Literacy Week Five

Mane/Monday

tuhituhi

NARRATIVE WRITING

On Friday some of you began writing this text, today we will all complete this. If you are on a device you will need to use Slides, or you will be writing in your Writing Book. The slide should be in your Writing Folder.

REMEMBER: Orientation, (characters, setting, hook in etc), Plot, Conflict & Resolution

LEVEL 3 - we will expect to see simile, onomatopoeia, action verbs and a variety of sentence starters to help you get your ideas shared.

Remember to return to your planning, check you have used paragraphs to show your orientation, your plot as you build towards you conflict and then a final paragraph as you describe your resolution.

EDITing & recrafting

Finished writing your text which will entertain or amuse your audience?

Finished writing your text which your classmates will enjoy reading?

THEN...

Follow this link to help you edit and recraft your text to Level 3 and beyond.

When you have finished..

Find a buddy to help you with this task or to double check when you have finished!

Editing & Recrafting Check List

POBBLE:

Finished your narrative?

Try this... Using what you know about narratives try this motivator called "Hanging On"

Study the image (follow the link if you want a better image to check out), in your writing book record your answers to the Question Time questions.

Use the Story Starter to begin your writing...

Hanging On - POBBLE

PANUI

LAst week we focused on skimming & scanning a text

This week we are using the same text to ask and answer questions:

This links to our Learning Asset of Kairangahau - Formulate questions to help me find out!

Anthony Browne reading Group you will be with Mrs Hall first!

Andy Griffiths Reading Group you will be on your focus activities for Kaiwhakarite.

Then we will swap.

contractions Slide 4

Focus - an apostrophe 'check in' quiz

Read through Slide 4.

Check that you know how to contract each of the words on the page - check with a buddy if you are not sure.

Put the date in your book, copy the slide to your book as accurately and neatly as you can. Focus on checking your letters are on the line! Rule off. Hand in for checking.

word work

Learning Words from your list!

You need your notebook with your current list, or you can find your list on the google site. Complete each section of slide one of the doc. Make a copy for yourself and add your name.

Word Work - Learning new words

Read to self

On Friday we issued books from the library, find yourself a quiet space and enjoy reading your book for 15 minutes.

if you are a steps learner...

Please swap word work for STEPS - remember two activities and one game!

Let's Prepare for Passion Projects

Did you complete this on friday?

This is a focus task for all those who either did not complete the task or who were away on Friday. This MUST be completed by Thursday of Week 5.

Make a copy and save it to your Inquiry Folder.

Check in with a friend to find out what needs to be done - it should take you about 15 minutes to complete!

Critique &consume texts!

Make a copy of this document and save it to your Reading Folder

Study the image carefully.

Read each question carefully, think about how you will respond. Record your thinking on the document.

Check: Sometimes there is more than one question to respond to - make sure you show Level 3 thinking and writing!

EXPERTS TO SUPPORT YOU! Leo, Katie, & Zac

Get the Picture #1

assembly ~ pb4l Week 4 Focus

Karakia

Mangapapa School Pepeha

National Anthem of New Zealand

REACH Draw

Certificates

turei/tuesday

Maths & CJK with Mrs Harvey

Mrs Hall on Release

tuhituhi

Narrative Text - What do you notice?

warmup to writing...

what do you notice?

What makes this a Level 3 text?

What language featrues have been used to help get the message across?

Credit: Ruby's Writing Term 3, 2020

final write...narrative

Checklist

Respond to the comments on your google slide.

Complete your narrative text.

Glue this sheet into your writing book beside your planning.

Carefully go through your text checking off each statement, if there is evidence give it a tick, if there is no evidence in your text leave it blank.

panui

Anthony Browne reading Group you will focus on Kaiwhakarite first!

Andy Griffiths Reading Group you will be reading about forensic science with Mrs Hall.

Then we will swap.

contractions Slide 5

Focus - an apostrophe 'check in' quiz

Read through Slide 4.

Check that you know how to contract each of the words on the page - check with a buddy if you are not sure.

Put the date in your book, copy the slide to your book as accurately and neatly as you can. Focus on checking your letters are on the line! Rule off. Hand in for checking.

word work

Word of the Week

forensic

Read to self

On Friday we issued books from the library, find yourself a quiet space and enjoy reading your book for 15 minutes.

Mrs Legget will be in today to complete Spelling Check Ins... are you ready?

Add your name to the list if you need a check in to see if you are ready to move onto the next set!

if you are a steps learner...

Please swap word work for STEPS - remember two activities and one game!

Reading through Inquiry

Fingerprints - Forensic Science

What is forensic science?

What is a fingerprint?

Today, through reading the traditional story of The Tattoo, and reading an article about Fingerprints we will unpack the answers to our questions. Then we will try and identify what our own unique fingerprint patterns are!

Science Focus: Ask questions, make observations and look for patterns. Make observatons and inferences.

wenerei/wednesday

science through literacy

Who Dunnit - House of Science Kit

Who Dunnit?

Today we will explore more ideas about forensic science... the science of solving crime!

We will unpack fibres and determine what fibres are made up of.

We will look at the PH of powders and test the solubility.

We will compare and contrast the different handwriting styles of people and see what we discover.

Let's think about how these ideas connect to Forensic Science - what discoveries will we make?

science through literacy

Catching A Space Duck ~Level 3 ~Connected

Panui - tuhituhi

[consume & critique]

We are trying to discover "What does a Scientist do"?

Let's read this text. We will consume the text in Ako Literacy Groups.

Identify what the key words are that 'tell' you the role of a scientist.

Explain three of those ideas in your own words and share them with a buddy.

taite/thursday - manaiakalani

reflection

STOP! Take time to reflect on yourself! Over the last few weeks we have unpacked what it means to be a collaborator. How are you tracking when you measure yourself against the skills needed to show MAHI TAHI at MANGAPAPA?

Complete the reflection sheet by selecting the smiley face that best describes your ability to show MAHI TAHI. Justify your thinking by writing down, using bullet points, the ways in which you show MAHI TAHI or the attributes you are focusing on to be even better.

friday

Kaiwhakarite ~ Being a self manager

What tasks do you need to focus on to finish?

Check out these options below!

contractions Slide 6

Read through Slide 6.

Check that you know how to contract each of the words on the page - check with a buddy if you are not sure.

Put the date in your book, copy the slide to your book as accurately and neatly as you can. Focus on checking your letters are on the line! Rule off. Hand in for checking.

word work

Learning New Words from your list.

Start a new slide and choose five new words to focus on to practice. Complete this the say way you did it earlier this week.

Learning New Words

Read to self

On Friday we issued books from the library, find yourself a quiet space and enjoy reading your book for 15 minutes.

if you are a steps learner...

Please swap word work for STEPS - remember two activities and one game!

Kids Should See This

Check out this video from Kids Should See This to learn more about fingerprinting!

POBBLE:

Finished your narrative?

Try this... Using what you know about narratives try this motivator called "Hanging On"

Study the image (follow the link if you want a better image to check out), in your writing book record your answers to the Question Time questions.

Use the Story Starter to begin your writing...

Hanging On - POBBLE

What makes a great question?

There are five questions on this slide for you to think about. They are good questions as they show curioustiy, but how might you reword them to make them great questions that allow you to make great discoveries?

Asking Great Questions

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