Term 2

Term 3

Term 4

Week 6

WALT: use information in the text to support our understanding of unknown words and phrases.

  1. As a group, we will watch the video together and have a discussion.

  2. Read "Balancing Act" and complete the learning task.

  3. Read "The Sculpture" article and discuss with your reading group.

  4. Post the learning task and create task on your blog with a detailed task description.

Week 5

WALT: Locate and summarise Ideas within a range of texts.

Kiwi Kids has a great range of articles for us to read! This week we're having a read off!

  1. For each article that you read, please complete the tasks listed on the two slides.

  2. Post the two slides for each article on your blog to share with your audience

  3. Score 5 points for each article you post on your blog with a detailed task description.

Kiwi Kids News Read off!

Week 4

WALT: Identify a world problem and come up with solutions.

Instructions

  1. Watch the video as a class. Then, we will discuss what we learnt from the video.

  2. Read "How Big is Your Footprint?" and complete the Learning Task.

  3. Complete the create task on the last slide of the learning task and post it on your blog with a detailed task description.

  4. Work on ReadTheory for 15 minutes each day this week.

How Big Is Your Footprint?

Weeks 2 and 3

WALT: Identify a world problem and come up with solutions.

Instructions

Last week, we talked about water sustainability and the problems with plastics. Today, let's check out another environmental issue: Energy.!

  1. Watch the video as a class. Then, we will discuss what we learnt from the video.

  2. Take a look at the transcript from the video and highlight the key words and phrases. Then, work to write 6 facts about the problems and solutions involved with energy.

3. Read "Power From the Sun" and complete the Create Task.

4. Complete the create task on the last slide of the learning task and post it on your blog with a detailed task description.

Renewable Energy

Week 1

WALT: Identify a world problem and come up with solutions.

Instructions

1. Class discussion: What do we know about plastic and the environment?

2. Let's watch the video together and see what else we can add to our brainstorm.

3. Read "Plastic Fantastic?" and complete the learning task.

4. Complete the create task on the last slide of the learning task and post it on your blog with a detailed task description.