Reading


Wednesday 17th February

Click here to listen to the story "Henry Holton Takes The Ice."


  1. Who else loved hockey?


  1. When did Henry get his first skates?


  1. Why was Henrys parents devastated?


  1. What did Henry like about Ice Dancing?


  1. What sports does your family like? Do you all like the same sports or different ones?


Tuesday 16th February

Click here to read "Why do we like some music and not others?"

Answer these questions in a google doc. Remember to give it a title and share it with your teacher!

  1. What can affect your taste in music?

  2. In the 2012 study of music preferences what are the five qualities in music that may affect our music choice?

  3. What is the dictionary definition for 'Preference'?

  4. What is your favourite song? Can you tell me what genre of music it is?


When finished:

  • Scroll to the bottom of the article and have a go at the Try It Out activities!

  • Find a book to read on EPIC.


Monday 15th february

Click here to read "How Are Instruments Made?"

Answer these questions in a google doc. Remember to give it a title and share it with your teacher!

  1. What materials can instruments be made out of?

  2. What instruments are mass produced in factories?

  3. What are the good things about instruments made by hand?


Something a little extra:

Scroll to the bottom of the article and have a go at the Try It Out activities!


friday 28th august

Choose an option from each column to complete for your reading activity.

Remember to complete in a google doc, give it a title and share it with your teacher!


thursday 27th august

Click here to read "What is Roblox?"

Answer these questions in a google doc. Remember to give it a title and share it with your teacher!

  1. What is Roblox

  2. What are robux?

  3. What games are on Roblox?

  4. If you could invent your very own computer game, what would it be? What would you have to do? Who would the characters be?

Look for these boxes on the right side of the page.


Take the wonder word challenge,


and have a go at testing your knowledge with the quiz!

Wednesday 26th August

Click here to read 'Who invented the first TV?'

Answer these questions in a google doc. Remember to give it a title and share it wth your teacher!

  1. Who invented the first TV?

  2. How have TVs changed over the years?

  3. What are some important events in TV history?

  4. Imagine you are inventing the next TV, draw a design for your dream tv. What functions will it have? What will it look like?


Look for these boxes on the right side of the page.


Take the wonder word challenge,


and have a go at testing your knowledge with the quiz!

Tueday 25th august

Click here to read 'How are noodles made?'

Answer these questions in a google doc. Remember to give it a title and share it wth your teacher!

  1. What are 3 new things you learnt about noodles?

  2. Who invented instant noodles and when?

  3. What did you learn about pasta?


Look for these boxes on the right side of the page.


Take the wonder word challenge,


and have a go at testing your knowledge with the quiz!

Monday 24th August

Click here to read 'Dog Man chapter 1'

Then click here and print and complete this activity, or if you don't have a printer, create your own word find using words from the story.

Tuesday 18th August - Friday 21st August

For the rest of the week, each day pick a story below that looks interesting to you, read it, and copy and paste the questions at the end into a doc to answer them.

Remember to give it a title and share it with your teacher!

Click this icon on the story to go to the doc!

26_Robots.pdf


19_SportsDay.pdf


27_TheElephantandtheBlindMen.pdf


28_NightSkies.pdf


12_MistysToyBox.pdf


12_TheDinosaurShow.pdf


21_HowPaintIsMixed.pdf


23_PresentingaSchoolSpeech.pdf


MOnday 17th August


Read this story and answer the questions. Remember to complete on a google doc, name it, and share it with your teacher.

Questions:

  1. Describe a problem or challenge Robby faced in the story...

  2. How did Robby respond to this challenge? What did he do?

  3. After reading the text, predict what might happen next...

  4. What can you infer about Robby? Provide evidence from the text.

  5. If you were an animal, would you like Robby to be your friend? Why or why not?

Reading - Friday 15th May

Choose one of the reading bingo activities to do.

Remember to complete on a google doc and write which number you chose, name it, and share it with your teacher.

Reading - Thursday 14th May

Do you like pineapple on your pizza?

Read this article: https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/do-you-like-pineapple-on-your-pizza


Answer these questions:

  1. On the pizza delivery smartphone app ‘Slice’, what percentage of people said no to pineapple on pizza, and what percentage gave a thumbs up?

  1. When and where was the ham and pineapple combination invented?

  2. What does concoction mean?

Remember to complete on a google doc, name it, and share it with your teacher.


Reading - Wednesday 13th May

How are Jellybeans made?


Click this link and read the article: https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/How-Are-Jelly-Beans-Made#


Answer these questions:

  1. How are jelly beans made?

  2. What flavours were mentioned in this article?

  3. If you could invent a new jellybean flavour, what would it be?

Remember to complete on a google doc, name it, and share it with your teacher.

