1 to 7.
Answer the questions on slide one. We started these in a blog post. you can see the ideas we wrote down here.
Have you completed your blog post about the book? Remember it needs to include:
An image of the book,
An introduction about what you are doing and why,
A paragraph about what you think the book will be about and what will happen,
And a conclusion.
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Post the slideshow you completed last week on your blog.
Write a blog post that talks about the book. You need to include:
An image of the book,
An introduction about what you are doing and why,
A paragraph about what you think the book will be about and what will happen,
And a conclusion.
Make a copy of the second slide deck and start reading your novel!
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Make a copy of both Slideshows and save them into your reading folder in your drive.
Work with someone from your group to complete slides 2 and 3 from 'Before you Read Holes'.
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Create a video of yourself sharing what you have learnt about the planets and the tides. You need to share at least three different ideas. You can be creative in how you do this. Remember to be prepared with what you are going to say.
Share your video on your blog.
Comment on on of our buddy classes' blogs.
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Continue to read What Causes the Tide?
Make sure your diagram has been completed and posted on your blog.
Add to your diagram by explaining what each word means in your glossary.
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Continue to read What Causes the Tide?
As you read What Causes the Tide? collect the important scientific vocabulary and paste it into your glossary on your drawing.
Finish your diagram on your google drawing and post it on your blog.
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Continue to read What Causes the Tide? and choose some complementary texts to read.
Create a new google drawing and save it in your reading folder.
In your google drawing, create a diagram to show what you have learnt. It needs to include facts, labels, and links.
Post your diagram on your blog.
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Read What Causes the Tide? and How the Tide Works.
Create a blog post and share what you are working on for reading. Answer the questions in Must Do on your blog post.
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Watch the Video 'How Fair trade Chocolate is made'
Complete the green questions in your learning log.
Think about the steps for making chocolate. Write one sentence for each step.
Think about the chocolate that you eat. Do you know whether it is fair trade chocolate? Would you like it to be and why?
Make a DLO sharing the answers to your questions and post it on your blog.
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Choose a paragraph and record your self reading that paragraph on screencastify.
Post your recording on your blog:
1. Come up with a catchy title.
2. Use a fun greeting.
3. Tell your readers a bit about what you have learnt about fair trade already. Tell them why you are learning about Fair trade and share your WALT ( you can find this on your links board in the LEARN box)
4. Tell your readers what you are reading and share the link to the site the article is from.
5. Embed your reading video.
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Complete your DLO about fair trade and get some feedback from a friend about it.
Post your DLO on your blog. Remember to make it a quality post by using a greeting, introduction, body and conclusion. Explain what you needed to do and link in the articles you used.
Read How chocolate is made and mark it off in your learning log.
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Read Fair Chocolate and How Fair Trade Works
Mark off your reading in your log and complete your purple questions.
Start making a DLO - Is this going to be a drawing, slide, RenderForest or Venngage? Copy and paste your Purple questions and answers into your DLO. Make sure you include some images!
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Read Fair Chocolate and How Fair Trade Works
Make a copy of your reading log.
Answer all the purple questions.