Water for everyone!

Term 3 Weeks 7-8

What do GOOD READERS do?

Reading Comprehension Skills

How do the actions of people affect having enough clean water for everyone (problem)?

World's water is running out.pdf

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“What do I think about this? Do I agree, or do I have a different view? What key points and ideas are my view based on?”

Watch this video with your teacher and together talk about what you have learnt.

Watch this video with a peer and talk about what you have found out.

Testing the Waters

Use visuwords to help you strengthen your connections to unknown words in the text.

Level 3-Testing the Waters.pdf

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Down the Drain

Use visuwords to help you strengthen your connections to unknown words in the text.

Level 2-Down the Drain.pdf

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Click on the picture to go to Dogo news and read the article on there. You can listen to it and watch a video.

Will Cape Town Be The World's First City To Run Out Of Water? Kids News Article.pdf

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WALT: Synthesis - to put pieces together to see them in a new way. My thinking grows and I change my ideas as I read.

(name)Water Conversation
(name)Water Conversation

Check in your Google Drive, Reading folder for your own copy of this Google Doc or Slide.

Share your learning:

Once you have completed the task, share it on your Learning Blog. Make sure to include the following:

Title - hook your audience in with something creative

Explain your learning: This week I have been learning to...

Your creation: A picture, link or your learning that you have created

Reflection: I have enjoyed this task because...

Question: Ask your audience a question to start a conversation.

What is your favourite ...?

Have you ever ...?

Do you like ...?

Question: Why do we need to look after water?

Your Task - Create a DLO (Google Slide) to share your answer to the question above.

Remember to: (your DLO needs to include)

  • your answer written in full sentences.

  • examples from the texts to show why you think this

  • picture and images to support your answer

  • any other information to support your answer

Share your DLO with a learning buddy to check it includes all the ‘remember to’s’ before you post it on your blog.


Watch these videos to help understand of the water cycle.