Reading - Monday 11th May

Monsters in the water!


Click this link and click 'Make a Copy': https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1l5mu3bwBaJB5sIA9C6XCPBBBA3Vc76l7AOjcB4SB7SY/copy?mc_cid=b3625ea578&mc_eid=0fe871b9ae


It will take you to your copy of the slideshow, make sure to give it a title and move it into your Reading folder.

Complete the slideshow, reading the story and answering the questions.

Remember to share it with your teacher!



Reading - Friday 8th May

Rona and the Moon!

Click this link and click 'Make a Copy': https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1D0bRJJhFWzE_5Uo9xCWyqHfzCZz4IN6rtWg2kLDDhC4/copy?mc_cid=b3625ea578&mc_eid=0fe871b9ae

It will take you to your copy of the slideshow, make sure to give it a title and move it into your Reading folder.

Complete the slideshow, reading the story and answering the questions.

Remember to share it with your teacher!


Reading - Thursday 7th May

Our Amazing Weta!

Click this link and click 'Make a Copy': https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18la10fCQ_Hw-GwNwAotx2_yi3j6we0eqAy73x1xThl8/copy?mc_cid=b3625ea578&mc_eid=0fe871b9ae

It will take you to your copy of the slideshow, make sure to give it a title and move it into your Reading folder.

Complete the slideshow, reading the story and answering the questions.

Remember to share it with your teacher!

Reading - Wednesday 6th May

Flying To Antarctica!

Click this link and click 'Make a Copy': https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OdHS95dp_i2BVGpzgz5vDfvn6_BxSm82oBfZyhgwVr0/copy?mc_cid=b3625ea578&mc_eid=0fe871b9ae

It will take you to your copy of the slideshow, make sure to give it a title and move it into your Reading folder.

Complete the slideshow, reading the story and answering the questions.

Remember to share it with your teacher!

Reading - Tuesday 5th May

Click this link and click 'Make a Copy': https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13_-sorEQEmLBNfdTDuVjEDnkQS4DJi4WSz8pAGGgr3s/copy?mc_cid=b3625ea578&mc_eid=0fe871b9ae

It will take you to your copy of the slideshow, make sure to give it a title and move it into your Reading folder.

Complete the slideshow, reading the story and answering the questions.

Remember to share it with your teacher!

Reading - Monday 4th May


Click on this link: https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome/grades-3-5-week-4.html

Scroll down to “Day 16”, and click on “A Small World.”

Answer these questions in a google doc, remember to give it a title and move it into your reading folder:

  1. What is a landmark?

  2. Design a landmark for your town, community, or state. Think about what it's made from, where it would be located, and why it represents your area. Then create a sketch or build a model of your landmark.

For extra reading, click on the 'Explore’, ‘Discover’, and ‘Journey’ options under Day 16, and write about what you found out.

Reading - Friday 1st May

Click on this link: https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome/grades-3-5-week-3.html

Scroll down to “Day 13”, and click on “How Fast Can They Go?”


Answer these questions in a google doc, remember to give it a title and move it into your reading folder:

  1. How do scientists find the speed of animals?

  1. Which animals go the fastest? Why?

  2. Pick any animal and research how fast it can run:

For extra reading, click on the 'Chew’, ‘Read’, and ‘Gobble’ options under Day 12, and write about what you found out.

Reading - Thursday 30th April


Click on this link: https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome/grades-3-5-week-3.html

and scroll down to 'Day 12', read "The Search for Pirate Gold."

Answer these questions in a google doc, remember to give it a title and move it into your reading folder:

  1. What happened to the pirate ship Whydah?

  2. What did you find out about the treasure?

  3. Create your own treasure map on a piece of paper. Where will you hide your treasure? How will a pirate get to it?

  4. For extra reading, click on the 'Find out', 'Study', and 'Meet' options under Day 12, and write about what you found out.


Reading - Wednesday 29th April

Read this article: https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/why-dont-cats-like-water

Answer these questions in a google doc, remember to give it a title and move it into your reading folder:

  1. What do cats associate water with and why?

  2. Which ‘cats’ do like water?

  3. If you could have any pet in the world what would it be? Why?


Reading - 21st April

Read the poem 'LOCKDOWN TIME' and answer these questions in a google doc, remember to give it a title and move it into your reading folder:

1. Write a list of emotions that different people might be feeling about being in lockdown.

2. Make a list of the hardest things and best things about lockdown?

3. How do you think this time will change your life in the future? Could this change how countries treat each other from now on?

SSR - read a chapter book for at least 20mins