The Librarians

Term 3, Week 7

Learn

We Are Learning To read for meaning.

Use the following sites to read about an animal of your choosing.

Read at least 2 books on PM Readers.

Create

Find as much information as you can about your chosen animal. Use the template to organis your information.

Information report worksheet 6.docx

Once you have enough information, create your own Google Slide to share your information. Have a look here.

Share

Share your Slide on your blog.

  1. Title: Choose your own title according to the animal you have chosen.

  2. WALT read for meaning in order to write our own informational report on an animal of our choosing.

  3. Labels - Reading, writing, inquiry

  4. DLO - Your slideshow.

  5. Write how you found this activitiy, was it too hard/easy? What did you enjoy about this activity, or what did you learn?

Embedding slides to blogger.webm

Watch this video to learn how to share your slides onto your blog.

Term 3, Week 6

Learn

We Are Learning To ... retell a story in our own words.

Each week, aim to read two books you will be assigned on PM Online Readers.

You may want to read each book a couple of times to ensure you get the full story. Write down some key words/ideas that you know you will need to include in your retell.

Create

Make a copy of this Google Slide to retell one of the stories you have read this week.


Remember to rename your Google Slides. Remove the 'Copy of' and replace it with your initials. Please save this in your reading folder.

Share

Share the retelling on your blog.

  1. Title: Retelling a story

  2. WALT retell a story into our own words.

  3. Labels - Reading

  4. DLO - Down the slide as a PNG and upload this as a picture on your blog. Please enlarge the picture to 'large' so we can see it.

  5. Write 1 - 2 sentences about what you enjoyed while doing this activity, or what you have learned.

Term 3, Week 5

Learn

We Are Learning To ... read with fluency and expression.

Each week, aim to read two books you will be assigned on PM Online Readers. You may want to read each book a couple of times to build on your fluency and expression. This means reading more like how we talk!

Create

Use screencastify to record yourself reading one of your books this week.

Listen to yourself reading your book. Are you reading fluently? Are you reading with expression?

Share

Share your screencastify on your blog.

  1. Title: Reading with expression

  2. WALT read with fluency and expression.

  3. Labels - Reading

  4. DLO - This is your screencastify video!

  5. Write 1 - 2 sentences about what you enjoyed while doing this activity, or what you have learned.

Term 3, Week 1 - 2

Learn

Read "Iron Tamariki"

We are learning:

  • To enjoy reading a story about a boy’s efforts to compete in a duathlon

  • To explore concepts such as perseverance and whānau/family support

  • To think critically about the role of physical activity in our lives.

L2 June 2014 Iron Tamariki.pdf

Read the text online.

Click on the headphones to listen to the story being read to you!

Teacher Notes

Create

Complete the word search about the key vocabulary found in the text you read. This will need to be glued into your 'topic' book with the date and heading 'Iron Tamariki'

Share

Share you wordsearch on your blog.

  1. Title: Iron Tamariki

  2. We are learning to complete word finds using keywords from a text we read.

  3. Labels - Reading, Topic

  4. DLO - a photo of your wordsearch

Term 2 Literacy Activities - The Librarians

My Reading Goals

10 Silver Reading Rocket NZ.pdf

Week 8

We are learning to:

  • Retell the story in sequence and with detail.

  • Ask and answer questions about the text.

Reading Follow-up Activity

Make your own poi this week.

Make a google draw, sharing the instructions, step by step, how to make a poi.

Poi

School Journal, level 2, November 2014.